WILL IT START?? Rare 1972 freightliner Cabover with a huge CAT power plant!!

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My name is Tim Gentry, I love Truck driving and working on rigs with my son Braxton at my side! His dream has always been to fix and work on cool projects!
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[@in2thewild276]

Old truckers never die . They just run out of fuel. That old boy got a lot of stories to tell. He is definitely the real deal king of the road

[@jeffryjones8539]

Your Dad is the Best!!!

[@wesleywidener6111]

That ol fella got back 10 years you working on that truck there with him

[@conleycrew76]

how many of us wish that we could hang out with these guys for a weekend and go on one of these rescue videos?!

[@autoacoustics4938]

So much of history and heritage in american trucking

[@granitebeardsley9803]

Make sure to thank your Dad what your doing with him is priceless and won't last forever.

[@CRsLouisianaBBQandmore]

I’d say, let Mr. Stan drive it off of his property one last time. He reminds me of my grandpa, who has passed. My grandpa was a master logger and drove big trucks for 50+ years. When I was young, he would take me to the woods with him on the weekends. I would get to talk on the CB and listen to the old truck driving stories. I could sit and listen to Mr. Stan for hours with a smile on my face. Love the videos, Tim!

[@tristanray5109]

Man lived 4 houses down from me and that truck has sit there ever since I been born. Glad to see it finally come alive!!

[@challenger0126]

SON YOUR DAD IS THE COOLEST

[@tylermlg2250]

This truck has the touch, and the power

[@billyj.swain4sranch718]

Man I know you do but cherish every second with your dad…we tricked together everyday for 15 years…May 8 will be his second anniversary in heaven 💙💙

[@levak8740]

I had 1693 in my Oshkosh snow-plow truck music to my ears !

[@thattanglethelemuryt3444]

The new dreamworks movie looks great!

[@jefferickson976]

Stane has to drive it one last time. If he does I sure would love to be there to see the memories flow. Bring a grown man to tears guys like that's been my heroes go stane

[@tomchrisfield7348]

Talk about mixed metaphors, "It runs like a Scalded Eagle".

[@davidanderson2393]

That got the juices flowing when it almost fired up, haven't seen a 1693 in quite awhile. Here in Washington we had a local lumber mill that ran a fleet of Peterbilts thru the 70's to the 90's with nothing but 1693 cats in them.

[@Drew_379]

"Either way we're gonna turn it up" 🤣🤣 Hell ya!!

[@samc.291]

I know of two things for sure about trucking after being around it all my 49 years of life, it's very fun to me, to drive the things but it'll also make an old man out of you quick and my dad will even vouch for that but he said he never wants to see another one as far as him owning it or having to drive another one LOL he logged in 56 years and 9 months driving trucks and he's 76 now.. dad has been retired a short time now and he still has a lot of stories he can tell but now he never would do cross country driving and he stayed on the East Coast running North and South and somewhat out towards the West.... Tim I have faith you and your dad and some of your guys will get this truck up and running and fully made over but that trailer is just badass and that son of a gun is worth a fortune in itself

[@markrodriguez6963]

FATHER'S JUST DON'T LOVE THIER CHILDERN EVERY NOW AND THEN,IT'S A LOVE WITHOUT END AMEN!! I LOVE WATCHING YOU TEACH BRAXTON,SO COOL!!!

[@samc.291]

Tim that trailer is worth a fortune and if you go over it well and have it as nice as the day it was new, I would not be shocked if that trailer didn't bring you six figures and I haven't seen one of them in so many years,, I can't even remember the last time honestly...

[@robertbrake9927]

This is a cool unit . Reality tv at its best ✌🏼😎

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid, really enjoyed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍

[@Binky750B]

Hi Tim. Please keep this truck and trailer together and bring them back to their former glory preserved for all to see back on the road. Love your channel great work. Thank you. 😀👍👊🇬🇧

[@thattanglethelemuryt3444]

Ah yes. “Sonic Adventure 2 baby!”

[@wahooman4208]

Damn buddy, barn find right there!! Things in imaculent condition

[@thomasdye8799]

I was taught to drive a semi in 1970 by Mel Davis driving for Big Hun Trucking out of Lakeland Fl. We ran a Peterbilt cabover coast to coast pulling a refer with a 1693 Cat tied to a thirteen speed. My greatest memory of that Peterbilt was passing a Greyhound bus and the passengers look of disbelief as we ran down the interstate. It was one hell of a kitty cat!

