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not sure if I should put this here or in the scale modeling section but AMT makes a nice Cruiseliner 1:25 model kit. AMT Mack Cruise-Liner Semi Tractor 1:25 Scale Model Kit | Auto World Store

On the front of the engine where the right cylinder head mates to the block there is a horizontal ledge cast into the block with the model and serial number stamped into it. the first three digits are the cubic inches. If the first three digits are followed by a letter "M" it is a magnum. I think there was an "E" designation on the 305s and 351s but I'm not sure what the E stood for. Also, "C" and "N" designations. Again, no idea what those meant either.

Honestly with an antique vehicle just bobtailing around with no load you can shift a quad or a tri as just a 5 speed with the auxiliary in lo or direct and then once in 5th shift the aux to hi and forget about all that shifting.

Not sure which model of quad you are after but here are the ratios for a direct triplex and overdrive quadruplex. If you look study the ratios and percent drops in the sequence you can see why it is recommended some should not be used. You can use all 20 forward gears with no ill effects, however, in a practical sense it makes no sense to do so.

Any vehicle sold in USA after I think 2001 model year was/is required to be able to burn gasoline with up to 15% ethanol. If you read the fine print on each gas pump it always says may contain up to 15% ethanol. Then sometime in the early 2000s they came out with E85 (85%) ethanol fuel made from corn. The vehicle has to be specifically made to burn it. It will have a yellow fuel filler cap if so. Most stations outside the Midwest don't have it but it is really cheap compared to 87 "regular" gasoline. But I heard you take a really significant hit to your fuel economy when using it so it probably all balances out. IMO ethanol in gasoline is the biggest scam ever imposed on the motoring public.

End the Federal Reserve completely. It has long outlived its usefulness. Its legal existence is highly questionable and its motives, as it pertains to the average citizen, are dubious at best.

6 more weeks. Phil said so.... Groundhog Day 2026: Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter

My guess is the ruling class wants never ending market and GDP growth. Also, the USA has not been at replacement birth rate since the very early 2000s. And even then it had been stagnated at barley above or below replacement rate since the mid 1970s. If you don't believe the AI hype then in order to continue year over year GDP growth you need more workers and consumers (children) than the current 2 generations of child bearing age Americans are willing to provide. If there are illegal immigrants here who have become assimilated and are gainfully employed then it would be easier to get them on the books and give them citizenship rather than deport them and either hope young, native Americans starting having more babies (they won't) or start over and properly vet several hundred thousand or million new legal immigrants.

I have a very comprehensive brochure from the 1960s GMC Truck and Coach division that advertises the 60 degree V6, V8 and V12 as repower units. The brochure claims GMC dealers would repower any make/model with a GMC engine. It is a sales brochure but contains more engineering and specification data that sales pitches. I guess back then you could pull an international into a GMC dealer and get it repowered with a GMC engine. I can't imagine it was very common but I guess they offered the service.

I would love to find a 478 v6 to tinker with. At truck with one or just the engine itself. They are hard to come by and I'm never it the right place when they pop up.

Well the last year you could get a 478ci gasoline V6 was 1974. But I think they were quite rare by then as everyone was opting for the 366 and 427 V8s

What year(s) were they offered? That brochure looks like sometime in the 1980s

Hey thats Levon Kirkland. That brings back memories as a kid when the Steelers lost Super Bowl 30. Had to wait another 10 years to see them win one.

If I'm not mistaken the initial inquiry into her ballooning wealth, seemingly from thin air, was actually initiated by Biden's DOJ back in 2024.

Homan on site now: said on Thursday that federal agents would focus on "targeted, strategic enforcement operations," marking a shift in the aggressive tactics that have drawn national outrage. A newly issued internal memo from a high-ranking Immigration and Customs Enforcement official directs federal officers to refrain from any unnecessary communication and engagement with "agitators" so as to avoid "inflaming the situation." Trump border czar Homan says ICE in Minneapolis will focus on 'targeted' operations, not sweeps Homan's reputation speaks for itself. I would consider is word as gospel in this line of work. He and Janet Napolitano were able to deport record numbers during a previous administration without fuss. Leadership matters. Bovino led an overly aggressive operation that resulted in his agents killing US citizens. Shame. I also question Noem's qualifications for that role. She is most likely just a "yes man" for Stephen Miller. Bovino should be fired and any federal pension and/or legacy benefits terminated.