Mind blowing to think that poor little 6 pulled that load. I know gearing helps, but talk about the little engine that could. Thank you as always, and keep on feeling better sir. ~ Chuck
I wonder if it has a high/low rear end? The tranny was gone or at least the shifter is and maybe that's because it was a high/low unit. If so, that six probably hauled ok, just not fast. Hey Steve have you pulled on the work boots yet? You must be itchy all over mate. Cheers 🇨🇦
As a kid I liked watching the oil man make deliveries, the pump and hose then the hose reel. The meter is missing the embossing unit, it would sit on top of the pump. The driver would put a bill in it made of 2 layers of thin paper with a carbon paper sheet. When he would start the pump it would stamp the paper with the first gallonage reading, usually zero, when he was done it would stamp the final gallonage. They would give one copy to the person buying the oil and bring one back to the office to send you a bill for the gallons indicated. An interesting side note was that lots of little oil sellers were once coal and ice sellers that just moved into oil as it took over.
The local Oil Man in my old neighborhood was Joe Howard. aka "Papa Joe". He always had a soggy, half smoked Tampa Nugget in his mouth and you never saw him without it. In fact, you hardly would see him with it lit. He likely would stoke it up in the morning on his way to work, smoking it halfway down then after it went out from all the slobber he'd just chomp on it for the rest of the day 😁 Old Papa Joe was a character for sure. The old oil truck was used less and less as the years went by and eventually got parked out back of the station where it sat for decades. It sat there until the old men had passed and the station was sold. 😢 The building was torn down and a gas station and convenience store was built in it's place. . And the years keep marching on by.
As a child in Spokane Washington in the 60's I remember that pretty much everyone had either an oil or coal burning furnace. These types of trucks were very common.
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Most of those home oil delivery trucks didn't have big engines and used gearing to compensate for it. They usually were only on the surface roads making deliveries so they didn't have to move at highway speeds. Also remember both GMC and Chevy didn't offer a V8 in any truck until 1955 so sixes of various sizes moved all the loads up to the big 503 GMC straight six.
Thanks Steve! Great show. My grandfather drove a home oil tank truck here in Rochester NY. He always preferred 6 cylinder engines and manual steering. Even in his 1971 Torino.
The 62 C30 long wheelbase panel I bought from a Walkill NY private yard, has 5.14 gears and had the H.D. SM420 4 speed with the parking brake on the back, and the stovebolt 6. I also bought a 62 pickup for the nose, doors, and interior parts. It has a complete 6 banger that rotates over with decent compression. I need to get up there soon and swap the parts over to my panel and transport it to my land.
I've been around those trucks for years and never noticed the torsion bars on the big trucks. I've seen them on the pickups, but I never noticed them on the heavy trucks. That's pretty cool stuff.
Since the horsepower wars were really heating up, Chevrolet needed a bigger engine to compete. The plan to put the same basic bigger engine in both cars and trucks was no different than what the competition was doing. If indeed, some Chevrolet spokesman said "Yeah, it started out as a truck motor" he probably found himself on the unemployment line! 😁 I think the 348 came standard with a 4 barrel carb, and optional 3-2's on cars in 1958.
Steve, Hope u are doin well. I although in Ireland, am a car nut and love the the facts you give us with these videos. Hope u are back out there soon. 👍
The rear doors on those old tankers were spring-loaded. Leaned that when i was 6,7, or so, early 70s dad had a paint shop. Of course, I went through everything that came in. Anyway, those springs actually were pretty strong. Strong enough to knock a curious little boy and his younger brother on their asses after a short flight.
2:59 Not a kingpin. Small detail, but that's the knuckle/stub axle assembly, complete with _ball joints, top and (presumably buried in the dirt) bottom._ If it was a kingpin setup, it would be pivoting on the king pin in a direct line between where the ball joints are located, rather than stepped outboard of that axis.
I can imagine that thing fully loaded trying to go up high steep hills! Probably would not gone over 20mph! Hope to hear an update on your health soon Steve!🙏
@@jamesbosworth4191 It was cool even back then. I can remember him in front of our house in the car, triple black, with a big grin on his face. The old gurl was hitting a lick. A special car for sure.
