Old Mr. Furgat was quite a guy. He had acres of rusty old tractors , trucks, and parts, and was notoriously difficult to deal with. Somebody asked him once why his prices were so high and he answered, " If someone comes to me, I know he must be desperate. " Great to see this old rig in action again.
I was just rewatching this video again and it reminded me of when I was a kid in the 60's. Our neighbor was working on a log truck and had a finger in the shutters when the thermostat closed them. He claimed that is how he lost that fingertip.
I grinned through the whole video...if the old girl can do that on 4 cylinders...imagine what it'll do after a tune-up!! Totally love'er, built for severe abuse, and takes a licken and keeps on tickin. 😂😂
Because of the lever arm (distance between front bumper and rear axle) a large scrap steel counterweight would work a treat to keep the nose down and front wheels planted. That trick is at least as old as that truck and easy to do.
That's a nice self-made boom and bed. Looks like it was built more as a winch truck than a recovery vehicle. It's easy (and dirt cheap doing it yourself) to fab a wrecker sling and tailboard mounts for that boom to make the truck MUCH more useful. Another cheap (playing in those leagues you have plenty of good scrap steel!) addition would be a fat pair of Scotch blocks so your winch power is not limited by the truck sliding. Scotch blocks chained to the tailboard are a major performance upgrade for any vehicle used for heavy winching. The rear hitch for a lunette eye is stout but doesn't give much articulation which can break parts when not operating on level ground. Large pintle hitches are cheap used like most things hobbyists don't mess with and the military/industrial rotating style have no articulation issues. That tailboard can benefit from chain grab holes (round hole with a bottom notch to match the chain link OD) to quickly hang snatch blocks for level pulls and on some jobs to add mechanical advantage. USMC rigging manual is a free download and useful for any rigger. www.marines.mil/portals/1/MCRP%203-17.7J%20With%20Ch.%201%20z.pdf So are various Crosby literature.
Engine is likely RD501 stamped on block just below head. The carb is a Holley 2140-G for Governed. I have never had my front wheels off the ground, but my truck was custom built to extricate cement trucks, they are quite different.
In 1953 and 54 the Comfo-Vision cab on the R series had split rear glass and the exterior door handles were swing down. In 1955 they went to single rear window, larger door glass and push button door handles. International sales registered the truck as the year invoiced out not necessarily year built. The 4 bbl carb and split exhaust may indicate a newer engine has been dropped in sometime since 53-54, although the RD 501 was first available in 1954. I have a 45 KR-11-450, a 59 R185-6 501 with the Holley 2140G 4 bbl aka teapot or firebox, and split exhaust manifold on a 67 RF194 450 plus a few others. They came original with variations and some changes could have been made in last 70 years.
looks like a 450 red diamond or a 501 with a 5th over tranny cut my teeth on a 55 r190 tandem dump think the old girl need a tune up in its day was quite a truck
Sounds like that truck is only running on three cylinders and whoever's recording with that phone needs to hold it the other way and get a wide view shot
@@tiptopchopshop oh yeah... lol makes sense.. I forget about that stuff. I've watched several of your videos, your ww2 Chevy dump truck and the tour of classic trucks and cars are all thumbs up, love that old stuff. 👍
Well Harley misses Janelle and gets the 57 chev. "Out of the impound yard late at night then Janelle probably got pulled over by the police 😂 just around the highway corner she wouldn't make it all the way to Miami😅 I'm sure😮😅. so she won't be to. Far away 😂❤.
Esa cuña Internacional, es digna de administración, no tiene un motor diesel y la adaptaron a grúa , le falta un contrapeso en el frente, creo que merece más respeto y consideración , el Autocar es un diez ruedas pesado , sería mejor haberlo jalado a la altura del chasis del Internacional , creo que abusaron de él .
