This man was my step grandfather, man was truly one of the best people you could of known! Warms my heart to know so many people have seen this video. Miss you Dave! ❤❤
This looks like it’s around Fyshwick area Awesome old truck not many could handle a two sticks love them 6V53s is it still around Hopefully somebody restored it
I vaguely remember his face, although it has been 35 years since I worked at Everlast. We used to bolt out the door whenever we'd hear the Jimmy coming up the road in order to get the full-on sound of it!
You should always apologize to the vehicle when you screw up. I had a '69 IH schoolbus about 20 years ago. 345/4spd/2spd rear. It was a hoot to drive, but not nearly as awesome as this.
This is a beautiful machine and an incredible driver. Few people know how to do what he does today. The 6V53 may be the best sounding of all engines, of any kind, that has ever been made. Thanks for sharing this!
I mechanicd for an International dealer when I was a pup I worked on a lot of loadstars they were gas and diesel and they were left hand drive and 2 sticks were quite common, most of the ones I worked on that were diesel were Internationals own DV550 engine they were great trucks IH built them from 1962 to 1978. The S series replaced them the early s series was basically a loadstar chassis with a S series cab they were great trucks also.
Hey Graham, I found the video amongst some of Bills photos so I thought I would upload it as a tribute to Dave. I wasn’t sure if you would want your name on it, if it’s ok I’ll put your name on it?
Beautiful old truck! Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Your video illustrated how much work was involved in shifting gears in an old truck like this.
Bucket list , drive a road train , and shift a twin sticker............. All from the wrong side of the truck !!!! Keep it loud and proud driver !!!! 👍☮️🚾
My god.... is this just fantasticability. You can not imagine what pure love this is. Sad of the mis shifting, but, my god the Rig... pure love. Thx for sharing. (can I have a ride? I fly there any moment)...England... pls pm :)
Mazda or Ford T4000, bout 2.5. /3 tonne trucks had similar gear shift pattern in twin shift box’s in the 90 s. ,great video , all that noise and his cracked 60 Kph .❤️🦘🦘🦘
I started driving in high school with the series previous to these. It had a twin stick and a guy was showing me how to drive it. I missed a gear and he started laughing at me as i went into a state of panic. They eventually got rid of that truck and upgraded to an s series. I was rolling down the road in a head wind and the windshield blew into the cab with me. I got it to the side of the road somehow. Fortunately, i wasnt injured. International sent some reps to investigate. As it turns out, they sent a letter warning about this and the dealerships were supposed to affix a reinforcement on the windshield. Well, they didnt and the rest is history.
I drove from 1994 to 2010. First job outta driving school was pulling a flat with a cabover and a 21-speed Eaton-Fuller Road Ranger. Glad I never had to drive a twin-stick rig. That's too much work!
Thats a real mans truck right there buh buh! i had a load star with a 392 gas v8 was going to swap in a N/A detroit but i got a 99 Topkick instead if i get tired of the 366 gas and alison combo i think a 10 speed road ranger with a 6v53 would be lovely
How would the AMT drivers of today handle this? Many cannot even drive a roadranger now! I learned on a 13, but then had to learn twin sticks. I don't miss it, but it's cool to know how to do. These trucks sounded more like race cars than heavy diesels.
Nicely done. I garentee the few of us here in the states that are left that can still shift like this, even twin stick drivers wouldnt be able to drive that lol. Ive had a couple twin sticks but I couldnt run that truck down the road. Shifter being on the left an all. Even though our shift patters are the same, using that other hand would be a struggle....
😂Driver took the piss when he towed broken down truck into Cummins Queenbeyan ….told us to fit a “real” engine !! Nicest bloke …deaf as a post from that engine !!
Cool video but I’d betcha a dollar the main box is fully synchronized and all the double clutching is for show. Drove a bunch of 60’s and 70’s IH tandems and all had a synchro 4 or 5 speed main. Too bad the main box ratios and the aux weren’t set up properly. Lots of overlapping ratios in that setup.
