Nice, Ray, real nice.

 

I bet they liked you for 2 reasons, your purchase and to get a good look at your truck great picture and nice to see it being used.

 

That's a great pic Ray!


Bobby

 

Here's an article by Don Chew that appeared in August 2003 issue of Vintage Truck. I thought this was an example of really working a truck for what it was made for and beyond. If you Google "Steve Hodges" you'll find articles about his design work of big heavy duty trucks for the military. He must have been a very interesting man.

 

Very interesting, Bob. So were the known V12 oiling problems due to them not being worked hard enough in passenger car use?

 

Wow, what a story!

 

Cool story, Bob! The Yarnell Grade referred to out of Prescott is still quite a ride, with runaway roads every mile or so, as I recall you drop from 8000' in Flagstaff to 1600' in Phoenix, most of it in about 40 miles. I can't imagine doing it on the old road, and without a synchro tranny!

 

Ouch! that must have hurt.

 

Great story Bob!! And right in my neck of the woods.

 

Awesome! And I see Topmoo has posted up a thumbnail. Third one I've seen tonight including my own. What's up?

 

Gary I think IB Admin is trying to fix what ain't broke again.
But if ya click on the small pic it opens bigger for me. Maybe
trying to save band with?

Bob, that was a great read. I loved it and am wanting more.
As a retired driver I often wish I had worked back then.
Although I have herded many trucks from as old as 1953.
Still the late "30's and "40's had to be the best. Square tooth
crash boxes and little or no brakes. In my youth I still remember
reaching the summit water tank. And filling the reservoir to cool
the brakes on the way down the other side. And yes I had a few
run a ways. Only my Lord knows how it stayed upright and
on the road. An off hi-way KW with an in line diesel. A 5 and a 4
with two speed axles only work if you can keep them in gear.
And be able to get it slowed up enough to grab a lower one.
Damn I miss it.

 

Great article. Don Chew is the original M-H guru too.

But I can't get past looking at the 1.5 ton DRW panel pictures in the article. This below one sits in a yard I know, but it's so far gone and missing pieces it'd be a life's work just tracking down pieces. Oh well.

Let's see if they thumb nail a Photobucket link. Stu

 

Great article Bob. Love reading about the real trucks of the day.

 

That would be a cool project

 

Found a bunch of cool pictures in a 1967 pictorial atlas of my county, not all fords but still pretty neat

Some of these companies are still in business