Cabover semis are cool & old school. You don't see many of them on the roads here in the USA anymore like you use to back in the day when the length law was different.
Nice Astro. One of the trucks I learned to drive on was a 1974 Astro. I drove the two 1985 Astros at K.O. Express and a 1978 with stoughkoff ready mix. The one thing I don't like about them is it's not easy getting in and out of the sleeper.
Takes me back to my childhood and teenage years when we lived right beside a GMC truck dealership. Those were the days, 2 stroke Detroit music almost every day...
Yes pretty GMC if I can get with it I can make my 1978 GMC look like that. yes nice job showing and doing to that GMC , lot of working on that truck looks like nice job again have a good one see ya next time see ya bye.
O-H-I-O Porter greetings.🇺🇸 This is one clean looking cabover!🥰 You can surely see pretty well out the front with that big windshield. I’ve never seen one with both types of lights on the cab. Cool! I drove one for Cardinal Container in Columbus, Ohio. Several guys hated that truck, but I loved driving it. They treated it like a garbage can & I always cleaned them out when I drove them. That truck would still get up & roll with that 318 Detroit it had in it. I wish I had pictures of it. For a cabover, it was rather easy to get into the cab. Nice truck & it sounds good! 🥰🤩✌️
@@grumpymike4790 🇺🇸 I guess not all liked the cabovers, but there are those of us who really love them.🥰 Some we’re harder to get in/out of, but they sure gave you a nice view! 😎 Enjoy the ride! 🥰🤩✌️
@@grumpymike4790 I'm 65 now and after 45 years of oversize and heavy haul long hauling my left hip and knee don't like me anymore either .The kids these days they think these old cabby's are cool . they aught to get one and run it for a while .Then thy would know what real trucking is and how soft they have it today .Ya gotta earn the right to roll and make coal.
That brings back memories of , even though I like Jimmy’s. While attending college in Klamath Falls , Oregon and in the late 70’s living at the North Entrance Motel across Hwy 97 at the other motel a group of log truck drivers had at least 10 of those Astro 95 cab overs as log trucks. They would start those trucks up at 3.30am and go into high idle at 1800rpm , every F--ing morning. I quit using my alarm clock. Then to make matters worse BNSF and UP main line was on the west side of the motel about 100yards west. If it wasn’t those F--ing log trucks , it was those dam trains.🤪🤪🤪🤪
My neighbor back in the 70's drove truck and had a GMC exactly like this except it was a rear single axel. Just to hear him take off I would run out the door and watch him take off and listen to that Detroit scream.
Love the stock looks and the rims! oh boy... The exact ones i want for my 1981. Do they use 10.20s and are they still available new? (tires). Gorgeous truck. You are just missing the period correct CB antenna's! I also need some parts sources. Where did you get some items.
Had a new one in 1978 290 Cummins 36,000 dollars. Then bought new one in 1982. I think was 60,000. Had a 300 Cummins. Good old trucks. Made some good money with them. Hauling farm machinery.
Never really cared for those Detroit Vs. Never reslly cared for the GMC and Chevy cabovers easy. To me they seemed if you hit your brakes stopped you woukd go face first. Took a little wile to get used to them with the drop windshiels snd lower dashes. But still wish I had one like this. So many on the road and now none. Sweet big truck though. Miss them. Woyld love to drive it but if you gave a new driver this truck they prolly wouldnt even fit in it or even know how to get in it. I would rather drive this Jimmy than the Pete in the background though.
My friend Lloyd Martin drove one for Dixie Steel and Dexol Plastics, they made water meter boxes out of recycled chicken coups.. They had one with a 318 and another with a 350 Detroit. Both had Fuller RoadRanger 13 speeds. Man it was loud in there and the passenger seat was solidly mounted and it would beat you to death.
Lots of Astro fans here
Thanks for the reply GRUMPY MIKE
Cabover semis are cool & old school. You don't see many of them on the roads here in the USA anymore like you use to back in the day when the length law was different.
Beautiful truck! My Dads favorite truck back in the day!