For a summer job I drove an early 60’s IH Scout pulling a 150 gallon water tank trailer. Even with that small volume I wish I had baffles in the tank! That thing would sure slap the Scout back and forth if I had to make a sudden stop! 😂
Great and informative video as always. I think the axel may have been removed to tow the truck to its final resting place. Otherwise, more components of the drivetrain would be engaged as it was being dragged by the wrecker. If the truck somehow popped in gear while being towed, you could have a real problem.
Love this video Steve! And very happy to see you again at it. Loads of good info learned as usual. That 6 banger was good enough for deliveries as long as you were not in a big hurry 🙂
My 1983 C35 3+3 had a 292/TH400 drivetrain... It was OK with the bed loaded, but when pulling a trailer with my little Samurai on it, it was a nightmare, especially driving uphill. I sold it to get a '91 K3500 with the 454, but I still miss this good 'ol squarebody!!
Torsion Bars,, complete lunacy today. Brand new they floated along, but shortly thereafter,, things went ,,,saggy. The C60's also could be had with the 365hp 327sbc after or around 62, believe it or not. Wind it tight and grab another,,poor little Sbc. A buddy has one, and it's no slouch, it pulls quite well. The SBC power steering pump, steer box, and pump brackets are the hens teeth to find on the C-60's. Special production items, for steering that dump truck, with a SBC. Hope your doing well Steve, I always knew you had a few vids "in the can". I hope your eager to get back on the crawl. Find yourself a Hot Rod in the sticks, and make the purchase. Start a build.
A heavy rig like this would not have a high-strung engine like that, as such engines do not generate any low RPM torque, and with no low-end torque, it would be almost impossible to get moving on a hill when loaded. You need TORQUE much more than horsepower in this application.
I love how Chevy has a tradition of using the same engine as the corvette, in the trucks. (More or less, different options) When I bought an old used 2000 Silverado a few years ago, I spent a good half an hour under it trying to find the springs. It has freakin' torsion bars! Not what I expected to find! I just find that funny.
I didn't know the stove bolt six went out of production. When you're back on your feet, how about a Chevy-GMC inline six history video? Never owned one, but I'd sure watch it!
I still have a 1965 C60 with a 292 inline six. Itll pull with any of the small block gm C50 or C60 ive every been around. It uses a fraction of the gas the V8s small blocks burn. The big block GMs are way more powerful tho. That old girl made many hundreds of thousands of $$$$$.
From what I can tell, Deane ran an excavating company. Maybe they used this truck to refuel their vehicles in the field. I suspect they were not the original owner. My grandfather delivered fuel oil in similar Ford F-Series trucks of the same era. But all his trucks had V8 engines, from what I can remember.
Mind blowing to think that poor little 6 pulled that load. I know gearing helps, but talk about the little engine that could. Thank you as always, and keep on feeling better sir. ~ Chuck
Sixes were quite common in trucks like that in those days. So was cresting even a small hill in 2nd or even 1st gear.
This truck probably has 4.88:1 gearing. You can pull a lot with that
@@gregorylyon1004 I would not doubt a 6:30 ish axle in that. It probably had 7.00 20 tires (quite tall) or wider on it.
I wonder if it has a high/low rear end? The tranny was gone or at least the shifter is and maybe that's because it was a high/low unit. If so, that six probably hauled ok, just not fast.
Hey Steve have you pulled on the work boots yet? You must be itchy all over mate. Cheers 🇨🇦
We all thought about that . Stove bolt Power !
As a kid I liked watching the oil man make deliveries, the pump and hose then the hose reel. The meter is missing the embossing unit, it would sit on top of the pump. The driver would put a bill in it made of 2 layers of thin paper with a carbon paper sheet. When he would start the pump it would stamp the paper with the first gallonage reading, usually zero, when he was done it would stamp the final gallonage. They would give one copy to the person buying the oil and bring one back to the office to send you a bill for the gallons indicated. An interesting side note was that lots of little oil sellers were once coal and ice sellers that just moved into oil as it took over.
