At about 2:30 or so, I was thinking I KNOW that Ol girl has full lockers...sure enough, a few seconds later he locked up and powered through that sand hill!
Nah, but I grew up with my uncle owning a 50’s model FWD with a 6-71 so I already knew what it was and what it is capable of. Definitely didn’t think it was a Front Wheel Drive Semi
I love the look of the good oldies with the extended needle-nose style. Today's trucks all look alike with the slanted down 'ant eater' look just for the sake of aerodynamics. Yuck!
We used to have one on a milk truck. The DD mechanic who rebuilt told me that the correct way to drive a truck with a Detroit is to slam your hand in the door first thing in the morning so that you were mad at the truck, and then drive it that way all day.
To tell if it's an online it will not have a v after the first numbers. Inline Detroit 2 strokes were: 453T, 353T, 6-71, and a few more. The v engines were 6v92, 8v71, 8v92, 6v53 and more
@@justinmyslive4108 Yet they helped win WW 2 and were in production for 60 years and literally used in everything from locomotives to ships to construction equip and everything in between. Best overall diesel ever built . . They were done in by CARB .
@@rileydog362 to me it's stupid to use the Detroit Diesel in any military application for the simple fact it's makes more noise than two skeletons screwing on a tin roof in the middle of a hail storm using a tin can for a condom. The enemy would hear you a long time before they saw you
