I am 61 years old. I remember the trucking craze of the 70s. I remember the TV show, Movin On. My uncle Frank was a truck driver. He used to take me along with him when he was working. He drove a Mack R 600, and a Ford 9000. My Dad owned an automatic transmission shop, as a kid I worked there also. When I grew up, I became a truck mechanic. I did that for about 40 years. I just retired.
Hi, I'm an old guy now but back in the seventies I bought a '73 Transfer with a 318 Detroit and I took the mufflers off and put 4" chrome stacks up high. It was the loudest thing I've ever heard when under load. They blocked me from driving thru the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel. I pulled a 42' reefer, always loaded with frozen foids. Uphill to she would scream!!
When I was a kid growing up in the 70s, I wanted to be a truck driver in the worst way. My dad would take me down to the truck dealerships on occasion and the salesmen would let me sit in the cabs. Quite a thrill for a 10-year-old boy. I thought those Jimmies with the wraparound console were the bomb! Very impractical in retrospect. Seeing this guy driving shows how physical the job was, and how brutal this would be on a body day after day. Times have changed.
I never liked the GMC Cabover, not sure exactly why, seeing the inside of one for the first time, I instantly liked what I saw. The Operations console had a nice wrap around which gave the driver instant view of all the gauges & buttons & switches so it was easy to view & get your eyes back on the road. I didn't expect this Model to be so organized & simple like this. I very much like this truck now & watching how it moved & especially the sound still gives me trepidations as I once had as a young kid. I have only had one trip in a transport about 20 years ago, it was a conventional White or General, I cant remember but my first impression was WOW cause I was up high in it & wasn't quite expecting the movement or vibration of it. It was a day truck as I remember it but fear came over me when we went over our communities Skyway Bridge & that's a high bridge so when we went over it, the guard rails that separated the pedestrians & the edge of the bridge where simply no longer there as I looked out the passenger window., I did & wasn't happy about it cause all I saw was WATER no bridge at all. Immediate freight came over me & almost panic LOL My Stepmom was the driver :P a small 4'7 roundish woman cowboy boots & all the lady accessories a woman could have & she was a force you didn't want to deal with. Her career started in the 60's I believe when her first husband had a heart attack at the wheel & my step mom now had no choice but to move her husband over best she could & take over & her husband to the nearest hospital. TO make a long story short, this is what started her Career as a truck driver. I judged a cabover by many aspects & usually if not always by what kind of reaction I had to it & most times it was with disdain & a frown LOL and by its paint & markings plus its physical profile as it was moving & often I would get an emotional response from these types of Trucks, most of them made me have a pending doom feeling & some just outright frightened me simply because of the loud sound as it up-geared followed by a plume of thick black smoke spewing out of its pipe(s) & its movement up & down shimmy & side to side rocking action & I swear these trucks had evil personalities and souls, if it had a paint job that gave it the appearance of having angry eyebrows especially if it had a single headlight on either side of that eyebrow & the cab itself was one that had a slim profile giving the driver very little room at all for stretching, I remember these quite well because when they started moving from a dead stop, the cab always jumped up & forward & then down as it shifted gears giving it the look of charging at something or you if it where in front of you generating a horrific fear within prompting you to get the hell out of its sight fast cause that truck meant serious business & you had no time to run away kind of fear they gave me LOL Holy Smoke I am writing a story here, well I guess this truck inspired me to get it out of my system lol I loved this video, thanks for the drive & inspection & a sense of how soon is this video over LOL I would seriously hate to see you in my back window coming up hard & fast LOL I am scaring myself LMDAO
An old timer told me 40 years ago. Slam your hand in the door before you drive a 2 stroke Detroit and get fighting mad. Also if they aren’t leaking oil get worried. They are out of oil lol
Used to run a snub-nosed LN 9000. Tach her out at 2300 loaded and let her work. Running empty, tach her back to 1800 and let that 6-71 sing "Roll On Big Mama".
Mannnnnnnnn!!!!! I had a 68 V8 Mack cabover with a twin stick a few years ago but I always wanted a Detroit, that was the most theraputic 20 mins ever! Love your GMC , pretty rad truck.
Brings back memories of driving without a/c, and wearing a straw hat to keep the sun off. And hanging on to that big steering wheel when hitting bumps. In the winter the switcher would pull them around the yard to start them. It was a different game in the seventies.
This old girl is as old as me... either meticulously well maintained or fully restored. Looking very good. I remember newer Astros in my hometown - I had a ride in one... larger grille and ten wheels.
