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Dual flathead.. have a picture (must figure out how to post it) of dual flatheads mounted on a flatbed truck and used to power a belt drive thrasher.. heard it run, beautiful music...
Also cabover 59 Chevy made into a pickup..
Both from a car show near Elkhart Indiana..
I also have a Brockway Husky hood ornament, saved from junkyard, that was destined for my F-350.. still in garage toolbox
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I never heard of an inertia starter on a truck engine, but I don't remember hearing about a Federal truck either...
From the video description:This is how we crank up the inertia starter on my 1943 Federal Model 606 7-1/2 ton 6x6. This truck was originally built for the Army Air Corps during World War Two as a C2 wrecker, but the wrecker equipment has since been removed. It is powered by a Hercules 855 ci HXD 6 cylinder gasoline engine developing about 200 hp and over 600 foot lbs of torque at 900 rpm. The engine is also equipped with a normal electric starter. The inertia starter is an Eclipse Aviation Engine Starter and was original equipment on the truck. Eclipse was part of Bendix. The Army Air Force considered this truck an emergency vehicle and needed it to be capable of being started when the battery was dead and no other vehicles were around.
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A 58-59 Chevie COE made into a pickup.. it is realy that short and fat..
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Twin flatheads mounted on a flatbed, used to drive a belt powered thrasher ..
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We always had an inertia starter for anything that needed one when I was a kid. Any tractor with a weak battery would get parked on a hill across from the barn during the daytime--worked equally well for cars and trucks as well
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Almost a year with no ugly trucks added...Time to end the drought......Ben
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OPINION....a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
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One of my favorites!Originally Posted by Honda
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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You may have already gotten this one Ben----but if not---here is a gemThe Herkimer Battle Jitney
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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Hadn't seen that one before, Dave, but it definitely qualifies as ugly......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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Wow---I done goodHadn't seen that one before, Dave, but it definitely qualifies as ugly...
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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It's been a while since the last update, but it's Christmas time and even ugly children get a little love......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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Very nice
Not to mention that I got away without getting snagged into clicking on more and more
There were a number of them "older models" that I droveI like the appearance of the 50's Cab overs from Chevy, Ford and even Dodge was into that game.
My pick for ugliest:
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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A little on the Chevy COE of the 50's---it was a Model 5100 and had a 261 CI 6 cylinder engine that was rated around 140 HP as I recall. That was the biggest engine Chevy made and it was not available with anything else. It was said that with a loaded trailer (48,000 GVW), similar to the photo below, that on a hard grade you had to spit on the road to see of you were moving :rolleyes2
I think they had three cylinders under the hood and three under a dog house in the cab.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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It looks like most of it is under the floor...This one had the original engine replaced with a newer 235 CI...
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