Autocar Mondays – 1959 DC102

Someday I’ll make it down to the Gerhart’s All Mack Truck event but until then I can count on the kindness of strangers to share photos of some of the great trucks. While the show is titled as “all Mack” all brands of classic trucks are welcome. While Mack is clearly the native truck son of Pennsylvania we can’t forgot about the other brand that called the Keystone state home for many decades.

Here we see a 1959 DC102 powered by a 250 Cummins with a 4×4 Fuller trans your gear mixing pleasure. 

Check out this awesome interior. Autocars of the era had one of the best looking setups of the time if you ask me. Check out the low air “wig wag”. Vintage cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Brian for the great share!

Make sure to check out this beastly DC200 also seen at Gerhart’s a few years back.

Do you have an Autocar you would like to see featured in Autocar Mondays? Email eric@dailydieseldose.com today!

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Still Working – Ford 8000 Fire Truck

Do you run a quad cab pick with a tool box out back? Amateur. This how you do it. Find and old fire truck, rip out the pumps, and you’ll have yourself the baddest truck in the Home Depot parking lot this side of the Mississippi.

Just take a look at how easy it holds that lumber. It even has convenient strap down points and removable sides for easy loading and unloading.

Ram, GMC, Ford, Chevy, Toyota, Nissan……are you listening?

 

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Kenworth W990

Did you hear the news W900? You’re going to be a big brother. With an eye to the future Kenworth has pulled the wraps off the W990, the truck that will certainly become the long hood embasador of the brand for generations to come. While company representatives are quick to note that the W900 is going nowhere anytime soon it doesn’t take a large imagination to envision the future of these two trucks.

Built on the same cab platform as the T680 and T880 the new W by KW is bigger, longer and 6 to 7 perecent more aerodynamic than its long lived predecessor. Head on over to FleetEquipmentMagazine to get the full details by clicking here

As for my opinion? I’ll stick with an International HX. 😉

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Autocar Mondays – Double the Autocar

Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time. I consider this photograph proof that I was in one of those places.

On the left, the 1972 DC9364 owned by Don Berch. On the right, the 1984 AT64 owned by Jim Rymes. Both trucks have been featured in Autocar Mondays before but here we have them together for the first time. What a couple!

From this angle you catch a glimpse of the trailers these two rigs pull to the show. No trailer queens here! Autocars are ready for work and show at the same time. Don’s truck has a great looking 1958 Rodgers 30 ton while Jim’s Autocar is hooked to more modern Landoll.

A picture perfect duo.

Do you have an Autocar Truck you would like to see featured in Autocar Mondays? Email eric@dailydieseldose.com today!

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At the Dealer – Sunday Delivery

The class 8 truck market is hot, hot, hot! Manufacturers are seeing some of the strongest numbers in terms of orders placed in recent memory. Big fleets are placing big orders for over the road trucks. Here we see a line of new Peterbilt 579 model trucks for Indian River Transport of Bensalem, PA. Thanks for the shot Hugh.

Swinging by the local Kenworth dealer I found a similar sight with a row of T-680s for System Freight of Jamesburg, NJ.

And unlike the other two photos I’m not sure where these Cascadias are destined to call home. Some mysteries are better left alone. 

 

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2018 ATHS Hudson Mohawk – The Photos

It might be one of the last shows of the year but it’s one of the best shows of the year. That’s right, we’re talking about the ATHS Hudson Mohawk annual truck show in Ballston Spa, NY. You’ve seen the videos now enjoy a photo or two. Or three. As usual the Hudson Mohawk guys did a wonderful job hosting this event. The show grounds were absolutely packed with what I can only assume was a record number of trucks.

There is always a fantastic variety of trucks on hand at this show. From the immaculate Peterbilt to the hard worn Brockway.

To the innovate International Loadstar sporting Cargostar headlight buckets and a Fleetstar grill. Surprise! It happened to be one of my favorites.

What a show!

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ATHS Hudson Mohawk – Part II

The name tells you all you need to know. 🙂

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2018 ATHS Hudson Mohawk

The name tells you all you need to know.

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Autocar Mondays – Amazing Autocar

I’ve gotta admit, the turn out of Autocars at classic truck shows this year has been a tad disappointing. I guess they are still to busy out the the job working for a living. My last hope for the season was the ATHS Hudson Mohawk show in Ballston Spa, NY. As you can see below, the show did not disappoint.

This 1987 Autocar with Cat power looks like it just rolled off the assembly line. The condition of this truck is simply stunning from stem to stern. Nothing was out of place and it clearly shows that even a 31 year old truck still has the style and power to hang with the new rigs.  R.D. Postulka Contractors is the proud owner and daily users of this fine machine. 

But the Autocar goodness doesn’t stop with this truck. There were a few more of them on hand that we’ll look at next week. Until then, here is a little teaser from the coming show video.

Do you have an Autocar you would like to see featured in Autocar Mondays? Email eric@dailydieseldose.com today!

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Jeep CJ10A Diesel Powered Jeep

Ah, government surplus. Two words that just seem odd when paired together. Earlier this week I stopped by the semi annual auction of state vehicles at the regional NYSDOT HQ. This year the object of my attention was a collection of diesel powered Jeeps. Yup, you read that right. Nowadays a diesel powered Jeep is not that difficult to obtain but what about back in i986? During the height of the cold war around 2300 of these unique CJ variant Jeeps were produced by AMC. They were designed for the USAF to move equipment tugs and aircraft. A six cylinder Nissan diesel (the very same used by International in the Scout) was dropped under between the square fenders and behind the ten slat front grill. A simple three speed automatic transmission was bolted to a transfer case permanently locked in low range to help give more grunt to these little Jeeps than the tiny Nissan could produced on its own. With heavy front and rear bumpers and 2000 pounds of ballast in the rear these little trucks topped the scale at 6000 pounds with a final tow capacity of about 21 tons. Yikes!

All of these trucks were marked as running and in fairly good shape considering many of the other lots. NYSDOT used these trucks at the New York State Fair to pull trams around the grounds for a variety of years before being replaced by new Chevy pickups. Rust and other defects were minimal. According the Jeep experts this model of Jeep shared the same underpinnings as the Wagoneer so it’s possible to chop and extend the frame to have an interesting trail rig.

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