Jeff Lakaszcyck's 1943 Federal 606D | Former Air Force C2 wrecker with an Inertia Starter 

Love seeing American history being preserved for future truck lovers.

Chris, this is Jeff, thanks so much for making this video, you did a great job making us "amateurs" look good lol !

Wow brother so dam cool.Great job chris history on these rare units is just awesome 🇺🇸

Awesome video I love the rich history of old trucks

Absolutely awesome. Thanks for bringing a piece of history to life again

Thanks chris for showing some old retired iron great video as always stay safe chris

The Federal Lorry is almost identical to one used to pull the Fuselage Hull of Howard Hughes H-4 'Spruce Goose' for final assembly. That Hercules Petrol Engine with dual ignition is SWEET as it chugs effortlessly , although built in 1943 for the US Army Air Corps as a recovery tractor. The 606D was designed in 1934-35, having a small boxy cab like a Model 'A' Ford with front wings (fenders) similar to a 1931 Duesenberg Model J or Packard Victoria. The Federals Bendix Eclipse Inertia starter works the same as a child,s toy car with a simple flywheel motor, running the car along the ground spins up the flywheel via gears off the back axle, once released the car moves using stored energy in the spinning flywheel.

Интересный аппарат. У нас автомобили такого возраста давно разобрали на металл и встретить их можно только в музеях. И ещё наши автомобили периода войны были просты как садовые тележки. Спецаавтомобили поставлялись по ленд-лизу.

That truck is my soul animal, 6x6, heavier duty than a 5 ton semi for on-road use (holy shit) and the beautiful long nose and cab and the inertia starter... I love that truck. Thank you for making this video. 👍

I seen that at the show, what a piece of history. Thanks for sharing.

What a unit!

Enjoy the old iron videos keep them coming

That was an awesome video!!!!!

So awesome Chris what a piece of history and those guys are sure cool to

Very interesting and a great looking truck!

Awesome video as always Chris! Thanks!

Wow that's really awesome 👌

Thanks for your great video Chris please keep up your great work-Kevin 💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Jeff - I know about 'keeping it authentic' / the old 'patina' (rust and paint) thing - but I think this old gal needs a full body AND paint (to military standards) re-do...lovely old Federal!!!

A separate video describes the engine as a Hercules model HDX with 855 CID. That's a pretty good size engine, same CID as the modern Cummins N14 diesels (e.g. Cummins NHC -250)! I'd love to see this old girl restored; it would be nice.

Us Indiana boys and our trucks.

Notification squad, great content Chris!!

Nice WW2 Federal. USAAF one too!

So cool seeing a rarity like this demonstrated. If the battery was dead, what provided the power to the ignition? A magneto?

Very cool. Elkhart and South Bend that's not far at all from me

...If the truck didn't crank after a coffee break...then the inertia start was used...and the freight kept rolling...such a neat old truck...they are only original once...Thanks for the video.

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Wish I could adapt this to my pto to start my old truck. Hmmmm.... Pop the clutch and go?

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Any updates on this truck?

If I had two I'd put in one of them a higher gear ratio in the axles or swap them for ones with higher ratio so I could reach at least 55-60mph

I have a winch that may be for this. It may be for a different vintage. I bought it because o thought it was neat and was going to use it in a project that never materialized. Let me know if you want the numbers or a photo of it.

Chris, what show was this?

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855 cubic inches being fed by that little carb

Runs nicer than those Russian 'ZIL' trucks from the '50's

Good video as always just looks so awkward with the guy in the cowboy hat standing in the other guys overalls like back up maybe 4 inches and let the guy talk about his truck