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Too kool man too kool

[@captiveamerica669]

I'm just an old guy, it sounds pretty cool! I would say groovy! But then you'd probably know how old I am! 🤣

[@richardcoram1562]

@Thomas dye.the 🙏Truckers Prayer huh? ..".🎶 Thank you Lord for all the miles without an accident, but I'd like to ask just one more favor, before my life is spent. Lord, now if I had me a rig that'd run about a hundred under a heavy load, I'd wind 'er up and blow that grey dog plum off the road!🎶" just let me run them wheels plum off a Greyhound bus..✌😎🇺🇸

[@richardcoram1562]

@@captiveamerica669 Aww, c'mon man! You can fess up. You were born in the last millennium . The 70's were the drug years, and also reefer heads. You know what I learned from using marijuana? The most damaging effects are from the Police bust! My age is; I was a Vietnam draftee. Uncle Sam taught me about war, and that's really where HI finally found peace.💭✌😎🇺🇸

[@chriswilliams8484]

Dad had a 1693 Cat in his 1971 Ford cab over. Pulled like a freight train but only ran about 55mph. He was a Caterpillar employee on strike in 1982 when he bought it. The truck was built for Caterpillar and had a GIANT CAT insignia on the interior on the back wall between the seats. By far the nicest interior I’ve ever seen in a Ford semi.

[@OfficialStumpMan]

That steering wheel is bringing back a lot of memories from when I was a kid sitting on my dad‘s lap driving his freightliner Cabover.

[@donwiley1055]

That's alright maybe the next time y'all get it running just seeing it turnover put 10 years on his life that's going to be one happy old man when he hear that truck run keep doing what you do

[@zoranjohnson1984]

Congratulations brother I like that old freight shaker

[@TheBillmanl82]

Been waiting for this video all week!

[@carolinawestern3875]

I really love seeing these old cabovers start. I grew up in trucking in the 70's and started out in my dad's Cruise Liner Mack. I quit trucking after many years because of all the dumb rules meant to get rid of drivers like me. But I miss it a lot and it does me good to see y'all get these old ones going. Keep doing it

[@kenw2542]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍great stuff Tim. Brad will love taking that to shows.

[@waynep8007]

Man that truck is legit badass, Tim and family are the best... Great content

[@moonbounce]

Those old 1693's were a cold blooded beast! If it is colder than 40 degrees you have to crank the snot out of them.

[@rickbarger7921]

Wow they went all out on that co-driver seat

[@joemode101]

That is definitely a classic truck the trailer is very collectible do not get rid of it truck itself is in great condition for their age he scored big-time Tim great job👍🏼 can’t wait to see you restore it

[@iamhantu3390]

truk cabover bermesin CATERPILAR sangat keren👍🏻😮😎

[@izzymillar4568]

wow beautiful truck with trailer wow👌

[@billywhite3020]

Sweet old truck keep saving them

[@dodge33445]

HELLLLLL yes! We gonna buy everyone we can find now that we have a place to put them! The word from the wise man himself! Cant wait to come along on this journey to Cabover heaven ! :)

[@darcyreid8266]

Tim you really help me a lot with this channel. I had to come off the road on dec, 22 2019 I drove for 28 years. I started driving with my dad at age 15 I ended up with two trucks but I had to sell them. I walk in the hospital on dec 22 2019 and never left back out. Now I’m in a nursing home.

[@jodyallenbaugh9427]

You drinking the koolaid

[@Drew_379]

@jody allenbaugh And you're still miserable I see! You hate him so much but you watch every video of his

[@Gentryandsons]

@@darcyreid8266 man that sucks.. I’m glad we can help. Thanks for paving the way for us younger guys

[@Gentryandsons]

@@Drew_379 man your awesome

[@meangenemiller3362]

The old man is sitting on his porch laffing his ass off at y’all with a pocket full of money!!😂😂👍🇨🇱

[@timadams6801]

JUST LOVE TYPEKKIN THE DARK LOL

[@GoDoWork13]

Hey Timmy. I’m a CAT mechanic at a local dealership. I’m wrote down all the numbers off that 1693. I’ll pull it up in SIS tommorrow morning. If you need any part numbers or info on let me know.

[@speedymcclackston3240]

Stand up dude!! Hopefully the legend himself will take the opportunity to help him out!

