Aaaha...it has a hoist too. Very nice. Looks like it "may" be a Galion 715/720 or perhaps a Hercules brand. The cast cross shaft and cylinder head bolt arrangement makes me think this. These two later merged and continued as Hercules Galion but finally dropped the Hercules name. It has a "Z" subframe so that tells me it is used as a conversion hoist for a platform/grain style body so the mounting heigth wouldn't be so high. Perfection also made this type but I'm sticking with the Galion or H-G line. I see the name tag is still on the subframe so tell me how I did.

I know you didn't ask about this but whenever I see an old truck with a hoist I see the hoist before I see the truck. Anyway I hope you get lucky and it's only a head gasket problem.

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