I owned a 318 astro and drove it all over the Us in the late 70's. Experience of a life time!

Had 2 titans back in the 70's, 318 Detroit with 10 speeds. Beautiful rigs to drive. Cabovers are starting to make a comeback. I see more and more of them out on the interstates.

@allanhunter9088

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You must drive an eighteen wheeler, I have seen only cabover Freightliner nothing more.

Wow just seeing this. This was my Dads truck. Still has his stuffed dog on the fan. It was in Connecticut most of its life. Originally had the big drag foil on top too. I loved this truck as a kid.

I used to drive an Astro with a 13spd. & 3 stage Jake brake. I loved that truck. With those giant windows I could set my left foot up on dash on long hauls. The only downside is that the power steering didn't work so it was all muscle to maneuver, not that big a deal since I was a young mover for NorthAmerican at the time.

I owned a 1980, Astro In 88 made good money with it running the east coast

WOW! I think this is the 1st Astro i have ever seen that wasen't equipped with a Sangamo tachograph!

Astro 95's were always my favorite cab overs trying to find one now for a toy.

Love the sound of that 6v-92 Detroit

I miss my retired united "crackerbox" . bought it for 2000 and made 20k hauling park models before the head gasket let loose in Black River Falls Wisconsin Gone but not forgotten 10 speed transmission

those 92's always seem to have them smoothest of sounds

runs great ...my first ride in a semi was one of these trucks...i was around 10 years old at the time.....grew up and drove a 2001 Kenworth W900 for a few years hauling produce outta California....

WOW!!!!! SHE STILL HAS STRONG POWER IN HER!!!

damn good truck finally someone who drives a REAL TRUCK i am a old school driver my self. these new trucks totally suck. give me a old one and i am happy go lucky

I drove One On these from Miami to Palm Harbor Fl Yours is in Better shape than The one I drove

The low air warning beeper is almost pleasant sounding compared to the one in my truck. That's a cool cabover you have there.

Awesome truck!

Starting from top left: water temp, oil pressure, amperes, fuel and oil temperature. Your model also probably has an axle temperature. There is a single fuel gauge because the two tanks are plumbed together from the factory. The top air gauge is for the pressure in the tank. The bottom gauge is for the pressure you apply from the treadle valve (brake pedal) or trailer brakes.

That is correct...There is a minimun required tootake the brakes off and a maximum to run.Anything over send it out the airdryer on the frame...Hitting the brakes on the floor also exhausts

Not to many GMC Astro / Chevrolet Titans with the straight 6 speed transmission in them .

Toggle switches. Gotta love 'em.

Up in CANADA my dad had four Astros 1969 cracker box 238 dd 1972 Astro V 12 dd 450 hp 1976 Astro 8 V 92 1979 Astro 8 V 92

Some of these had starter push buttons on the starter so you where able to start up when the cab was tilted

isnt it on all trucks if u have no air u wont move ?

My dad built our family on that rig. It's one tough SOB, just like dad. He put 2.5 million miles on his. In the end it had a Cummins 430 in it. What do you want for it?

@wojack1000 my dads first farm semi was a 1969 GMC astro, with a twotone blue. It had a 318 8v 71 and a 13 speed. It was really a nice truck for how old it was, I think that was the first year GMC astro came out????

Does anyone know if they used a hydraulic clutch or mechanical?

Ten PSI of oil pressure at idle seems a bit low?

The alarm should come on at 40KPH

Neat truck. Is there a commercial market for these older, smaller cabovers today, a practical use for them other then just to be int he hands of collectors? If you where to put one to work today, what would be a good application for it?

I'm in school now to get my CDL. Ive been thinking when I finally go owner operator I would run regional with you ne of these (with a sleeper). What are the major things that are Astro/Titan specific to watch out for when buying one of these beauties ??

Is this equipped with a 6v silver 92?

Had an 85 .puta 400 cummins engin in it .

Thats a fun truck! What kind of rims does it have?

Something tells me that your Astro has a 8-speed Spicer transmission. If not, then what transmission does it have?

On modern air brake trucks, you need around 80 psi to get the maxi's to release.

i love cab overs but they look very dangerous

Old Tiptop rig?

we got a 84 astro with a straight six cummins an it dont look nothin like that in tha dash

you know what is the power of this engine?

sounds like a 238 but its probibly a v692

I thought everybody knew how to shift without using clutch guess not practice,practice, practice

minuimum of 40 KPH

nope, 60psi or even less will get the job done