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Although certainly not having seen all the postings of this site, I've noticed the scarcity of tilt cab vehicles, produced during the 1960s, reflected here. Is there reason for this? Are such too new to attract attentions as yet or do they simply not have cachet of pre-60s trucks. My truck will be purpose-use (water provider) but it will bear my farm name thus I want to avoid (too many) hood-ups when venturing upon the highway. Having limited knowledge of the Biggies sees this site as oasis. However, owning, and repairing, limited vehicles invariably leads to parts difficulty. Are there others on here owning tilt cabs of the 60s era? If so, I would enjoy exchange of your experience with these pug-nose rollers.

We have one. Inherited from dad.
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He made a lot of money with that old truck.
I think he gave about 900 for it.
Bought with tree damage / fell over passenger side of cab.
He jacked it out and worked it another 15yrs at least.
The 402 Motor it came with finally went down. Dad would not pay for another 402. At the time; i think Jasper said for 1,500 and his motor they could swap. He went cheap. Put a 454 motor in it and ruined the truck.
Anyway that old truck with the 402 was a hoss. You could pull it down till you could here every cylinder fire, then just add throttle and pull on out.
It got good fuel milage beating around the woods.
With such a short wheel base that it spent a lot of time reared up on the tailgate.
Anyway we have one. Or whats left of one.

I delivered Coca-Cola with one of those in the 70's. It had a 366, I think, and it was a strong old horse. I still see 'em around from time to time, but mostly retired. Where's northern BC, Laurence?

Oh, and welcome. Consider posting in Big Bolts. You'll get some response there, I'm sure.

Now that's a truck having earned its rest! Shoehorning a 454 under that cab must have been an interesting time, Underdog. Must have wound the drive train like a rubber band. Amazing, what Detroit iron can handle. Try that in a Prius.

And North is some 20 miles ( I don't speak metric) north of Fort St. James, Hotshoe 36. When Snubby is licenced I'll be running him between here and the Ootsa Lake property. But there's a whack of work 'twixt now and then! Oh, I have posted in Big Bolt. Received great reply on my VIN query. Had your truck long? How's it handle the Murray Hill Bypass? Up here, two logging trucks in a row is considered gridlock. :o)

Back about 1980 I had one as a semi tractor with a 427 & 5+2 speed. I think it was a T80 series. I used it as a yard tractor.

Laurence;
I'm guessing you watch Global TV with the Vancouver rush-hour updates. It always fractures me how people in northern BC get up-to-the minute traffic reports about the Mary Hill Bypass. My sister lives at the other end of that thing, and my truck handles it very nicely, indeed, with the stump-puller low gear.

I know a little about your kind of gridlock, okay? I hauled logs to Ospika and Ossilinka for a few winters. My current tilt-cab, pictured here [IMG]http://thumb11.webshots.net/t/59/459/9/93/66/2193993660096215731StgIlR_th.jpg[/IMG] in my driveway with the other truck, is a bit bigger and newer than yours.

Had my '51 a couple of years now, and it is coming along nicely, thank-you.

Dad had a 1967 Chevy cabover grain truck. I think it was a 50 series. It had a 327 and 4 speed/2 speed axle. Had a 16 ft grain bed on it. Thing would turn around on a dime and give 9 cents change. It was a fuel delivery truck before he got it. It didn't have power steering but he found a PS unit and put on it. It still had the big steering wheel that seemed like 40 cranks lock to lock to turn it. With a load had to wind the 327 pretty tight before shifting gears. Had a warped exhaust manifold that would blow a gasket about every other fall. Sure was noisy on top of the motor in that all steel cab. He retired two years ago and it went away-along with everything else.