My dad had an F88 double sleeper back in the 70's, He ran all over the UK and out to the middle east. We even had a family holiday down to Cornwall in 76, he had a trailer to collect from a farm. Five of us slept in the cab, Mother on bottom bunk brother and sister on the top bunk, Dad in the drivers seat, I slept on the engine cover. Great days.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. Great memories to have. Hopefully my video brings those good times back. Comfortable truck for him to do all that driving in and even for a holiday.

@willtricks9432

Жыл бұрын

We were nearly ten pound Poms in the 70's. My dad had a job lined up but my mother back out at the last minute. Your channel is a taste of what might have been. Thanks for the glimpse.

@edog4011

Жыл бұрын

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@mattipaivinen3568

Жыл бұрын

TD100 sounds beautifully!!

@Vietnamcamping89

Жыл бұрын

I have the same as your past, but on the diesel engine :D

Of course it will start, it is the modern stuff we should worry about not to start in 20 years or so.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Your absolutely right mate. I doubt a late model one would sit for that long and crank straight up

That was awesome, the way it fired up.

I did a practice drive in a G88 when I got my truck driver's license in the 70s.

Thanks Steve, loved seeing it run. Dad had one from new when he worked for McCullough Bros car carriers. The best truck he ever had until Finamores got it. Lots of good memories in that. Loved it.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Lindsay. Glad it brought back memories mate. I believe they were a great truck and I haven’t heard many bad things about them. Not a lot left now that haven’t rusted away mate.

Good save on the beer when she started up love the vids Dave.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dave thanks mate. I can’t let that go to waste 🤣. Thanks for watching and plenty more to come

There are some guys over here in Scotland that would pay a lot of money for that old girl, all those brilliant Swedish trucks were exported before the metalwork gave up thanks to our climate, I have many fond memories of the old 88s thanks for the video Steve👍

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. There’s not many in good condition left over here either, in saying that I do have another one in the shed that is reasonably good also but it’s pulled apart and had the rust done. It’s a daycab one. The G89 I have here is completely rusted out and so is the N7 I have so they still rusted away here also. I will do videos on the others and if you look back in my channel I do a start up of the N7

Keep up the good work bro. Love watching what you do to those old trucks 🚛

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Great at mate thanks for watching and there’s plenty more to come

Awesome morning brother another awesome adventure with friendly local wildlife !!!! I enjoy making adventures around your home place !!!!

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Yes mate they are friendly. I’m glad you enjoy

Sparked up first time of asking. Can't wish for better than that Steve. Sounds great mate. Cheers, Norm.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It did mate. I thought it would take a bit more but I must have gotten all the air out. Sure did sound good. Thanks Norm

you definetly need to restore this old beauty

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It’s not mine mate it’s just at my place but yes hoping he will

Great Job, fantastic first start and soo sweet animals out there

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for watching. Yes the wildlife here is great and plenty of it

On the button mate! Such a sweet runner

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate and thanks for watching

Good upload mate ,, top work chugging down the super crisp off the left arm too . 👏

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Yes it needed to happen on a day like that

POXA QUE LEGAL FUNCIONOU DE PRIMEIRA GRANDES MECANICOS PARABENS !!!

Awesome start up !!! The Ole gal fired right up would enjoy seeing her rolling coal across the flats !!!! Another successful run !!!! Have an awesome day see yall later brother

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks. Yes she sure did. Hopefully one day she will be on the road again. You also have an awesome day brother. Talk soon

I used to work on a G89 back in the day, they couldn't kill it!

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

I believe they were a great reliable truck mate

Great old truck thanks for sharing

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen no problem at all

cheers steve from the uk been waiting along time to see this ive got a very early f10 that sounds so sweet

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate no problem. I hold out on the ones that a lot of people request until I finish the jobs that I have to do then I will record it. I like the F10 ones also. I had two of them here I bought because of the pantech semi trailers the came with but I sold them both before I started this channel. They were really badly rusted out though. They do sound great. What year would an early one be mate?

