YES,SIR, THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST TRACTOR THAT I DROVE ON THE ROAD TO A 35 YEAR CAREER OF DRIVING THE BIG RIG'S... IT WAS A 1959 "860" DETROIT DIESEL...THIS EXACT MODEL, COLOR AND ALL.I HAULED STEEL FROM PA, TO NEW ENGLAND .. A SWEET OLD TRUCK. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON HERE..I HAD LIVED OUTSIDE OF BOSTON AT THE TIME,,,"FOND" MEMORIES.. WOW.!...GOD BLESS AMERICA..

@rileydog362

7 жыл бұрын

Here is the update video and thanks for watching and congratulations on a long safe career. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eKVlm5qOYZWbn8Y.html

@KDFRxpo2

4 жыл бұрын

E.RICHARD GREEN Mr. Green, what was the whistle used for? Thank you, GS

Every time I watch this video it puts a big ole smile on my face and I know it does the same for you! What a Nice Truck

@kylec.5462

6 жыл бұрын

@Collateralcoffee then don't watch it

@davidkelly5145

5 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous

Two words: video stabilizer. Other than that, awesome video, thanks for sharing your beautiful build.

That is the most beautiful truck I've ever seen you did a magnificent job

@rileydog362

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks !

That is one sweet sounding diesel. The truck looks immaculate.

The ultimate COE with a 2 stroke Detroit. You have done a fine job. A piece of art that will last.

Man, Oh Man! What a beauty! I had a good friend who's dad drove a '53 Jimmy - very similar to this one - only black and white. It was a Hostess bakery transport and he drove from Ellensburg, Washington to Seattle and back everyday over Snoqualmie pass - rain, snow or shine. Had to chain-up in the winter. What a job!!! When he was coming home, we could hear that Detroit 2 miles away! He'd roar past us and park it out in front of their house! This sounds to me like the same Detroit 6 his dad had. They sound like they would come apart when approaching red-line! Class 7, right? Having restored several vintage cars, looking at that undercarriage makes me tired just to think about all the work you have done! Well worth it though. Thanks for letting us see it all. Jake brakes are totally cool!!!!

Oh man what a beauty! Amazing paint job also, you can see orange when the sun hit us just right!

What a beautiful work of art. Great restoration. Best sounding diesel engine ever made.

@rileydog362

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much !

Gosh. Thats a real sweetheart of a truck u got there mister riley. I really enjoyed the video of this piece of history and thank you for sharing it with the world

You obviously put one heck of a lot of effort into your truck. What a beauty!!!

When I was a kid, Highway 99/CA ran right through down so I got to hear a lot of diesel trucks go by. I could spot the Detroit Diesels every time - you could hear them a mile away. Thanks for the memory.....

How can anyone dislike this video, awesome awesome awesome.... love this truck

@thatonedude3312

5 жыл бұрын

wind noise

@DarkLinkAD

5 жыл бұрын

All that wind..

@mw2filmmaker

5 жыл бұрын

because it has a flat bed

The sound of a GMC Detroit engine, has a sound like no other engine. I could always tell when my husband was near our home, when I heard that sound. Always gave my heart a jolt when I heard it coming down the highway. That sound has disappeared and my husband has passed many years ago. I enjoyed the whole video, which also brought back my own memories of driving also. Thanks.

@rileydog362

8 жыл бұрын

+Terry Durfee Thanks for the great story. That is why I have this truck too and the memories it brings to others.

That’s one sharp looking truck and she sounds amazing!! Great job

Best restoration job I've ever seen. keep up the good work. Thanks for letting us see it, playstar or 5000

Nice truck. Glad you keep a part of history going!

Awesome GMC looks better than new, thanks for sharing

I use to see these when I was a child. Beautiful.

@rileydog362

7 жыл бұрын

Mee too , they were all over the place . thanks for looking.

We had a picture of an old Peterbuilt hanging on the wall at our shop , it had a 318 Detroit . Every morning we had to wipe oil off of the floor under the picture . That's a very nice restoration , very clean job . Looks like a 238 6-71 engine .Enjoyed the video . I recently rebuilt an older 238 with the external fuel lines .

@rileydog362

8 жыл бұрын

+ALABAMAHEADHUNTER Thanks for looking !

@gcrauwels941

5 жыл бұрын

2 Valve head? Once upgraded from a couple of those in the 80s to the 'dogbone' 4 valve internal fuel galley heads.

Beautiful restoration! My favorite truck!!

