Right on Dwight it is awesome I miss those old trucks from the 60s and 70s they were cool
@Caje-zf8md3 жыл бұрын
For an engine that was introduced way back in the 1930's and continued up until the 90's, I'd say that was a successful design. I can't think of any other diesel engine that was used more by different manufacturers of heavy equipment, boats, trucks, etc.
@marylinbradford86033 жыл бұрын
Well they had roller cams and all the other advancements then . But now they try to claim that it is new technology . Ha Ha
@jdlawless_fuel14163 жыл бұрын
@@marylinbradford8603 yep. Awesome engines
@dadyyosccase6209 Жыл бұрын
Said it right my friend
@markpalsgrove902 Жыл бұрын
God I miss those good old days, Trucks sounded so bad ass back then!
@whiskeyrunner433 жыл бұрын
Takes you back to the days when you would park under a shade tree in the afternoon roll the windows down, stick your feet out the window and take a power nap. Now, they would steal your boots.
@markhall76465 жыл бұрын
Music to my ears. The sound of American industry, pride and ingenuity, from a far better, vanished time.
@tobiashommerich45814 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t say it any better.Coming from a German Engineer who used to work for GM and Ford in Detroit.
@brianburns72113 жыл бұрын
Tobias Hommerich I lived near GM’s former Hyatt/New Departure plant. Many of my relatives worked there. My grandfather was one. Later he bought out a trucking company, and had a fleet of these GM trucks.
@David-wu7jj3 жыл бұрын
Agree 100 percent 👌 those days will never! be back
@carlm88213 жыл бұрын
@@David-wu7jj And now in the dawning age of electric vehicles (Tesla Semi) the future of trucking is eerily silent!
@stephenneville78413 жыл бұрын
Almost quoted red barchetta from rush! Lol
@gm16v1493 жыл бұрын
8V71N? I used to own one in a K100, then converted it to 8V71T, then put a 8V92TA in it. Went from 318 HP to 475! It’s a sound you rarely hear nowadays regrettably.
@andrewking97614 жыл бұрын
I love how he changes gears with this truck, quick shifts with the Detroit and clutch up
@DavidMartin-tp2in3 жыл бұрын
That's what a truck should sound like, nothing beats the sound of an old Detroit.
@bobwilliams35023 жыл бұрын
Except the sound of a 335 Cummins
@randymagnum1433 жыл бұрын
@@bobwilliams3502 .....braking the snout off the crankshaft?
@MrJokkoma3 жыл бұрын
I guess we all like different engine sounds, for some reason a lot of people seems to like these 2 stroke diesels. You are free to hate me but I think they sound like a 4 cylinder gazoline Subaru boxerengine on way too high rpms, absolutely terrible in other words. Both Cummins and Cat sound lovely while this hurts the ears. But again that's my own opinion only.
@randymagnum1433 жыл бұрын
@@MrJokkoma Cats sound like overpriced parts. The only good Cat was the mechanical 3406 and the latest c15's that use, more or less, DDEC unit injectors.
@MrJokkoma3 жыл бұрын
@@randymagnum143 Yes they seem to be quite expensive on parts I agree.
@Colt-tf6xf4 жыл бұрын
The 6-71 was so common in them back in the day, the long droning bawling sound and the low speed departure was like nothing else on the road. You could hear them coming up the hill at Harvey's in PA a long time before they got there, and the loping idle after they got parked, if they got shut off the air starter bringing them back to life when the driver came back out, and away they went...
@michaelashcraft85693 жыл бұрын
I drove an old "cracker box" for a year in 1977, still have the kidney stones to prove it, they ain't Peterbilts !!!
@williamschlumpf10253 жыл бұрын
What a design, what engineering! Eugene Kettering and his father Charles really changed the world.
@mortenfrosthansen842 жыл бұрын
That's for sure.. did invent or help spark some interesting machinery. But the biggest chance to the world is leaded gas and freon, which impact future generations will pay dearly for. Even hired a medical expert to assure people that it was safe, as any good (mad) scientist does.
@armcchargues86233 жыл бұрын
Dude knows how to swing a shifter!
@kalvinlabuik33664 жыл бұрын
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 I love ❤️ those old screamin Jimmies 😁
@ricknolte68463 жыл бұрын
When I drove OTR you could always tell the guys with the Jimmie's. You could hear it in the background when they keyed up their CBs.