Gday me ol'man had one single drive it only had 600k when sold it was a 76, never got to 800k for its life, looking at it i would say yours is 76 / 78 by battery box air tanks , fuel tanks .( td100a 270 hp 16 speed 102@ 2000 rpm) was a comfortable ride longer chassis, longer springs .fkn good truck

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for late reply mate. They are a great truck. You may be right with the year mate, I’m not sure. It needs something doing with it before it gets to weathered sitting there.

Hello bruv that Volvo started like a dream a mate we got a lot of the Volvo globetrotter cabover here in the UK but the old ones like you mates one are the best, loving the vids as always Steve and all the best to you and your family brother.

@stuartbailey3824

Жыл бұрын

Old Volvos are selling for big cash now.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hello mate. It started great. It took a lot more bleeding than what I showed in the video though. Yes I think they are the best looking Volvo trucks, the 88 and 89. We have a lot of late model Volvo trucks here in Australia, very popular. Thanks for nice words mate and many happy returns

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

The ones in good condition are Stuart that’s right. I have a daycab g88 in the shed (its on the same video as when I start the n7 Volvo I think?) and it was for sale for a long while and nobody wanted it. It’s pulled apart and had the rust cut out and is in good order but no takers. Hopefully once the channel grows to a stage where I can play more I will do something with that one

That engine fired up straight away. Great sounding engine.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It surprised me how quickly it went. There was a lot of fuel priming we edited out though

@RODALCO2007

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder Priming is the key to a fast starting diesel. As long there is fuel in the centre of the pump there is no need to disconnect the high pressure fuel lines from the injectors.

still an iconic truck,the splitter air shuttle packed in on mine and i drove it for two weeks with just the range change and it was more than up to the job,it would be nice to see it restored.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. I’m sure it still did the job fine. I don’t own it it’s just stored at my place. Hopefully he will get it back on the road

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. I’m sure it still did the job fine. I don’t own it it’s just stored at my place. Hopefully he will get it back on the road

Jim from Bristol Connecticut USA great shot of the roos. Love cabovers. That 88 would be great seen on the road again

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim glad to have you watching from over there mate. Great stuff. I like sharing videos of the wildlife to other countries. It’s good to show what things are like here. Very common to have them around here mate. The Volvo will see the road again

I remember riding in one of those Volvo's as a 10 y/o with my school buddy! There was a company bringing in paving bricks and the driver would drop us off at school if the timing matched. (It was only like half a kilometer from where we lived but good memories.) Cheers, Ard

@ardtessa

Жыл бұрын

I found a video of (possibly) that exact truck ! That company had a number of them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mXqVxpOvldrQiZs.html

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate that was nice of the driver and yes good memories indeed.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

I just watched part of it mate. Is that in Germany? She’s in good condition. Those are f88. Same truck as g88 but the g had the front axle further forward

@ardtessa

Жыл бұрын

That video was shot in Holland (where I'm from, I live in Germany now though) Those trucks are all full restorations I would think. Rust is a common thing on older vehicles in Holland.

Fantastic to see a G88 och en N7!! which is even unusual in Sweden now

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. I have 4 old Volvo trucks here. The N7, two g88s and a g89. I believe the n7 is fairly rare now

Another great video! Caps/trucker hats would be great!

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Yes we are working on them. First ones will be basic but see how they go

Hey good job Steve, that old girl purs lovely, my Grandfather Earl Clarke ran 88's, 89's & 86's as Clarke's Transport in Wauchope for many years a lot of fantastic memories for my brother and I , the difference between G & F was to do with the front axle location, an old mechanic here in the UK told me that. Cheers Chris Wellings.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi Chris thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed mate. I believe they were a popular truck here in Australia years ago. Great history there mate with your grandfather there. This is the reason I do this. Yes mate that is the difference, the front axle is further forward on the G. I have another 88 here and a g89 also, it’s rotted out in the cab with rust but will run and I will eventually do a video on those too. Hopefully you can stick around for more mate. Thanks again

Thanks for sharing many memories...

