For an engine that was introduced way back in the 1930's and continued up until the 90's, I'd say that was a successful design. I can't think of any other diesel engine that was used more by different manufacturers of heavy equipment, boats, trucks, etc.
GM also ruled the rails for decades with the two-stroke diesel engine. And you wanna talk about a sweet, powerful sound: a brace of SD40’s in Run 8 on a grade with a heavy train!
Hated working on the old boxcar gmc.the only way to drive screaming Detroit have fight with your wife slam your thumb in the door &drive it like you were mad
YES DETROIT'S MADE A LOT OF NOISE AND DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE HAD A ROAD BOSS WITH A 318 AND 13 SPEED TRANSMISSION SHIFTED YOUR ASS OFF AND WERE BARELY MOVING TOTAL POS !
Takes you back to the days when you would park under a shade tree in the afternoon roll the windows down, stick your feet out the window and take a power nap. Now, they would steal your boots.
8V71N? I used to own one in a K100, then converted it to 8V71T, then put a 8V92TA in it. Went from 318 HP to 475! It’s a sound you rarely hear nowadays regrettably.
The 6-71 was so common in them back in the day, the long droning bawling sound and the low speed departure was like nothing else on the road. You could hear them coming up the hill at Harvey's in PA a long time before they got there, and the loping idle after they got parked, if they got shut off the air starter bringing them back to life when the driver came back out, and away they went...
Tobias Hommerich I lived near GM’s former Hyatt/New Departure plant. Many of my relatives worked there. My grandfather was one. Later he bought out a trucking company, and had a fleet of these GM trucks.
That is one of the sweetest Crackerboxes I’ve seen in a while! 😍 They had lots of style! Mine was a single axle 62. Traded it to my brother. You should do a walk around and walk through.
@@mortenfrosthansen84 🇺🇸 Most single axles that I’ve driven weren’t too bad when bobtailing. Having a trailer usually does make it smoother riding though, depending on the road. Not all single axles have the real short wheelbases. They are great for navigating throughout the city. 🥰🤩✌️
@@the.porter.productions I was over phrasing it a bit.. I got what you meant. I imagined one of those wagons in Africa, where it's pretty much a engine atop of an axle, and a big flatbed attached behind it. And yeah, when you have nothing on the back and leaf spring suspension, then it's not the most pleasant ride. A dirt road with potholes is a nightmare.. spilled coffee or icetea all over the cab
@@mortenfrosthansen84 🇺🇸 My back aches just thinking about those rough roads! Almost like driving on the ice roads at times….Slow & Hard! Either way, I love those old Crackerboxes.🥰 That’s another reason I like the single axles…it’s not as rough as a tandem axle for the most part. But that’s my experience & opinion. 🥰😎✌️
My dad had three back in the day, long before I was born. One single he pulled a tri axle flatbed, which he jackknifed in the snow, and two twin screws. Pretty sure they were new, but a little newer than yours, he didn’t start driving till 64.
That's for sure.. did invent or help spark some interesting machinery. But the biggest chance to the world is leaded gas and freon, which impact future generations will pay dearly for. Even hired a medical expert to assure people that it was safe, as any good (mad) scientist does.
I guess we all like different engine sounds, for some reason a lot of people seems to like these 2 stroke diesels. You are free to hate me but I think they sound like a 4 cylinder gazoline Subaru boxerengine on way too high rpms, absolutely terrible in other words. Both Cummins and Cat sound lovely while this hurts the ears. But again that's my own opinion only.
@@MrJokkoma Cats sound like overpriced parts. The only good Cat was the mechanical 3406 and the latest c15's that use, more or less, DDEC unit injectors.
I wouldn’t hesitate to put it to work today. Heck, sounded like a 318 with a 13 speed with probably 4:11 gears . Maybe only wait till winter is over to keep all the northeast salt away from it
It is a show truck at this point as a tribute to my father. He and this truck did plenty of work in their day. He has been gone 4 years so they are both getting the rest they earned hauling steel for decades.
Old trucker friend told me about hanging out in the service bay at a truck stop back in the day. Another driver was bragging about his Detroit, how it didn’t smoke or leak a bit of oil. “Hang on a second while I get a hammer and pry bar,” says my friend. “What for?” asks Mr. Detroit. “So I can help you get that new motor of yours out of its packing crate.”
where i come from we call it the v8 diesel engines and yes i have seen a few at the truckfest and other truckshows in the uk once a year but i haven't heard of the so called detroit diesel in uk which don't have these awesome sounds we only hear a paccar,caterpillar and also cummins. but we do have also have a as you call them a cab over but we call them flat nose or a flat face i'm talking about the european trucks which have the diesel v8's is well. that's some truck i hear every single day.
@@the.porter.productions the man I worked for had 3. 2 had the Brockway cab one had a 8V71 the other a 270 Cummins the 3 one had the mack cab on it and it had a 1693 cat with a 13 double over it would pull like a bear. It was a tandem axle dump I could 97,000 on that old truck and it wouldn't slow it down had 46 rears on solid rubber block Hendrickson suspension
@@hermanmiller6287.... Beautiful Crackerbox! Would be a real showstopper - stretched out another 3 or 4 ft, and polished Alcoa buds. Straight 7" pipes on it would sound much "deeper / throatier" without the "angry / barky" sound of 4 & 5" pipes... unless, of course you prefer that over "mellower, deeper". The 7" pipes slow down the exhaust velocity and flattens out the sound waves.... creating a much deeper exhaust note, and sounds much more "powerful", than the "angry" sounding 4" & 5" pipes... they sound great on 6-71's as well, especially 6-71T/TA's, 8" seems to produce the sweet/deep exhaust note for the V12 (series 71), while being easier on the ears, compared to 6 & 7" pipes.
Nothing like a good old fashioned troll trying to get a reaction. If you knew anything about the truck, the title would make perfect sense. BTW I'm plenty secure enough in my intellect and education to laugh at your insult😎
@@hermanmiller6287 Not intended as an insult, just a statement of fact. No, I don't know anything about the truck but "check out this awesome Detroit Diesel Powered Truck" would be more descriptive. Yes I do have a chip on my shoulder when it comes to public education. ;-) btw: I looked long and hard for a good used 3500 with a 6.5 but those trucks were all beat up and about all that was any good was the engine.
There’s a guy that fishes out of the same port as me and his boat still has a Detroit diesel in it ! The engine is still running strong , it sounds so Much different than the rest of our boats .
