So, the owner of my company *semi retired, his son runs the day to day* is an old truck junky and today about lunch time I get a call to fire up a reach-fork, grab a long chain and meet one of our truck drivers out by our wash bay to haul something off his beaver-tail trailer. Low an behold its a 58 Autocar with a Cummins 275 Ironlung. The best part was the fact that although the rig doesn't move on its own, it will fire up and run after sitting for 14yrs! * I'll get some pics and post as soon as i figure out how to get them from my phone to a PC*
Come on I want see that A-CCCAAAARRRRR. Is it a DC-102 model? This is the only A-Car I have seen in that area that was for sale. Truck Shop
I was looking at buying this one but the rust rat's had eaten the cab up real bad and it had some bad frame issues. Truck Shop
Wow both those are in way better shape than this old gal..... and here's an old Pete w/ a 12 cylinder 2 stroke he's in the process of restoring .....
Yah that's a DC-102, hard to find one of those. That red and white 4964 is a 1965, quad headlights were rare in those years. The one above it is in Bend and it's a 64 or 65 it was owned by DeAttley Bros-I believe that's how their name is spelled. Both are 335 with 5X4. That 102 is pretty cool-I have a weakness for A-Cars and Diamond T's. Glad to see he is keeping the salt water chevy in that Pete. That's a nice project also.---------Thanks for posting the pics. Truck Shop
Did somebody say 12V71 and Peterbilt in the same sentence???
Like you Truckshop I have a weakness and a longing (lack of cash) to the old A-cars and Diamonds. One of these days I will find what I want, I just keep telling myself that.
Awhile back there was a big Autocar with flat fenders and an exposed radiator locally for around $2,5- 3K... and I passed it up. I think it was a '74 with a 350 Cummins and a 10X4 trans. Imagine that one with a 12V71.
i used to have a dc-102 with a NH 262 cummins a 4x4 transmission. no pyrometer so it had a stack mirror to watch the flame come out of the exhaust so you didn't melt the engine. great old truck"i miss it"
forgot to mention the B61T Mack with a 237 thermodyne engine and brownlite tranny.
any up dates on any of these the 58 autocar or the pete with the (saltwater chevy ) ?
I remember seeing Mitchell Bros trucks in the early 70's. Mostly KW K 100 Cabovers with a truck and trailer flatbed setup. Read somewhere they had their own shortwave radio network to communicate with the drivers.