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate no problem at all

Watching you from the other side of the world from you, Canada 🇨🇦

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate glad to have you watching. How amazing from Canada. I’m still new to this and can’t believe the places I get watched from. Thanks again

Boy she lit right off and didn’t smoke at all, nice runner there.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi Deborah, she certainly did. It runs great. We need to put her back on the road

@deborahchesser7375

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder hopefully with a shiny straight through exhaust, I guess that’s just the American in me. Thanks for sharing ✌️🇺🇸

Ive been waiting for this video....... Great trucks the f88....plenty of memories see the inside of 1 again..... great video.... keep the coming...... Was also lovely to see the kangaroos..... the only animals I get in my garden are other people's dog's crapping on my lawn.....🤣🤣👍

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate no problem. I’m really glad you like it and this is the reason I do it. There’s plenty more to come. Yes that’s why I showed them mate because not everyone gets to have them around their yards

Good stuff, keep going

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate I will

Hi Steve, this video just turned up on my youtube page and I thought "give it a go" and I'm glad I did. I can see how much preparation you did before kicking her over, but I didn't expect the old girl to fire up that quickly (I'm not sure you did either) but it settled down quite quickly. I'm a pom who cut his teeth driving trucks in the late '70s onward, F88/89s were still a common sight then (replaced by F10 and F12). The TD100 (OHV engine) was rated at ~270bhp, which is why they had a 16-sp splitter box for heavy haulage. Like you, I'd love to see this wagon on the road, where it belongs. PS I just subbed to your channels on the basis of this, looking forward to having a rummage through the archives.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. I’m trying to grow the channel by sharing what I have in the collection. It’s growing slowly. Any Volvo truck I’ve had here sitting always started easily mate, even when I got them they all sat for years and fired right up. Just the cabs rotted off most of them. There’s an n7 Volvo I started also in the archives somewhere if you look. I had 2 f10 trucks here. Sold both before I started this channel. It will hopefully see the road again mate. I’d like to get the channel to a stage where I can slow back my main job and do some bigger jobs to these old trucks and machines for everyone to watch, so please share if you know anyone that may be interested. I have 2 here that were originally 16speed but were replaced with road rangers, simply because a brand new one is cheaper than rebuilding the 16 speed Volvo box. One is a G89. Great to have you onboard mate and there’s plenty more to come. Will be a lot of American and Australian stuff on here also because I have more of it than European equipment. Thanks again

@taxus750

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder Thanks Steve, I've already put this video on Trucknet. I'd like to know a bit more about the "Butterbox"ACCOs when you've got time.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

I’m currently editing an episode on those acco’s mate so it will be in the near future

Great video,i have a F88 290 and thats a 1975 we had the 89s as well in the UK.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. Yes mate that’s great. I have 2 g88 trucks here and a g89 also. It’s 320hp that one but cab is rotted out

Oh the sound of these old g88 89,s was something

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

They sure do sound good mate

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@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Great stuff mate. I can’t imagine bears running around like this. Thanks for watching from all the way over there.

It's crazy how easy that was to start!

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate yes I was surprised also

@robbanjohansson9078

Жыл бұрын

Made in Sweden!!

@drobichaud1000

Жыл бұрын

Duh I wonder why Lol

@Manool71lcv

Жыл бұрын

@@drobichaud1000 Потому что это старый добрый дизель с механической топливной аппаратурой, где электроники 0,0 %. Этому двигателю даже не нужен запуск со стартера, достаточно прокрутить двигатель посредством трансмиссии, например буксиром. Это автомобиль постапокалипсиса! Будет работать даже во время ядерного взрыва. Все современные автомобили в этот момент заглохнут.

@sondrehegland

Жыл бұрын

Volvo power

Good reliable old truck dad had a G89 330hp their no rocketship but kool ol truck none the less unusual to see the splitter still working they use to just put RR splitters on em

@stevesplacedownunder

6 ай бұрын

It’s in excellent condition this one mate. They usually all rot away from rust.

