Brought this home last weekend 1967 R 685ST1480

[thomastractorsvc]

Its been a couple years since I was planning on buying this old dog.  Finally made the long drive to go get her.  I posted up on FB under steel dash Macks last week the trip going to get it.

Everything seems to work good I pulled my lowboy yesterday around the yard to make room for my camper.  She does need some TLC and some love but nothing like I have had to do in the past to other trucks. 

[Hobert62]

Looks good.  Glad to see others using a chevy to bring there toys home.   

[hurstscrambler]

Looks like a sweetheart, 237 5 speed for those of us who can't tell?  The bumper looks cool on that truck. Andy

[terry]

A bullit proof setup!

[39 Baby Mack]

Looks good!

Ron

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[Kansas farmer]

Glad you got ahold of it after all this time.

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[mowerman]

looks real good,,,have a ball with it,,and good luck...bob

[thomastractorsvc]

1 hour ago, Kansas farmer said:

Glad you got ahold of it after all this time.

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His phone died and he lost my number in it, he said he found my cell on a piece of paper and he called me couple weeks ago and said he was still interested in selling and asked if I still wanted it.  I told I sure was and about a week later went and picked it up before he lost my number again.

[Maddog13407]

nice find. they seem to be turning up more and more lately, I guess they all haven't been exported..... I see it has the hens teeth passenger side B model fuel tank on it also

Edited October 31, 2016 by Maddog13407

[thomastractorsvc]

I think that was an add on after the fact. I think it had square tanks as the passenger side was used as a hydraulic tank and the B model tank is to far back and is awkward to get in and out.  I am surprised its been on there so long as you just about fall out of the truck.

[Maddog13407]

I have a few good spots for that tank.....

[thomastractorsvc]

Send me some square ones and I will strap it to the pallet and send it back

[Brocky]

Nice Find!!!! Looks very clean and complete..  Do you like your Bradford body on the truck??? I wish mine had more stake pockets rather than the flip sides..

[Vladislav]

Neat little truck!

Oh, maybe I'm wrong. It starts being not so little when you intitiate works to make it up 

I suppose you better put front brakes on if runs with no trailer are planned in the future.

[Mack58B42]

Looks to be in pretty good shape for a '67.  Were they still using that style hubcap on the front in that year, or did they just migrate over from B-model on this rig?

[Hobert62]

4 hours ago, Mack58B42 said:

Looks to be in pretty good shape for a '67.  Were they still using that style hubcap on the front in that year, or did they just migrate over from B-model on this rig?

Think I remember reading on here at one time the early R's used the same front axle as a B. 

[57 bcr]

Looks good! That bumper  tells me it was employed  in the oil patch at one time. Maybe not. Looks  to be solid. Nice find.    Al  

[Maddog13407]

they used that style hubcap and B model front axles up til around 72.some had a 2'' wider beam on an R model tho. the early R modelswere basically B model frames

[kscarbel2]

The cowl-mounted rectangular rubber hood rest in the photo above, we sourced from Ford. They were stamped Fomoco. It was borrowed from the N-model, which shared it with the Ford C-Series.

[Vladislav]

14 hours ago, kscarbel2 said:

The cowl-mounted rectangular rubber hood rest in the photo above, we sourced from Ford. They were stamped Fomoco. It was borrowed from the N-model, which shared it with the Ford C-Series.

At what place Ford used them? C-series were cabovers.

[kscarbel2]

2 hours ago, Vladislav said:

At what place Ford used them? C-series were cabovers.

Rear cab mounts, at least on the early ones (what the rear of the cab sat on). The Mack N and Ford C had the same rear cab mounting arrangement.

[thomastractorsvc]

On 10/30/2016 at 9:41 PM, Brocky said:

Nice Find!!!! Looks very clean and complete..  Do you like your Bradford body on the truck??? I wish mine had more stake pockets rather than the flip sides..

Yes I like the bed and the looks and no on the quality when I bought it in 06 the powder coating started flaking of by 2011 they finally agreed to re-powder coat it if I paid $500 for sand blasting guess what they half asses it and never sandblasted the bottom so it is rusting out from the inside out.

I am not hard on the truck or bed, its a 2006 3500 4x4 and I just have 107K on the truck and its like new inside and out except for the rusting on the underside of the bed.

I am thinking about buying a new chevy quadcab 3500 4x4 cab & chassis and I have decided to buy another Bradford bed but it will be the aluminum version.  I am up in the air on the new truck as the service manager for the truck shop at the Chevy dealer I go to told me that they are having a lot of issues with the emissions on the new ones.  But the dealer called me and said they have a 2016 3500 4x4 quadcab for $42K plus I have some cash on my GM card so should be below $40K out the door will see stopping by tomorrow to look the truck over.

[thomastractorsvc]

On 10/31/2016 at 9:04 PM, 57 bcr said:

Looks good! That bumper  tells me it was employed  in the oil patch at one time. Maybe not. Looks  to be solid. Nice find.    Al  

Supposedly it was bought by a guy that owned a quarry near Wichita KS, used to pull an end dump and his low boy.  The guy I bought from bought it from the original owner. 

[fxfymn]

FYI; Chevy is introducing a brand new Duramax in January. My SWAG is any left overs will be reduced even more. OBTW my 2011 Dmax has had several issues with the DEF system. Overall I like the truck, but it has frustrated me on several occasions with emissions issues that require a trip to the dealer for a one to two day stay. I'm pretty sure a 2017 Ford F-350 is my next choice.

[Brocky]

Thomas thanks for your answer.

In 2014 I swapped my F-250 6.0 Power Stroke for a 6.7 Cummins which came wrapped in a Dodge Ram..

4X2 quad cab C&C with the Bradford body with side tool boxes already mounted on it, plus a 60 gal aux tank. This is how it was set up on the dealers lot for $49k. My first, and hopefully my last dually and flat bed as I am 71 Y/O. Basically I love the truck, but if I had started from scratch I probably would go with a C/M body with stake pockets or rub rails for more tie down areas and build my own taller sides. Also those tool boxes lack about 1-2 inches of height for a gallon jug of Rotella to stand up.

Edited November 3, 2016 by Brocky