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A couple of months ago I purchased this 1958 C60 Viking.
it was sold as new in the Netherlands in 12/1958.
the buildup was done in the Netherlands complete with a hydraulic tailgate.
I'm the second owner and see my build thread in my signature

when I bought it:
https://myalbum.com/photo/JKJzrTqJnBjP/360.jpg

after we shortened the wheelbase:
https://myalbum.com/photo/dVeES2vlgOHB/360.jpg

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Like I said before (:cool:), it's great to see a Chevy commercial vehicle surviving in the Netherlands. I suppose "surviving" leaves room for argument with it's crispy past, but certainly a worthwhile restoration project. What are your plans for a bed/body and purpose/use?

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Came across this. 1966 Chevrolet Turbo Titan III gas turbine power.

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No It suvived :) the fire did it's part, but as far as we can tell, all the sheet metal is still hard. both doors are in good shape and only the roof has a bit of a warp in it, but nothing major.

plans we'll make as we go along and a 5th wheel hitch from a semi is on the wish list.

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So I stumbled upon this site yesterday https://en.wheelsage.org/gmc/ looking at truck pictures. Some of you may already know of it but there is some good stuff for GMC/Chevy truck pictures if you have time to sift...

A few of the semi's and road tractors that I found below... hopefully none are recent repeats.

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Great pictures.

Interesting site.

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Glad to hear it survived. A haul tractor would be a great use. I always wanted a classic medium duty 5th wheeler with a variety of trailers for it. I can always dream. One of my better talents!
With the size and as long as this thread has been running we can't worry about repeats. Post away.

I sure like that B-model with all the chrome

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I like the Cracker Box cabover. Lance Crackers of Charlotte NC had a fleet of them with 671's (at least I think they were). I worked at a gas station on US 21 just up the street from the plant. They were always going by or taking off from the traffic light. That's how I learned what a Detroit 2 cycle sounded like. The City of Charlotte also had some International trash trucks with them and Allison automatics. You could hear hear workin a mile away.

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Yeah, I miss that sound. I remember fire engines and cranes also. Especially the cranes on jobs running constant RPM. Actually, I also really remember the excavation equipment like pans. A friend's dad ran equipment and I remember in the '60s the blowers were always getting stolen from the job site by guys running them on their drag cars.

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from Heidelberg Motor Service, facebook

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Although surely not as many as there used to be, we still have some Detroit's still around. A Truck now and then, a Firetruck or two, a Log Skidder in the neighborhood with a 3-53, a few Tugs pushing barges on the lake that I can hear off in the distance and my 'ol John Deere with a 2-53. Both Sawmills that ran 6-71's are now out of operation though. One was just a 1/4 mile from my house.

Would love to get that 4-71 Generator that I posted last night, lol.

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I worked at a saw mill that had an old Cat running it. The owner had a friend that had a much bigger setup with a de-barker, a mill, conveyors and a chipper all running with different 71's at max. You couldn't hear yourself think.

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https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...70&oe=5D0FDDA6

There's a big truck behind the cool little 4wd

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Where I'm working a lot these days is in some good farm country. Most traffic is ag or quarry related. I've been noticing a Brigadier grain body scooting up and down the road in the last week or so.

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I'm not sure what I showed already. I just love more truck pictures, even ugly ones! This last picture is great for showing early-60s time capsule. I always liked seeing the lowes trucks out on the road. I wonder how many they ordered.

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If I already showed this, let's pretend I didn't

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finding those trailers to restore must be extremely difficult. Absolutely gorgeous rig.

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You got that right. I'm in the historic truck scene (don't own one) and I can tell you a guy with a slick old tractor would give his left... they get really happy when they can get their hands on an era trailer of any type. A car carrier has to be about the hardest find, I would think. And for cool factor, add old cars! Only thing cooler would be a lowboy with a piece of construction equipment :cool:

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Went to see my girlfriend the other day and nearly curb checked my Silverado when I spotted this ol' girl too bad she's a dump truck and has a Cat 3406B engine saw her back in March maybe the Cat is preventing her from being sold? https://www.pbtruck.com/Sales/Invent...ails/?u=190775 if I had the funds I'd buy it and convert it into a day cab semi and buy Tempte Super Hopper and do some grain hauling or I'd go up to Minnesota and buy this Bison
http://m.binkleytruck.com/List/Truck/ForSale/20705907
with higher miles but she has a wet kit and a 8V92 and whens the last time you've seen a big Chevy or an old Jimmy Gen on the roads? since 2005 I've seen maybe half a dozen in Nebraska and the White/GMC's and getting less common as the years go by

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Judging from the length, I would bet that Jimmy was a road tractor when new. There is one just like it here, with dump on longer wheel base, and Cummins. A kid that used to work here bought it, and I think he is going to put it to work.

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I agree on it probably not always being a dump/former road tractor. I don't know Nebraska weight/axle laws, but here in Maryland with that steel body and tandem set-up it couldn't haul enough to make any money. All the old guys had to ad tag axles and aluminum bodies or get new trucks. I see a few around, mostly dumps. There is a grain body I see locally at harvest time. But you know those trucks tend to hang around a long long time

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GMC LCF on Rte 12, Alexandria Bay, NY July 19 2019

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Check out those off road fenders!

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All there. That thing "looks" easy to restore.
Wow, fenders and more! That thing is beefy