[AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 Detroit in a MackCaboverfor Ralph

[charliehill]

Carl they were probably either 348's or 409's.  Were the valve covers kind 
of sculpted out on the lower side?

Charlie
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From: "carl gogol" <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>
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MackCaboverfor Ralph


> The township I grew up in had a GMC cab over that had a 12 cylinder gas
> engine that consisted of two V-6 engines coupled together.  If there was
> only 6" or so of snow you could do 50 MPH with a one way plow and set the
> wing to fling the snow about 50 feet.  It was just the ticket for the few
> miles of US 20 that the town plowed.  It got a lot of use as it made a 
> good
> dump truck in the summer.  It liked gasoline a lot though.
>
> Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
> Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
> AC D14, 914H
> JD 5320 MFWD
> Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 Detroit in a Mack
> Caboverfor Ralph
>
>
>> If you look on Youtube you can find some videos of 12 V 71's in Cabover
>> trucks.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Rob Wilson" <ro.wilson at att.net>
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>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 10:43 PM
>> Subject: [AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 Detroit in a Mack Cab
>> overfor Ralph
>>
>>
>>> My buddy Duke ran a diesel repair shop for 35 years and the weirdest
>>> truck
>>> he ever saw was owned by a man that hauled steel West over the Rockies.
>>> He
>>> always hauled overloaded and ordered his cab over Jimmy for just the 
>>> job.
>>> He
>>> stopped into my buddy's shop one day telling him he couldn't keep the
>>> truck
>>> between the ditches and wanted him to check it out. He assumed he needed
>>> the
>>> axles realigned but took the truck for a drive. He came back and 
>>> couldn't
>>> understand how the guy even drove it. They tilted the cab to reveal a 12
>>> cylinder GMC! The part that was giving him fits was the frame, it was
>>> aluminum. It was bending under the torque of the engine when hauling
>>> heavy.
>>> HE never said how or if they ever fixed it but it was a strange one. One
>>> thing he always wanted was a semi truck with a Big Al purple
>>> Allis-Chalmers
>>> engine in it. I've heard of a few but never seen one.
>>> Rob
>>>
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>>>
>>> In a message dated 3/5/2010 12:49:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>>> charliehill at embarqmail.com writes:
>>>
>>> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fC7n5RBbU_
>>> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fC7n5RBbU)
>>>
>>> He's about as good as I am at clashing gears :)
>>>
>>> The brown truck he was following looks similar to my 1950 750 GMC except
>>> mine has single drive axle.
>>> and a wimpy 4-71.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>> Renton, WA
>>>
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