carlotpilot Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 rod and main bearings changed out with ease 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-294239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C609T Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Is this truck in Connecticut ? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-294964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C609T Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Sorry I was asking about the 1949 diesel in the brush on page 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-294965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Sorry I was asking about the 1949 diesel in the brush on page 3Yep. Took pictures of it a while ago then saw it on the for sale board at Macungie last year. Was in portland 1 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-294969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Yep. Took pictures of it a while ago then saw it on the for sale board at Macungie last year. Was in portlandPortland, Maine? Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-295019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Portland, Maine?ct 1 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-295041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Figures! I'm going to South Portland Maine on Wednesday. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-295043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I take the ferry with the car to New London, cheaper than the tolls through NYC and saves me a ton of miles. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-295091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post j hancock Posted August 31, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2015 The Autocar wrecker hooked onto the old coupe race car a long time ago. 5 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-302115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 The Autocar wrecker hooked onto the old coupe race car a long time ago.THAT has to have one cool story behind how it was parked!! Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-302211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted September 2, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2015 3 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-302295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Job41 Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 I bought this Autocar DC87 in 1998. It has generally been a good truck through they years. It makes a good horse for a weekend warrior. It will move any of the equipment I have fairly easy including an Old Caterpillar D6 9U series Tractor.The Autocar is a 1978. Cummins NTC 250 big cam with a higher pressure injection pump. The transmissions are a Fuller RR 5 speed O.D followed by an air shifted Spicer 4 speed auxiliary box. I think the front axle is 20000 lbs capacity and the rear axle might be a 35000 lb capacity unit. The truck has less than 60,000 miles on it. The dash Odometer doesn't have the correct milage on it. 1 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Thats a rugged looking 6 wheel dump. Don't often see a A car dump in that configuration. 35,000 rears is one heavy spec back end. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Job 41That looks like it could have originally been a western NY plow truck??? Erie, Chataqua, and Catarogus(sp) counties speced a lot of Acar's heavy like that.. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fxfymn Posted September 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2015 A very nice 1949 fire truck from W. Conshohocken, PA. Not a whole lot of A-car fire trucks around, but there were a few in the Philly area. This was a diesel from the factory and my bet is it is one of the first diesel fire trucks ever made. 3 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOOG Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 That Conforti truck is awesome. I've seen that truck at work. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 9983652_orig.jpgthis truck is still on the road, i just worked with him last week. he put an aluminum body with electric tarp on it last winter because the steel body was ready to fall off it. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 That Conforti truck is awesome. I've seen that truck at work.Frank still has it and uses it. he just picked up a giant prime mover and trailer, i think it is an 18 axle. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Job41 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Brocky,It was actually belonged to the town of Maine ( ten miles from Binghamton). It was never set up for plowing, it was their asphalt hauler and load chaser when all the other trucks were mounted up with the plow equipment. As a result it has relatively low amount of rust. Although it is rusting in some funny places, like behind the drivers head and undernieth the passengers windshield. The picture I put up is probably 5 years old, now she is starting to look a little shabbier. I just don't have the funds to throw at it that she deserves. I remember when I was 14 years old, the town of Maine replaced the old Brockways with a new set of Autocars. I thought they were the coolest trucks around, at least until I discovered the infamous B model Mack! I told myself someday I would own one of those trucks. Little did I know that twenty years later the opportunity would present itself. I have had to do a few things to it over the years. When I first purchased the truck I put in a new floor in the box, replace the rear springs, and installed a new compressor. In 2006 I had to put in a steering box as the original one simply locked up while I was working on our church. Fortunately that happened there in the church parking lot and not going down the road at 50 mph. Recently, I had to put in a rebuilt PT series injection pump. I talked to a local diesel rebuilder and they told me it was going to cost me 800.00 to rebuild my old pump. They said that my old pump was probably suffering from sitting too much. Anyway, I could not find an exact match to the CPL (Cummins parts list) However, I went to Johns Garage in Bainbridge and they had rebuilt pumps sitting on the shelf. One was set up almost identical to mine. I installed it and the truck has completely changed character. She was always kind of lazy, but with the new pump she snaps to attention at just a tickle of the throttle. It turns out the pump is calibrated for 350 horsepower. I know some people will tell me that I am going to burn a hole in a piston, but I don't run her in long up hill pulls enough to over heat the pistons. The engine does have oil squirters for the pistons. When you stab the throttle she doesn't blow an excessive amount of black smoke either. And now the old Autocar is actually fun to drive. If I get the time and money I will incorporate the other parts and tuning to match the 350 pump, but for now I will just have run the old girl. On the issue of the rear axle, I am going on what someone, who owns one of her sisters, tells me. I should verify it. I apologize for writing a book, and boring people. Regards, Job41 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 No such thing as boring when you are talking history! There was another Acar very similar to yours that was on Craigs or ebay motors a year or so ago-at least it was orange!. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Job41 your rear in Autocar could be a U300 rated at 29,000lbs.I have one in my 1968 Brockway 361 plow truck. It came from the Finger Lakes area of New York State. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted September 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2015 click pics 3 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Job 41Thanks for all the great info.. As Red Horse said it is all history.. Know where the Town of Maine is.. Grew up outside Ithaca on Town of Caroline Brockways thus my interest in plow trucks. Would love to have one down here to scare the S##t out of these rebels who think a dusting is a total blizzard!!! 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Job41 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Brocky,That would be cool to see. I went to college at North Carolina State University in Raliegh. And yes, the southerners are not adept at handling snow. They don't know what a northern snow plow rig looks like. The single axle versions are falling by the way side and now the municipalities are purchasing tandem axle rigs. By the way, I did put my truck on Craig's list a year ago, as funds have been in very short supply. All I got were low ball offers. One guy offered me a Chinese made 4 wheeler in trade. The only cash offer I got was 1800.00, so I figured for that kind of money I would keep the old girl. If it were a Mack I would be offered three times as much. There is still more to add to the story, but that will have to be a later post. Regards - Job41 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-305897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post j hancock Posted May 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2016 Autocar and friends 1 6 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30336-autocars/page/25/#findComment-332561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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