kscarbel2 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Bullheaded said: That, and like my old Star, a chrome steering wheel looks good but the damn thing blinds you every time the sun gets on it, LOL. I would have the steering wheel "spokes" painted a flat matte black with a bit of texture. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Yes, many times I have to put my dust cloth over the steering wheel when I am driving it. But it looks nice parked, LOL. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidyne Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Agreed on the instruments- One of the things I liked about driving trucks vs. cars was most of the trucks had a decent instrument panel with lotsa useful gauges and switches. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Ya, I'm not into this new fad of replacing gauges with electronic display screens. They don't want distracted driving but they now make you toggle through multiple screens to find info. But the sad part is, most of the new generation that designs and drives trucks wouldn't understand what the info on a gauge is telling them, LOL. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 29 minutes ago, Maxidyne said: Agreed on the instruments- One of the things I liked about driving trucks vs. cars was most of the trucks had a decent instrument panel with lotsa useful gauges and switches. And they appear to be semi analog not full digital. Rather replace a gauge driver than the entire panel. 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/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Just keeps looking better and better 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 understood . if you ever have to grab one of those wheels with greasy hands or an oily glove it never comes off. off white plastic would be my choice Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bullheaded Posted May 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2019 I don't have to worry about that. I don't get dirty, LOL. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Wonder how their pricing will compare to Mack/Star/International, etc? Anyone ever compare the price of an Xpeditor to a Mack or Pete coe? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidyne Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Just looked at some bids from our MN State buying pool and the Autocar ACX and MR with similar specs look pretty close. No bids from the Paccar dealers on their tandem cabover, but the KW dealer bid on the heavier conventionals was high. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kscarbel2 Posted May 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/14/2019 at 11:09 PM, Bullheaded said: Even though the Capone truck is Volvo era.....I always did like the looks of those too. ACL64 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I always liked the lightweight DS-64 with the fiberglass hood (bonnet), predecessor to the ACL-64 and new DC-64R. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I have never, ever seen one of those. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 27 minutes ago, Bullheaded said: I have never, ever seen one of those. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 So that was Volvo White era then. What year did those come out? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Bullheaded said: So that was Volvo White era then. What year did those come out? DS production ran from 1983 to 1987, when the last “Driver Cab” fitted Autocar rolled off the line in Ogden, Utah. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Never was a fan of the A car with the road commode cab. Sure do like the the yellow DS. The DK & DS would have been a good look for the new A car front grill. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Autocar Trucks Press Release / April 25, 2019 This Autocar truck was THE garbage-collecting machine in the 1980s. You could see it for years, roaming the streets of Manhattan, packing and hauling that big city trash. There’s nothing out there today as good as this brute. Yet. Time to get back to work. . 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 2 hours ago, kscarbel2 said: Autocar Trucks Press Release / April 25, 2019 This Autocar truck was THE garbage-collecting machine in the 1980s. You could see it for years, roaming the streets of Manhattan, packing and hauling that big city trash. There’s nothing out there today as good as this brute. Yet. Time to get back to work. . BEAUTY-JUST NEEDS SPOKES ON THAT FRONT AXLE! 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I noticed very clearly that the key players in American truck industry journalism did NOT cover the launch of the Autocar DC-64R until days later. FYI, the big truckmakers, shall we say accommodate........journalists who write about (promote) their products. It's a dirty business. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 You got that right. I notice that all the time with Today's trucking and their Jim Park test drive articles and videos. For a while the new Mack's were all the rage. They were praised in those, they were sponsoring the Ice Road Seatcovers and now Highway Through Hell. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Autocar Trucks Press Release / May 21, 2019 As a member of the Conventional Cab Autocar Steering Committee, a plaque was awarded to Houston, Texas-based WCA Waste Corporation* Vice President of Fleet & Procurement Jason Saunders in grateful recognition for his individual contribution to the design and development of the new Autocar DC-64R. WCA will be receiving the very first commercially produced unit in October 2019! * https://wcawaste.com/ . 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DailyDiesel Posted May 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2019 Here is a DS sporting what appears to be ACL style headlights. 3 Quote www.dailydieseldose.com Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/56923-new-autocar-dc-64-conventional-truck/page/7/#findComment-423649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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