Yep and some of the drivers were crooks
The local Oil Man in my old neighborhood was Joe Howard. aka "Papa Joe". He always had a soggy, half smoked Tampa Nugget in his mouth and you never saw him without it. In fact, you hardly would see him with it lit. He likely would stoke it up in the morning on his way to work, smoking it halfway down then after it went out from all the slobber he'd just chomp on it for the rest of the day 😁 Old Papa Joe was a character for sure. The old oil truck was used less and less as the years went by and eventually got parked out back of the station where it sat for decades. It sat there until the old men had passed and the station was sold.
😢 The building was torn down and a gas station and convenience store was built in it's place. . And the years keep marching on by.
May that tanker rust in place! The life Steve gives these vehicle's is just as amazing as his knowledge!!!
As a child in Spokane Washington in the 60's I remember that pretty much everyone had either an oil or coal burning furnace. These types of trucks were very common.
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Most of those home oil delivery trucks didn't have big engines and used gearing to compensate for it. They usually were only on the surface roads making deliveries so they didn't have to move at highway speeds. Also remember both GMC and Chevy didn't offer a V8 in any truck until 1955 so sixes of various sizes moved all the loads up to the big 503 GMC straight six.
And mid 55 at that - early 55s were the same as the 54s.
WOOOT! WOOOT! Got a 2 fer 1 special today! Part 1 & 2. Thanks Steve 👍! 😎🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I had a 1960 Chevy Apache 1/2 ton with the torsion bar setup and a 235 stovebolt. It worked very well for me in a light duty application.
👍Glad to hear ❤
Thanks Steve! Great show. My grandfather drove a home oil tank truck here in Rochester NY. He always preferred 6 cylinder engines and manual steering. Even in his 1971 Torino.
The tanker part reminds me of the truck in Duel.
Haha ! The roofs on those trucks sounded so tinny I thought they were single wall , hope to see you back live soon Steve ...
Happy Friday everyone
The 62 C30 long wheelbase panel I bought from a Walkill NY private yard, has 5.14 gears and had the H.D. SM420 4 speed with the parking brake on the back, and the stovebolt 6. I also bought a 62 pickup for the nose, doors, and interior parts. It has a complete 6 banger that rotates over with decent compression. I need to get up there soon and swap the parts over to my panel and transport it to my land.
Thank you for coupling these videos Steve. Enjoying truck week #36 . Thank you again Steve
Glad you like them!
@@SteveMagnante as you may have noticed that I am looking forward to # 36 . Thank you for your personal response 👍 signed your friend 👍
Really great that you are recovering, looking forward to your return!
Me too!
This puts more automotive knowledge in one video than any other channel I’ve ran across. This guy should be in a museum
I've been around those trucks for years and never noticed the torsion bars on the big trucks. I've seen them on the pickups, but I never noticed them on the heavy trucks. That's pretty cool stuff.
A great two-fer crawl. And glad you dispelled the 348-409 were truck motors myth. That has been repeated for decades!
Since the horsepower wars were really heating up, Chevrolet needed a bigger engine to compete. The plan to put the same basic bigger engine in both cars and trucks was no different than what the competition was doing. If indeed, some Chevrolet spokesman said "Yeah, it started out as a truck motor" he probably found himself on the unemployment line! 😁 I think the 348 came standard with a 4 barrel carb, and optional 3-2's on cars in 1958.
@@burthenry7740The tri-power setup remained optional all the way through 61, the last year of the 348 in cars. The top version made 350 horsepower!
The good ole ‘blue flame’ 6…..blast from the past! 👍😄😄
👍👍Hope the recovery is going well 👍👍
Steve,
Hope u are doin well. I although in Ireland, am a car nut and love the the facts you give us with these videos. Hope u are back out there soon. 👍
Thanks for the video. Building a Chevy nova altered wheelbase funny car model over the last few days of my vacation!
