Truck Week EP1 - Ford F500 Dump Truck

Ford trucks got a big boost in horsepower in 1954 when modern Over Head Valve Y-Block V8's replaced the ancient Flathead V8. Here, Steve explores a rough and ready 6-wheel F500 dump truck with a helpful 2-speed rear axle.

[@harmen-zu3sy]

Steve , you are loved and missed by thousands , and we're all pulling for you man.

[@peterantonopoulos2572]

Hey Steve! Good to see you in much better shape. Was worried there for a while, but you look great. Welcome back we really missed you.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

I think we all were!!

[@samholdsworth420]

He looks like a strapping young lad! I've missed him a lot 😢

[@goodspeedmakesthings4262]

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

[@donnisraines]

Good to see you again Steve. Made my day.

[@Fony_turgeson]

tyler and rick are great but the way steve brings simple things to life is amazing

[@vintagesavoiur]

So true

[@Novaman66]

You have a very Loyal following Steve, we’re all pulling for you,Rick and Tyler are very TRUE friends for sure!😅

[@TheJstewart2010]

As much as I appreciated Tyler and Rick doing their best, it made me realize that it's you that really brings this show to life. Every one of your episodes is incredibly well researched and presented. While I will definitely look forward to new episodes, it's always great to see your old ones.

[@vidsbychazzle2056]

Way to go Steve!You're not missing anything,the nation is frozen.Stay inside and get well.Keep these coming!

[@LongIslandMopars]

Glad to see you Steve! When you're out and about again, we should have a welcome-back cruise-in at the junkyard!

[@wildcorvair]

Good to see you recovering Steve. In September I took a trip to Shelburne Falls, MA for a Corvair Show at Clark's Corvair Parts and while I was in the area I got to visit Bernardston Auto Parts for a tour. It was awesome seeing the hubcap van in person and meeting Dale, and of course Katie the Junkyard Queen.

[@kenttalsma7906]

😮 you met Katie? You lucky dog 😊

[@zs5948]

bernardston is my local yard and i'm a mopar guy, so i;ve been going there for years. it's so cool to find steve's videos and find out katie is famous! she is such a great pup and i love when she walks the yard with me.

[@xfactorautomotive1496]

Going to Clark's is definitely on my bucket list. I met Cal and Joan at the convention in St. Charles in the late 90's. Cal autographed my Clark's catalog!

[@markchiz64]

Damn good to see you doing well Steve! Tyler and Rick are genuinely good guys and gentlemen.

[@TheChris1299100]

Great to see you getting better and back into making videos!

[@chrisscearce]

On the Rd today Steve, lookin good brother, hope to see y'all at the shows, have a blessed day everyone 🤙🏼 Namaste 🙏🏼

[@nebraskamike607]

Great to see you again! So happy for you! Hope you are doing better now and will continue your recovery all the way back to the junkyard! Love ya man!❤

[@danswrld]

Awesome to hear from you Steve!! You have no idea how many of us total strangers out here in the country are pulling for you. You have made a huge impression in the automotive world!!

[@DragPakMerc]

We had a very slightly newer version of that truck on our farm when I was growing up. Driving it to and from the fields became one of my duties starting at about age 13. It had a hydraulic dump bed, and everything you showed under the truck and in the cab was consistent with that. The lever closest to the parking brake is to engage/disengage the PTO from the hydraulic pump. Once the pump is spinning, the second lever directs the flow of hydraulic fluid to either raise or lower the bed. Happy to see that you're on the mend!

[@orchids3332]

So great to see you again Steve! You have been missed a tremendous amount.

[@shaggydarvel]

Love them old truck vids it's gonna be a good week👍

[@mattwhaley9917]

So glad to see and hear you, Steve. Very thankful for the way folks rallied together to keep your channel going, shows the true character of these guys we Love to watch. Keeping you in my prayers for a speedy recovery.

[@roywhitman7109]

Wow, Steve! I'm so glad to see you up & running! Happy New Year! Looking forward to your expertise once again while out & about the auto graveyards of America!! Stay safe & get healthy!!👍

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

VERY good to see you up and about Steve!! Does MILLIONS of us good to see you sitting up and starting on your road to a full recovery!!