@wandy1971gt

6 ай бұрын

@stevesplacedownunder Yeh they are like a kingswood

its a seventies , early volvo G88 had window wipers on air and they where positiont above windscreen , my dad drove a F88(european type badge) i love the soud of the engine

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. Great stuff. Yes engines do sound great in them

Exelent....from Argentina

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watch from over there mate. Fantastic

Great sounding engine

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

They are mate. Especially with a straight through exhaust. They aren’t overly noisy and a great note. I have a G89 here also. Wait till you hear that one!

Giving that the old finger blast action on the pump 😂

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed mate as you do, and there was plenty more of it that was edited out!😂

I have an F10 1979 I'm in the middle of a full Resto, she's a beautiful truck

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. They are a good truck. I actually had 2 of them here. One single drive and one tandem drive but sold them both before I started the channel. I still know where another one is but rusted out. I’m sure it will turn out great

Enjoyed watching that thanks 👍👍

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Donald

@donaldhill2775

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder trip down memory lane for me, broke down just about everywhere in Europe in the bloody things 🤣 got quite good at bodging them up ! But I learnt to love them, sold a tidy one for 900 quid once….. wish I still had it now 👍

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Great stuff mate. At least you can look back and laugh about it now. That is cheap. Hard to find a good one here

@donaldhill2775

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder yes very few survivors left, I think the G88 had the front axle set further forward than the F88, and the F89 was a better bet engine wise but only available in LHD, 88s were a bit fragile but fine if looked after properly, I was interested to see the cab was bouncing back up when you was lowering it, they usually had a torsion bar cut out with the hot spanner where someone’s been struggling to remove the bottom pulley when getting at the timing cover, they definitely don’t bounce back after that modification 🤣👍

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Yes mate that’s right they did. I have another g88 here which is the same engine but a day cab, and a g89 also, rusted out but runs great. It’s a td120 320hp. And all those cabs still have the torsion bars working to assist lifting. All fairly easy to lift for a heavy cab

Awesome to see the old girl going again! Can't wait to get back down and have a cold sandwich with ya. Another top episode 👌

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

She started right up. We will have one directly I’m sure uncle

Steve I live in nz and I've got em in my backyard.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate that’s great. There are a lot here. I don’t mind them around

nice video

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate

What's that Skip, Sonny fell down a mineshaft ? !!

Watching you from Tassie

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Great stuff mate thank you🙏🙏👍👍

That would have been a F88 here for us. Would have been a left hooker for us where the F89 was a right hand drive model. F88 became the F10 and the F89 became the F12..... Very very rare here as most will have rotted out! A lot of modern day truckers would be shocked at what people used back in the 1970's. Amazing that it just starts up and sounds great.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching James. That’s right mate and they were G here. I have 2 G88 trucks at my place, an F7 and a G89. F7 and G89 rotted out but still run fine. They are rare here also mate. A few getting around but not many

@gsxrinfrance5827

Жыл бұрын

James Allen ..the F88 was both lhd and rhd, the F89 was never produced in rhd, they were lhd only..I owned both models in the 70s...

The g series had set forward front axles

Not a bad looking truck, for it's age mate , i laughed when you grabbed the cold snack, gotta make sure you have your priorities right buddy hahahaha

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It’s a great looking truck mate. To do something like this a snack needs to be involved mate indeed😅😅

@aussieinthephilippines7112

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder thats for sure mate hahahaha

My dad used to drive a G89 back in the late 80s carting containers in Melbourne, His had a paintjob like that except it was green with a white stripe. The RTA ended up taking it off the road because it was a shitheap. My dad ended up with a 1986 Ford LNT9000 with a 365 Big Cam Cummins and a 13 speed overdrive a few years later, much nicer than the G89, had a 42 inch bunk, airbags, aircon, 44 pound diffs.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mate. Great stuff. I’m sure they were a good truck but it wouldn’t of had the power that the Cummins did. I like those LNT 9000 Fords. I have 2 here with 903 Cummins in them. Both need work though

Mint little video. Great seeing it fire straight up. Less happy about the diesel emissions lawsuit ad I got even though I've fucked it off lots of times KZread🖕🏻😄 I appreciate your suffering and sacrificing your snack on start up👍🏻😜

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. It was good to run it again. There are some silly ads indeed. I had a few more swigs of the snack before I remembered what had happened to it. I strained it through my teeth. There were plenty more where it came from