I had to watch this again. Back in the early 80s I drove a 71 Diamond Reo snub nose with the 318 and a 15 speed double overdrive. It was a blast to drive, such quick acceleration . My boss always wanted me to take the R model Mack for the mileage , but I would always jump in the Reo. A couple local guys here raced and used the 318s , they were quick motors. Just listening to this makes me smile.
GMC never figured out the steering knuckle thing like Brockway had... even though it wasn't power steering it still turned a hell of a lot easier than everything else on the market at the time. Nice sounding and running truck! I saved this video under music!
That engine brings back memories. I used a 68 cab over Kenworth with that engine and a 10sp Fuller to haul equipment around. When you had a motor grader on the back, you had to be paying attention on the hills. 😊 Sometimes they sneak upon you.😅 That engine makes you work!
Designer: How much visibility do you want with this? GM: Yes. 😁 By the by, that interior is phenomenal. It's this, Ford's CL9000 and Pete's Corvette dash in my Top Three
Back in the day this single axle Astro with a 318 and a 10 speed RoadRanger was a furniture mover's Cadillac! And power steering was for girls...also, note the custom (truck stop) gear shifter!
Nice job shifting. Up and downshifting, no clutch. You didn't over Rev it. Detroit don't always have to be overrevved even though they can take it. Brings back some great memories of the sound that started my love affair with trucks. Great job!!
Those old Jimmy's had such a unique sound. Takes me back to the days of Rockford Files, Love Boat and Fantasy Island! I do have to say though, the cabover Pete's were GORGEOUS in those days with paint schemes that blew your mind. ❤❤
Man that Detroit just sings right along it sounds badass I never really knew much about diesel but always knew about a Detroit diesel that 2 stroke has its own unique sound.
My first job after ARMY discharge in '92 was for a Detroit dealer in Lafayette Louisiana. I haven't worked on them in many many years. I enjoyed your video and your spirit. "POW POOF"
Funny, watching along thinking that area looks really familiar then it clicked it's around Edmonds when I saw the window store sign. Bet the king co. hippies love you roaring around in that thing! LOL
my grandad had one just like this he used to transport hay with. fun rides loud as hell, we used to hook squeaky toys to his air seat to mess with him lol
@AVM-Music what I like most about Maximum Overdrive is it has several cabovers in it. Cabovers bring back good o memories. I know that movie was made back in the 80s & that was back when cabovers were common in the USA. Good times. These days the most common cabovers are only fire trucks, garbage trucks, yard trucks, crane trucks, front discharge cement trucks, concrete pumper trucks, military trucks, & non semi trucks like those smaller size ones. Those kind of cabovers are cool too but it isn't the same without a large number of cabover semis around.
@AVM-Music another cool thing about them is they're easier to maneuver in than conventional cabs with their shorter wheel base & being up close to the very front instead of being further back away from the very front. Sadly the new length law in the USA eliminated the need for cabovers which caused them to phase out & replaced by more conventional cabs. In other words, the overall length limit increased which allow conventional cabs to pull longer trailers now. Back then, longer tractor "conventional cab" meant shorter trailer, & shorter tractor "cabover" meant longer trailer.
The roughness of that ride reminds me of a guy I knew that quit trucking back in the 1970s because his back and shoulders just could not hack it anymore.
I drove a 1978 cab over Kenworth with a V6 Detroit about 20 years ago. Great memories. These old Detroit's sound really TUFF. The closest comparison is the old EMD locomotives. They sound really TUFF also.
What a wonderfully visceral ride! Well done! That bob-tailing trucker at Elm Hill Pike & Massman Drive was probably saying "Huh? Wait. *_WHAT?"_* as you took off past him.
WHAT A BEAUTY! in the 1970's on the way to Grandma's house we passed by an ASTRO Single Cab over parked at a shop on Mt. Elliot in Detroit. She looks like that beauty. I was 10
Sounds awesome. Love those old Detroit Astros. Was always afraid that those single axle cabovers bareback would front flip over if you jammed the brakes too hard. 😂😂😂 Short wheelbase beats the snot out of you.
I've fooled with GM/Detroits from 2-71's to V-12's in all matters of equipment and quarry stuff but the only one I ever drove on the road was a IH Paystar? mixer with a 6-71 and a 9-speed OD. Wished it'd had a 13-under but you drive what there is. Ended up in an older one with a 3208 and a quad (5x4). I like quads. The best were the R-35 trucks and TS-24 pans with the 12V-71's but the best by Far was aSuperliner with the E-9 and a 12-speed. That one was a GO-RILLA but I've always liked the 318. Ran a Wabco pan with a 350. SWEET but hated the pan. THANKS! NICE shifting! I got hold of an old GMC with a 6V-53 and a 13-under. The fillings in your teeth would swap holes!