@reneguerra68175 жыл бұрын
I remembered my old days it was awesome Keep On TRUCKING .
@jamesspitler19943 жыл бұрын
The first truck i ever drove was a new 1966 Crackerbox with 8v71 and 12 speed Spicer.
@the.porter.productions4 жыл бұрын
That is one of the sweetest Crackerboxes I’ve seen in a while! 😍 They had lots of style! Mine was a single axle 62. Traded it to my brother. You should do a walk around and walk through.
@mortenfrosthansen842 жыл бұрын
A single axle? That must've been hard to balance, if it wasn't attached to a trailer..
@the.porter.productions2 жыл бұрын
@@mortenfrosthansen84 🇺🇸 Most single axles that I’ve driven weren’t too bad when bobtailing. Having a trailer usually does make it smoother riding though, depending on the road. Not all single axles have the real short wheelbases. They are great for navigating throughout the city. 🥰🤩✌️
@mortenfrosthansen842 жыл бұрын
@@the.porter.productions I was over phrasing it a bit.. I got what you meant. I imagined one of those wagons in Africa, where it's pretty much a engine atop of an axle, and a big flatbed attached behind it. And yeah, when you have nothing on the back and leaf spring suspension, then it's not the most pleasant ride. A dirt road with potholes is a nightmare.. spilled coffee or icetea all over the cab
@the.porter.productions2 жыл бұрын
@@mortenfrosthansen84 🇺🇸 My back aches just thinking about those rough roads! Almost like driving on the ice roads at times….Slow & Hard! Either way, I love those old Crackerboxes.🥰 That’s another reason I like the single axles…it’s not as rough as a tandem axle for the most part. But that’s my experience & opinion. 🥰😎✌️
@chadkimmel8957 Жыл бұрын
My dad had three back in the day, long before I was born. One single he pulled a tri axle flatbed, which he jackknifed in the snow, and two twin screws. Pretty sure they were new, but a little newer than yours, he didn’t start driving till 64.
@happydays81713 жыл бұрын
Thought those things were ugly in their day. Now they look unique.
@tylerbonser76863 жыл бұрын
Girls tell me I look unique. Pretty sure its the same thing haha
@greghale5480 Жыл бұрын
GM also ruled the rails for decades with the two-stroke diesel engine. And you wanna talk about a sweet, powerful sound: a brace of SD40’s in Run 8 on a grade with a heavy train!
@xcelerator67 Жыл бұрын
She sounds so good!
@kikupub713 жыл бұрын
Good old cracker box jimmy!
@tsimmons1974ts3 жыл бұрын
The sound that made me start Trucking !!!!!
@ezequiasluiz43492 ай бұрын
Diesel=Runaway= Damage and total loss. My uncle learned the hard way 😢
@tracylemme13753 жыл бұрын
Detroit in a Crackerbox. How beautiful sound and visual.
@crankysports4 жыл бұрын
I love the way those sound!
@danallan18663 жыл бұрын
Detroit diesels were available pretty much everything back then. Never a bad thing to be had.
@johnerickson16053 жыл бұрын
That is a awesome looking GMC love the color of it
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
This season she is sporting new 5" SS straight stacks....😳It sounds more mean and angry than ever.
@robinline66843 жыл бұрын
we used to call them a stand-up jimmy
@the.porter.productions3 жыл бұрын
Seeing this again....still has a sweet sound. I remember these old trucks when I was growing up back in West Virginia. Cabovers rule!🥰
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
I'll post a new video with the exhaust update to all Stainless Steel 4" up to 5" straight pipes with the raincaps😁
@davidcaskey46693 жыл бұрын
Drove an old Brockway with a 318 13 double over with 4.56 gear hauling gravel in Wv
@the.porter.productions3 жыл бұрын
@@davidcaskey4669 🇺🇸Those Brockways were quite cool. I have a buddy that preferred them over some other trucks. He owns a 1934 Brockway dump truck.
