Very cool truck sir! Keep the classics alive. No DEF. No computer. No problems.

I love these trucks. My dad bought one just like this… an ‘86. His was originally navy blue. He drove for Bekins Van Lines at the time and painted the truck white with green stripes etc, and the frame was the same shade of green but metallic. His idea of a summer vacation was to pack all 6 of us (Himself, my mom, along with myself, my two younger brothers, and little sister) in that truck for a month. We went from the SE corner of the country all the way to Washington. We even packed and loaded a job on the sub base north of Seattle. He bobtailed the truck and took us all to a Mariners game. We got to watch Ken Griffey, Jr. play in his rookie season. Miss those days. I followed in his footsteps and drove trucks after I got out of the military. He passed in June ‘23. Proud to have followed in his footsteps. Thanks for sharing this!

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Wow that must of been a beautiful truck. Those are great memories you have to. That is awesome you got to do that with your dad and family. I take my family as well we’ve done a few west coast turns together. I enjoy it very much. Sorry to hear about your dads passing. Thank you for your service and thank you for watching.

I was a fan of the LTL’s. Good looking truck. And you can NEVER go wrong with a Caterpillar and 15spd. Good luck with her bro.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Definitely 1 of my favorite engine and transmission combinations. Thank you for watching

I drove a lot of Fords back in the day, L9000s, L8000s and Aeromaxes. All excellent trucks.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

This was the first Ford heavy truck I’ve driven, and I was blown away how comfortable and nice it was to drive. Thank you for watching

@fernandorocha-dx1wv

6 ай бұрын

@@westernstar85 Ford L9000, L8000, LTL9000 and Aeromax is best trucks of Ford. Beautifuls, solids and comfortables trucks

Beautiful truck! Always loved the LTL 9000! Classic style and a gentleman’s truck.

Used to drive one just like it with a 425 cat and 15 speed with 370 rears. It was owned by m.c. distributors out of Pensacola fla. Carol Josey owned it. Best riding truck I ever drove, bar none. Outride every Pete and kw they owned.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

I truly couldn’t believe what a pleasure this truck was to drive. The 1 you ran sounds like a cool truck. Thank you for watching

Nice looking LTL they are just as rare at truck shows as the Autocar's and Western Stars. Nice looking wheels and the tires look new. Love a 3406B

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

You aren’t kidding about that. I hope to be able to see your AT64 in person some day. Thank you for watching

What a beautiful truck they don't make them like this anymore takes second place to no one😊

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

Sweet wagon, and that B model Cat is just the cherry on top.

You found yourself an iconic gem 👍🏾

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, definitely don’t make them like this anymore. Thank you for watching

Very nice original example of an LTL9000 there! Love the paint job and of course the 3406B power plant. Such a good looking (and sounding) truck. I agree that these were very underrated trucks - Ford really seemed to hit a home run with the LTL before they updated to the newer body style in 1998 (and sold the division).

Brings back memories,always thought they were nice trucks . have good luck with it .

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Brings back memories for me as well. Always thought they were cool to see when I was riding with my dad in the early and mid 90s.

Man you have yourself a real gem with that LTL she's a real looker absolutely love Ford class eight trucks LTLs and CLs very underrated trucks in their hay day it's still in very good condition for being basically still original congrats.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. The originality of it really peaked my interest. Thank you for watching

When they really made trucks to work screw all that electronic bulshit the 70 and 80 those trucks were made to work and bring you home

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

You aren’t kidding, I love old trucks. Very grateful I still get to run 38 year old trucks, and got to live my dreams. Thank you for watching

@azzjaa2996

6 ай бұрын

👍

@deborahchesser7375

6 ай бұрын

I’m with you guys, I learned in 70’s Mack DM’s in the early 80’s 15 gears and two sticks hauling coal, I picked it right up my cousin was a good teacher. Nice Ford brother and that Cat B motor is a gem. Sucks the EPA forced them off the road. Thanks again 🐾✌️🇺🇸

@nelymarcantel4965

6 ай бұрын

Give me an old truck any day. The oldest truck where I work is a 2005 379. I was assigned a 2023 389 when I started the job. I didn't even make a week and was down with dpf problems. The boss put me in the 2005 while my truck was in the shop. A week later I told the boss to give that 389 to somebody else because I was staying in the 379. Those younger hands that don't know any better told me I was stupid. They think differently now when they're waiting for their truck to come out of the shop and I'm running up and down the highway making money. I've been in the 379 almost 6 months and we changed the fan clutch. That's it except for routine maintenance.

