Quick question, id-ing old cab overs?

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  1. Badmon

    Badmon Heavy Load Member

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    First, I've come to the realization I love Freightliners. Specifically the old 80's model cabovers :) I have been wondering why in the world some the of model numbers on some of these older model freightliners is so long and full of random numbers? Makes them difficult to ID. Thanks in advance
     
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  3. Puppage

    Puppage Road Train Member

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    That gave me an owie
     
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  4. Bean Jr.

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    80s model would be FLA for cabover, 86 would be an 86" cab, or twin bed sleeper and 64 would be 6 single wheel positions, 4 drive wheel positions.

    If it were a non-sleeper 2 axle you would have FLA6342.

    Make sense?
     
  5. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    ???? :confused:
     
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  6. Blackshack46

    Blackshack46 Road Train Member

    not one bit
     
  7. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    They have to paste each number backed by a definition so we can understand in time what a given coe has or does not have. Its pretty basic actually.

    He he he. Not all of us are possessed with the ability to count into double digits.
     
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  8. Bean Jr.

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    Regular single bunk sleeper is 86" bumper to back of cab, BBC. Just like an FLD120 is 120" BBC.
     
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  9. Badmon

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    tell me more please!
     
  10. x1Heavy

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    In the whites roughly the 78 to 83-87 era that I am familiar with, pretripping is just below the windshield in the front. as is the oil stick and water etc. You had a pair of hooks on the back of the cab backed by spring which all have to be in place with 4 bolts each. Because if they are not, you make a stop, you end up facing the pavement about a foot from yourself.

    I'll think of other things but that should be a little something.
     
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