@davidcaskey46693 жыл бұрын
@@the.porter.productions the man I worked for had 3. 2 had the Brockway cab one had a 8V71 the other a 270 Cummins the 3 one had the mack cab on it and it had a 1693 cat with a 13 double over it would pull like a bear. It was a tandem axle dump I could 97,000 on that old truck and it wouldn't slow it down had 46 rears on solid rubber block Hendrickson suspension
@Retired88M4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t hesitate to put it to work today. Heck, sounded like a 318 with a 13 speed with probably 4:11 gears . Maybe only wait till winter is over to keep all the northeast salt away from it
@tylerbonser76863 жыл бұрын
No those gears definitely sound like 3:73.
@bretyoung18693 жыл бұрын
Amazing old truck, when men were made of steel.
@partymanau Жыл бұрын
Love those Detroits singing.
@KubotaBXathome4 жыл бұрын
Sounds fantastic thanks for posting!
@Wildstar403 жыл бұрын
Nice truck, sweet headache rack too.
@djgrumpygeezer11943 жыл бұрын
Old trucker friend told me about hanging out in the service bay at a truck stop back in the day. Another driver was bragging about his Detroit, how it didn’t smoke or leak a bit of oil. “Hang on a second while I get a hammer and pry bar,” says my friend. “What for?” asks Mr. Detroit. “So I can help you get that new motor of yours out of its packing crate.”
@billmann29913 жыл бұрын
What a Sweet “Cracker Box” 👍🏻😍🔥😎
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
Thanks! We love the old Steelhauler.
@billmann29913 жыл бұрын
@@hermanmiller6287 You’re Welcome! 👍🏻😎
@jeepguy2203 жыл бұрын
I had a 73 ASTRO 318 13 over. I'd just go out bobtail to run her through the gears, mmm that sound!!!
@dontefoster29273 жыл бұрын
I love that sound !!
@richardschindler88223 жыл бұрын
Wow, I haven’t seen one of those in a while. Very cool.
@edwu82534 жыл бұрын
I wish i could smell it also 👍
@justinwilliams10943 жыл бұрын
where i come from we call it the v8 diesel engines and yes i have seen a few at the truckfest and other truckshows in the uk once a year but i haven't heard of the so called detroit diesel in uk which don't have these awesome sounds we only hear a paccar,caterpillar and also cummins. but we do have also have a as you call them a cab over but we call them flat nose or a flat face i'm talking about the european trucks which have the diesel v8's is well. that's some truck i hear every single day.
@AnDrEw1221003 жыл бұрын
There’s a guy that fishes out of the same port as me and his boat still has a Detroit diesel in it ! The engine is still running strong , it sounds so Much different than the rest of our boats .
@ronfullerton31623 жыл бұрын
Back in the day the Mississippi River tow barges ran Detroits. It was fun to watch and listen to them work their way up and down the river.
@notintohandles Жыл бұрын
Nice old tractor.
@l923755 жыл бұрын
I think it would be neat to take a crackerbox and put a 12 or 16v71 in it.
@jeromep31823 жыл бұрын
That sound is soo addicting
@markhall76464 жыл бұрын
I'd LOVE to find one like this- it's probably a DFW-7100- to restore.
@atribecalledcookies43 жыл бұрын
What I fall asleep to...
@Notthisguyeither4 жыл бұрын
0 to 20 mph in 13 minutes
@donmunro1443 жыл бұрын
Only if it's going down hill with a tail wind
@ernestpassaro96633 жыл бұрын
HA HA SAD BUT TRUE
@scott250r23 жыл бұрын
Detroit Diesel Power The sound of victory. USA1 GM1
@outbacknomad99393 жыл бұрын
Love the old screamin demon
@clydelindsay66574 жыл бұрын
Good looking truck.
@johnhutsenpillerjr17854 жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL. Old truck I'd prefer a Cat or Cummins but ol well. Great restoration etc.
@mackk1233 жыл бұрын
how did we go from detroit diesel powered to people so afraid that they wear masks everywhere?
@kenworthNH3 жыл бұрын
Wow look at that ole beast
@xcelerator67 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love a good cracker box!!!
@jorgefigueroa44373 жыл бұрын
8v71
@lewiemcneely91434 жыл бұрын
Sweet!
@19774p4 жыл бұрын
Is it a work truck or just for fun? Screaming Detroit!)) Same engine sound like a Mack RubberDuck!)
@hermanmiller62874 жыл бұрын
It is a show truck at this point as a tribute to my father. He and this truck did plenty of work in their day. He has been gone 4 years so they are both getting the rest they earned hauling steel for decades.
