Favorite old school truck?

Myself im partial to the W900L with the modular sleeper.




I think this one would look mighty fine sitting out infront of a step deck.

 

Not bad, but both are a little too long in my book.

 

I agree, I will not run a truck longer than a 265 - 275" WB, reason being the turning radius gets way too long, and they start taking forever to turn around.

If I had the cash right now I know where there is one for sale, they want 10 grand for it, I could probably walk away with it for 8, but right now im kind of stuck putting money back into my towing business.

I also know where there is a T2000 that has a 500hp 3406E and a 18 double over. I would love to get both trucks, gut the T-2000 taking the motor, suspension, axles and tranny installing them in the W900L after rebuilding the motor with a bigger turbo and a marine cam. Then get it all tuned up, run some 6" stacks with a 45* turn out on em pointed halfway back.

Id also want to put a drom on it with a box under one side and an APU under the other.

Eventually I am going to get another W9 fitted out like that and im going to get a landoll roll back to drag around behind it so I can use it for both towing and equipment hauling.

In texas you can get an oversize permit that is assigned to your truck that is a yearly permit, It would be really handy for picking up dry vans and containers that were laying on thier side.

 

My choice for best old school truck would be the first new truck i ever drove, a 1977 K/W conventional, a truck & pup.
It was strictly a work truck, heck it didn't even have a passanger seat or a radio but it did have a small cam 400 with a 13 speed roadranger and that was good enough for me. It did have airbags on the drivers so it was the first air ride truck I ever saw. Other than that it was nothing special....

 

I was young but I do remember these. Thanks for the memories that these sparked, hangin out with my dad, talkin trucks back in the day

 

some old school trucks from Russia


Gaz51 custom.


Rare zil

 

GAZ AA fire truck (it is like Ford AA but with aluminium engine block)

 

Now that is "Sweet" lookin for a KW

 

blackw900...

my fld has none of what u describe, although i have seen what u speak of...

 

I owned one of my grandfathers old trucks for a bit, 1951 White Mustang, with the 450 Reddot gas engine. That thing was still running in the late 70's when I was a kid, it had a sleeper cab, kinda like the integral design you see now, but you had to climb over a bulkhead to get in the bunk, and it was only about 2' wide. I wish I had a picture, it had the old coke style paint job, black and red, w/ a butterfly hood. I remember crawling under the steering wheel and out onto his shoulders.