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They look like painted caps for the drive axles to me. One of the R models I used to drive had clips that bolted to 3 of the 6 bolts on the hub cap, then the chrome hubcap snapped on to those clips. I don't know if the clips were homegrown or store-bought, but I thought it looked stupid and took them off.

The original is a bit grainy so I probably can't get a better quality scan. This one is bigger if you want to try saving & printing it:

I spied this picture in the Parker Store last fall. When I went to get a hydraulic hose made today, I noticed it was gone. The guy that works there told me he kept it when he put up the new sign, so naturally I asked if I could have it. I know some of you have seen this before, but I'll post it again anyhow: I'll be putting it in a frame and hanging it on the wall.

Is it just me, or does the kid sorta have a Bart Simpson resemblance thing going on? I noticed that shortly after I realized there was a kid in the picture - which took quite a while.

Been thinking about doing that with a slice off the front of an R hood. Maybe even get the guys from that TV show "TANKED" to stick an aquarium in the grille opening. This was my all-time favorite, but it's gone now: That was built by a friend to be the DJ booth inside a local bar formerly known as "The Last Cowboy". Heavy snow collapsed the roof of the building and they moved the old F outside. It hung around until they changed the theme of the place & scrapped the truck.

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Some new goodies...... An old U for Vinny (Virginia Beach) Two-stroke 1970 R-700 for Ben (W. Peabody, MA) A sad-looking DMM686 LWB 6X6 (Bay City, MI) R model parts - includes "hood with one busted head light" (Holly Hill, SC)

Nice! I'm digging the hell out of this one too: MH "tow truck" in FL (on CL)

Old school cruise control.

Probably means I shouldn't post this smiley thingy here either, huh?

First one in my post from 7/3 The tabs do look like tow bar mounts.

I would say it's the supply pump. I've heard them called both.

Not mine...... just bringing it to y'alls attention:

Bummer! Aside from his role as "Dirty Lyle", I remember him well as Dominic Santini on Airwolf. R.I.P.

A slant 6 in a U model, huh?

Stuff like that is all over the 'net. I just save them to my photobucket account and use them where ever they fit.

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As far as an antique / classic, probably an International "west-coaster" LD-405 from the 50's: For a "modern" truck, I like the mid-80's AT64F Autocars:

No clue on the B-39. I was only being the messenger. Bored & looking for F models Didn't find any, but here's some others...... Texas hot Dogs, if you will: 1978 Valueliner R model '85 daycab Superliner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '85 (?) V8 Superliner tandem dump in MT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '63 B-68 tandem project ~ Brownsville, PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '86 MH S/A mobile home toter ~ Clayton, DE

Haven't "cruised" in a while. I found a few postings of interest....... 1948 EE in Montana '52 A54 ~ Paradise, TX '76 RL600L Tandem dump ~ Ada, OK '88 R688ST ~ Byron, MN (LOW miles - "well preserved") B39T S/A dump "project" ~ New Ipswich, NH

Not to go off course, but did you guys see this lucky sumbanitch mixer driver on that 5280FIRE site?: http://5280fire.com/?p=27017

I swiped this from another forum........ Remember, it takes a college degree to fly a plane but only a high school diploma to fix one. After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a 'Gripe Sheet' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft.. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the Gripe Sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that Aussie ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident. P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. S: Almost replaced left inside main tire. P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft. P: Something loose in cockpit. S: Something tightened in cockpit. P: Dead bugs on windshield. S: Live bugs on back-order. P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent. S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground. P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. S: Evidence removed. P: DME volume unbelievably loud. S: DME volume set to more believable level. P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. S: That's what friction locks are for. P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode. S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode. P: Suspected crack in windshield. S: Suspect you're right. P: Number 3 engine missing. S: Engine found on right wing after brief search. P: Aircraft handles funny............ (I love this one!) S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious. P: Target radar hums. S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics. P: Mouse in cockpit. S: Cat installed. And the best one for last.................. P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer. S: Took hammer away from midget.

Best of both worlds?