Those years of Dodge trucks were so nice . Looks like yours has the swing out fenders to get at the engine . The engineer's were thinking of the mechanics ! Beautiful truck !!
I love this truck. I had the the 1974 Dodge D900 with 230HP Cummins and 16-sp Spicer air-shift. It was not an easy truck to drive as it had no power steering. But getting to the engine in this truck was easy because the whole front cover opened up like a butterfly. I always wanted to drive a Long Horn but never got the chance.
I was in my late teens when trux like this beautiful Dodge ruled the roads. Like my dad, I wanted to be a truk driver, and I did. Today we have big hood Pete's, W9's with huge sleepers, but there is a charm about these old trux. Thank u for stirring up memories and showing this gentleman driving this truk!
What a beautiful rig! Back in the 70s these swing out fender Dodges were everywhere . Tractors, straights, every cocevable type. Custom concrete in Ontario had a whole slew of these as ready mix trucks. Dump trucks were really popular here aswell. Even saw quite afew Bighorns on the road back then. As they say those were the days!
Great videos, the editing and camera angles are well done and love it. Lots of history from not only these underrated Trucks but also from these old hands themselves.
These CNT900's were the 1st trucks I drove. It was a concrete block co, the owners brother had the Dodge dealership in town & that's all we had. Dodges. Had one like this pulling a trailer dump, another with a 270 Cummins on the othr trailer dump, A tri-axle dump with a 238/6V71, 2 10 wheel block trucks with 238 Detroits & 2 with 230 cummins all the block rucks with 16 speed spicers & a couple older block trucks with gas engines. Always have a sweet spot for Dodges. this truck is awesome The sound brings me back to 1974.
This Dodge looks and sounds awesome, great to see it. My dad drove a 66' International CO-4000 6-71 in the early 70's ND to Duluth grain run. The GMC's were real popular then. I don't remember seeing the early 70's Dodge's, but I will always love that DD sound.
Beautiful truck my friend. Remember seeing these old Dodges running around my hometown here in Ga delivering LTL freight and the cabovers running out on the big road hauling truckload freight. Ahhhh the old days of trucking
Great video ! I just love the swing out fender Dodge's. Brings back alot of good memories when I was growing up. There use to be ALOT of these here in Ontario back then, even a few bighorns . Thanks for making & posting.
That sort brings back memories...back in the '70's I drove a Dodge similar to that when I worked for a moving company. That old truck was a gas job, single rear axle and had both air and vacuum brakes....yes, vacuum brakes which was useless...needed it because the cheap company I worked for had a very old bull nose trailer from the '40s or '50s. Thanks for sharing the video!
Wow-you just don't see too many of those around-I think I was a kid the last time I remember seeing a Dodge Big Rig, I'm 49 now. And that one looks like it's in pristine shape-that is a true collectors item there!
Your truck is absolutely beautiful it looks like it just rolled out of the dodge factory in Hammtramck ILOVE MOPARS and your truck is superbird cool that 318 Detroit sounds great
I drove many 318's in yesteryear. One man told me the definition: "A mechanical devise that converts diesel into noise" I didn't mind them thjough, although a good 335 Cummins was preferred.
@longroadpro Also don't get fooled by the 2 stroke sound that will feel twice the rpm because of a power stroke every time piston hits top. That is one beautiful classic Dodge. I wonder where we can get those chrome lubfiner ,air tanks and batterie boxes.
When I was a kid in Chicago growing up in the 70s there was about 5 of these big horns that I saw on a daily basis I use to watch warehouses. And piggyback rail hubs these Trucks would run our area all the time
1st job all we had were Dodges. , the owners brother owned the dealership. 10 wheel CNT900 238 Detroit 16 speed spicer. had 4 0f them a tri-axle dump with a cummins 270 & a tractor, for the dump trailer with a 318 high cab like that.
@johnsenkenn 318 is hp rating, this being an 8V71. first number in engine model is number of cylinders. Letter V designates Vee configuration vs inline and last numbers are cubic inch displacement per cylinder. these were also in 333 hp versions and 350 with a turbo. GM's answer for more horsepower was add cylinders, hence 12V71 which was two 671's (238's) on a common crankshaft until 8V92 replaced it. GM's EMD division used similar designations for locomotive engines.
Hey guys. The sound of that old Detroit makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck! Just awesome. Quality restoration too! Thanks for sharing. Later eh...Brian.
318 in that short nose cab, man that was hard on the ears. half the motor was between the seats. lovely old truck. rare even in it's day. thanks for the vid.
@longroadpro My dad was a gmc mechanic and worked on a lot of detroits. he said that the 318 was originally governed at 2400 rpm but people always turned them up. It sounds like a lot more rpm than a Cummins because it has two more cylinders and is a two stroke engine.
When I was a kid I heard that Dodge was the builder of the frames that were used by a lot of class 8 truck makers like Kw ,Pete , Pete, Marmon ,Freightliner? If true I would think the exceptions would be the other big makers like GM , Ford and Mack White and Diamond Reo
Really great lookin truck. Drove one in the early 70s for BC Rail. If i can remember that far back tho, i think they had 350s. Sounded just the same tho.
Would this particular Dodge C-900 be known internally as a "CVT-900," where "C" indicates the basic series; "V" indicating a V-block diesel engine (this one being the Detroit Diesel 8V-71) and "T" for tandem axles? CVT-900s also had Cummins V6-200, V8-265 and V-903 diesel engines. A "CNT-900" is one that uses a Cummins N/NH-series I-6 diesel.
@MrCyclone21 The 1973 energy crisis meant a drop in sales of heavy trucks overall, and in 1975 there were new government regulations for heavy-duty trucks involving air brakes. Chrysler suffered the worst here, and discontinued its medium and heavy truck lines that year.
Just a beautiful tractor! Well done to whom ever did the restoration. What is Tobacco road? I never saw these trucks in california back in the day, who was their biggest customer?
There's a Tobacco Road in Augusta GA, a novel called Tobacco Road, a 1040's film called Tobacco Road and a song from the 60's called Tobacco Road. Not sure who the biggest buyers of these trucks were.
Mr.Crawford ,my name is Aaron William's, I have just purchased a Dodge 900 powered by a 671 Detroit Diesel engine , my intention is to restore it to it's original shore room condition (like the beautiful you have , however I have been unable to find any information on this vehicle I need some help, I would appreciate any help you could offer , my phone number appears below. Aaron William's 2109707605 .Thank you in advance Your truck is magnificient. Aaron
@litningrod74 The factory governed speed for most Series 71 and 92 applications is 2100 rpm, with 2300 rpm being the earlier norm for fire truck applications. Economy speeds are usually set at 1950 rpm.
@longroadpro Yeah! It sounds like hes sparing the rpms. I remember my dad going through the gears.Ill bet the rpm was never below 1500 even in low range. Come back Dodge Heavy Trucks!
Cabover Dodge trucks were big in Mexico. Sorta ugly "slab" cab, but they must be good as Mexico had some Bad Roads back then! This conventional here is a rare beauty :-)
