@@chrishultgren777 I can see how they could get old to drive every day, yet I like to hear them run. I got my license driving a silver 8v92 with a 13 speed, which had lots of smooth power and quiet too. Then they quit making them.
That's the original Motown Sound. I gotta have a regular dose of Detroit Diesel Audio Therapy. I grew up in a steel town and used to lay in bed on summer nights and be lulled to sleep by the sound of steel haulers with their straight piped Detroits climbing the tall bridge over the ship canal on their way to the Michigan auto plants. Later on I used to haul steel mainly out of Bethlehem Steel's Lackawanna, NY & Sparrows Point, MD mills with a Brigadier with a 6V92. I always wished it had a Jake Brake . Back in those 55mph top speed limit days my brakes were always smoking from trying to hold back a load of steel on the downhill side of the Pennsylvania hills where Smokey was waiting with his radar gun.
A few over-the-road buses also had the 12V71... the 1969-70 MCI MC-6. However, after the end of their initial runs as Greyhound buses, while those operating in Canada kept the "Buzzin' Dozen" and 5-speed stick, those units in the US were rehabbed with 8V71Ns and HT740s.
I grew up on those old Green Monsters . Something about hearing a 6-71 or 318 screaming through the gears . Those Jake's gives me the Warm and Fuzzy's . Cool truck .
The greatest diesel ever made Detroit 671 I was a firefighter for 36 years 1973 we got a Engine with a 671 for almost 10 years it never failed us most dependable reliable at time we had pumped for days ...leaked a lot But believe me we beat the hell out of it the harder you ran it the beatitudes ran.
I swear that's like music to my ears. 😍 Love and miss the sounds of those old Detroit Diesel 2 strokes. Very nicely kept Brigadier you have there, btw. 👌
Yes and if you did listen to that all day, you would go deff. Many drivers had severe hearing loss from those noisy things. Having said that, and having driven a few myself, I agree they sound good. However I got to a point where they sounded much better when someone else drove it than me
wish i had this so cool. jake brake slows you down which is it purpose and handy for windy road playing i now see. imo the 2 stroke diesel sounds real nice when its off too. thanks for posting
If your tractor is an 8n, it can’t be a 1956. Ford discontinued the 8n in 1952. You can look it up by serial number on tractordata.com . That site will show you the actual year of manufacture.
Reid Thompson The NAA was built for the 1953 and ‘54 model years. The ‘53 was nicknamed “Jubilee” because the hood emblem said “1903-1953 Golden Jubilee”. The ‘54 hood emblem had no text. It is for this reason that some hard-headed legalists will insist that a ‘54 cannot be called “Jubilee”, even though the ‘53 and ‘54 NAAs were EXACTLY the same tractor, other than the hood emblem. In late 1954, the NAA was replaced by the 600 and 800 series for the ‘55 year model.
O I forgot to tell you I bought me a on I 26 walk to keep in shape and sat down ther and watch my truckers friend go buy ❤😅😊 thanks man see u later !!++
Bus Grease Monkey uses an intro film/song showing him driving his Silverside through WV, across the St. Albans I -64 Bridge and the first area past the first toll going through the Cabin Creek area on I-77.
Let the good time roll sound so good for a minute ther I thought I was with you love the jake brakes what would u take for it retired 5 yrs and I sure miss it post so more often I love it ❤❤😊😊😊!!++
Oh man i could listen to this all day but i'd be late for work. I drive a 24 ton v-flow with a live bottom and a gay automatic and no sounds on the jake.
Would have enjoyed more of the scenery through the windshield... and less video of the dash... that dash always looked the same. That is such a beautiful part of West Virginia.
I'll race you when we get our bus running....just kidding, we have a 1952 pd 4103 GM Greyhound bus....we are putting a v730 Allison automatic transmission in it...with a 671 Detroit Diesel we are putting a turbo, with jakes with n75 injectors should be a screamer...I love yours reminds me of ridding in dads old log trucks when I was a kid...he let me do the shifting a lot of shifting...
@@RustyZipper Sometimes we watch when he is doing something that pertains to my project... I have asked him for advice but get no response, I guess he's to busy...We will get ours running and going down the road with the help of locals but as you know if your watching our RU-vid channel we are doing this pretty much on our own for now...plus we are taking our time and trying to pay attention to details on this old bus....
Thanks, we don't know what ratio but it usually runs about 60-65 on flat ground or going down hill, it lugs down on hills. We live in West Virginia, so we got our fair share of mountains and hollers. It does decent!
There is a little vent in front of the windshield that opens if you pull that lever back. It’s a good way to get some air circulation through the cab since it doesn’t have a/c. It’s nice on hotter days.
Still a sharp looking and sounding wrecker. Have you guys owned it for a long time? Fun to drive and ride in! You do a good job recording this process. I grew up in Huntington, WV. Those engines were popular in trucks back in the day. 🤩🇺🇸
thanks, not for long. my dad and grandpa bought this truck in 2013 to haul my dads john deere 720 diesel and that trailer. my dad a 2002 half ton chevy, that gooseneck and the tractor a little too much for it lol. so they bought it and started fixing it to where it is today.
No it’s the 600, we have a gooseneck hitch on it. We usually haul our antique tractors or in this video, We hauled a mini excavator. Over time it turned into a show truck too. We’ve taken it to car and truck shows.
I too like the sound of those engines but this level of noise is not pleasant nor necessary. And that's why a lot of people dislike old trucks in general. This Jake is killing, how is it likeable for the owner? If this truck has a tow late at night, goes thru a sleeping neighborhood and uses that Jake the night is over. And while he strolls along every sleeping being would think dinosaurs just crossed the bedroom. That being said it still is a job well done keeping ol yella alive but not as rolling coal which is nice. Two things I hate the most is too much noise and rolling coal, a truck can be pretty and impressive without that.
We don’t use this truck for commercial use. We use it to haul our tractors on that gooseneck or whatever else we need the strength of the truck for. And we take it to car and truck shows. So it’s just a toy and a show truck. The truck doesn’t even get driven much. Probably rolls 700 miles per year. We are a family of truck drivers, So we like loud jakes and straight pipes.
@@patsyware1788 Come on, can´t one let out a little rant? I am European, we don`t use engine brakes like that. At least I am not used to it. And in the darn video as the jakes turn on my speakers popped.
@@LaLaLand.Germany sure you can. No problem. Now here in America using a Jake's brake is as American as apple pie, baseball and Chevrolet. Just one of our cultural differences.
Had lots of torque, and it's pretty good considering that it was 30s and 40s tech. Big power can be achieved by using large port liners, big injectors, adding a turbo, and some other little things. They are great reliable motors that sound pretty good and are very easy to maintain.
Tech guy… I’ve seen you lurking around before… how much power does a DT-466 have with have with 40 more cubic inches and the latest electronic controls…. Yes? …. We’re waiting…..