When I did Truck Driver school in 1984 in Posen Ill it was in a twin screw GMC Astro cabover ( don't know what year the truck was but similar to this one) and thought how am I going to drink a beer driving down the road with all this windshield. Like being in a fishbowl. Don't worry folks in almost 40 years of shifting gears I never drank in a truck.(Rolling).
A true 8V71 with large injectors is 318 horse power, add a turbo it’s 350 then becomes 8V71T, add a aftercooler it’s then a 370 horsepower called a 8V71TA . And that settles that
I drove these 'slab cab' GMC Astro single axle 2-stroke 318 Detroit 13 speed day cabs for Taggart Transport in Ontario, Canada for quite a few years. They were hot in the summer, cold in the winter and deadly on a slippery road, you really had to be aware of their capabilities. Seeing the trucks that are out there now is literally night and day compared to what we drove in the 70's, 80's and even into the 90's.
The sound of old disels running is music to my ears
I am 61 years old. I remember the trucking craze of the 70s. I remember the TV show, Movin On. My uncle Frank was a truck driver. He used to take me along with him when he was working. He drove a Mack R 600, and a Ford 9000. My Dad owned an automatic transmission shop, as a kid I worked there also. When I grew up, I became a truck mechanic. I did that for about 40 years. I just retired.
Hi, I'm an old guy now but back in the seventies I bought a '73 Transfer with a 318 Detroit and I took the mufflers off and put 4" chrome stacks up high. It was the loudest thing I've ever heard when under load. They blocked me from driving thru the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel. I pulled a 42' reefer, always loaded with frozen foids. Uphill to she would scream!!
They're definitely loud!
Never thought I'd see Prince Harry driving a truck. Sounds of the 70s. Fantastic!!😀❤
😂
🤣😅
😂😂😂👍👍👍
He got tired being a prince so he said screw it I'm going to drive trucks.
Just getting some time out from the insuffrable wife
The Detroit Deisel is one of the most amazing engines of all time. Long live the DD
The Detroit sings a great tune, love that arm strong steering and a great looking cabover to boot.
I get why we all wanted to be truckers in the 70s. Looks fun.
Definition of optimism, having a CB in a Detroit twostroker
Lmao 😂😂😂
they hear him coming
Lol
When I was a kid growing up in the 70s, I wanted to be a truck driver in the worst way. My dad would take me down to the truck dealerships on occasion and the salesmen would let me sit in the cabs. Quite a thrill for a 10-year-old boy. I thought those Jimmies with the wraparound console were the bomb! Very impractical in retrospect. Seeing this guy driving shows how physical the job was, and how brutal this would be on a body day after day. Times have changed.
That thing has one hell of a tight short travel shifter.
I never liked the GMC Cabover, not sure exactly why, seeing the inside of one for the first time, I instantly liked what I saw. The Operations console had a nice wrap around which gave the driver instant view of all the gauges & buttons & switches so it was easy to view & get your eyes back on the road. I didn't expect this Model to be so organized & simple like this. I very much like this truck now & watching how it moved & especially the sound still gives me trepidations as I once had as a young kid.
I have only had one trip in a transport about 20 years ago, it was a conventional White or General, I cant remember but my first impression was WOW cause I was up high in it & wasn't quite expecting the movement or vibration of it. It was a day truck as I remember it but fear came over me when we went over our communities Skyway Bridge & that's a high bridge so when we went over it, the guard rails that separated the pedestrians & the edge of the bridge where simply no longer there as I looked out the passenger window., I did & wasn't happy about it cause all I saw was WATER no bridge at all. Immediate freight came over me & almost panic LOL
My Stepmom was the driver :P a small 4'7 roundish woman cowboy boots & all the lady accessories a woman could have & she was a force you didn't want to deal with. Her career started in the 60's I believe when her first husband had a heart attack at the wheel & my step mom now had no choice but to move her husband over best she could & take over & her husband to the nearest hospital. TO make a long story short, this is what started her Career as a truck driver.