318 Detroit sounds like nice old girl thanks for sharing
One of the nicest COE's I have seen in the past 40 year's...two 👍🏼👍🏼 up...nostalgic America at one time.
Thank you !! 👍
SWEET! Used to drive those in the 70's.
When I get my cash stacked I'm going to be looking to buy one in a few years. These are sweet trucks !!
That's a great looking GMC.
Nice Astro. One of the trucks I learned to drive on was a 1974 Astro. I drove the two 1985 Astros at K.O. Express and a 1978 with stoughkoff ready mix. The one thing I don't like about them is it's not easy getting in and out of the sleeper.
GMC looks great.well done.id give my eye teeth for one.
That is one badass GMC ASTRO!!!
Really come a long ways since that first video. Awesome work! Love it
I was going to type today how much I love your trucks and videos thanks Dane !!
Takes me back to my childhood and teenage years when we lived right beside a GMC truck dealership. Those were the days, 2 stroke Detroit music almost every day...
Agree the good old days, thank God for the memories !! 👍
I drove one in the 80s like that one with a 318 Detroit with a 13th speed
Yes pretty GMC if I can get with it I can make my 1978 GMC look like that. yes nice job showing and doing to that GMC , lot of working on that truck looks like nice job again have a good one see ya next time see ya bye.
Thanks, lot of work, but I enjoy working on it. You will get yours looking great, just a little at a time, you'll get it.
No doubt it's a 318
Like the video my first truck a 1980 astro with a 6v92 made good money with it
So Sweet. I love these Tractors. Looks and sounds like it just came from the showroom
Thanks, I also like the original look of the good old days !! Great memories. 👍
Down here in the south you see these trucks rotting away in fields in abandoned lots
sad but true.
O-H-I-O Porter greetings.🇺🇸 This is one clean looking cabover!🥰 You can surely see pretty well out the front with that big windshield. I’ve never seen one with both types of lights on the cab. Cool! I drove one for Cardinal Container in Columbus, Ohio. Several guys hated that truck, but I loved driving it. They treated it like a garbage can & I always cleaned them out when I drove them. That truck would still get up & roll with that 318 Detroit it had in it. I wish I had pictures of it. For a cabover, it was rather easy to get into the cab. Nice truck & it sounds good! 🥰🤩✌️
Thanks, probably the best visibility of all cabovers, but don,t get caught scratching.
@@grumpymike4790 🇺🇸 I guess not all liked the cabovers, but there are those of us who really love them.🥰 Some we’re harder to get in/out of, but they sure gave you a nice view! 😎 Enjoy the ride! 🥰🤩✌️
Sweet ride I cut my eye teeth on an older one it had that damn stirrup step above the tire
Thank you, yeah getting in and out is kinda tricky especially for old and out of shape me !
@@grumpymike4790 I'm 65 now and after 45 years of oversize and heavy haul long hauling my left hip and knee don't like me anymore either .The kids these days they think these old cabby's are cool . they aught to get one and run it for a while .Then thy would know what real trucking is and how soft they have it today .Ya gotta earn the right to roll and make coal.
Man oh man, if ida had that GMC back in '76 when I was hauling Pearl Beer, I'd still be hauling Pearl Beer ;-)
I went on a trip with my uncle Larry in one of these when I was a little boy , never forget it that's why I drive today, love it!
Got them great memories forever !! 👍
Had a single axle 74. Way back in 76
Sounds like a 318 under the cab
I am looking for one just like 👍that how 🤔much $
A GMC Lorry. Can't Beat It.
That brings back memories of , even though I like Jimmy’s. While attending college in Klamath Falls , Oregon and in the late 70’s living at the North Entrance Motel across Hwy 97 at the other motel a group of log truck drivers had at least 10 of those Astro 95 cab overs as log trucks. They would start those trucks up at 3.30am and go into high idle at 1800rpm , every F--ing morning. I quit using my alarm clock. Then to make matters worse BNSF and UP main line was on the west side of the motel about 100yards west. If it wasn’t those F--ing log trucks , it was those dam trains.🤪🤪🤪🤪
Love it, I would also have been POed , thanks !!