@deborahchesser7375

6 ай бұрын

@@nelymarcantel4965 especially those automatic shit piles, that lets any joker behind the wheel

Gorgeous truck! Great paint scheme too! 🤩🤩🤩

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

Absolutely beautiful truck. Maybe I'll have one some day.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I hope you get 1 someday. Thank you for watching

These trucks were so bad ass looking. Nice to see some still appreciate them

To me they are THE BEST. Gotta love old school tractors. 😂

I love all of the Louisville models!!! The LNT And the LTS were my absolute fav as dump trucks y uncle used to run them from 70 right to 82. I learned to drive on his 80 LNT 9000. Those dash boards were the best. Cockpit style everything right in front of you.

i can imagine it all fixed up and customized, sure is beautiful

Good looking truck! I have a soft spot for those less common trucks too. Chevrolet Bison and GMC General are couple conventionals I like, along with the COE Chevrolet Titan 90 and GMC Astro 95. Again good looking Ford!

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, I like all of those trucks you mentioned. Thank you for watching!

What a beautiful LTL , don’t see em all that often anymore , someone took care of it over the years

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, definitely needs a little work, what old truck doesn’t. Thank you for watching!

Good looking truck!! They were tough old trucks. If you come across another like that let me know. I've been trying to find one myself. Enjoy it and it will serve you well.

Great looking - great running gear - air ride - plus no computer - plus no big payments !

Loved these and the Dodge Big Horns.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Big horns are cool, for the life of me I can’t recall the books name, it was about a old timer that ran a big horn and his son rode with him. Read it in high school, my teacher recommended. Wish I remembered and some days Wish I stayed in school. Either way your mention of big horn reminded me of that book. Thank you for watching

That's one sharp Louisville I drove one back in the early 80s after my 76 ih 4300 I love the older trucks🇺🇸👍

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

That’s awesome. I like IH 4300 as well. Nice looking trucks

Excellent video Sir, thank you for sharing your drive with us. The sounds that truck make are music to my ears!

Great looking truck 👍

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

Great video and Cool Truck... I've always liked those LtL's. Congratulations on the purchase and finding one in that good of shape

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

She's a true beauty, that's for sure!

Real nice find. Definitely an old school trucker's truck.

Happy new year man ! Thats a damn nice ride and you did well buying that one. And Cat powered ? Don't get any better then that ! Be careful out there driver and enjoy that ride.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Happy new year as well, thank you for watching. I will try to bring some more videos on this truck. I really did get lucky finding it, was in no position to purchase it, I knew if I didn’t though I’d regret it.

Nice looking truck, sounds really good. Good luck with it.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I love how it sounds myself. 400 cat is 1 of my favorite sounding engines. Thank you so much for watching

Now that's a good looking 9 grand 👌 👍

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you watching

Dream truck of mine would absolutely love to own that rig

Awesome, fresh paint,new hodge built half fenders, and it's show time !!!

That's a sweet ride.

I owned the exact same model and red paint set up except I opted for a 444 Cummins with custom compound turbos with propane injection on the back turbo ..jakes and a eaton 18 speed with overdrives…. And of course a spicy secret tuned fuel pump. I regret selling it.. but it went to a good owner just like yourself that loves and cares for them.👍🏻😉😃

She shines like a new penny. Back in its prime, there were just as many Fords if not more than Peterbilt and Kenworth combined

That Truck Is GORGEOUS !!!!!!!!

love it takes me back to when i learned to my first 1986 freightliner cabover i was freaking out my father inlaw put me behind the wheel of a set of RPS doubles now fedex ground and yes i been around awhile !

BEAUTIFUL truck my friend!!!

I remember working on trucks like that at the Ford dealer heavy shop. Cab overs to.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

That’s cool. They must of been a sight to see back then. The CLT9000 was a beautiful cabover as well. Thank you for watching

OUTSTANDING. ! Great Looking Hot Rod. ! WELL DONE. 🇺🇸

Damn good lookin ole gal. I always loved them trucks and that style. They just look tough.