I must say you have some big brass ones to go crawling around where there are so many poisonous critters everywhere. In New Mexico, USA we only have 8 kinds of rattle snakes and a few coral snakes.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mate. It’s always on my mind when I do. In that particular area I have seen funnel web spiders which are 2nd most venomous in the world, redbacks, white tips along with many other types I’ve got here, I’ve seen Eastern brown snakes which are also 2nd most venomous in the world and 2nd to our fierce snake, tiger snakes, black snakes, death adders, my dad has seen a nest of copperheads in a property close by, tree snakes(harmless) and other varieties that I wasn’t sure of the species. Only just yesterday my mother got out of the car and there was a 3-4 foot brown snake in the car port right where she got out. You just have to be very alert when in the bush here mate. Then our marine life is worse again I believe with our sea snakes, again worst in the world, blue ringed octopus and some species of jellyfish and obviously sharks and crocodiles. In saying all this, it’s not every day you hear of somebody being harmed by any of it, but does happen

Хороший канал продолжай дальше!!!

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou mate I will thanks for watching

Nice trucks

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lucas yes they are

That was an easy start mate. I have been trying to find out why down in Oz they were badged as G88/89 in the UK we had F88/89. Unfortunately the European trucks killed off the British truck industry, and as I've said in the past I have always been a British truck lover. Did you have any F86's run in Oz they had the smaller cab and engine. Looking forward to the next video mate. Also good to see your subs growing ..

@aaronwelch787

Жыл бұрын

G88/89 had front axle further forward for some Swedish regulations I believe,also they were originally called Titan tiptops because of the tilting cab.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Gday mate thanks again for watching. I think the only difference was between the F and G were the axle spacing. The front axle was further forward on the G trucks. We did run f86 yes and there are still a few around. They have a smaller rounder cab. Yes mate they are slowly rising nicely

@holdenbrougham1056

Жыл бұрын

F88 etc was different again to these , had big wrap around rear quarter glass similar to early Toyota landcrusiers, and they were lighter duty than the G versions

@edog4011

Жыл бұрын

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@peers1111

Жыл бұрын

The F88 cab had already been introduced on the predecessor Titan Tiptop in 1964, but the rest of the truck was redesigned. This included a new engine, a new eight-speed gear box and stronger chassis and suspension. A derivative was the G88 introduced in 1970, which was basically the same vehicle but with the front axle fitted 300 mm (11.8 in) further forward to allow greater axle spread. This was necessary to increase the GCWR up to 52.5 tonnes (51.7 long tons).[3] found on wiki

My old place I worked we had some old f10s f7 and old f12 all started and had been sat for yrs

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mate. Yes I have no doubt at all. Any Volvo I’ve had here always did. I had 2 f10 trucks here for years and when I bought those they sat for years and years and fired straight up.

@truckerdim

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder that's amazing the uk is slowly running out of all the good 80s and 90s trucks most are exported and everything is all ad blue shite

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

That’s upsetting mate. Hopefully there are blokes over there collecting or restoring some of it to keep it somewhat alive. I’m not at all keen on the new stuff either

@truckerdim

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder oh yea we got plenty that's kept as show trucks etc but I would say a fair amount has dissappeard shipped abroad or been left that long its rotten Is there many old v8 scanias out your way?

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

There’s still a few around mate yes. There’s a lot of late model ones. They were everywhere years ago but since slowly vanished. There’s not many collections in the old truck community that have Scania trucks in them, that I know of anyway. If there’s an old one on the road it’s usually still working

A lot of these older fuel pumps go to “full fuel” when engine shuts down ready for next start ….add some rust / gunk/ time and when it starts it’s jammed on full fuel ….when this fired up so quickly and began to rev old mate would have been shitting but spotted the cable . I was taught to never start an old engine unless you are ready for an emergency shut down …..pull air filter out and have a pair of overalls ready to chuck in the inlet . Had a D9 engine physically cut its self in half when it slowly went into uncontrolled RPM …multiple rods just gave up

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

I am old mate and I’ve had engines run away many times. I knew this one wasn’t jammed because you can feel through the stopper if it’s full open on these pumps and in this case it wasn’t. The reason it went flat out was the throttle cable was caught and pulled throttle open. I usually pull the rubber inlet pipe of and have a board ready if I’m not sure what they will do. I have 3 of these trucks and the throttle links extend when the cabs raised and if not free enough will do the same thing. That’s how i knew where to control it

Made me jump, thought she was going away when she fired off.