Supper! Nice restoration job and very nice old american truck school design !

Thanks for the look at a GREAT truck. Mike

Nice restoration job, love that old 671 jimmy

really nice classic truck dude love the whistle paint is sweet it all looks great i love the classics the resto came out really good tanks and all enjoy crusing in that cool ass rig dude !!!

@rileydog362

8 жыл бұрын

+Raymond J Thank you !

I like the aluminum buds that you have on it now a lot better. Great video

the external painting of the gabine is beautiful!

A work of Art, nothing less!

I remember those cannonball GMC tractors in the 1950s. Here on the east coast of the US most of the trucks were IH, White, Mack, Autocar, Diamond T, Reo, GMC, Ford & Dodge. It was rare to see a Peterbilt, KW or Freightliner here. They were western trucks back then. Later Diamond T & Reo merged becoming Diamond Reo, Freightline partnered with White & became White Freightliner & I think it was only a cab over truck then. The big sellers here in the 1950's were IH, White, Mack, Autocar & GMC. When I occasionally got west of the Mississippi, that is when you began to see KW & Pete. It was also the days when the ICC restricted trucking companies to certain states. When deregulation happened under President Reagan, it eventually put many of the east coast trucking companies out of business. McLean (big user of GMC tractors), Hennis, Red Line, Pilot, Mason-Dixion etc etc. They just couldn't compete when they lost their dedicated territory & gained a large number of new competitors who expanded into the east from other parts of the country. The famous two cycle engine was badged "GMC" then but if you spec it in an IH or White etc, they called it a Detroit but it was the same engine. Most of the non GMC/Detroit engine trucks had Cummins. Cat wasn't in it then. Mack of course had a Mack engine.It was easy to tell if it was a GMC/Detroit coming down the road but after you were on the road long enough, it also became easty to tell the different in the sound of a Cummins and a Mack.

@Howard_Ravenhill

10 жыл бұрын

Great history lesson. I really like American trucks.

@josekhreczan3065

7 жыл бұрын

bob lackey I

@billmunroe7409

7 жыл бұрын

bob lackey I

@Joshie2256

7 жыл бұрын

The deregulation of the trucking industry began with the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which was signed into law by President Carter on July 1, 1980.

@2x4barrels40

7 жыл бұрын

You forgot the big boy " Brockway"

Lindo caminhão, bem conservado, parabéns pela máquina............!!!!!!

Really cool.imagine all the places that old truck has been and the work it completed .

Beauty restoration job !!! Looks really great .

definitely one of the kind...looks and sounds like a dream

What a beautiful looking and sounding truck very nice indeed!

Many thanks to you for your video and lovely GMC Detroit Truck! Very interesting! Diesel 2T have a sound giving the impression to run much faster and reactive than 4T. I'm not so found in engines but I don't understand why 2T diesel are not so common in Europe. Really I don't know. My Grandfather was a truck driver in the 40, 50, 60 's. He had and drove trucks like Lancia Esatau, OM, Fiat 190, Fiat 690,etc. Unfortunately I don't have videos about them. Very nice breathtaking USA Country landscape! So nice, lovely and quiet!

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

Love the sound of a Driptroit. Had an old Pettibone backhoe with a 371 and I would love to hear that thing scream all day

smooth. We had not many GMC's n Europe but sill... We mostly had Chevy's up till 5.5 tons. Heavy loaders were Mack's. And the Chevy's sounded so soft.

WHAT? No test drive? What a tease. Awesome truck!!!

Youre welcome. If interested Detriot is a division of General Moters. Thier first 2 stroke diesel was called the 53 seties, next was 71 series and finally the silver92. Todays Detriots are 4 stroke and called 60 series. It is one of the first ECM engines put into on highway trucks. Enjoy that old Jimmy not many of them left.

@madtownmadman

9 жыл бұрын

The 71 series came out before the 53 series. It powered many military of WWII. I don't know for sure, hut it may have debuted in the 30's. The 53 series was released for the 58 model year, and debuted in the fall of '57.

@whorayful

8 жыл бұрын

+madtownmadman You are right the first model released was the 6-71 N went into production around 1938 and did great service in WW2 powering anything from Navy landing boats, through tanks, trucks, pumps, generators anything that needed power probably had a 6-71 bolted on the front.

@holysirsalad

6 жыл бұрын

Not quite, it's largely a Mercedes design but they are built at the same plant in Redford.

