New guy on here, and figured this place would enjoy the truck i just bought. Its a 1950 GMC 750 diesel powered by a 4-71 detroit. It has the 5 speed od spicer, 3 speed browie, and 2 speed rearend. Its been sitting since 2003 and was used to haul a John Deere dozer. We got it running, and drove it 30 miles home. First thing i did was remove the rotten old deck and give it a much needed pressure washing. Truck came with another cab and chassis for parts, and a rebuilt 4-71 on a run stand. Pretty much gonna clean it up a bit, re-wire it, and enjoy it as the most ridiculous pickup ever.
High school friend bought one of these in 1966 and pulled furniture all over the country for Cartwright Van lines, though I think it was a three axle tractor. It had Dayton wheels.
1951 3800 1-ton "Earning its keep from the get-go" In the DITY Gallery 1962 261 (w/cam, Fenton headers, 2 carbs, MSD ign.), SM420 & Brown-Lipe 6231A 3spd aux. trans, stock axles & brakes. Owned since 1971.
I bet it ran better after the filer change! Cool truck and a nice save! Welcome to the site. Hopefully you can get some video of it to share with us Detroit fans! Thanks.
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Wow. Have you treated the fuel tank and line for algae? And the fuel rack? I only bring it up because we are having that issue at work with a later model diesel that runs a lot. And be careful about a runaway -- The guys like Grigg and Ed Pruss can warn you about the threat of a runaway 2-cycle, especially on an engine that has been sitting with gunky fuel lines ...
Or maybe I just watch too many 2-cycle videos on Youtube ...
Figures I'd run into Billy on this thread ...
~ John
"We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are"
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Good-looking old big rig! Be sure to get a "Detroit drip pan"- - - - -a #2 galvanized washtub to put under the engine when you park it! If it ever stops leaking oil, it's empty! LOL! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
The last Detroit I drove was a 6V92TTA, 350 mile turn-a-round each night, "took two full quarts of 40w oil just to get 'er to the Conoco station". No joke, two qts. each trip was totally normal, truck had less than 400,000 miles when they traded it. 5.5 -6 MPG but I have to admit we were loaded at 80,000 lbs. each night for half the trip and 50,000 - 60,000 lbs. on the other half.
1957 Chevrolet 5700 LCF 283 SM420 2 speed rear, 1955 IH 300U T/A, 1978 Corvette 350 auto, 1978 Yamaha DT175, 1999 Harley Davidson Softail Fat Boy
Aren't two stroke engines supposed to burn oil? Johnson, Evinrude, Mercury, or Detroit- - - - - -what's the difference? One advantage to running a truck with a DD engine- - - -you never have to worry about the frame getting rusty! I put a lot of miles on a "screamin' Jimmy"- - - -an 8V-71 in a 68 Freightliner with a 13 speed. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
Here a short video of it running abd driving. Still needs alot for it to be "legal". Also conviced the dol to give me a collector vehicle plate and reg. That took a while.
In the late seventies I drove a Cornbinder cabover from Yakima, Washington to Neena, Wisc. to Linclon, Ill. and return to Seattle once a week. The rig was powered by a 350hp 8V-71. Every third trip it went in for service. It blew out or burned 1 gal. oil per thousand miles. Being a refer trailer hauling fruit, I had to climb up on the greasy, oily frame rails to push the defrost button on the refer unit a couple time a day. Every-other time I added a gallon of DELO oil from one of the cans lashed to the frame. There was no deck plate. I don't know which was worse: oil or ice. I quit that job before I broke a leg. A sign in the driver's room said "Do not cross ANY Wisconsin scale loaded.
1951 3800 1-ton "Earning its keep from the get-go" In the DITY Gallery 1962 261 (w/cam, Fenton headers, 2 carbs, MSD ign.), SM420 & Brown-Lipe 6231A 3spd aux. trans, stock axles & brakes. Owned since 1971.
Here a short video of it running abd driving. Still needs alot for it to be "legal". Also convinced the dol to give me a collector vehicle plate and reg. That took a while.
Cool! Sounds like it runs pretty good!
What's that John Deere tractor on the back of that other truck?
So im working on getting the parts truck home. Probably end up swapping cabs, as the green truck is actually in better shape. Just gotta get the other 471 home and thatll be everything.
nice! Where did you find that one? I wonder if t hey have any more of those out at Trust Salvage. I have not been there in a few years, they were cleaning stuff out, I think. Ron over in Purdy may have some as well.
Had this old junk 14 food trailer laying around, and decided it would serve a better life as a new bed for the gmc. Cut it down to 11 foot. Turned out pretty good. Got a universal wiring harness for it (speedway) so that's the next big project come spring time
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Speednsalvage Hey -great coffee-shop cruiser you have there that diesel smell is always best at daybreak !! And gears...I love to hear gears shtfting at sunup !! Especially double stick !!!
Speednsalvage Great truck ! I commented before but my posts disappear so dont know why anyway fine pickup/ coffee shop cruiser...plug it in for early morning starts !
In their defense ... on our way home from the Kansas City All Truck Nats/Stovebolt Reunion one year in the '72 9500 with the 6-71, when we stopped at White's Truck Stop in Racine, VA near the end of the trip, the engine had burned less than a quart all the way from KC. with just Dello 15W-40. I think the more you run them and take care of them, the less they leak. Of course, after about a month or so of being back home, she went back to putting a qt in the drip pan ....
~ John
"We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are"
1948 International Farmall Super A 1949 Chevrolet 3804 In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum 1973 IH 1310 Dump 2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie" 2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley)
I've owned a few Detroit Diesels and they all marked their spots . A couple of 671 inline's that consumed oil but I doubt they were burning it , it most likely lubricated the under carriage . The last truck had a 6V92 that had been rebuilt at Harpers , a Detroit Diesel expert , and it marked its territory as well , I asked the rebuilder about this and was informed that Detroit used only cork gaskets to better filter the oil on the way out . At one point I helped a friend pull an old dump truck out of a field that had been there for an unknown amount of years . I Towed him with a chain a few miles to his quarry , and while being towed he put it in 5th gear and let out the clutch and by the time we got where we were going the 6 v 53 was running . He ran that thing for a little over 2 years around the quarry until the box fell off . I never asked how much oil it used but I'm sure he did use some .
Logs, huh? Next you'll be putting a water tank on the bed to cool the brakes. I had a job once hauling delicious mineral water for Nordstrom's from the Carbon River just outside the park. 76,400 across that skinny little bridge and it's all down hill to Carbonado. No jake. Sometimes three trips a week. Then wouldn't ya know one day the scale was open there by Bonney Lake. I discovered that in Washington if you're less than 500# overweight it's not citable. Whew! Poor old 6-71 had it's work cut out for it. I had to haul the water to Everett up I-5. 20 MPH up the hill through downtown Seattle, people giving me the finger for being slow. Had my foot beat clear to the floor, say that's all there is, there ain't no more. Nordstrom sold the water in pints for $4.95. Let's see how many pints is 6,000 gallons?
1951 3800 1-ton "Earning its keep from the get-go" In the DITY Gallery 1962 261 (w/cam, Fenton headers, 2 carbs, MSD ign.), SM420 & Brown-Lipe 6231A 3spd aux. trans, stock axles & brakes. Owned since 1971.
