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We can't have a GM big truck message board w/o a thread on Detroit Diesels. These GM diesels came in all sorts of rigs. Let's talk,look,and listen a while.
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the very first 6-71's I was around, several of these still roam the waters of Alaska being fish tenders, Paired 6-71's twin screw....individually reversible, pretty capable craft even today.
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Tim,
It is interesting that your first post is a Farm tractor with a Detroit. I have a 2-53 Detroit in my '59 John Deere 435. Bill |
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Devin,
It's great to hear that truck again. Years ago there was a site that had just "Detroit Diesel Sounds" and no videos. It had everything on there from a 3-53 to a 12V-71 and the "Big Red Express" was one of them. The site went blank 2 or 3 years ago. Sure glad you posting it. Bill |
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I went to waybackmachine (internet archive) but it appears the site can only search via the URL. (Thought I might be able to pull up some old material.) :) And thanks Tim for starting this. ...what a great way to start my day! :mm: . |
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http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ryq/ Bill |
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OK, I'm closing in. I've been a member for over 11 years now and I finally hit 500.
<------ Trying to catch Tim, he only has 43,000!! Bill |
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Ah, to remember the hours upon days of cruising with a screamin' Jimmy behind my head.
Still in use, although being phased out by the C-15 powered LVSR, I present the USMC LVS: Now slap on some quick and dirty armor, change out the rear unit for a 16 (5th wheel) and add an 870 (semi trailer) and that's where I spent quite a few convoys on deployment. Standard fare for crossing the Afghan desert is to bungee a bed roll on the bottom of the dash, buckle your Kevlar, and hold on! Leaf spung and flying across the desert whoops only get better with speed until she gets some air under those tires and landing isn't pretty. Very reliable power plant that sounds even nastier when the muffler falls off and it's straight out of the 8v92TA's turbo. Annoying and deafening, but nasty. |
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This classy Cannonball has been around for quite few years:
Here's one from the inside (10spd Road Ranger) Another ride on a Cannonball: Here's that nice 950 KQQL IT showed in another thread: And a Brookway 12V71 |
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This is not my tractor but similar to the one I have.
It has a 2-53 Detroit and no, mind is not as nice looking!! Bill |
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4-53T Detroit Diesel Jake Brakes, 48 Chevy truck
The guy riding shotgun is the founder of the Stovebolt page, John Milliman. The owner/driver is Grigg. Same chassis, different video : 4-53T drive by These two videos always make me smile. :D -W |
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Pics of a couple of motors in my collection, who would really collect DD motors anyway? well, one is a 353DD, and the other is 16v71 twin turbo engine, 1 of 2 that I have.
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Look good. Would love to hear that 16V-71 someday.
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heres my 4 valve headed 6-71 i purchased from my college for 300 bills, i put it back together after peices and a rebuild kit had been scattered around the school. governers shot and needs a new blower and injectors but man it was cool firing her up it smoked the whole school out literaly! my ole man has a good roadranger sitting around one day i wanna make a hauling rig built around this engine
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Looks good.
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I must of scrapped about 20 of those a few years ago. 6v71s 8v71s 12v71s, a few old cummins too. All in big rigs. Hated to do it but nobody seems to want them enough to pay for them. I remember one had an air starter on it. In the 70s they were in everything and a lot were cab overs back when they had length limits cab overs were an obvious choice. Still some market for the 4cyl, in heavy equipment. Still got a 471 in a grader and a 453T in a RT crane. Screaming green oil pukers but they are powerful for their displacement thanks to the 2 stroke design.
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Nice!!
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6V53N in a 1982 Orion 01.504 bus operated by Calgary Transit. ~Ben |
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Good sounding 6V-53.
Reminds me of the Old Look GMC buses we used to ride in when we were kids. We would sit on the bench seat way in the back just to listen to that sweet sounding Detroit. |
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Detroit engines were in about all of the cranes in the 70's to 80's . 150 ton 518 Link Belt
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Sounds good.
71 Series. Sounds like it could be a 12V-71, but a little hard to tell. Bill |
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here is a "crusty" 6v53n in as acquired state...
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/719/2...0ebeddd0_c.jpg just beginning to clean it up, it does run, I drove it 20 miles home, it is kind of disappointing sound wise as it has a large single muffler, as attested to by this video..H70 running walkaround |
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