@stevesplacedownunder

6 ай бұрын

Hi Paul yes the throttle linkage was caught

Did you do any preparation work like newer oil and coolant or did it just sat there for years? Anyway, cool videos.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

No mate. I won’t spend money on oil and stuff if we aren’t going to do anything with it yet. Once we start to work on it then we will service it. Thanks for watching 🙏🤣

Does all of the Australian Mack’s come with the 4 head lights? They really look great like that.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

No mate not all of them

That's pretty cool how about that m a c k setting there beside the Volvo that looks really cool.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. There are a few videos of that Mack going if you go into my channel.

I was really hoping that you would take a little time and get this one going, she’s starting to get pretty rusty, but I think it’s a really nice cab over.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It’s not mine this one or it would be up in the shed

Definitely neat to have kangaroos 🦘 in your yard. I know it’s nothing new to you, but in the US, we, of course, don’t have those cool animals. Thanks for sharing, and I love the Volvo truck as well.

@stevesplacedownunder

8 ай бұрын

It is good here mate but they are a pest on the bigger properties. It’s good here though. Volvo is a good truck mate yes

Hmmmm - what are the chances of this starting up? Very good I would say, evidenced by the thousand other "will it start" videos. They always start right up.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Didn’t think it was going to start that easy, sounds sweet. Obviously the water is not safe to drink in your part of Australia 😂

@stuartbailey3824

Жыл бұрын

That's why they always have a cold one to hand lol.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It started very easy mate. Sydney water is some of the best in the world, but it was beer time😅

排気マフラーから黒煙が出るのカッコいいですね。「俺はまだ生きているんだぞ」と言っているようw

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching yes mate it sure is. Not a lot of it these days

Running like a sewing machine. 👍

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Certainly is mate. Great engine in these

Damn l can hardly remember those F/G 88/89 here in Scandinavia.... That you have TWO of them living is just.... l got a little tear in my eye now.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I actually have two 88s here and one 89 and all 3 run nice. The 89 is rusted away but still goes. Thanks again for watching and hopefully brings back good memories

@stigandrmyrardalur5208

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder Thank you mate. Do you have plans to restore them.?

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

The one in this video will see the road again mate yes. The other g88 is pulled apart at the moment and had the rust cut out so I’d like to eventually finish that also. The n7 and the 89 are to far gone unless I found a cab for them

@stigandrmyrardalur5208

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder Well, it's impossible to save them all, but if you manage to save SOME of them l just have to 👏👏👏👏👏👏

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate that’s right

Old girl ready to get back to work

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

I’d say it could mate no problem

Hey,Steve, I know Aussie hot rodders like early American iron , do they have to convert them to right hand drive? Stay safe mate.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hey mate. Some definitely would be converted and some are left with left hand drive. We are allowed left hand drive stuff over here and it’s fairly common with older imported stuff. But Australia had a lot of the early American stuff anyway which was right hand drive from new so a lot of those are how they were.

Ahh that's such a shame it's got broken axles, such a good runner! Very jealous

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It will only be one I’d say mate. Being Rockwell it won’t be hard to get one. I will eventually do an episode where I attempt to find which one it is

@Aspire198

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder Iam an apprentice so very interested to see the diag and repair

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It will happen mate. I do a lot of other repairs on this channel also

So….did you end up finishing your beer with the shit in it? Always love your media. Keep it up!

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate I actually had a few more swigs of it till I remembered and then I got rid of it. There were plenty more😅

No surprice. All these old Volvo's 86,88,89 are killer machines..

