I am imagining the smells in the cab - grease, oil, gas, hot iron/steel, steering wheel and seat leather combine to create the musk of a truck from a long-back time. In my mind, there is nothing better than getting a WWII-era rig rolling like it's 1943. These types of videos are like truck-mana from truck heaven - keep 'em rollin'! Cheers!!!
I know exactly what you’re saying. When I was a kid, my oldest brother had an old International step side truck parked out at our camp. I used to sit in it and pretend I was driving it. I still remember the smell like it was yesterday ( it was 50 years ago). Like you said, gas, oil, grease, hot rubber floor and hot vinyl seats( summer time).
Yeah Brother, Over 80 years old and STILL performing service. Back then they had a slogan - 'BUILT TO LAST' - which you don't hear anymore, because they can't seem to honor that ANYMORE. They have to put RECALLS for just about EVERYTHING these days. Thank You and God Bless You Brother!
Back when I was about 14 and on Christmas break I decided to try starting a 1942/46 Chevrolet truck we used to haul silage on the farm. Hadn't ran for several years and surprisingly the battery (6 volt) took charge. It was snowing but kinda warm day and with a shot of fresh gas down the carb it fired up to my astonishment. Love the old trucks.
Heck Yeah with the hot coals, I lived on a small farm in rural ohio, our way outta the woods was an old mash ambulance snow plow rig with barely a piece of cab and hard to start on a warm day, as a kid in winter I spent a lot of time under that truck all tarped in keeping small fires going under the axles and motor trans area so it was ready when pops got home and had walk the last half mile in lol, Love Your Vids, their always a highlight of in my UA-cam time.
Austin you should get a drone this year. You know that beast is cool. You should get the duallys back on it and ditch that old welder clean the bed off and build a wooden camper on it for some backwoods partying when the ground firm's up. Before the skeeters come out. Would make some fun vid material. Cheers. 🍺🤛😎👍
What a treat Austin. Thanks for the memories, when i wore a younger mans clothes equipment like that was still in common use. Best Wishes to You and Your Family.
We used the hot coal method here in Saskatchewan during winter too. Just throw a tarp over the tractors engine to help keep the heat in and it worked every time.
Great COLD start and drive! That old machine is a beast and should remind us all of the fantastic straight sixes built by several manufacturers over the last century! Thanks!
I sure enjoy your videos. There isn't much in this world that gives me more warm fuzzies than taking an old piece of equipment that is well past its prime and making it work again.
I love it I'm glad to see this kind of stuff I enjoy all the old relics castaways we don't build things like this anymore a battery and some air and smile. modern stuff is fun but not the same thank you so much for sharing.
Enjoyed the vid! 80 year old truck and I was surprised how it crawled through that snow. I bet with some better tires, would prob go just about anywhere lol Cheers!
GMC 270 FTW! This series of engines is the baddest straight sixes ever built. They sound the BEST. I put one out of a DUKW in my "52 Chev PU back in the '70's. Unstoppable. Still running.
Loved the video as always! 40 years ago in the brutal part of winter when I needed my old Chevy wood hauling truck to start the next day, I would use an old trick I read about the bush pilots using back in the 1930s. When I got home I'd drain the hot oil and put the oil can and the battery behind the wood stove overnight. Dump in the warm oil and put in the warm battery the next morning and the truck would fire up like it was summer.
I drove a deuce 1/2 in the army, up hills that shouldn't have been possible to climb.... Mine had an "interaxle diff lock" and 10 tires, which made it totally unstoppable in any situation. I do believe the year (on the one assigned to me) was 1958 :)
Grew up in fbx...city and country...the older vehicles were dependable and esp chev 6s... Save em....plenty of the survivors made it for a reason..good ones were plenty when i was a kid.. Carry on
Cool content 😎 I like the way you treat those old cars I'm watching you from Ukraine Sometimes we also have a lot of snow in winters and up to -20°C Now I can see how many cars the USSR had copied from american cars. And not only look but all the technologies. To be honest in the Soviet Union there wasn't decent cars at all nither cars nor trucks 😢 This one resembles ZIL-157 but the shape of the front side of ZiL-157 was a bit smoother I'm quite impressed how easy it started in cold conditions after a long rest. Taking into account its age and the 6-Volt ignition system it's more than good 🎉
If you're having a bad day just keep in mind to a lot of people you are living the dream
Oh yeah, pass me my gun.
I'm thinking that in 2024 we could learn a lot from Those Incredible Machines. Thanks for sharing
I am imagining the smells in the cab - grease, oil, gas, hot iron/steel, steering wheel and seat leather combine to create the musk of a truck from a long-back time. In my mind, there is nothing better than getting a WWII-era rig rolling like it's 1943. These types of videos are like truck-mana from truck heaven - keep 'em rollin'! Cheers!!!