[@williamcavanaugh1415]

Awesome,my life can go back to normal again,super happy for you Steve...

[@charlesdalton985]

Wonderful to see you again sir! Please know we're all still out here praying and pulling for you. Heal up, we'll be here everyday and especially when you're back in the yard! ~ Chuck

[@mikewright84]

I bet Katy the junkyard dog will be ecstatic to see you back! And lockjaw, but his face doesn't let much on! Great to see you on the road to recovery.

[@jamesmisener3006]

This truck might have been a farm truck. Haul grain or feed and dump the load in either an auger elevator or bottom drop like the grain storage yards use. Cheers Steve. 🇨🇦

[@MrTheHillfolk]

My old farmer neighbor had a 52 Ford he bought new. Well used by the mid 80s when I was old enough to help during hay season with 26k on the clock going around the 175 acre farm. Anyways,well used wasn't the word ,farmed is 😂 No exhaust,rotted off at the manifolds. No brakes ,looked like dust in the master 😂 E brake? Yeah but the shoes were shot so its metal on metal. Whats a soul to do? Well, he could backup with a load of hay for the elevator and cut the key and roll within 6" of it 😂 The man was such a boss with stuff like that. Boy would he give his kid an evil eye as we went up the road to field 5 (1mi) as he'd get 2nd wound out ,that ol flatty screamin just echoing thru the valley😂 Original tires...(he joked about the air being original too). They may have been flat , hard to tell they were as hard as stones 😂

[@paulstanley9212]

You beat the odds Steve! Please continue your successful recovery. You are in my prayers, God Dam it’s good to see you. Stay strong 💪..!!

[@truckladders4104]

Great to see you back! Picking the Heavy duty trucks is fitting; They took a hit and kept on running just like the author! Nice to have you back but pace yourself, Its easy to get too enthusiastic and have a set back. Ask me how I know!

[@madmike2624]

You deserve one million thumbs Steve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy you're on the mend, prayers answered!!!!!

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

Good to see you anyways bud, God speed in your recovery, get better and get back out there! 🤟🏻🤘🤙🏻✌🏻

[@ThisManTriggeredMe]

We love you Steve! Get well my man

[@carburist]

So glad to see you getting back!!!! Wishing you all the best and that you can get around and about soon

[@jamesfarris9239]

Nice to have you back Steve! Get well. Prayers sent to you.

[@steveanderson6353]

Its a great feeling seeing u on the mend. Knowing u will be crawling the yards again soon gives us all hope for a kind of knowledge that can't be matched by another human. U are truly a treasure.

[@chrisreed3515]

Thanks for the great video Steve! Glad to see that you're on the mend. One item about the wheels on this truck - they are the infamous Firestone RH-5 'Widowmaker' type two piece wheels that are know to explode when being inflated. Super dangerous to work on!

[@BigElCat]

Right on ! I just inherited a 1958 F350 duallee. It has 16.5 inch open slot rims, and the rims aren't split rims; ready for radial tires. I need the F500 ram horn exhaust for the 292.

[@blackbuttecruizr]

God bless you Steve, grateful you are healing.

[@dudeman-rg9iw]

Glad to see you're doing better Prayers and thoughts are with you.

[@AlanG58]

Always good to hear from you Sir! In looking at those seats I said to myself "Those are Type 3 seats!". You can tell because T3 seats had their own platform/base, the round big knob and those wide side brackets. They are indeed VW though.

[@craigmiller7063]

Im happy to see you doing better. My daughter watches every video with me because she's a huge fan of anything old

[@dustinanderson8683]

Keep getting better, I’ll always be watching

[@philippicard3652]

Very glad you are feeling better, you are missed very much!

[@larryharry7221]

Hey Steve, good to hear from you 👍

[@bozodog428]

Worked on a lot of 1954 Ford F700 "Big Job" school busses years ago. They all ran with the 279 Y Block and had power steering, vacuum brakes and either 4 or 5 speed trans. Good to hear from you Steve!

[@cordovanbee]

Good to have you getting back!!

[@mwqs1]

Great to see you Steve!!! Welcome back, we all missed you!!❤

[@onemat2000]

So happy to see you up and around. Please take care of yourself.

[@idontcare3013]

Steve! Great to see you again, Brother!