I judged a cabover by many aspects & usually if not always by what kind of reaction I had to it & most times it was with disdain & a frown LOL and by its paint & markings plus its physical profile as it was moving & often I would get an emotional response from these types of Trucks, most of them made me have a pending doom feeling & some just outright frightened me simply because of the loud sound as it up-geared followed by a plume of thick black smoke spewing out of its pipe(s) & its movement up & down shimmy & side to side rocking action & I swear these trucks had evil personalities and souls, if it had a paint job that gave it the appearance of having angry eyebrows especially if it had a single headlight on either side of that eyebrow & the cab itself was one that had a slim profile giving the driver very little room at all for stretching, I remember these quite well because when they started moving from a dead stop, the cab always jumped up & forward & then down as it shifted gears giving it the look of charging at something or you if it where in front of you generating a horrific fear within prompting you to get the hell out of its sight fast cause that truck meant serious business & you had no time to run away kind of fear they gave me LOL
Holy Smoke I am writing a story here, well I guess this truck inspired me to get it out of my system lol
I loved this video, thanks for the drive & inspection & a sense of how soon is this video over LOL
I would seriously hate to see you in my back window coming up hard & fast LOL I am scaring myself LMDAO
Back in the day when the length law was different "overall length limit was shorter" in the USA, cabover semis were the king of the roads.
The deep, loud roar sound of an 8V-71 Detroit Diesel with big injectors is beautiful. Not the 6-cylinder engine, but the V-8 engine.
Awesome!
I LOVE the sound of screamin' Detroit. One of the best sounding diesel engines ever produced.
Thanks for sharing.
An old timer told me 40 years ago. Slam your hand in the door before you drive a 2 stroke Detroit and get fighting mad. Also if they aren’t leaking oil get worried. They are out of oil lol
that's what I was told by the company that gave me a beater twin stick R model mack.
Used to run a snub-nosed LN 9000. Tach her out at 2300 loaded and let her work. Running empty, tach her back to 1800 and let that 6-71 sing "Roll On Big Mama".
I own the 72 astros single axle.But Minecraft 13 speed.I could do eighty miles an hour easy
Why'd he say those things..?
@@balsachopper7 why would it sing that..?
I used to drive a 1980 Astro loved that thing even though it was like driving a fish tank all glass.
It's got a great view in and out.
Old GMC sound good 8v71 Detroit Diesel love that sound..👍🏼
I fell asleep last night watching this. Something about the sound of an old 2 stroke Detroit Diesel has a calming effect on me. 😆
The standard engine for the GMC Astro. I remember them well as a kid growing up in Detroit, many of them were flat bed steel haulers.
Yep. I remember these.
I'm getting old.
Did you also vote for Kennedy lmao
Nothing like the roar of an old Detroit diesels, i like the low profile dashboard, kind of like a bus 👍
Mannnnnnnnn!!!!! I had a 68 V8 Mack cabover with a twin stick a few years ago but I always wanted a Detroit, that was the most theraputic 20 mins ever! Love your GMC , pretty rad truck.
I'm old enough to have driven these tractors the dash on these was perfectly placed. all gauges easy to monitor
Brings back memories of driving without a/c, and wearing a straw hat to keep the sun off. And hanging on to that big steering wheel when hitting bumps. In the winter the switcher would pull them around the yard to start them. It was a different game in the seventies.
Perfect for when you feel like taking a cab over semi truck to the corner store
Absolutely love this Astro! Listen to that Detroit sing! Such a cool tractor!
This old girl is as old as me... either meticulously well maintained or fully restored. Looking very good. I remember newer Astros in my hometown - I had a ride in one... larger grille and ten wheels.
Only one thing better than the sound of a GM two banger…that’s one on the jake brake!
Love that legendary Detroit Diesel sound!
Awesome ride along . Thoroughly enjoyed how quick you were going through all the gears. Thanks for the ride .Gotta love a classic.
Right On!!! Think this is same kind of truck used in Beverly hills cop...the chase scene..thts Awesome man. Excellent video!!
I had to watch this again. Back in the early 80s I drove a 71 Diamond Reo snub nose with the 318 and a 15 speed double overdrive. It was a blast to drive, such quick acceleration . My boss always wanted me to take the R model Mack for the mileage , but I would always jump in the Reo. A couple local guys here raced and used the 318s , they were quick motors. Just listening to this makes me smile.
GMC never figured out the steering knuckle thing like Brockway had... even though it wasn't power steering it still turned a hell of a lot easier than everything else on the market at the time.
Nice sounding and running truck! I saved this video under music!
