Welcome, dwigtviking1960!! Sometimes when it takes a while to get a response,it's because these guys are trying to find out as much information they can,in order to answer your question(s),to the fullest. The first "big' truck I drove was a 1960 Viking 60 dump-truck,with a 10' Heil box. I'm not sure how the truck started its "life",but I'm sure it didn't start out with a 10' box,on a 12' frame. It had a wooden tool-box mounted above the frame-rails,between the cab,and the box. Truck had a 283,420 trans,2-speed vac. rear. I drove "Her" just about every day,for 8 years,back in '78-'84. Before I got "Her" running,"She" sat for 15-years,waiting to get used,again. Set of plugs,carb re-build,brake bleed,and re-wire the lights,and "She was back on the road! Two-day's work,after sitting for 15-yrs! "She" was a good old truck! Just had to make sure the upper pins wouldn't pop-out of the tail-gate,when dumping a large load! That tail-gate weighed about 400#,and I had to man-handle that thing back in place,(from the ground),a couple of times!Wonder why I got a back left! L.O.L.! Got any pic's?
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