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Spotted at a sign shop in Myerstown, PA on Saturday. Freshly restored U-Model. The owner is a former Trans Con Driver from the area. I cruised on by and had to hook a U-ie. Great gentlemen to talk to, didn't get his name, as I was already running late. He bought it from a farmer in Allentown, PA. He plans on taking to Gerhart's this year.

Thats one nice U model.

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Matt

The owner showed me a photo of a U-Model pulling a set of pups. He had the tractor descaled and numbered to match the photo. He also told me he has a set of pups that he is going to work on next. There are several photos on another website that you can check out.

The blue Freightliners with the alcoa steer rims are what I remember most about their equipment but in the later years they traded the blue for white and dropped the shiny wheels. I thinking they also ran Louisville Fords in the same era as the U model.

Jim

From the H. Transcon U-models were ex Wilson tractors after they went bankrupt. The tandems were powered with Cummins

VT-903's. Not sure about the single axles. I think Wilson bought about 400 U models. :bulldog1: It seems that there last purchases were S model IH's. They bought white road bosses after the COE freightliners.

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So what is so "new" about an "offset cab" :) To those of you from Central Mass, from the "Gargolinski Collection". This was an??LJWS???

LMSW-L logging unit, also made a LMSW-M that had an LJ radiator.

"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

Wow. Drop an axle on the first ad and the pic could almost be Vinny's.

The V-8 I think was / is owned by a member here. Vinny would most likely know

Paul

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"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

Wow. Drop an axle on the first ad and the pic could almost be Vinny's.

The V-8 I think was / is owned by a member here. Vinny would most likely know

Paul

I believe they are the same year also. The ad shows the VIN. I wonder if it's close to Vin's VIN.

Jim

Those truck are owned by the same owner. Talked to him at Gerharts.

Id do anything, and I mean ANYTHING to have that U700.........

And that does look a lot like mine but its a U686, has a 300.

Yeah, those V-8 U models are pretty awesome. Can't buy nothing else after the Chrysler til we get all moved to Virginia. :(

"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

How's this for U model porn:

"Dear Penthouse,

I never thought this would happen to me. I'm a travelling salesman and stopped at a bar while on a business trip recently. Right before closing time, I was approached by a beautiful young U model with with large, perky (albeit lopsided)........"

Sorry, I'm having trouble staying focused, but you get the picture.

Here's a decent looking one from TruckPaper:

http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=5443040

Similar to my story, but I was a student at a small college at an undisclosed location somewhere in the midwest when it happened to me.

Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999.

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