I know exactly what you’re saying. When I was a kid, my oldest brother had an old International step side truck parked out at our camp. I used to sit in it and pretend I was driving it. I still remember the smell like it was yesterday ( it was 50 years ago). Like you said, gas, oil, grease, hot rubber floor and hot vinyl seats( summer time).
Yeah Brother, Over 80 years old and STILL performing service. Back then they had a slogan - 'BUILT TO LAST' - which you don't hear anymore, because they can't seem to honor that ANYMORE. They have to put RECALLS for just about EVERYTHING these days. Thank You and God Bless You Brother!
People today get bored with things that are built to last. How are you going to be hip and trendy?
They arent fancy and dont do everything. But what it does do, its been doing very very well for 80 years. Love it.
My Dad drove those when he was in the Army during WW2. He would have really enjoyed this video.
Back when I was about 14 and on Christmas break I decided to try starting a 1942/46 Chevrolet truck we used to haul silage on the farm. Hadn't ran for several years and surprisingly the battery (6 volt) took charge. It was snowing but kinda warm day and with a shot of fresh gas down the carb it fired up to my astonishment. Love the old trucks.
It cranked SO slowly I thought it would never start.
What a GEM!!!!!! It don’t get anymore American than that!!
Heck Yeah with the hot coals, I lived on a small farm in rural ohio, our way outta the woods was an old mash ambulance snow plow rig with barely a piece of cab and hard to start on a warm day, as a kid in winter I spent a lot of time under that truck all tarped in keeping small fires going under the axles and motor trans area so it was ready when pops got home and had walk the last half mile in lol, Love Your Vids, their always a highlight of in my UA-cam time.
That’s awesome! Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching
Austin you should get a drone this year. You know that beast is cool. You should get the duallys back on it and ditch that old welder clean the bed off and build a wooden camper on it for some backwoods partying when the ground firm's up. Before the skeeters come out. Would make some fun vid material. Cheers. 🍺🤛😎👍
GREAT VID!! I love the old school way you started that ol rig & she clicked right over. Gone are the standards of those good ol days. ....
Built TOUGH for tough job. Full credit to you for maintaining relics of yesteryear!
What a treat Austin. Thanks for the memories, when i wore a younger mans clothes equipment like that was still in common use. Best Wishes to You and Your Family.
The Nostalgia in this video!!! Livin' the life. Love it!
Man I love these old trucks. Need a tire sponsor to help you with these beauties.
We used the hot coal method here in Saskatchewan during winter too. Just throw a tarp over the tractors engine to help keep the heat in and it worked every time.
Good to see this truck again!
Glad to see this old girl started and work has she was made to do. Always looking to your next video. Thanks for sharing.
That is so cool that you keep those old trucks running so good!!!
another beautiful truck...thanks for keeping the old iron alive
that was cool
like you said 80
years wow, walked it out like nothin
Great COLD start and drive! That old machine is a beast and should remind us all of the fantastic straight sixes built by several manufacturers over the last century! Thanks!
I sure enjoy your videos. There isn't much in this world that gives me more warm fuzzies than taking an old piece of equipment that is well past its prime and making it work again.
Man, love the old iron…
Finally decided to spend time in front of the camera, nice!!!!!!
Awesome truck and how about a round of applause for the old workhorse snowmobile 👏👏
I love it I'm glad to see this kind of stuff I enjoy all the old relics castaways we don't build things like this anymore a battery and some air and smile. modern stuff is fun but not the same thank you so much for sharing.
What a beast! Love it. Nothing fancy but she'll get it done.
Enjoyed the vid! 80 year old truck and I was surprised how it crawled through that snow. I bet with some better tires, would prob go just about anywhere lol Cheers!
She’s a beauty!
One of my favorite channels! Nice work :~)
It you take care of them they will run a long time. Easy to work on and a joy to hear them run America history 👍
I remember thats how my Dad started his 49 GMC pick-up in the winter, less the coals! Have you played with the Detroit Diesel on the welder yet?
Awesome! Yes I tore into the Detroit last fall and it had severe water damage unfortunately.
That’s always a treat to them old beasts coming alive and kicking ass! Noice I thanks for the show and seeing you smile from fun!!!!
GMC 270 FTW! This series of engines is the baddest straight sixes ever built. They sound the BEST. I put one out of a DUKW in my "52 Chev PU back in the '70's. Unstoppable. Still running.
Yes! This Is great! Good Job Austin!
Thats better built and more dependable than anything coming off the assembly line today!!!! Love it!!!!
The sound is pretty nice.
Thanks for video, one cant beat the old trucks. As allways be safe. Peace🇺🇸
Keep up the great work upstate NY saying hello
That thing is an absolute unit for sure.