I loved the Astros
Nice little truck
Very nice looking Astro!!! All glass and no class lol just have to. For real it is a nice looking / sounding rig!
Absolutely wonderful ❤
She’s a beauty. I like the original bumper!
Them ole Asto’s & D D bring back some great memories fella
That’s nice
My neighbor back in the 70's drove truck and had a GMC exactly like this except it was a rear single axel. Just to hear him take off I would run out the door and watch him take off and listen to that Detroit scream.
@@MilePost106 great memories from the good ole days !! 👍
I did think they were some sharp paint in the gold with the accordion air deflector on the CRST line
Really good looking MACHINE. 🤩✌️
Sweet!!!
Sencilla, hermosa y la simpleza del diseño. Una belleza nacida en mi mismo año.
Love the stock looks and the rims! oh boy... The exact ones i want for my 1981. Do they use 10.20s and are they still available new? (tires). Gorgeous truck. You are just missing the period correct CB antenna's! I also need some parts sources. Where did you get some items.
Thanks, I like original. You can still buy 10.00x20s. Let me know if you need 10.00x 20 wheels. I just look all over for parts.
My dream truck
I drove those when I was 17 years old. Bad Ass truck. Have 2 of them at my Barn. Screaming Demond. Love those 318.s
I'd love to see pix !!
Hey Mike long time no see least "peanut butter" ain't around to try and sell it lol I'ma give ya a call this weekend
What a nice GMC Astro truck!
Great looking GMC!!
Sweet truck!
The second baby I drove ☠️
The Detroit sounds the best 👍
Had a new one in 1978 290 Cummins 36,000 dollars. Then bought new one in 1982. I think was 60,000. Had a 300 Cummins. Good old trucks. Made some good money with them. Hauling farm machinery.
Nice rig
Nice.
Is this in Selma, nc? If so I met you at the kenly truck show
I remember you and your brother, enjoyed talking to both of you !!
Afraid to show the interior???
Wish I never sold my jimmy Astro, but there is always tomorrow right lol
Find you an old 1 to show around and tinker with !!
Never really cared for those Detroit Vs. Never reslly cared for the GMC and Chevy cabovers easy. To me they seemed if you hit your brakes stopped you woukd go face first. Took a little wile to get used to them with the drop windshiels snd lower dashes. But still wish I had one like this. So many on the road and now none.
Sweet big truck though. Miss them. Woyld love to drive it but if you gave a new driver this truck they prolly wouldnt even fit in it or even know how to get in it. I would rather drive this Jimmy than the Pete in the background though.
Awesome, my dad's friend had a '71 just like it.
My dad's friend also had one, a '71.
@@benjamincorbett2843 Yes, they were a very popular truck in their day.
That looks like callthemalls Pete in the back ground is it?
No, my 1998 379, I bought brand new.
How do you get in an out of this vehicle
not easy for us old out of shape people, battery box is 1st step then 2nd step over tire hanging off cab.
That is a thing of beauty. Have you still got all those other cabovers from your video 2 years ago. Keen to see the other rigs you have now.
I sold the other 4 about 2 years ago, wish I kept them, they all went to good homes luckily !
@@grumpymike4790 Thanks! Just love your Astro!
Very good compared with 2 years ago.
I owend a 78 astro with a big cam cumins and air ride suspension ahead of it time what a good truck
They were the good old days.
Nice on the outside how about the inside?
Sounds like a 6 V 71 Detroit
Very close, 8v71 .
Dont fall out of the window.
I’m guessing 318 and 13 speed.
Very close, 318 and a 10 speed.👍
One beautiful ride
Old aluminum front rims! Clean as the day is long 👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks, tried keeping it all original.
My friend Lloyd Martin drove one for Dixie Steel and Dexol Plastics, they made water meter boxes out of recycled chicken coups.. They had one with a 318 and another with a 350 Detroit. Both had Fuller RoadRanger 13 speeds. Man it was loud in there and the passenger seat was solidly mounted and it would beat you to death.
Old school !
pretty but not many good memories
Nice to have money 👍
The toughest cabover of all time
6/92?
8v71 👍