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65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
That is one big Tonka truck
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
I posted before I saw your post, I guess we must have great minds because were thinking alike.
The Goose
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Most CAT dealers will set up backyard tours so the little guys can get up close and personal w some of the big iron. Our parts manager even stocks little CAT hats for afterwards. It’s as easy as popping in signing some waiver (#%$&@ing lawyers!) and setting up a day to walk the yard. Not all branch stores will have big iron in the yard. We’re a strange bird because of all the mining in our area. We are putting together a bunch of 777G trucks next year and I’ll snap boxes to running for you guys. Coming from Az I tease that all we got out here is “lawn and garden” compared to a 797 a 777 is pretty small. 797truck takes 18 tractor trailers to deliver and are assembled on the job site.I posted before I saw your post, I guess we must have great minds because were thinking alike.
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
I'd say better than average rust issues. It was a vinal top car and had the typical roof rust issues, lower front fenders, some perforated floors and trunk. All very fixable. Bumper was junk. Replaceable item. So far it is the only RM21U known.
Story I got was that someone high up at the assembly plant ordered a 383 delete car and substuted the 440. Kind of like the A12 69's.
Working in the oil sands as a summer student we were around all kinds of heavy haulers. Triple 7’s were the little guys back then. Watched a chevy 1/2 ton get crushed when the idiot parked in his blindspot good thing he wasn’t in it.
I was driving a Cat 14G maintaining haul roads at 17. Can’t imagine they’d let that happen today....
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Probably should have stayed doing that. . .
The Military will let-make that happen, lol
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
A couple more for you guy's
65 GTO
We are doing a full rewire and while we have it another guy is doing the seats and headliner
55 Pontiac Star Chief, it came in for the trans. It ended up getting the trans rebuilt.
The 71 340 Cuda I shown before had a engine noise, upon tear down we found the crank looking like this...
Yes it's is bad as it looks, I have never seen a crank and bearings so bad that didn't spin a bearing. The engine was purchased by the owner about 10 years ago as being rebuilt, he put 150 miles on it and it started making noise.
65 GTO
We are doing a full rewire and while we have it another guy is doing the seats and headliner
55 Pontiac Star Chief, it came in for the trans. It ended up getting the trans rebuilt.
The 71 340 Cuda I shown before had a engine noise, upon tear down we found the crank looking like this...
Yes it's is bad as it looks, I have never seen a crank and bearings so bad that didn't spin a bearing. The engine was purchased by the owner about 10 years ago as being rebuilt, he put 150 miles on it and it started making noise.
Wow... I'm thinking it took some real dedication to allow it to run so long and eat that crank.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Wow I've seen a cast crank similar out of a motor home, and a gazillion miles, but never a forged crank. Must have been a "special" rebuild.
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
When the red 71 Cuda was in the shop, we had a guy come in and put on the billboards
I had this 86 Chevy in for a engine swap, it was a 350. He had a 454 built over the winter, I installed the engine, stall converter, headers, modify and build a couple of brackets for the P/S and throttle cable, lengthen the starter wiring and alternator wiring, install the MSD distributor and 6AL with rev control. The Machine shop that built it figured it was about 525 HP. It sounds really good .
I had this 86 Chevy in for a engine swap, it was a 350. He had a 454 built over the winter, I installed the engine, stall converter, headers, modify and build a couple of brackets for the P/S and throttle cable, lengthen the starter wiring and alternator wiring, install the MSD distributor and 6AL with rev control. The Machine shop that built it figured it was about 525 HP. It sounds really good .
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
This just came in ..... Were supposed to install a new cam and lifters
70 Nova SS 396, looks pretty good, needs seats done. I don't know if it's a true SS, but has a lot of the things to make it one.
There is also this, the best part of the car....4 speed
70 Nova SS 396, looks pretty good, needs seats done. I don't know if it's a true SS, but has a lot of the things to make it one.
There is also this, the best part of the car....4 speed
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
I found these on my phone, I must have taken them last year when the Nova was at the shop
Clean example of a Vette pace car, 40,000 miles and in great shape.
Very clean Camaro, under 80,000 if I remember right.
I had this in last week
Water pump, timing chain and gears, belts, master cylinder, front brake hoses, front pads, rotors turned, A/C changed to R-134A, light dimmer switch and pigtail, front wheel bearings and outer C/V boots. It should be all ready for the trip my customer wants to take it on.
Clean example of a Vette pace car, 40,000 miles and in great shape.
Very clean Camaro, under 80,000 if I remember right.
I had this in last week
Water pump, timing chain and gears, belts, master cylinder, front brake hoses, front pads, rotors turned, A/C changed to R-134A, light dimmer switch and pigtail, front wheel bearings and outer C/V boots. It should be all ready for the trip my customer wants to take it on.
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