The rear doors on those old tankers were spring-loaded. Leaned that when i was 6,7, or so, early 70s dad had a paint shop. Of course, I went through everything that came in.
Anyway, those springs actually were pretty strong. Strong enough to knock a curious little boy and his younger brother on their asses after a short flight.
Clarence M Deane (Bernardston, Franklin County, MA ): November 7, 1914 - November 1984. RIP Clarence!
2:59 Not a kingpin. Small detail, but that's the knuckle/stub axle assembly, complete with _ball joints, top and (presumably buried in the dirt) bottom._ If it was a kingpin setup, it would be pivoting on the king pin in a direct line between where the ball joints are located, rather than stepped outboard of that axis.
I can imagine that thing fully loaded trying to go up high steep hills! Probably would not gone over 20mph! Hope to hear an update on your health soon Steve!🙏
Another truck episode another thumbs up for Steve . Best wishes to you and your famoly
Thanks 👍
A friend back in the day had a '65 Impala SS 409, 4sp car. Very cool ride
THAT is a 65 Chevy I would be THRILLED to own!
@@jamesbosworth4191 It was cool even back then. I can remember him in front of our house in the car, triple black, with a big grin on his face. The old gurl was hitting a lick. A special car for sure.
I saw a guy lower his front end on his '62 C-10, by turning the stay bolts. '62 was also the first year of the PVC Valve, Calif. models.
Steve welcomed back your knowledge is amazing thank you for best videos ever
MAGS !!! Back in action baby !
Big Chevy Spartans I liked those names they used for their trucks!!
I hope you do a Gen1 C10 soon ;)
I'm really enjoying these truck videos, thanks Steve
Glad you like them!
DanE!! Where are you?
Not watching the clock...
Hows it going buddy hope all is well. Stay strong 💪
So glad to see you back Steve.😎
Glad you had these in the vault. We keep getting our junk yard fix while you mend. Feel better, sir!
For a summer job I drove an early 60’s IH Scout pulling a 150 gallon water tank trailer. Even with that small volume I wish I had baffles in the tank! That thing would sure slap the Scout back and forth if I had to make a sudden stop! 😂
I have a 1960 Chevy spartan with a 348. I bought at an action, they are very cool trucks.
Hey Steve!
Working the algorithm Steve 👍
Good to see you back, stay well.
Steve hope you're feeling all better now.
I could think of a couple of handy uses for those torsion bars. Retrofitted onto a heavy trailer for farm or construction use to enhance stability.
We run a 1958 261 CI I in our 50 Chevy 3100 pickup that came out of a school bus
Thank you Steve
Steve is such a good story teller that I could almost hear that thing running down the road!
Great and informative video as always. I think the axel may have been removed to tow the truck to its final resting place. Otherwise, more components of the drivetrain would be engaged as it was being dragged by the wrecker. If the truck somehow popped in gear while being towed, you could have a real problem.
Great info from my man Steve. But never forget. Boost. Turbo or 871 blower My kind of HP. Hopefully we will see you soon. God Bless
That truck is tanked out!
More truck content please. Another White would be very cool!
Keep on getting stronger Steve!!!
Scully rocks. Best nozzel I ever used
Love this video Steve! And very happy to see you again at it. Loads of good info learned as usual. That 6 banger was good enough for deliveries as long as you were not in a big hurry 🙂
Nice vid Steve, hope your doing OK. 👍 🙂
My 1983 C35 3+3 had a 292/TH400 drivetrain... It was OK with the bed loaded, but when pulling a trailer with my little Samurai on it, it was a nightmare, especially driving uphill. I sold it to get a '91 K3500 with the 454, but I still miss this good 'ol squarebody!!
When the truck tops out at 60 going downhill. Having the tank behind the seat is the safe spot.
Steve our 🇦🇺HEMI 6 also had the side plate 👍🏻🇦🇺.
So glad to see ya back! U are appreciated
Keep up the good work my friend. Love your videos ✌️
🏆Home run 🍀✌️
nice chevy there. thanks steve.