That engine brings back memories. I used a 68 cab over Kenworth with that engine and a 10sp Fuller to haul equipment around. When you had a motor grader on the back, you had to be paying attention on the hills. 😊 Sometimes they sneak upon you.😅 That engine makes you work!
Back in the 70”s that was the sound of money $$
Nice shifting!!! Love that awesome sound ❤
No power steering of course. At least it was only one stick!
Designer: How much visibility do you want with this?
GM: Yes.
😁
By the by, that interior is phenomenal. It's this, Ford's CL9000 and Pete's Corvette dash in my Top Three
Back in the day this single axle Astro with a 318 and a 10 speed RoadRanger was a furniture mover's Cadillac! And power steering was for girls...also, note the custom (truck stop) gear shifter!
Nice job shifting. Up and downshifting, no clutch. You didn't over Rev it. Detroit don't always have to be overrevved even though they can take it. Brings back some great memories of the sound that started my love affair with trucks. Great job!!
Thanks, took a while to get used to.
@jeanclaude7018 8V-71 maintenance manual calls for 2250 RPM max no-load speed, and 500 RPM idle speed.
Those old Jimmy's had such a unique sound. Takes me back to the days of Rockford Files, Love Boat and Fantasy Island! I do have to say though, the cabover Pete's were GORGEOUS in those days with paint schemes that blew your mind. ❤❤
Thanks for the sleeper view ride that Astro sounds good and the sleeper cab looks nice,as always the single axle in quite unique, nice work.
I can't stop watching this. Greetings from France !
Man that Detroit just sings right along it sounds badass I never really knew much about diesel but always knew about a Detroit diesel that 2 stroke has its own unique sound.
My first job after ARMY discharge in '92 was for a Detroit dealer in Lafayette Louisiana. I haven't worked on them in many many years. I enjoyed your video and your spirit. "POW POOF"
Oh, man !! how I miss my Detroits !!!
Funny, watching along thinking that area looks really familiar then it clicked it's around Edmonds when I saw the window store sign. Bet the king co. hippies love you roaring around in that thing! LOL
my grandad had one just like this he used to transport hay with. fun rides loud as hell, we used to hook squeaky toys to his air seat to mess with him lol
Good ol’ Screamin Demon! Pulled out all my Detroit specialty tools and almost shed a tear!😂
Ahhhh the soundtrack to Maximum Overdrive right there!!!!!!
Lol yes
@@KevinRichards-my5oj as a young kid in the uk, that noise was always so special
@AVM-Music what I like most about Maximum Overdrive is it has several cabovers in it. Cabovers bring back good o memories. I know that movie was made back in the 80s & that was back when cabovers were common in the USA. Good times. These days the most common cabovers are only fire trucks, garbage trucks, yard trucks, crane trucks, front discharge cement trucks, concrete pumper trucks, military trucks, & non semi trucks like those smaller size ones. Those kind of cabovers are cool too but it isn't the same without a large number of cabover semis around.
@@KevinRichards-my5oj yup
Exactly that!!!! COE Rock
@AVM-Music another cool thing about them is they're easier to maneuver in than conventional cabs with their shorter wheel base & being up close to the very front instead of being further back away from the very front. Sadly the new length law in the USA eliminated the need for cabovers which caused them to phase out & replaced by more conventional cabs. In other words, the overall length limit increased which allow conventional cabs to pull longer trailers now. Back then, longer tractor "conventional cab" meant shorter trailer, & shorter tractor "cabover" meant longer trailer.
I love it! nothing better than a Detroit diesel roaring.
The roughness of that ride reminds me of a guy I knew that quit trucking back in the 1970s because his back and shoulders just could not hack it anymore.
I don"t know why I'm watching it, but I like it.
I drove a 1978 cab over Kenworth with a V6 Detroit about 20 years ago. Great memories. These old Detroit's sound really TUFF. The closest comparison is the old EMD locomotives. They sound really TUFF also.
@Thetrucky69, the old EMD locomotives had 2-cycle GM engines too. Same basic engine, just bigger.
0:46 the family SUV runs in terror to the sound of the mighty Detroit Diesel!
'Duel' all over again!
Best sounding semi I ever heard.
This reminds of the truck from Terminator 2 Judgement Day, the scene where John Connor was getting chased on his dirt bike haha.
What a wonderfully visceral ride! Well done!
That bob-tailing trucker at Elm Hill Pike & Massman Drive was probably saying "Huh? Wait. *_WHAT?"_* as you took off past him.
Thanks, It's impossible to ignore!
