1956 Rowdy the wrecker towing autocar

[@stevedouglas3692]

A carb. Kit and a good tuneup would do wonders for that sweet old girl nice rig!

[@walter9425]

Old Mr. Furgat was quite a guy. He had acres of rusty old tractors , trucks, and parts, and was notoriously difficult to deal with. Somebody asked him once why his prices were so high and he answered, " If someone comes to me, I know he must be desperate. " Great to see this old rig in action again.

[@duncanwatson7297]

@walter9425 sounds a lot like myself, lol

[@cisj.296]

Oh look it's Mater the truck

[@thunderbear0]

This truck is literally the elder brother of Mater from cars lol

[@jamesparks3504]

I was just rewatching this video again and it reminded me of when I was a kid in the 60's. Our neighbor was working on a log truck and had a finger in the shutters when the thermostat closed them. He claimed that is how he lost that fingertip.

[@leonardgilbreath9004]

We had the same shift pattern on a 76 freightliner and if you didn't watch it on shifting look out.

[@ralphnorris-vk8ff]

Most of the r200 had a rd501 and some had the rd450

[@d.j.758]

this old iron was built to run forever. it was never built to sit. it never wanted to stop working

[@chrisretired5379]

Looks like a RD-450, a good lugging 6.

[@darrenhawken9766]

Great old truck , American iron , sounds like she needs a tune up , thanks for sharing 👍

[@tiptopchopshop]

Yes it does thanks

[@someone7773]

She? That’s Mator

[@obfuscated3090]

That's a nice self-made boom and bed. Looks like it was built more as a winch truck than a recovery vehicle. It's easy (and dirt cheap doing it yourself) to fab a wrecker sling and tailboard mounts for that boom to make the truck MUCH more useful. Another cheap (playing in those leagues you have plenty of good scrap steel!) addition would be a fat pair of Scotch blocks so your winch power is not limited by the truck sliding. Scotch blocks chained to the tailboard are a major performance upgrade for any vehicle used for heavy winching. The rear hitch for a lunette eye is stout but doesn't give much articulation which can break parts when not operating on level ground. Large pintle hitches are cheap used like most things hobbyists don't mess with and the military/industrial rotating style have no articulation issues. That tailboard can benefit from chain grab holes (round hole with a bottom notch to match the chain link OD) to quickly hang snatch blocks for level pulls and on some jobs to add mechanical advantage. USMC rigging manual is a free download and useful for any rigger. www.marines.mil/portals/1/MCRP%203-17.7J%20With%20Ch.%201%20z.pdf So are various Crosby literature.

[@Comm0ut]

Because of the lever arm (distance between front bumper and rear axle) a large scrap steel counterweight would work a treat to keep the nose down and front wheels planted. That trick is at least as old as that truck and easy to do.

[@thelmacapistrano1819]

Hey LightningMqueen!!! -Tow Mater

[@WintersMachining]

Would love to see a video where this truck gets a tune up and some fresh fluids!

[@williamoneal2763]

What a gutsy old truck. Built to work . Thanks for showing. Really enjoyed.

[@tiptopchopshop]

Thank you

[@San_pedro_oo]

amazing truck, just what we could do with in our yard..... I can look for one.

[@jamesparks3504]

Great old truck. Great video too👍

[@lonnyjaw]

That is one cool old wrecker!!

[@geraldlooman7130]

I love that truck old school iron

[@markfortin421]

I grinned through the whole video...if the old girl can do that on 4 cylinders...imagine what it'll do after a tune-up!! Totally love'er, built for severe abuse, and takes a licken and keeps on tickin. 😂😂

[@duncanwatson7297]

Engine is likely RD501 stamped on block just below head. The carb is a Holley 2140-G for Governed. I have never had my front wheels off the ground, but my truck was custom built to extricate cement trucks, they are quite different.

[@duncanwatson7297]

In 1953 and 54 the Comfo-Vision cab on the R series had split rear glass and the exterior door handles were swing down. In 1955 they went to single rear window, larger door glass and push button door handles. International sales registered the truck as the year invoiced out not necessarily year built. The 4 bbl carb and split exhaust may indicate a newer engine has been dropped in sometime since 53-54, although the RD 501 was first available in 1954. I have a 45 KR-11-450, a 59 R185-6 501 with the Holley 2140G 4 bbl aka teapot or firebox, and split exhaust manifold on a 67 RF194 450 plus a few others. They came original with variations and some changes could have been made in last 70 years.

[@johnossendorf9979]

Nice Binder !

[@cedricgates9976]

looks like a 450 red diamond or a 501 with a 5th over tranny cut my teeth on a 55 r190 tandem dump think the old girl need a tune up in its day was quite a truck

[@tiptopchopshop]

Thanks for the info

[@xmo552]

@@tiptopchopshop Did I spy a Lincoln Premiere?

[@ahillbillyrider7383]

I'm buying a 1960 r200 next week with a wreaker body!!

[@whitetiger8652]

Hook the Terex Scraper up to it. I love truck and tractor pulls, let's see a Terex Scraper in a pull off.

[@raymondforbes7482]

I remember this truck worked for him at the end of it

[@tiptopchopshop]

Awesome that’s neat to hear

[@garybland9974]

Sounds like that truck is only running on three cylinders and whoever's recording with that phone needs to hold it the other way and get a wide view shot

[@TheMetalButcher]

Compression has left the chat.

[@jamesparks3504]

Dang, rotate the camera next time. There's a lot of people don't watch video with a little stripe of action in the center...lol

[@tiptopchopshop]

Yeah I’m gonna blame that one one the wife. She videos the wrong way for the instaglam

[@jamesparks3504]

@@tiptopchopshop oh yeah... lol makes sense.. I forget about that stuff. I've watched several of your videos, your ww2 Chevy dump truck and the tour of classic trucks and cars are all thumbs up, love that old stuff. 👍

[@ignaciotravieso7484]

Esa cuña Internacional, es digna de administración, no tiene un motor diesel y la adaptaron a grúa , le falta un contrapeso en el frente, creo que merece más respeto y consideración , el Autocar es un diez ruedas pesado , sería mejor haberlo jalado a la altura del chasis del Internacional , creo que abusaron de él .

[@Junkyard_cowboy3]

What kind of pto and winch does it have?

[@user-kc7vm7tg9z]

Well Harley misses Janelle and gets the 57 chev. "Out of the impound yard late at night then Janelle probably got pulled over by the police 😂 just around the highway corner she wouldn't make it all the way to Miami😅 I'm sure😮😅. so she won't be to. Far away 😂❤.

[@romanf5061]

'looked like it was some cool video, but I couldn't see most of it because someone chose to shoot in PORTRAIT rather than LANDSCAPE

[@aklapotherpotherpothikrebh603]

Disney cars matter

[@luanloud9454]

Buddy

[@EricJimenez2006]

I think that's mater

[@revivaljim7969]

how much?

[@bogthing1]

Oh, I Furgat...

[@amdygregory2001]

WISH. I. COULD. GET. DEAL. LIKE. U. ALL

[@sfi382]

Blurring out 3/4 of the video isn’t fun to watch

[@eugenerob8492]

Its a international lol

[@John-lg4wi]

What was the worthless video