1968 Screaming Detroit GMC Crackerbox Startup And Rev!!

[@marshallmcdowell3369]

Drink lots of coffee, start it up, slam your hand in the door and drive mad. The best way to run those old two strokes

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Love the sound of a old oil losing loud no power steering ,dirty Detroit Jimmy. Good old trucking

[@davidkeeton6716]

I love the blower surge, sounds like a dragster.

[@nunyabiznuss124]

Soundtrack of my childhood. My dad had many of these and all my mornings started with several of them sitting out there "searching". He adjusted them that way on purpose.

[@Truckster_Metfan91]

“Hunting”

[@brucechapman5553]

That’s a sweet old cracker box there. Beautiful truck. Love and old Detroit.

[@larrycurran8036]

Love those crackerboxes. Brings back memories. Beautiful condition. 😺

[@oldmanfromoc7684]

Nice GMC l drove V12s for 8 years and some V8 92 series with twin turbos aftercooled with 5X4 trans in new Freightliner's! good ol days!

[@larryfisher5796]

My first trucking job was halen swinging beef with a 68 cracker box GMC from Iowa to KC - St Louis -Chicago good old days

[@doughouston4741]

Brings back very fond memories.

[@richdorak1547]

Love that beautiful noise. Nice rig.

[@Colorado_Native]

That's not noise, that's music. Noise is unwanted sound.

[@bobwilliams3502]

They sound better when they run backwards LOL

[@djmanning346]

That the Best cracker box i've seen in my 67 years !

[@magnuswettermark8293]

Most beautiful sound in the World. Awesome truck👍

[@briananderson3801]

That's the first truck I drove over the road ,,no power steering no air nothing ,from ri to California, and down to Florida,,,those were the days man ,I took a heater out of a Datsun 510 it fit rite in the cubby hole in the dog house and I was the first anywhere to have a bunk heater in a truck

[@catliftresearch]

You had air in the tires! LOL

[@mauriceholder1386]

What a beautiful old truck, and that sound !!

[@earlblackjackmartinjr5750]

It actually rode pretty good compared to some of the trucks I drove in 50 years of trucking. That's a nice buggy I would love to drive it.

[@riotnelson7233]

0:05 oh you woke her up she's a little grumpy with that Detroit 😂😂

[@richardwarfordjr.5622]

Bad ass the year I was born too !

[@jaymcdaniel7576]

The first big truck I drove other than 6 wheel dump trucks on the farm, was 1965 cab over Transtar with a 238, 6-71 with a 10 speed. brings back sweet memories. This crackerbox had twin stack's, it more then likely has a 318, 8V-71. If he would have revved it up more you would be able to tell the difference. It was definitely a Detroit, can't mistake that sound. 🙂

[@kimmorrison9169]

318 was my guess. God, how many of these did I seehaulin steel around Youngstown back in the 70’s thru mid 80’s???

[@earlblackjackmartinjr5750]

Screaming yammahammer. I pulled a BULL WAGON with a 1966 red 10 speed in the 1970s. It did really well for 318. Keep it tacked out screaming an you can haul it.

[@akichler]

That is a great looking truck.👍

[@Retired88M]

Takes me back to my teens when I used to hand out at a trucker friend’s where all he owned were Detroit’s

[@billkrol3551]

The harder you ran the Detroit the better it ran !!!!!

[@michaelmunizsr-yh6yq]

What a truck love the engine sounds!

[@tonyfaconi3442]

Beautiful Truck!

[@muffs55mercury61]

Love the old Detroits: 4.71, 6.71, 8.71, 6V53, 6V92. Music to my ears. This is a beautiful truck that has stood the test of time.

[@chadkimmel8957]

My dad had three of these back in the day. All 238s.

[@maxhauler]

When I get the money, I'm gonna collect a few beauties like this. I suppose I'll need a barn or two.

[@johnstecz9169]

Looks great,sounds fantastic,today's driver would not even know how to open the door to get in let along drive it

[@bertgrau3934]

John, Thats probably more true than you think. I drove a 64 crackerbox with the inline 6-71 238 horse power, 5 speed over drive, and 2 speed drive axle. That thing some days it was fun some I would cuss at it. I made a few bucks with it though.

[@jaydemo5792]

Today's so called drivers would see a stick and automatically say NOPE , CANT DRIVE IT ! LOL 😂

[@fire58372001]

The "Pig Pen" never looked this good when Benji & Moose had it. 🤠

[@markr9895]

I love 71 series Detroits!

[@t.s.racing]

Detroit guys are saying, where's the rev ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 We had a 5 star General with a 6-71 T on the farm, turned up to 2350, that baby would rev now!!!!! Beautiful rig though, thank you for posting.

