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  1. mowerman
    I don’t remember it but I was only 14 thanks for passing that on... bob
  2. mowerman
    Long Beach.... special place .... forget to mention,,,,, I’m sure most of you fellas didn’t know but I got my start in Long Beach ,,, in the back of a 51 Nash lol....bob
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    I drove one like that Wayback in 1980 and had a gas job I actually liked it the way It drove..... had a huge steering wheel ... it was a trash truck compactor rear hopper... bob
  4. mowerman
    Wow that’s way cool thanks for posting.... I usually don’t come to this section..... bob
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    Wow I didn’t notice that,,, but your rite,as well as the fact the hubs look 60s I’ve mentioned before... one of my first Jobs was in a truck tire shop... in 73. Worked with hundreds of those rims... bob
  6. mowerman
    All kidding aside I believe they use adapters for the transmission..,. Bob
  7. mowerman
    Crazy looking thing I have never seen it or heard of it ... bob
  8. mowerman
    Lol beats me to all those questions I did see an R 600 with a cat way back around 37 years ago ... bob
  9. mowerman
    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarite you solved it ... bob
  10. mowerman
    I remember when they first came around... we were on vacation in Florida,,, I was 15 and I was watching a couple of guys delivering soda with one somewhere in Jacksonville I was pissing myself and a little jealous that I was too young to be a part of thier operation they were sitting at a traffic light... and I was wishing I were them ... bob
  11. mowerman
    Ya I also liked the dashboard and I was a big fan of them since day 1 when I was a young teenager... bob
  12. mowerman
    I haven’t been in Whittier or orange since Thursday but thanks for letting me know..... bob
  13. mowerman
    Oooooooooooo hell,,,,,,; I didn’t realize that good lookin Ford was yours thumbs up for sure.....: love that Pete with the joints... bob
  14. mowerman
    God love ya that’s all I’ve gotten entire year is photos... lol bob
  15. mowerman
    Was just thinking maybe automatic either perhaps???????
  16. mowerman
    I have a 1983 motor manual I can pull out if nobody can figure it out... and yes Larry,,,, I had forgotten the starter oiler was tapped into returning line .... thanks for that... bob
  17. mowerman
    I remember Conway had thousands of both models... bob
  18. mowerman
    But yes definitely like driving a real truck ..... either man up or go home...: choice is yours ... lol bob
  19. mowerman
    I drove a few of them myself I really liked them what I remember most they really bouncy and loud ... not so sure I’d be so happy with that at 64 lol... bob
  20. mowerman
    I guess I kind of got the wrong impression too as well....:you didn’t want to waste 200 dollars on a dead horseI might as well throw in the towel i’ve already thrown how about $2500 and my DM and I’ve barely even made a dent in it not including the purchase price.....: I guess we’re just making sure we’re all on the same page... bob
  21. mowerman
    Yeah no problem actually that fellow showed me a illustration he had in a parts book There’s another lost art...:the parts book what the hell is that ha ha Ha... bob
  22. mowerman
    It was originally 24 V electric starter but since mine does not have an oiler are usually just pull off the inlet line and shoot Jack oil in the starter once in a while.... bob
  23. mowerman
    That’s what kenworth dealer parts man told me years ago .... air starter was lubricated by diesel fuel line .... my truck doesn’t have one because I added the air start ... bob
  24. mowerman
    Maybe some sort of high pressure relief valve not sure of the hand lever with pressure spring????????? Bob
  25. mowerman
    Those things were gorgeous... but from what I remember, they moved a lot more of the LNT short nose ... also did like the later sterling style.., real neat looking rig .. bob

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