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

They sure are good trucks mate yes

That wallaby give you the PAW finger

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

I saw that

Hello there. The Volvo's Here in the UK were F88 and were rated at 240 HP. The Engine could even be a BM design.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hello mate yes I believe they are over there. This one I’m sure is 280 hp td100. Not overly sure about the design

@henrymichaelwilson8107

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder there's a F89 as well, and they are near to 300HP. They used to uprate the Engine power, by putting a bigger turbo on and tweeking the pump to Give more fuel.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Yes that’s right. I actually have a G89 here also. Cab is rusted right out but engine runs great. It’s a td120 rated at 320hp. Very similar to your f89

I drove a F88 a couple of times and also the old F86, not sure what the difference between 'F' and 'G' was, maybe drive train etc ?

@stuartbailey3824

Жыл бұрын

I also wondered the difference between F88 and G88

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

The G had the steer axle further forward than the F mate. Same truck apart from that as far as I’m aware

@jontaylor1652

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder Thanks Steve, that answers a question I've been asking for a long time...haha.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

May be other differences but that’s mainly it

Steve's place down Under Hope That Volvo will Run Billy Lizza Uniontown pa USA

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi Billy. It did run mate.

G88 + N7 costs a ton of money these days..so treat them well!!

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the n7 is a bit too far gone but the 2 g88 trucks here are still good

Over all. That ole gal is in pretty decent shape. Shouldn't take a lot to get back on the road. How about those macks next??

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate thanks for watching. Yes it’s in great order. Hopefully it will see the road again. If you go into my channel there are a few videos where I am using that Mack

G's must be thin on the ground, bridging weight and all.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Yes mate I’m not sure. Different axle spacing is as much as I really know about the difference between f and g

It is76 or 77 model

@pb9040

Жыл бұрын

Yep 78 was the last, earlier ones had a different grill and slightly different interior

So what are you going to do with all this old iron are you going to rebuild them or watch them rot into the ground. There's some good rebuild videos here

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

I’d rebuild most of them if I had the time. If the channel grows it may let me have more time to do it

@quadrapoint

Жыл бұрын

Keep some good videos going and I'm sure you will grow thanks for your reply

Living in Canada, I didn't know that some kangaroos are black in color. The truck started right up as if it had just been running a few hours ago, the cab went up so easily.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate yes they are. Grey, brown red black. A lot of different types. It started really well mate

@dwightcorbett8889

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder Awesome, I had only seen grey or brown ones in photos.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

There’s a really big black one here mate. Really masculine big bugger. I haven’t seen him for a while

@holdenbrougham1056

Жыл бұрын

And rare occasions white ,, albino type

@holdenbrougham1056

Жыл бұрын

Yeah not liked by all but for those who know or knew them they were rugged but tough and capable trucks and long trusty life engines and strong chassis framed

New tires and an oil change, and it is ready for 2000 Km.

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Yes mate your probably right. There not a lot wrong with it really. Needs to be in a shed though

Cheers mate how are you doing

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

No problem mate going good. How are you doing?

@Will-ct9ww

Жыл бұрын

@@stevesplacedownunder I'm doing good getting ready to go to work

Think it’s A 1973 model older F/G 88 was only 8 speed😊 No it’s a 1975/6 new model with black dashboard 😊

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi John thanks mate

Are they single heads on the TD100?

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Gday mate yes they are

Hey steve would ye sell that volvo and if you would how much are you looking for it?

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate it’s not mine and no he wouldn’t sell it. They too hard to get

All of those wallabies are probably having bets on which truck or some other piece of equipment you might start up...

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate. You may well be right. I’d like to think a few of them are interested in it all😅😅😅

Как вы находите такие эксклюзивные машинки?

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

It was available online and my mate went for a long drive and got it’s

Saludos desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷 CARROS MJ

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Many happy returns from Australia mate

Volvo, es Volvo.

My dad got his license in a G88

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Very good mate

Watch the beer 😅

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

The beer was right mate. Lovely and cold

Not coroded 👍👍👍😮😮

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Not much at all no👍👍☺️☺️

E na Australia ??

@stevesplacedownunder

Жыл бұрын

Sydney Australia