[@haroldbirge6881]

🏆Steve🏆we miss you so much 🙏get back home 🍀 get er done 😃✌️

[@galeng73]

I am so happy to see you back, even in this capacity! I'm not alone in saying that we've monitored your health and wished you well. Good job at overcoming, bud!

[@Drmcclung]

Ah Steve so glad you're on the mend, that's all that really matters! Thank you so much for the video I love old Ferds, but more importantly thank Christ you're still with us and doing better! 👍👍

[@frogwizard5637]

Great to see you coming back and can't wait to see you back in the yard

[@jayfinn6698]

OMG Steve so glad your feeling better in on right track. So sorry you had to go thru such a health scare. God knows you have to spread your car Gospel to us.

[@davidimrie6916]

Steve, we miss you and we don't know just how knowledgeable you are and in return how knowledgeable WE become thanks to you.

[@googleusergp]

It is once again good to see you. You look like you are getting stronger and stronger each day which is encouraging because hopefully we will see you back soon. I had commented on this one before, and I can dig up those comments again and repost them for anyone that is interested in reading them. Once again, hope to see you soon as you are sorely missed.

[@googleusergp]

Here's the original comment: Yes, that looks like a newer carburetor as the Motorcraft name didn't come until much later. It would have likely been "Autolite" back then. Motorcraft was in use by Ford and then discontinued for a time and brought back around 1972 and still exists today. Clark was often the rear end supplier to Ford back then. No VIN, can't win, but might be something like: F50 for F500 Conventional Cab, V for 239 CID V8 or Z for 256 CID V8, or D for 223 CID six cylinder, 4 for 1954 model year, maybe F for Dearborn, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Dearborn, MI facility is now the River Rouge complex with the Dearborn, plant closing around 2004. No tag, can't brag, but can be figured out, no doubt: 4SYN for four speed manual synchronized transmission, M1722 or M1075 for Vermillion Red exterior paint or possibly M1084 for Glacier Blue exterior paint. The tag with the VIN and other details was likely on the inside of the glove box lid, which I was hoping you'd show and then everything could be figured out and decoded.

[@GwynnOak1]

Great to see you Steve! Here's hoping for your continued progress and recovery, best wishes!

[@savedin87ify]

Hey Steve so good to see you doing a little better. Been praying for you and your channel. Yes share so old videos on the big trucks.

[@garyslentzii2796]

So good to see you getting better Mags 🙏👍🏻

[@divadyrdnal]

Happy to see you Steve. See you lost a few lbs… the hard way! Great you are on your way to recovery.

[@jimmysexton4201]

So great to see you Steve!! God be with you and get better!!!

[@CarCrazy12804]

Keep on getting well Steve! Thanks for all the automotive historical knowledge and these crawls through the channel.

[@musclecarmitch908]

Awesome to see that your recovering! So glad to see you back!👍

[@mike-tl3is]

Ah steve my man im so glad to see you back in the game i cant wait till you get into the junk yard teaching us about all the classics like nobody else can . You truly are the classic car guru

[@emmonsdc]

You are looking great, Steve! Praying for speedy recovery.

[@johnmcnamara4880]

glad to see your recovering! miss you on your channel. Glad your friends helped out but you are the og. can't wait to see more vintage cars.

[@johncantu2128]

❤❤❤ hi, Steve!!

[@kenimpzoom]

Good to see you back at it again.

[@Niterider73]

Good to see you're up and going well Steve. We missed you something fierce! Always enjoy watching your videos.

[@dubberkm7200]

So good to see you again,great to see you are doing so much better. Thank you again to Rick and Tyler for helping out, truly great what you guys did.

[@jamesthompson8008]

Again, absolutely GREAT to see you doing better, Steve! Love the truck vids as much as the cars. Keep on getting better, we the fans will be ready when you are!

[@fhwolthuis]

Old soldiers never die, great to see you back Steve! ❤❤❤

[@mgguyvintagevehicles]

I love that Tyler and Rick covered off for you Steve. Get better, and looking forward to more new content once you're well enough!

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man I’m glad to see you doing better Steve!🙏 I wish you a speedy recovery my friend!♥️

[@rogergoodman8665]

I'm very happy that you are well enough to give us all an update! We can't wait until your fully recovered and back on your feet trudging thru the junkyard. 😊. I look forward to new videos in the spring.