Great content. Subscribed. I really liked the outside driving shots.
I love those old WW2 trucks. You were right it sounds really good running, nice exhaust note.
Great day.
Mint seeing these old workhorses chooch to life.👍🏻
Which other legends on the fleet are getting a crank up?.
I would have fun with one of these😁😁👍👍
Great old truck...and nice content.✌️
Thanks for showing us that even a 1943 gmc cckw 6x6 can moved and go in snow..
fantastic..!!
hey man love ur videos ur old school like me other than u have a shop cheers from northern Maine
Great video
They sure make some cool stuff back in the day ,awesome truck too,sounds great ..really in joyed that ..
Wow, that spray bottle looks awsome lol.
I started looking up CCKW's lately since i'm planning to get one.
They're super cool!
Really how strong this beast from GMC is, it just needs a little care, all the love from you 🇸🇦🇸🇦
Looks good Austin.
Thank you!
always getting the 4x4 and other 6x6s. get the oshkosh going do a video on that
Oshkosh videos soon to come!
Great job on your video young man
Stumbled across this vid at random. So fricken cool !!!
Made my night.
Thank you for sharing. ✌🏻
Loved the video as always! 40 years ago in the brutal part of winter when I needed my old Chevy wood hauling truck to start the next day, I would use an old trick I read about the bush pilots using back in the 1930s. When I got home I'd drain the hot oil and put the oil can and the battery behind the wood stove overnight. Dump in the warm oil and put in the warm battery the next morning and the truck would fire up like it was summer.
Awesome the old truck is a beast. Love watching what your up to Lad. Your passion for oldies is refrehing from someone so young REPECT from a oldie
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic video buddy!! Enjoyed it as always! 😊
Greetings from Poland 🛻
I really like that ride man.
Love the sound of that big six!
Yeah she does sound nice!
Awesome video!
I know you aren't getting rich off these videos, so I really appreciate you taking the time to make them.
Thanks for watching!
Yes it was fun always.like too see them going very cool thanks 👍😳
That old girl is just begging for a big ole rotary snow blower on the front with that gearing. 😊
New subscriber, great channel! In Britain we don’t often have to put hot coals under the car before we start the engine 🥶😀
Thanks for watching!
Such a KEWL machine.
Just fires up and runs
Hell ya
love the old army trucks they sure got attitude i also have a 53 m37 cdn great videos keep them coming.
Mud season here in Maine .You can run the sled right in your yard !
Great truck !!
I'm glad to see someone got some snow. We didn't get jack for snow this year after a record winter last year here in Minnesota.
Nice video. Thanks for keeping this history alive.
You should make an old school off roading rig out of one. With the old aircraft tires and chains. Maybe show us what Alaska has to offer
Been a light snow fall here in NY. Glad to see the snow went somewhere
Cool old truck
Old work horse lives!
That truck is f n awesome
Now, that is a neat truck.
Thanks for the video.
Not sure exactly where this guy lives in Alaska but it’s right where I want to be
we'd use the "hot coal trick" with farm equipment as well
GENIAL !!! DESDE ARGENTINA (BUENOS AIRES)
Great video Austin. Looks like fun playing in the snow. It is 80 in St Pete today.
Love the Bravo air delivery system!
Impressive!
How cool is that 80 year old truck!
thank you! I'm looking forward to every video :)
That’d be a cool truck to mount an old school V or wing plow on to keep your road clear
I drove a deuce 1/2 in the army, up hills that shouldn't have been possible to climb.... Mine had an "interaxle diff lock" and 10 tires, which made it totally unstoppable in any situation. I do believe the year (on the one assigned to me) was 1958 :)
Grew up in fbx...city and country...the older vehicles were dependable and esp chev 6s...
Save em....plenty of the survivors made it for a reason..good ones were plenty when i was a kid..
Carry on
At aboy what fun 😁
awesome beast
That old truck is loving you for the preheat. Good job. When you make friends with them, they will treat you right
Rolling coal Alaska style...😁👍
Very nice ❤
If that vehicle could talk it would be one heckuva story methinks
It would be a beast as a plow truck 😮
Cool content 😎
I like the way you treat those old cars
I'm watching you from Ukraine
Sometimes we also have a lot of snow in winters and up to -20°C
Now I can see how many cars the USSR had copied from american cars. And not only look but all the technologies. To be honest in the Soviet Union there wasn't decent cars at all nither cars nor trucks 😢
This one resembles ZIL-157 but the shape of the front side of ZiL-157 was a bit smoother
I'm quite impressed how easy it started in cold conditions after a long rest. Taking into account its age and the 6-Volt ignition system it's more than good 🎉