[@jasonruth6594]

When it's reving up it's sounds like it is chanting.👍🙏👍🙏🙏🙏

[@AlanRoehrich9651]

Cool old truck.

[@Carl-gp9ec]

My daddy used to drive one with a 4x4 two stick

[@davidkeeton6716]

That's a well trained Detroit, it dragged its diaper along with it out into the driveway. 😊

[@saharadesert8202]

выглядит современно

[@darrellmcmillian2085]

Love that sound 😀✌️

[@pietjebell]

Cool 😎 truck 👍👍👍👍👍🚛

[@johnwhipple8628]

Got that rack set just right

[@Truck-Train-Ship-Car-Bikelover]

Next time turn your phone 90 degrees for a good wide view , by the way i love GMC stuff and truck.s

[@rogerberry4088]

Is it true that the old Detroits were Super Charged as well

[@bertgrau3934]

I think the 68 was the last year for the crackerbox, then in 69 the Astro came out, if I remember correctly.

[@nutmagnet22]

You could get sun burned knees in those old Astroids.

[@bigred1247]

@@nutmagnet22 plant your garden too

[@rolandsolomon7728]

Yes. And I thought Astros were so cool looking as compared to cracker boxes. I thought cracker boxes were butt ugly. However, I must admit, this is the most beautiful cracker box I've ever seen in my life and I would be proud to drive it. 😊

[@bertgrau3934]

@@rolandsolomon7728 Having driven both, I liked the Astro best. Had a better heater, smoother riding ( had air ride suspension) and a bigger sleeper, much more comfortable. I put card board along the bottom of the windshields to help keep the sun out. It had an 8V92 TTA 430 horsepower with a 9 speed transmission. A strong puller, but horrible fuel mileage. 4.5 MPG at best.

[@rolandsolomon7728]

@@bertgrau3934 Well, the Astro that I drove, a 1973 with a naturally aspirated Cummins 903 engine, didn't have a great heater. I didn't have air ride either. However, that Reyco spring suspension still rode nice in comparison to other suspension systems. I also loved and appreciated the tilt steering wheel, since it didn't have power steering and I was a short, skinny fellow. Oh.....wait a minute. I'm still short. 🤣😂

[@tomwest8663]

When was the REV?

[@geraldbeasley]

After judgement day you hear Yamaha raising hell!

[@oldtruckersneverdie3916]

Very cool

[@sandasturner9529]

Clarkson's large version of the Peel P40

[@stevetemple8826]

Gorgeous

[@skycowboy_7391]

Rev?

[@Bill_from_Nantucket137]

Imagine crashing into one of these this is old iron

[@lilgrease7292]

Love it! 🇺🇸

[@scottfisher2814]

Is that beauty for sale by any chance?

[@fishfunandfarm1245]

No

[@wakeup6910]

Straight pipes? OY VEY She's hunting

[@RJ1999x]

It's so ugly, it's good looking👍

[@fredgross4261]

Doesn't anyone know how to set buffer screw

[@andrewnorris1514]

SWEET . So much better as hobby trucks. Dem 238's made me suffer

[@cowboykody6775]

Nice, is it for sale?

[@fishfunandfarm1245]

No it is not for sale

[@guillermoaral8248]

ARGENTINA 🕶️🖐️😁

[@chickentrucker2009]

sheeeeeeeeeeeesh

[@1_fishin_magician153]

its mint !!!

[@gerardomendoza9688]

Wow that's like the cascadia, prostar and Volvos but from the '60s, i looks cool today cause its a classic now but i bet when those were new thay were ugly trucks like the cascadia prostar and Volvos today are jajaja... Don't worry air-dinamic cascadia prostar and Volvo truck owners one day 40-50 plus years from your (throw away ugly truck) with be as cool as this GMC is, but won't sound like a real truck sounds, it will keep sounding like a space 🌌🚀 mobile jajaja .

[@Notthisguyeither]

Cascadias Volvos and ProStars will never be cool.

[@gerardomendoza9688]

@@Notthisguyeither sadly and unfortunately future generations are probably gana think those ugly trucks are cool compared to the ugly Alien 👽 space 🚀 mobiles there coming out with these days tesla nikola and all that electric junk.

[@thehighwayguy]

LEARN TO SHOOT PROPERLY .... LANDSCAPE FORMAT .... NOT BLOODY PORTRAIT FORMAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stevecoe5967]

Screaming???...?..

[@fishfunandfarm1245]

That’s the name of the truck, a screaming Detroit