Brocky

Go to the Odds and Ends section:: Other truck makes:: subforum Brockway Trucks:: And email / PM:: Oldspwr, Tom Millard.. There used to be Continental engine people in both Utica NY and the Chicago ILL area.. Tom will know of both!! and/or someone else to help you..

Bob, I know he was in an unhappy home situation and his Grandfather was helping him restore The U model.. Possibly his grandfather passed away and the whole project went down the drain?? He was only 16 when I met him at Macungie several years ago. If Mike Harbison has a Facebook connection with him maybe Mike can remind him to stop by here with an update???

Very True!!! And got old enough to have a pickup truck as a daily driver..

When you restart it have an air shutoff handy!!! Our shop had a Detroit series 60 run away from the oil fumes on the CAC!!!! Apparently not washed good enough???

This brings back thoughts of Vinny from up on the St Lawrence River valley of New York State.. I wonder how he is doing with his grandparents, pick ups, and girls????

That looks like the outfit that Zenon Hanson was with before he went to Diamond T and then Mack.. and also in the same area of Portland where the Murty Bros had their shop..

Hippy, You are correct!! The IH and DT design engineers were close personal friends whose work together went back to just post WW2 with the design of the IH "Compfo-vision" cab introduced in 1950.The low cab forward DT was design engineered under contract for Diamond T by the Murty Bros of Portland OR. The Murty Bros also designed the spring loaded counterbalance cab tilting mechanism that DT used on both the LCF and 921 "China Closet" cabs. When IH saw the DT LCF design they started building them under license then bought the whole design outright. So this prototype Emeryville was built in the Diamond T shops in the same manner as the H model "Two Story Falcon" Ford cabover.

I Learn something every day!! I did not know any of the Hi-Binder's tilted.. The ffirst prorotype Emeryville was built by Diamond T.. Possibly industrial espionage prevention????? It has Diamond T badges and the glass block windows are in the Diamond T plant pictures.

H67st, Yes Sir!!! that is it!! Have not looked to see if I have a picture of it or not??? Cannot remember the details on it BUT I am Thinking(?????) it came out of Conn????

About 3 years ago DeBernidis Heavy Haul out of Orlando Fla had a new old Glider kit at Macungie that they sold there..

Found this on Facebook Michelle Lee Cole's Celebration of Life Memorial Services will be March 26, 2022. Home town parade to honor Michelle Cole in Smithville, Texas. Parade to start at 103 Turney St. Smithville, Tx. 78957 12p-1p. In honor of Michelle & to be in the parade please drive an old truck (big or little), an old car, any FORD, a golf cart, or a bike. Celebration of life memorial service will be at Vernon Richards Riverbend Park 107 State Hwy 71 Smithville, Tx. 78957 from 2p-4p. Attire to be worn in honor of Michelle can be either her favorite color Purple or anything patriotic. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to Michelle's church. Believers in Christ Fellowship of Smithville, Tx. P.O. Box 123 Smithville, Tx. 78957. Contact person is Michelle's Pastor Joanne Grohman (800) 768-0447. Email = Believersinchrist.tx@gmail.com. If you have any special pictures or videos of Michelle please post here on her FB page. We will have a slideshow at the service of all of the pictures &/or videos we collect.

Personally I like the 4 round but not the 4 rectangular.. plus the Aussie Road lamps in the roo bar..

Bob, I love those Aussie R models too!!! I have seen Dan Thomas's up close and in person..

My name is Robert Brock, First year of college went to work in a gas station. All 4 of us working days was "Bob" the boss, Bob Jr., Started calling me by my last name to keep me separate.. Within about 2 weeks it had a Y on the end of it!!!! And everywhere I have ever worked there has been several "Bob's" around underfoot and the Brocky has stuck with me.

Dan, I have not seen a link to it either??? Dan Aldrich has posted some Facebook messages from her Step Daughter on the JOT site.. Of course there is NO Mention of her passing on the ATHS Website!!!

Harry, Michelle had been a Major in the Air Force.. I do not know if she was a pilot???

Diesel went from $3.89 Tuesday PM to $4.51 Friday morning!!!!

Her Father was the truck shop foreman at a Ford dealership in Austin Tex and when Ford did away with the heavy duty trucks ALL the shop manuals went home in the back of his pickup!!! And Michelle had them!!!! There are several pictures of her on the JOT link above.

Wednesday evening Michelle Cole of Smithfield TX passed away from lung complications related to the Covid virus.. She was a pioneer woman in the antique truck hobby, Served as an ATHS RVP from Texas, and was the "Ford Guru" of Ford truck information. She had restored a Ford N-950 and an Ford LTL, which she sold a few years ago but still had a F-150, A Falcon Futura, and was working on a Mercury Cougar. More details are here: http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/173351/Den-Mother-sick

Thanks for the updates!!! Great work!!

The reason the Cannonball was parked over next to the fence is it is supposed to be on the cover of a future Double Clutch magazine..

I was in that lot somewhere.. I had to stop loading in the middle and visit!!!!!! You know my BIG mouth overloads any work!!!!

Tommy, You folks did NOT look too hard!!!!!! That is my Diamond T behind the Red B model with his front tires on the loading ramp.. My Dodge 3500 and 32 ft gooseneck trailer was parked on his left side!!!!!! and in the back of the first picture...

Swishy of the Aussie website has a picture of the Captain Bleigh about halfway down this page:: https://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/truck_Chat/20137-wishy-the-kenworth-s-model-truck-me?start=80

But that does NOT work when the building architects put the doors VERY close together trying to get as many doors as possible in the least amount of building space!! When I worked for Wrangler Blue Jeans they had some plants designed for 96 wide trailers that when the 102's came out the open doors were actually touching each other..