@19774p4 жыл бұрын
@@hermanmiller6287 Thank you. I understood.
@terrycrusader Жыл бұрын
hey look,its even got a scania 4 series steering wheel in it
@nicholson2273 жыл бұрын
AWESOME !
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
Need to check out the newer videos with the exhaust upgrades 😁5" stainless straight pipes!
@KC.Images3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a 8V92T
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
8V71N but she sounds pretty awesome. Since this video I went to 5" SS straight pipes 😳
@Romans--bo7br3 жыл бұрын
@@hermanmiller6287.... Beautiful Crackerbox! Would be a real showstopper - stretched out another 3 or 4 ft, and polished Alcoa buds. Straight 7" pipes on it would sound much "deeper / throatier" without the "angry / barky" sound of 4 & 5" pipes... unless, of course you prefer that over "mellower, deeper". The 7" pipes slow down the exhaust velocity and flattens out the sound waves.... creating a much deeper exhaust note, and sounds much more "powerful", than the "angry" sounding 4" & 5" pipes... they sound great on 6-71's as well, especially 6-71T/TA's, 8" seems to produce the sweet/deep exhaust note for the V12 (series 71), while being easier on the ears, compared to 6 & 7" pipes.
@russelledwards3008 Жыл бұрын
Back then we called’em ‘double-breasted Yamahas’!
@davidmark8663 жыл бұрын
I pray to eventually own a truck this obnoxious.
@tylerbonser76863 жыл бұрын
The looks only a mother could love.
@lisakigar98503 жыл бұрын
I used to drive 1 .☝
@bobwhitebread18873 жыл бұрын
That sound like a 318.
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
That's because it is. You know your Detroit tunes😎
@jimthiel4783 жыл бұрын
Could always tell where a Detroit parked cause of the oil
@ronfullerton31623 жыл бұрын
The old Dee-troit guys would tell you they didn't leak, they marked their territory!
@samuelmurphy8692 Жыл бұрын
hey is this upstate NY or something?? Looks nice
@lyleware24793 жыл бұрын
So ugly it's beautiful.
@robertschris794 жыл бұрын
Old Smokey
@franciscoaparecidodasilva73973 жыл бұрын
top👍
@Retired88M3 жыл бұрын
Would love to own it. Any chance it’s for sale?
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
Not a chance,sorry. Family heirloom 😎
@aaronking73263 жыл бұрын
Nothin finer
@christopherhampson2653 жыл бұрын
Ear sex just happened !!!
@kennethkuhl7943 жыл бұрын
Hated working on the old boxcar gmc.the only way to drive screaming Detroit have fight with your wife slam your thumb in the door &drive it like you were mad
@user-px7ng5nf8u3 жыл бұрын
2 stroke?
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
Detroit Diesel 8V71N
@John-sz8yf Жыл бұрын
Large Marge ?
@fatman12883 жыл бұрын
take the mufflers off
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
Don't worry 😁 I straight pipes it with 5" stainless stacks. Check out my updated video.
@bushwacker3292 Жыл бұрын
They had power til you hook a empty trailer behind them
@toomanyhobbies20113 жыл бұрын
Wow, the title actually has nothing to do with this clip. American public education...
@hermanmiller62873 жыл бұрын
Nothing like a good old fashioned troll trying to get a reaction. If you knew anything about the truck, the title would make perfect sense. BTW I'm plenty secure enough in my intellect and education to laugh at your insult😎
@toomanyhobbies20113 жыл бұрын
@@hermanmiller6287 Not intended as an insult, just a statement of fact. No, I don't know anything about the truck but "check out this awesome Detroit Diesel Powered Truck" would be more descriptive. Yes I do have a chip on my shoulder when it comes to public education. ;-) btw: I looked long and hard for a good used 3500 with a 6.5 but those trucks were all beat up and about all that was any good was the engine.
@donmunro1443 жыл бұрын
What a contradiction of terms "Detroit and power" . More noise than power.
@ernestpassaro96633 жыл бұрын
YES DETROIT'S MADE A LOT OF NOISE AND DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE HAD A ROAD BOSS WITH A 318 AND 13 SPEED TRANSMISSION SHIFTED YOUR ASS OFF AND WERE BARELY MOVING TOTAL POS !