Your attention to detail is impeccable!!!

A couple of observations: I always liked the look of the LTL, and I always noticed that Ford used a variation of that same grille on cars and pickups back in the day. And like you, I have a model of one on my shelf alongside my fleet of DCP trucks. Never got to drive any Ford Louisvilles, somehow always found myself in International and Freightliner. When Ford big trucks became Sterling they lost something. I dig your collection of older trucks, thanks for sharing.

I love going on road trips to get new trucks

Nice looking truck and a great find.👍🏼

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, and thank you for watching.

My dad ran Ford L9000s L8000s from 1972 thru the 1990s. Always good riding hard working trucks. LTLs were always my favorite.

It's beautiful, great video, best of luck with it !!!

New SUBSCRIBER here driv,ah nice rig absolutely love it. Sup from Detroit city...✌🏻 just don't see them in this good of shape anymore beautiful rig man....

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Appreciate you watching I will try and bring more videos soon

@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248

6 ай бұрын

@@westernstar85 no problem my friend

Nice looking ride, and the Cat sounds real nice. Great find and great video.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I agree, Can’t beat a the sound of a old B model cat. Thank you for watching

Good lookn ride, in my opinion the ford LTL, will never go out of style👍👍

The country side , scenery is gorgeous. Very nice , Blue Oval Large Car.👍👍

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, and thank you for watching.

Rather fitting for my daddy birthday miss u old man

My uncle back in the day had I think which was a 1971 AutoCar, but it was the "Michigan Special" Man that rig was a beast! Then he also had one that was in the 90s as well. He pulled trains being it.. Lead and pup trailers.. Sold boulders and stone. Talk about some OVERLOADED runs in those things.. LoL.. Bypassing scales all the way. I used to love riding with him as a kid when he made those runs.

Love them old trucks.

These trucks we're quite popular in Canada.

Nice truck. We had an 87 LTL9000 day cab years ago. 400 big cam Cummins 15spd. The power steering of those old Ford trucks is amazing

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

That sounds cool. I really couldn’t believe what a pleasure it was to drive. Thank you for watching

Westernstar85, just wanna say to you brother, I see that you're a lover of old school trucks like myself. That LTL is one of the koolest trucks I've ever seen. You're right about the trainee set-up too. I have a 90 379 with the 15 over. I would have loved to have the Cat though. Best wishes to ya man and have a great new year!👍🏾😊

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

I truly do love old trucks. Thank you for the compliment on the LTL. Most don’t like the 15 speeds, glad some people out there agree with me though! Thank you for watching happy new year to you as well.

Great truck just subbed we had them here in australia my all time favoirite

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate you watching and subscribing

That's a beautiful truck

Ltl s are my personal favorite. My dad ran them for years.

Too cool for what I do Lookin good Patrick

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you David. Thank you for watching

My favourite truck ever

That is a GOOD looking ride

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, I truly appreciate it! Thank you for watching as well

I bought one in 1987 brand new Vancouver Canada ,great truck run it for 4 years

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Must of been something brand new driving it off the lot. Thank you for watching

That truck has to be one of the most beautiful body styles on a big truck they're too cool and them trucks were tough and spacious

Love those LTL9000’s

Nice Find!

I have always liked them, those Ford LTL,s. With a B model Cat , 12sp. Hard to beat that old iron

livin the dream man nice rig

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Trying to keep the dream alive at this moment…. Thank you for watching

I'd be proud to drive this down the highway 🎉🎉

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Definitely, I hope between a lack of money and a lack of time I can eventually get it on the road. Thank you for watching

Best front end Flat and mean looking!!

Absolutely beautiful and timeless design, and look at today's trucks😂

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. If I had to run a new truck I’d find a new profession!

Nice ride

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

Gorgeous

Very nice truck! Hope I can be a fleet owner like you in the future!

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, I’m technically not a fleet owner though. Just a guy that loves old trucks and I’m lucky enough to make a ok living being a independent trucker.

