Here is a cool pic

[kboomarang]

 

[useless]

i think that tractor is still hauling containers in New Jersey

 

[useless]

that must have hurt

 

[Hookman]

Is there a sealed 55 gallon drum on that Gateway trailer?

Is this some kind of a Riddle?

 

[DCM_Doc]

I was thinking of an 8V71 since the tandem.
I've never seen an 8V in one of these.
Ours were 6V single stack, day cab called DF860.
Our first ones in 55 were hydramatic.
GM paid all driver breakdown and delay time, and we got plenty.

I am not sure when the 8V71's were first built. I don't know what year model this GMC is but I am sure it did not come with an 8V. I know in about 68 or 69 the blocks were changed to water over the ports that increased cylinder life. The 'Dry Blocks' had oval covers on the side of the block. Attempts were made by Detroit to stop leaks that helped but were never able to completely dry them up.

 

[Hookman]

 

[seabreeze]

I am not sure when the 8V71's were first built. I don't know what year model this GMC is but I am sure it did not come with an 8V. I know in about 68 or 69 the blocks were changed to water over the ports that increased cylinder life. The 'Dry Blocks' had oval covers on the side of the block. Attempts were made by Detroit to stop leaks that helped but were never able to completely dry them up.

I’m sure they didn’t have the 8v in 55 or 56
I never heard of one in those days
I think ours were 55 models

 

[victor93]

I’m sure they didn’t have the 8v in 55 or 56
I never heard of one in those days
I think ours were 55 models

I could’ve used a V-8

 

[Triplex]

I could’ve used a V-8

 

[Crumudgeon]

The inline six-cylinder 71 series engine was introduced as the initial flagship product of the Detroit Diesel Engine Division of General Motors in 1938.

These engines were in a very high demand during WWII, necessitating an order of magnitude increase in output: about 57 thousand 6-71s were used on American landing craft, including 19 thousand on LCVPs, about 8 thousand on LCM Mk 3 and about 9 thousands in quads on LCIs, and 39 thousand in armour, including 4 thousands on Valentine tanks, 22 thousand in double packs on M4A2s and 11 thousand on M10 tank destroyers.[2]

The V-type first appeared in 1957.

Sales of The 71 Series ceased in the summer of 1995, with the four stroke Detroit Diesel engine introduced as a replacement.

Source: History of Detroit Diesel..