[@bbdieselcompany671]

Was going to do the same

[@williamlawrence1422]

Thats why its worth the money cause most have been scrapped and in a restorationthat is it Hang on ill be right there and we can fix it right there.

[@lenmaki3058]

i drove early 1970,s western star logging trucks with 1693 cat engines that is where they received the name The Legend

[@robertfleming5458]

I love to see you come through Chattanooga in a cabover

[@richardkoontz8427]

Those old ones were what it was about enjoy your old school tim

[@truckingwithwillie4577]

Hell yeah brother iconic truck and trailer right there Tim

[@colinlawrence2186]

Man thanks so much for taking us along on this journey it's old school technology it just needs some TLC and it's going to run like a Swiss watch take care stay safe and God bless you always 🙋‍♂️🇬🇧

[@colinlawrence2186]

Are you serious 😐

[@halleyweasel346]

Dad it's already primed, dad I already did that, while dad's like low key putting air back in the system just so he can prime it and the call it good, it was already good before he messed it with. Keep up the amazing work Tim!!

[@brionwebb3731]

I ran a long nose kenworth with a 1693. Love it

[@KevinFlynnFlynnLIVES]

DAMN THAT LOOKS SO GOOD

[@richardcasarez391]

Bad ass keep on trucking much respect to everyone on the video

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

UNBELIEVEABLE THIS GIVES THE WHOLE WORLD HOPE HELL YEAH TIM GENTRY IS THE FRICKIN MAN. YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO LET THE LEGEND DRIVE HIS OLD RIG ONE MORE TIME TIM..💯% AT THE LEAST A RIDE

[@johnparker6642]

Especially with the crew we put faith in brother 🙏, ;-)

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

@@johnparker6642 yez zir

[@SigmaWolf-in2mr]

As a former long hauler, c/o and conventional, That baby is a dream. When you get it running, take the boys and all, to a good meal. Ya lucky duck.

[@mjmcomputers]

Very cool truck!

[@garrettness942]

My 73' Peterbilt 352 was originally a 1693 with a 16 speed spicer. Mine still has the 16 speed spicer but now has a 350 Big Cam in it. The truck was originally my grandfathers and he ran it till the 1693 let go and was to much $$$ to repair and that was back in the 80s. They were a great engine but boy they are spendy and hard to find certain parts. I still have some parts in our truck shop for them. Most i have seen were painted Cat white. Good luck getting it up and running and back on the road.

[@jimmyconner2855]

My dad had two A model Kw’s with 1693’s , I drove one of them for over a year, good memories, great engine, lots of power and black smoke.

[@jeremygrubb1434]

A 1693 was a good engine they was extremely heavy you had to have a stack of spring to hold it up and you couldn’t put jakes on them and they made two different 1693 one was for equipment the other one for trucks usually the truck engine had more horsepower you would think the equipment one would have more but they didn’t my brother had two of them engine one came out of a loader the other come out of my uncles peterbuilt cab over good luck with it keep up the good work

[@russgier4409]

The engine was a D-343 and was adapted for on highway use as a 1693

[@brentgoff5217]

Braxton looks so much like your Dad. So Cool !!

[@keithkeil5455]

Beautiful,I love me some Kittycat 👍

[@darrenhawken9766]

Let's hear the White Freightliner running, great work , keep.it coming and keep on trucking 👍

[@F___ITALL29]

good ole cabovers never die!!!!

[@21babydew]

something my dad taught me about stuck racks on cats.... try smacking where the lever goes into the pump to control the rack with a hammer a few good solid wacks while moving it back and forth .... fair chance youll knock it loose

[@nlynch55]

We had a 12/24v GMC in a fleet i worked in years ago. Back in the 80S

[@harryschneider1760]

This will be the talk of the town. I bet everyone in that town knows this truck. So when it's gone the gossip will begin.....old school truck coming back to life.....

[@Straighttrash]

I cannot wait till the refresh starts on this truck. Never been so excited for a build.

[@grantlister]

Hey Tim, I reckon that when you paint the truck, it’d be super cool to name it “Stan Harvey’ & use the same lettering as on the doors!!!!! (You could put it on the visors, or wherever you else you think is cool, but I reckon it’d be great to keep the legacy/legend going!!!) Just wanted to share the idea. Kia Kaha, Grant from NZ.

