Vladislav

From the pictures it looks very nice. And I'd note that's a kind of reasonable listing whan a reasonable price makes very reasonable interest.

I was just wanting to ask "where's the cab??" That hood hinge cap damage area looks strange indeed. But you never know where such an old lady roamed during all her lifetime. What's on the plan - sandblasting or wirewheeling? At least no rivet work is required

Welcome! Vlad

Bushings. Old trucks had brass ones, newer use poliurethane.

Mines were perfect as much as a chromed plastic part can be. I related them with the set on my 1988 R-model cab wich has a half chrome gone and they looked almost the same including the lenses. I still keep some crazy idea to find a shop wich would be able to reproduce their bodies of copper by halvanic way. Saw model builders made scale car bodies that way but it was no less than 20 years back and I lost the track. Putting real chrome on a copper body would make it shine forever. But taking to account those made in China SLC's cost it's much easier just to get a spare set.

Any roof parts inside the cab or you going to keep it "cabrio"? Great find.

There's Timken drive axle at front. Wonder about the transfer case, suggest Timken either. And it seems to me they don't put the cab much higher but lowered the front fenders.

Hope you'll go smooth through al the story. Would like to see a progress. And just forgot to mention, I'm agree on the black with red strips paint scheme idea. Would look cool on my mind.

Neil, thank you for the great explanations. Now I can see both the original front axle setup's had rubber pads, neither spring shakles and so on.

As said above! Do you have any pics of the Lanova off it? I'm almost in love with them and see no way to divorce until I get my one running. Vlad

I might be more lucky being born already learned of what OTR is..

Wow, I didn't know that. Thank you for sharing, ran out of likes for now.

Fingers crossed Rowdy. Today checking the local email site I read about the flood in St Louis area and thought to myself there was nothing on BMT about it. Now I found out what I've missed. My hopes for the best for you.

3 axles for tandem is how we count it here. And in Europe also. Diffirent L's had some different hanger styles along the years but they looked similar in general. All the LT's I was able to put my nose close to looked like an almost different truck about the chassis. I checked out no less than 10 vehicles. For instance the well known blue example at Mahan's has the front springs wich look much more as a R-model 3 leaf setup. Although I'm just not shure it was from the factory.

Yes, he does.

I"m not a firetruck specialist but from what said I agree on the matter of "something simple". Those shop guys seem "too high cualified diesel techs" to not be able figure out a gasser issue or as was mentioned above have no much interest in bringing the truck to life. Too might be the both reasons. I'd try to take a look to a common mechanic who just used to deal with old Camaro's or other big carb gas cars. That sure is truck and with a complicated engine but the general princips are almost the same. I'd do it right at the yard it is now for first, to not spend cash on towing. By the word from your point that it was running and and then didn't start after some storage while it might be just a gas quality issue. And would say it's a nice looking truck, I too hope you'll not have to sell it. Vlad

3 axle mean 3 drive axles?

I put muself down on my knees with a camera many times to look underneeth of LJ's and LT's and was every time surprized by seeing almost different spring hangers, side step brackets and so on on LT's. It looked like someone rebuilt them with newer or different truck's components but to the moment I met no exception.

As far as i remember they both were chain driven and were described as the two unique the first and the last of the same serie. I might be wrong since was almost brain stormed being there. But almost close to those two trucks one more exotic unit was parked - a chain driven FP with a E-serie cab. So it looked like Gary Mahan put them all in the order.

Jim, is your answer related to all 2V's or except EM6's?

Happy New Year BMT!

These two are in generally original condition or might just get some freshening up during the years. If I understood correctly they were the very first and the last trucks of the serie.

41chevy, on 01 Jan 2016 - 04:57 AM, said:

Hope they will afford the production of that new model. Or better to say just have enough orders for. Looks like many foreign componets are used including cab and engine. KraZ has difficult times for many years. Together with all Ukrainian economy. By the word KrAZ factory has historical museum with some restored trucks. You can see the most of them here. Sorry, looks like no version in English http://mirtransporta.ru/fun/694-zavodskaya-kollekciya-muzey-kraza.html