[@christopherheitzmann]

Looking good Steve. Glad to see you’re on the upswing. You seem to be doing better weekly. Can’t wait to see you back at 100% doing the crawl. Until then, best wishes.

[@stephenlight647]

Love these old trucks! Used to drive several old Fords and Reo’s with the two speed axles, set up just like this truck. They were used by the guys I was working for on trucks that spread road oil for oil/chip roads, straight dump trucks and plows, etc. Love seeing them again!

[@ddoyle11]

Finding your channel was like stumbling onto a library of automotive history. I've always loved cars, and have always had huge respect for guys who could spout endless details about the industry. I think you have forgotten more about cars than all the other guys could ever know. I'm glad you're on the mend. Lots of people are counting on seeing you in a new video again soon.

[@stephenlight647]

Thanks for the videos and good to see you working your way back! Take care of yourself first. I LOVE these truck videos, what a treat we have for the next week or so!

[@loualiberti4781]

Hi Steve !!! We miss U !!

[@hughjass1044]

Great to see you (sorta) back in the saddle, Steve! These replays are a great idea until you're ready to do some new stuff. There's quite a few I've missed the first time around and it's always great to have some content of any kind; especially stuff that shows nice weather at this time of year. Keep on keepin' on, brother!

[@brianturner914]

Great to see you Steve. I’m happy to see the power of prayer in action. You have literally thousands pulling for you. Get well soon and get back out in those yards.

[@mattzembower2042]

Good to see you, praying for your recovery, thank you for sharing your knowledge !

[@Carlosscdcbrc]

Sir, you look good and sound good. Greetings from Reynosa, Mexico.

[@jimhickey2276]

Steve, our family missed you! Your buddies did a great job in your absence. So glad you're back!

[@joshuagibson2520]

Hey, ya ole goat! (Calm down folks. I'm an ole goat too) Glad to see and hear from you.

[@chevyvanngoghandfriends]

Bernardston oh Bernardston..instead of Galveston oh Galveston..LOL…I’m hilarious…we are all pulling for ya Steve!

[@RLTango]

Hey, Steve! Positive vibes your way!!!

[@ccg1171]

From one guy to Massachusetts to another get well buddy.

[@paulc14]

Hi Steve! I am so glad to see you are doing better! You were missed. Take care!

[@junkyardjoe1994]

Steve it is so great to see you getting better. You're a treasure to the car community and you've inspired my own car channel greatly. I hope you have a speedy recovery and get back out in the Junk yard. Warmer weather is coming, take care!

[@UnfinishedProjectDartSport]

~

[@TheMrmmkkpro]

Great to see you Steve, so glad you are doing better.👍👍🏁🏁

[@dalefountain2348]

Hey Steve, I'm so thankful you are back. I will continue to pray for your complete recovery!🙏🏻 I am excited and looking forward to seeing new content soon.😊

[@spykesta]

Steve I am so happy to see you back making videos, even if it's just a quick opening. Continued good health and looking forward to you getting home and back to your routine!!!

[@kevbev1524]

F 500 is 350 more than a 150. Good to see you, be well ❤️‍🩹

[@BigElCat]

and it's got the ram horn exhaust for the Y-block.

[@alvahgilson1501]

I love watching your videos. I'm glad your health is improving. Peace Steve

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! 👀😎👍. Steve the old videos take time ! Good to see you man ! A almost welcome ( LOL ) !

[@Jkehl95]

You're on the up and up Steve, and it's good to see! Take your time with recovering! It'll be worth the wait to see you back as no one else does this as well as you!

[@cordovanbee]

Great details about an older hero!! Thanks

[@ericbedard8183]

Great to see Steve in person! It's good to hear your recovering well and be back crawling soon!! Keep up the progress in your recovery!!

[@styrenerelics]

Looking good, Steve. Get better, buddy. These are gonna be great videos. I started out driving smaller trucks back in '81. Great stuff, as always

[@OpenRoader]

So glad to have you back!

[@HFG]

Glad you're on the mend. Encephalitis is really scary. Keeping with the theme of the video, Keep on truckin' Mr. Mags.