Thankyou it all looks great and sounds amazing especially when u knock the jake brake on :-)

That is one good looking and sounding truck, not sure I would want to put any serious miles behind the wheel, but damn it looks good.

Wow...just wow. What a gorgeous truck!

Awesome ,thanks for showing it

Wow, so clean and beautiful. I have an urge to drive it.

Beautiful!...Absolutely Beautiful!

Thanks for the tour!

@rileydog362

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching !

Nice restoration!

Really nice truck! Very good restoration that is second to non!

Nice piece of history you have there

Nice walk around, nothing like the ring of a 6-71 and Alpine Green.

@Ignignokt5150

8 жыл бұрын

We used to call it 'dumpster green' , but I loved that sound ..

I drove one of these with a 12 speed manual transmission when I was just 10 years old on the farm i was raised on when we put up hay

very nice unit the sound is great

beautiful truck! thumbs up

Wow that's the cutest semi tractor i have ever seen

beautiful capture,the truck is inmaculate,no smoke when accelerates the engine. Only a thinng,The engine cab cover may be in optimal conditions in the seals (neoprene or others) But the accesibility to the engine is good. Three access;front cab and rear.

What a cool machine!

Steven Spielberg could not have done this. Thanks for the cool video !

Very cool old GMC👍👍

Awesome Video Beutiful Truck Nice Job fixen it up sounds Nice with the jake

Thx for the in depth look at this truck cool part of trucking history.

The whistle got WOO

This truck rocks!

Totally awesome! Thanks for sharing this

@rileydog362

9 жыл бұрын

John McCann Thanks for watching !

It is a V 8 ? Wonderful video for motor and truck lovers. We are starting to appreciate these older Screaming Jimmys here in Norway too. Thanks for sharing this lovable truck with us ! And the sound !!

@rileydog362

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, it is a straight six diesel.

so awesome thanks for the video

Love it that would be my topkick for driving around.

Nice truck and nice driving on your other video.

OH,Buddy,buddy You did a great job on that truck,Ive drove a few old Detroit's in my day, just love to here that thing purring along, I would like to see a vid, on the road, here that jake going down a steep grade, The sound of that Detroit brings back so many memories, Way to go man, I bet your proud of that truck, and you have every right to be.

Beautiful!!!

Very nice video of a very nice Truck!

the guys who drove those trucks were hard core truckers

wow. that was a beautiful truck

Beautiful machine you have their great job...

Wow....that's a really beautiful truck!

@rileydog362

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks , it is currently getting an air ride rear end , new front axle and polished wheels all around . I will do a new video in a few months when done. Thanks for watching !

@theadventurebiker

8 жыл бұрын

rileydog362 Nice!!!!

God dang that’s a good sounding truck music to my ears

What a blast this must be to drive!! So small you could park it any where!!

@rileydog362

9 жыл бұрын

milwaukeegregg It is 18 ' long, thanks for looking !

@milwaukeegregg

9 жыл бұрын

rileydog362 took a load of Christmas trees from northern wisconsin to ft lauderdale and pulled them with a single axle cab over in 1976... We dropped the trailer and went to sunrise and A1A, the beach u could park that little guy anywhere... This is smaller very cool!!!!

When you see a truck like this.....it shows you how tough truck driver's are....couldn't imagine going cross country in this....

BEAUTIFUL! :)

I love that weebly wobbly tachometer

You know I can't stand the sound of a loud Harley but I love the sound of your truck.

Nice vehicle My uncle had one of these without the sleeper It as almost new when he was almost given it by the government It had a dump bed on it when the government had it It tipped over backwards and couldn’t be used so they sold it My uncle took the dump bed off put a 5th wheel hitch on it and used it for years Thanks for the video fond memories for me of my youth

nice looking truck

These old trucks were ergonomic nightmares :-)

Best looking truck, EVAH!

@rileydog362

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

Love how clean she runs, no coal rolling at all

I can't even put into words how much Id love to own this truck to use as my RV puller.

Wow.. What a beautifull Truck.

great job....love the sound of a 2 stroke........

@rileydog362

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking Mark !

Beautiful truck

She's beautiful. Nice restoration I assume? Very nice.

beautiful truck

SWEET RIDE

awesome truck!

what a beautiful machine, love it!

@rileydog362

10 жыл бұрын

mrspivvy Thank you !

A handsome truck you have.

Does anybody know which company came up with the first cab-over truck??

Beautiful Truck !!!

Awsome!!!

Amazing!