Ugly trucks...

[Truckman]

To see some of the ugliest trucks in the world, we now visit Australia again for the Yesteryear Truck Grand Parade...God bless the Aussies!!......Ben

[UTAH]

Excellent work, my friends. Those are beautiful trucks.

Hunter

[Sandman]

Dual flathead.. have a picture (must figure out how to post it) of dual flatheads mounted on a flatbed truck and used to power a belt drive thrasher.. heard it run, beautiful music...

Also cabover 59 Chevy made into a pickup..


Both from a car show near Elkhart Indiana..

I also have a Brockway Husky hood ornament, saved from junkyard, that was destined for my F-350.. still in garage toolbox

[Truckman]

I never heard of an inertia starter on a truck engine, but I don't remember hearing about a Federal truck either...

From the video description:

This is how we crank up the inertia starter on my 1943 Federal Model 606 7-1/2 ton 6x6. This truck was originally built for the Army Air Corps during World War Two as a C2 wrecker, but the wrecker equipment has since been removed. It is powered by a Hercules 855 ci HXD 6 cylinder gasoline engine developing about 200 hp and over 600 foot lbs of torque at 900 rpm. The engine is also equipped with a normal electric starter. The inertia starter is an Eclipse Aviation Engine Starter and was original equipment on the truck. Eclipse was part of Bendix. The Army Air Force considered this truck an emergency vehicle and needed it to be capable of being started when the battery was dead and no other vehicles were around.

[Sandman]

A 58-59 Chevie COE made into a pickup.. it is realy that short and fat..

[Sandman]

Twin flatheads mounted on a flatbed, used to drive a belt powered thrasher ..

[Dave Grubb]

We always had an inertia starter for anything that needed one when I was a kid. Any tractor with a weak battery would get parked on a hill across from the barn during the daytime--worked equally well for cars and trucks as well

[Truckman]

Almost a year with no ugly trucks added...Time to end the drought......Ben