Thank you Steve!👍
Very welcome
Torsion Bars,, complete lunacy today. Brand new they floated along, but shortly thereafter,, things went ,,,saggy. The C60's also could be had with the 365hp 327sbc after or around 62, believe it or not. Wind it tight and grab another,,poor little Sbc. A buddy has one, and it's no slouch, it pulls quite well. The SBC power steering pump, steer box, and pump brackets are the hens teeth to find on the C-60's. Special production items, for steering that dump truck, with a SBC. Hope your doing well Steve, I always knew you had a few vids "in the can". I hope your eager to get back on the crawl. Find yourself a Hot Rod in the sticks, and make the purchase. Start a build.
A heavy rig like this would not have a high-strung engine like that, as such engines do not generate any low RPM torque, and with no low-end torque, it would be almost impossible to get moving on a hill when loaded. You need TORQUE much more than horsepower in this application.
Still think Junkyard Gold was one of the best shows on MT tv.....Steve is such a entertaining guy.
I love how Chevy has a tradition of using the same engine as the corvette, in the trucks. (More or less, different options) When I bought an old used 2000 Silverado a few years ago, I spent a good half an hour under it trying to find the springs. It has freakin' torsion bars! Not what I expected to find! I just find that funny.
Floating axles don't have bending loads, only torsion, so they can last longer than axles that carry both loads.
I’m wondering and hoping this is a new episode- so, Welcome Back Sir! Glad to see you back in action with this. Best of wishes & God bless. Cheers
Love the lesson
Thanks for sharing this
This is the only series of reruns that I am happy to watch again and again. But of course looking forward to the new season hopefully coming soon.👍
A little bit of bondo and some paint should make it streetable.
Glad to see you Steve, glad you seem to be healthy, keep up the education, younger gen needs this info
With the 6.7 ford diesel, the beach Boys can sing it again! 408.8 cu in. Close enough 😂
Ford always rounds up anyway
But there's no *go go* in a ford
Man that’s one rusty ol truck. 6 in a row is all ya need to tow
That yard has some awesome cars and trucks in it…. Great work Steve ,hope you are doing better..
Another great truck lesson in the junkyard classroom!👍
The 292 powered trucks had an sm420 transmission. The big trucks just had a bigger u joint yolk and a band brake mounted to the output of the trans.
It's a 1962 ,kneenockers,and a mastercylinder that services the brakes and clutch
very informative. thanks for sharing brother. stay safe out there man 👍
That big rig is full of surprises.
Great history lesson. There are a lot of fuel trucks on the road and many still deliver home heating oil to people that have fuel oil furnaces.
I didn't know the stove bolt six went out of production. When you're back on your feet, how about a Chevy-GMC inline six history video? Never owned one, but I'd sure watch it!
That was from before Flo started hawking car insurance.
Torsion bars, always wondered why more manufactures did not use them.
Awesome video Steve. So glad you are back!
I am loving your truck series. I have watched them all.
Hope you are doing well Steve.
Looking forward to new crawls and Barrett-Jackson.
I have a Stovebolt 6 in my 1937 Chevy Master … I can’t imagine it moving a truck like that …
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i wonder if steve has ever seen a 1958 chevy series 80 with the dual 15,000 pound axles in the rear
Be well.❤
❤ keep on truckin 🤓🇺🇲
I still have a 1965 C60 with a 292 inline six. Itll pull with any of the small block gm C50 or C60 ive every been around. It uses a fraction of the gas the V8s small blocks burn. The big block GMs are way more powerful tho. That old girl made many hundreds of thousands of $$$$$.
So good to see you back Mr.Steve. Keep on Truckin
Such a non-stop outpouring of knowledge. Thanks, Steve!
Cmon steve any idea or time frame on appearing on the junk yard crawl?? No rush just so damn anxious to see you make a comeback 👍
Thanks 👍
From what I can tell, Deane ran an excavating company. Maybe they used this truck to refuel their vehicles in the field. I suspect they were not the original owner. My grandfather delivered fuel oil in similar Ford F-Series trucks of the same era. But all his trucks had V8 engines, from what I can remember.