@uhpooka9481

6 ай бұрын

@@westernstar85 Right, I’m probably half your age and I love older trucks more than newer ones as well. Either way, you’re an inspiration to me and others sir! 👍🏾

Damn Patrick I didn’t know you had this one. She looks good

Very nice! We have the same 400 hp 3406b in a day cab ltl we put it on the dyno at cat because they were running a special i believe the technician said it was putting 375 to the ground and it was a lot more than a lot of the 4 and a quarters he had done

The sound of this man’s voice was so soothing I couldn’t even tell it had a b model under the hood. Just needs some CAT flaps and we gone

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

😂 thank you for watching. The cat flaps are a must!

@GCCGarage

6 ай бұрын

@@westernstar85 you’re on yo ur way buddy! Keep posting videos

This is the mate to one i had it was blue was a great truck

You were correct, way cooler than other trucks with the exception maybe of the international 4300 Eagle brougham.

Lookin good! Love the LTL’s and CL’s

Good score brother...love that era...all metal none of this plastic shit or Adblue DPF everything you need and nothin you don't...bangin paint scheme...that mechanical Kitty sounds mad...i gotta fess up I'm jealous dude!

I’m jealous ! I ran one in 87 when it was new for 2 years , same sleeper , but with a 400 Cummins 13 speed 46000 rears . Loved that truck !

Hermoso camión, simplemente hermoso y maravilloso

Sharp ride.

Nice wagon.

Красивый трак удачи и успехов🤝

Bad ass looking Ford

Ol B model sounds sweet

Damn that's standin tall!

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, and thank you for watching!

She's a Beauty !!

Funny how you said that you uave a scale model of the Ford LTL9000 conventional tractor on your shelf;as I am currently working on the AMT (formerly an Italeri kit) 1/24 scale Ford LTL9000 conventional tractor kit,I've added alot of scratch built details to the kit such as a CB radio & antennas on top of the mirrors,fuel pump,and have plumbed & wired the engine, transmission/transmission oil cooler,chassis,and made 3 pigtails,using Magic Stretch black 1mm diameter vinyl bead & jewelry stretch cord,scratch built 2 gladhands,and an electrical plug. I'm replicating the two tone paint scheme on the box art using some cheap craft acrylic paints as the solvent based and non-toxic waterbased acrylic hobby paints are prohibitively expensive;the chassis will be airbrushed with DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Festive Red,the hood,cab,and sleeper,will be airbrushed with DecoArt Extreme Sheen Ruby Red;then I will airbrush 2 coats of Testors Gloss Top Coat over the chassis,hood,cab,and sleeper,to permenantly seal everything and protect the pure acrylic craft paint from dust,humidity,and the suns harmful UVA/UVB rays.Then I will apply the metallic silver & red stripe decals to the model then airbrush 2 more coats of Testors Gloss Top Coat to permenantly seal the decals to the model,then glue on all of the chrome plated exterior parts,and the model is complete and ready for display on my shelf.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

That is awesome, I’m sure it will look really nice when you are done. Unfortunately I didn’t build my model I purchased it, and a CLT9000 as well. I never had patience to build those models, always wish I could. Definitely a awesome skill to have! Thank you for watching

@devinrussell420

6 ай бұрын

@@westernstar85 So your model is most likely one of those 1/24 or 1/16 scale diecast collectibles;which are a little more expensive than my 1/24 scale plastic model kit,as I paid $99.96 MSRP for mine which is just under the triple digit price range.I wish all of the plastic model kit manufacturers would come out with the Forld CL9000 COE in 1/25 and 1/24 scales;as the only examples of this iconic & rare cabover are cast resin kits,which cost well over $100.

Lucky bastard!!!

damn good lookin truck for it's age, great deal...

NICE TRUCK 🚚 NICE COLOR ❤❤BUT I LIKE PETERBILT WITH A 10 SPEED GEAR

You got yourself one of the nicest Tractors ever built. 👍🏼 Good luck with it, A real beauty. I had KW,s and Peterbilt,s... But I did get to drive some of these beauty,s back in the 1980,s and, I really always liked them. Yours has a xtra nice paint scheme on it.

@westernstar85

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, the paint really drawed me in on this truck. I love the colors and stripes. Thank you for watching