It ain't trucking, but it's a truck. I retired from trucking after 40 years and went to work at a mine to take me to full retirement. I got a real hate-on for the modern trucking industry and trucks. But then I started missing having a truck to play with. So I found this and got it for $7000.00
1980 L9000. Has 100,000 KM and 1885 hours. 6V92TA Detroit, 335 horsepower with an Allison HT740.
I was going to pull the fire body off it and make it a flatbed to haul my antique tractors to the shows, but everything still works so I decided to leave it as is for now. It was still in service when I bought it.
I just have a blast driving it. Cool to hear that sound again after all the Detroit powered Ford dump trucks I have driven. it accelerates pretty good but it's geared for 60 MPH wide open.
1980 L9000
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Nice! I believe that is a "long hood" L9000, as opposed to the short hood ones I drove. The whole front fender goes up with the hood. Next to a Mack, the Louisville was the most common truck. Most city rigs were the L8000 short hood, or the mighty LTL9000 road trucks. Didn't see many Ford road trucks, but dump outfits had fleets of them. While I'm not too impressed with the 2 stroke, I like the automatic, and for what you need, it is adequate. Just slam your finger in the door to get in the right frame of mind.
. Huge plus is it's fire dept.maintained, and low miles. Seems sacrilegious, but sadly the back has to go, and could be much more useful as a flatbed, dump, or even a van body, but the back limits it to a fire engine. Inside is really nice, although I could do without the labels,,,have fun, it's one of my favorite trucks, and I drove them all!
BTW, many times the "service horn" didn't work, and I woke up with that reversed Ford insignia on my forehead,,
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There’s the first gen ltl with 2 round headlights that is the longest hood they made
Then the 4 square headlight ltl that most people think of
The lt is next with the hood having the fenders attached
The ln has a super short hood and the fenders stay with the cab
And @201 you would be correct
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