That is one wicked ride with no trailer
WHAT A BEAUTY! in the 1970's on the way to Grandma's house we passed by an ASTRO Single Cab over parked at a shop on Mt. Elliot in Detroit. She looks like that beauty. I was 10
Grabbing gears like a rally car, old trucks are the best.
Listening to this brings back memories of I use to drive em in freightliner cab overs no better sounds.
You're doing a very very good job of shifting I've only heard you catch them once
You definitely don't have to worry about arm day with this truck!!😂😂
Listen the the choir humming in that straight pipe.
Reminds me of the truck used for the intro chase for Beverly Hills cop
That was pretty epic, 🙂 that guy Whippled that truck
Sounds awesome. Love those old Detroit Astros. Was always afraid that those single axle cabovers bareback would front flip over if you jammed the brakes too hard. 😂😂😂 Short wheelbase beats the snot out of you.
That truck got some get up😊
Looks like “arm strong” power steering 😎
""THIS SOUNDSLIKE A DETROIT-DIESEL-ENGINE, ""THAT DETROIT-SCREAM, ""JUST-LEGENDARY""!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cabovers are my favorite kinds of 18 wheelers👍. This is a nice piece!
No power steering 🙋🦾 jimmy 💯
Many Astros had power steering, just depends how it was ordered.
Better know as "Armstrong Power Steering"!
Absolutely beautiful. Music to my ears
I love the sound of that engine
Marvelous sound.
I've fooled with GM/Detroits from 2-71's to V-12's in all matters of equipment and quarry stuff but the only one I ever drove on the road was a IH Paystar? mixer with a 6-71 and a 9-speed OD. Wished it'd had a 13-under but you drive what there is. Ended up in an older one with a 3208 and a quad (5x4). I like quads. The best were the R-35 trucks and TS-24 pans with the 12V-71's but the best by Far was aSuperliner with the E-9 and a 12-speed. That one was a GO-RILLA but I've always liked the 318. Ran a Wabco pan with a 350. SWEET but hated the pan. THANKS! NICE shifting! I got hold of an old GMC with a 6V-53 and a 13-under. The fillings in your teeth would swap holes!
00:34 You really had to eat a few cans of spinach to drive a truck without power steering 😂😂😂
That purr brings about great memories! Thanks for sharing.
I can't tell, are you wearing earplugs? It sounds awesome, that's for sure! What a treasure you have there, not many Astros left on the roads anymore.
No I wasn't, I only wear them on long trips. Love the Astros, but they are definitely rare.
Scream baby scream ! That’s when truckin was truckin ! 😂
Nice ride, thanks for taking along
When I did Truck Driver school in 1984 in Posen Ill it was in a twin screw GMC Astro cabover ( don't know what year the truck was but similar to this one) and thought how am I going to drink a beer driving down the road with all this windshield. Like being in a fishbowl. Don't worry folks in almost 40 years of shifting gears I never drank in a truck.(Rolling).
That Sound.... 62Stoke Diesels are the best sounding engines!
My Favorite is the 6V92TA
Thing is an absolute beast what a treat
Old Midland 40 channel sitting there ready to Ten/Four Good Buddy!
That thing is so cool. Sounds amazing.
Thanks friend
That’s one hell of a short wheelbase!!!! 😮
Wish I woulda had a truck like this when I was hauling Pearl Beer.
That just looks fun to drive.
That’s got to be one of the shortest trucks made.
Not bad for a 73 Cabover…Excellent sound 😎😎😎
Thank you
Love how you got on it under the over pass ! I used to do that all the time on my piped GSXR
why , cant hear it at all , no volume
This sounds just as good as I hoped.
Thats right! i completely forgot TIL I SAW THE VIDEO! I remember ALL of the Greyhound Busses had the detroit's
Love that shifter handle 👍
Racket engine powered trucks, are very common to have modified shifters. Driver is shifting constantly.
That thing is so stubby and such a cool truck
A true 8V71 with large injectors is 318 horse power, add a turbo it’s 350 then becomes 8V71T, add a aftercooler it’s then a 370 horsepower called a 8V71TA . And that settles that
I drove these 'slab cab' GMC Astro single axle 2-stroke 318 Detroit 13 speed day cabs for Taggart Transport in Ontario, Canada for quite a few years. They were hot in the summer, cold in the winter and deadly on a slippery road, you really had to be aware of their capabilities.
Seeing the trucks that are out there now is literally night and day compared to what we drove in the 70's, 80's and even into the 90's.
Man that brings back my childhood memories. Where I live I haven't seen or heard one of those in years ty