[@curt2580]

I really wanna see that old truck and trailer progress don’t give up on it.

[@stewartsealey7165]

i used to have a 83 359 3406b model cat i sure do miss it

[@richpop6551]

Tim you are already a legend building these old school and putting them to work liking the content can't wait for what head as I live in the UK we don't see truck like this on our road

[@robertsmith7580]

Well I stand corrected that truck is a diamond in the rough !

[@davidcatlette9697]

That Tim is a true 100 + truck

[@Usmc2008sgt]

That truck is a gem. I cant wait to see what is done with it. I work on garbage trucks. I have always wanted to start my own diesel shop. And do custom work. I am like a little kid watching your videos.

[@db7059]

Nice Cab over. Good to see you bring these trucks back to life.

[@harryschneider1760]

Tim. You're a LEGEND already. N humble at that....

[@rodneymccrae9232]

Should turn the trailer into a camper for you and family at the truck shows mate love the old trucks you have over there I am from Tasmania and have been following you since us first started you do a good job Tim keep up the good work 👍👍

[@alexmikhael5061]

MERCH N R&R trailer, keep it SHOW'y ;) I agree!!! some D rings to hang the hammocs in lol some USB outlets all over ;) a BIG SCREEN TV LOL and a BATHROOOM for ''at the track'' useage :) YES YES YES !

[@detroitdiesel7074]

What a friggen treat! Awesome vidja, awesome people, awesome trucks!

[@andyclark9869]

Hey your daddy is the man

[@williamlawrence1422]

Its gonna start dad

[@truckcaretv8649]

Good work 👍

[@tomcline5631]

My 80 Freightliner conventional water truck has that same set up. 24 volts to the starter,and when it fires up that doohickey switches back to 12 volts to run the truck. Ours went out this year,took like 2 months for the sumbitch to come in. Personally,I like the set-up.

[@jasontengan1233]

That 1693 sounds great, haven't heard one in frickin decades!

[@thomasbailey8306]

Its a Sweet Looking old Truck Tim. You definitely found a Unicorn. Youll have to post Apicture of it after you get it running to show all those Snowflakes, out there what a Unicorn looks like...LMAO....LOL..HAHA..Great Video...

[@pavel1809]

that will be nice project

[@richardturk7162]

I used to drive an 81 Freightliner cabover but it had a 400 Cummins with old style fuel pump. 10 speed with deep reduction Fuller transmission. Reversed gears. I used it to haul coal in Eastern Ky in the 70s and 80s. It would walk the dog even with 30 tons of coal in the trailer.

[@penarri]

you got me wanting to drive around and see if i can find an old timer he served his time in the game and looking to pass on his masterpiece. that’s one beautiful trailer for sure

[@tommyhall8301]

Good luck Tim I hope yall get it running an driving buddy yall can fix it hope

[@heathchapin5135]

I love to see more cabovers on the road! My dad had a 1985 cabover and I miss it!

[@WestCoastChris138]

Uh oh, sitting 20 plus years …..I dunno, but then again Timmy’s best at reviving these old trucks, this is gonna be cool boys!! I’m stoked can’t wait for these vids !!

[@jimmym1192]

Awesome Tim I can't wait to see It up and running again and all cleaned up and the trailer to very awesome find

[@richardhoneywell7411]

Great video Tim looking forward to when you get the truck running stay safe.

[@aaa8703]

Awesome truck! I spent many summers with my uncle in a old 73 cabover Freightliner. Rode rough as hell but that Cummins power and straight pipe was so damn cool! Thanks for bringing back some good memories!

[@justinweaver8787]

Sweet truck hope it gets bk on road

[@xXTECHxKNIGHTXx]

Tim, you are already a legend in my book!

[@kountrytiger1999]

So cool and the blue tooth headset opencomm by Shokz are great so comfortable thanks so much for telling about them I have severe hearing loss and with these being bone conductive are awesome I have never had a set that I didn't have to turn wide open till these thanks a lot.

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

That would make a great camper

[@anthonybracknell8368]

That trailer look good behind the Pete cleaned up and color match to Pete.

[@jackrichards1863]

Certainly is a special old rig. In good condition they are fairly timeless. I got a heck of a surprise when we saw it has no brakes on the front axle. Did the gentleman say it's 500 horses? We already know it runs now. Just polishing it back to new condition now

[@dodge33445]

LOVE IT! Thank you brother. You always have the best content !