Viper Strike Many Detroit motors were used in Australia after WW2 The first installations were the 2Valve 6-71s that came out of tanks and were repowered in NR Mack log trucks replacing the Lanover engine & Diamond T s etc replacing the original petrol engines and then in the early 1960s the S-model Kenworth came with the 6V AND 8V71 as they were probably the only diesels that would fit. KW, White, Dodge, Atkinson, Leader, International Transtars. Detroits were available in Macks in the 1970s and 80s as an option. It was the 71 series that put GM on the map and was proven in Australia as well.
i am so confused i see subway sign and other stuff correctly but everyone's on the left hand side and it's a right hand drive... is this detroit england?
Not much can be done with the old 6v53 to make power but maybe a propane breathalyzer. Your on wrong side of cab going down the street on wrong side... either that or I am/LOL lots of word keeping up with the ol' girl but labor of love. Missing sound of Jake Brake... not a option on her? Good times
You have two separate transmissions: The Main set (stick close to the cammer) and the "Brownie" (closest to the driver) so that within each of the gears in the main trans you would have 4 sub-gears. This truck was most likely a 5+4, meaning 20 forward gears . It would go 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4 and so on until the Main trans was in fifth gear and the Brownie was in fourth for top speed. Now this setup would also mean that there were 4 reverse gears as well as the Brownie could be used while in reverse so this truck most likely, if it was a 5+4, had 24 total gears - all done manually with no synchronization...and he only ground the gears a couple of times. A Master of the Twinsticks.
@@danielseelye6005 I've never heard of a 5X4 that shifted the way you describe. And he certainly didn't shift like that in this video. He used 3 gears in his Brownie, under, direct, and over. Starting at 5:20, you can see the shift pattern. 1 under, 2 under, 3 under, 4 under, 4 over, 3 under, 3 over, 4 under, 5 under, 5 over.
Before the advent of more modern transmissions where you could fit 15, 18 gears and only use a single shifter, trucks could only fit 5 or 6 gears and would run out of steam, so they came up with a second, smaller transmission called a "Crash Box" or a "Brownie" that would allow them to get more gears by introducing sub-gears. This truck most likely had what was called a 5 & 4 setup where for all of the five main gears, the Brownie added an additional 4 gears and you would have to shift through them. It would start with 1-1, then you would go 1-2, 1-3, 1-4. Then you would pop the main into second gear, bring the Brownie back to one (2-1) and continue until you got to 5-4 and reach top speed. The Brownie's gears could also be used in reverse so this truck would have 24 total gears. Couple that with the transmissions not being synchronised meant that the driver would have to make sure the revs from the Detroit matched the revolutions of the drive wheels or it would not go in and perhaps break his hand/wrist. This happened a lot in the day. Notice when he was downshifting that he would blip the throttle to get the engine running at a higher RPM? That's why he didn't grind the gears. He was fantastic at rev-matching, but there were guys that could do _all_ that and *never* used the clutch:. They could just hear the engine and just slide it in without missing a beat. Those were _Gearjammers._ Hopes this helps, even if a bit late.
Joe R 8,000? I'm really sorry to be the one to say this but a little under 4 grand is that engines top end. Peak power was rated at around 2,800 rpm. Idk where you got 8, if the TAC read it it was definitely off. But there would be 6 very large pistons on the ground before you got to 8 grand. It's a 2-stroke so it does rev higher than a lot of Diesel engines but it also sounds like it's revving higher than it really is because the piston is firing every time it comes up. There are diesels that can make it to 8,000 but they are small engines for use in variable applications. There is a RU-vid video of one in a dirt bike by Visio racer I believe that I think hits 9,000. But high rpm and diesels don't usually mix well. These old 2-strokes are a small acceptation just because of the nature of how they run
This kind of reminds me of my pop. The guy used to run an old Kenworth with 3 shifters. He always had a cup of coffee in his hand and knew the exact time to light up his Marlboro. That’s is something that comes with age and time.
lord I hope he had it warmed up before he got in it an ran it half chat, that aint good for anything unless to running temp :/ but I must say he knows how to twin stick, looks like a road ranger to me there straight cut gears so they might grind a hair, but what a great ride, thanks for taking us with you lol
