Let's take a look at this bold blue 1986 GMC Astro! Engine: 8V-92 Transmission: 13-Speed Top Speed: 80 MPH #truckhistory #iowa80truckstop #iowa80truckingmuseum #gmc #trucking #trucks #truckers
My first 10 years driving was a in a Jimmy. My first driving job (87) I drove a 76 Jimmy, 318 ten speed. Used a gallon of oil every other day. Armstrong steering, no a/c ,no jukebox.The othe Jimmy I drove was in the early 90s it had the silver Detroit (350 horse) 13 speed, a/c (roof mounted) that worked fantastic, power steering and a am radio. Once I got used to it I loved that truck. It just didn't pull long hills very well. Did okay on shorter hills, tached out at 2300. It would run 85 all day long (if you could handle the decibel level) probably why I have a hearing loss in my right ear. My first local job I drove a Brigadier, I hated that truck. The cab was small and cramped. It had a 300 Cummins Big Cam with a 7 speed trans. It did have power steering but other than that it was a rolling turd.
The Chevy Titan and GMC Astro cabovers were two of the coldest damn trucks I've ever driven in my life. The heater couldn't over compensate for the largest grill and windshield in the truck manufacturing buisness. I lived in Cleveland and ran from Cleveland East and North if there. During winter runs there were times when its was soooo cold from the windchill that I'd have to get out of the bunk to drop the trailer and then bump the front of the cab up to the trailer just so i wouidnt freeze to death in upstate New York and Maine. I couldn't wait to get into conventional.
O-H-I-O Porter greetings. 🇺🇸 I still love cabovers & would choose one over many of the conventionals out there. I remember seeing them back in the day. I loved riding my bike by the GMC dealership & drooling over them & the Generals. I tried to buy one when I was 16 but just couldn’t do it. One REGRET! Yeah, they’re hard to get into, or at least take more effort getting in/out of, but they’re so fun to drive! I drove a Ford C800 & several other cabovers back in the day…Marmon, Ford, GMC, IH. Great trucks! Tis a shame that GM quite making these trucks! Cabovers Rule!!! 🥰🤩✌️
My first 10 years driving was a in a Jimmy. My first driving job (87) I drove a 76 Jimmy, 318 ten speed. Used a gallon of oil every other day. Armstrong steering, no a/c ,no jukebox.The othe Jimmy I drove was in the early 90s it had the silver Detroit (350 horse) 13 speed, a/c (roof mounted) that worked fantastic, power steering and a am radio. Once I got used to it I loved that truck. It just didn't pull long hills very well. Did okay on shorter hills, tached out at 2300. It would run 85 all day long (if you could handle the decibel level) probably why I have a hearing loss in my right ear. My first local job I drove a Brigadier, I hated that truck. The cab was small and cramped. It had a 300 Cummins Big Cam with a 7 speed trans. It did have power steering but other than that it was a rolling turd.
I miss driving them, spent my first 12 years in a cabover.
I miss driving those Astros. No power steering, no a/c, and no air ride suspension. But I loved them just the same.
The Chevy Titan and GMC Astro cabovers were two of the coldest damn trucks I've ever driven in my life. The heater couldn't over compensate for the largest grill and windshield in the truck manufacturing buisness. I lived in Cleveland and ran from Cleveland East and North if there. During winter runs there were times when its was soooo cold from the windchill that I'd have to get out of the bunk to drop the trailer and then bump the front of the cab up to the trailer just so i wouidnt freeze to death in upstate New York and Maine. I couldn't wait to get into conventional.
O-H-I-O Porter greetings. 🇺🇸 I still love cabovers & would choose one over many of the conventionals out there. I remember seeing them back in the day. I loved riding my bike by the GMC dealership & drooling over them & the Generals. I tried to buy one when I was 16 but just couldn’t do it. One REGRET! Yeah, they’re hard to get into, or at least take more effort getting in/out of, but they’re so fun to drive! I drove a Ford C800 & several other cabovers back in the day…Marmon, Ford, GMC, IH. Great trucks! Tis a shame that GM quite making these trucks! Cabovers Rule!!! 🥰🤩✌️
That’s a beautiful rig
Kinda miss seeing the cabovers around.
Been driving 38 1/2 years.
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Btw do you happen to have a dodge l700 or l600?
Must be a 6-71 surely.