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I also had the same combo in both my '62 6500 and my '67 7500. It was unique as the nice thing about it is you could go through 9 gears and only have to downshift the rear twice.

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Gleaning

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Nice looking Long Nose. If all original, looks like it's a '76.

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I recognize that 950 on the trailer. It was at an A.T.H.S. show in So. Cal. at the Orange Empire Railway Museum. It's all original and pretty solid too.

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very nice 950, driving lamps, 5-holes, spot lamp, bunk, and all.

That long nose is gor-gee-ous. I can't quite recognize that teal color as original color in the mid-70s.

That's an interesting cab on the '40-ish COE. Is it a bunk, I guess? And would that big bass drum looking thing tucked in there be the fuel tank?

I could spend the rest of they commenting on each picture. Thanks for them all!

Miller time

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Maybe we could throw in the possibility of a 637 V8 toro flow? Interesting practically the exact same cubes as a 636 V8 CAT ( later known as a 3208).

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Not sure about the V-8 Toro-Flow, but in '66 and '67, the V-6 Toro-Flow got the old style Emblem like the earlier years had. My '67 7500 still had that type of Emblem still on it, even though it got converted to a 6V-53. I tried finding a V-8 Toro-Flow Emblem online, but the closest one I could find was a V-8 Magnum. Interesting though. Check out some of the different Emblems here at Jolly's site:

http://6066gmcguy.com/emblem.html

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Around here they called that a working fifth or something like that.

I kind of liked driving with a 2 speed...............until I learned better.

We just sold our last C6500, 366, 5 with a 2 speed rear because nobody could drive it.

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There's a sign of the times.

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6-110

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Look at that beautiful red GMC! (from before we had color film :rolleyes:)

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Nice looking truck. The 6-110 is pretty rare.

Nice looking MH's above by the way.

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If you didn't see a red truck, you might question your truck photo history.

Side note the green and yellow long hood posted look similar to the one I posted above.

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I was wandering around Flickr & found this 7-Up delivery truck. Rather new considering it's a Topkick.

https://live.staticflickr.com/6061/6...c5cf23d7_o.jpg

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I liked those with the Cat 3208T. No fun to work on but smooth and quiet with a great turning radius.

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Did you see that one has the same paint as the one shown earlier? Must be original, which I questioned on the first one.
That and my memory of days past when I saw PIE trucks all over the roads
Not one of the newest Top Kicks, though. I always liked those soda and beer haulers, mini tractor-trailers

That's a good looking Chevy

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Bob, did any Top Kicks ever get a 2-Stroke Detroit?

As usual, my knowledge doesn't go much passed '76, lol.

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GMC wasn't the only one with this interesting concept, White Trucks called it a "giesel". This was a 470 cu in gas V8. One premium feature that the White engine had and the GMC gas engines did not have, was the "wet sleeve"

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Sadly no. The vast majority had Cat 3208's, and a few had Detroit 8.2T's. A very few had Cummins VT-225's, that was discussed here some years ago.

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That there was an idea that didn't pan out! The 'Giesel', sometimes called the 'Mustang VIII', was a small Cummins V-8 diesel modified to run on gasoline. It had lower compression pistons, spark plugs in the injector holes, and a Holley 2 bbl. carburetor. Needless to say it wasn't very efficient and sales were very low. I don't know if the engines were manufactured by Cummins or White. The Giesel was only around for a year or two.

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Doesn't seem to make much sense from the get-go. What made them think going back to gas was a good idea?

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White gmc count ?
Mostly a volvo though

Dad's truck used to be a Toyota transport # AT11 with our top kick hiding in the back ground.

11.1 detroit and a straight 7 was a slow ride

3208 10 spd
Century tow equipment
"The bully"

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Yes, it counts in a very sad way.

Nice pair of... TRUCK! Nice truck. I could use one like this

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