Totally agree, Matt if you ever get a chance to make it to Indiana, look me up. Lunch or dinner is on me. Your autocar is built similar to my old army trucks. Love to shout the BULL with you over a meal.
@@DieselCreek well come on by, bring the Mrs., your camera And the meatball. my wife loves dogs, hints we have 2 geriatric pups and I'll give you a tour of my collection of old army trucks (5) and trailers (11).
Diesel Creek- I worked for a small truck line in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-seventies and a huge scrap yard had a brand new Autocar with a 3408 Cat engine in it. To a young mechanic it was a real thing of beauty! I had straight pipes and sounded awesome!
The auto car brings back some fun memories. Dad was chief mechanic for a small oil drilling company in Colorado in the early and mid-50s. I started doing some grease monkey and swamping for him and some of the drivers when I was about 10 or 11 years old. The best job I had was firing up one of the rig trucks when it was time to bring it into the shop for dad to work on. They had a couple of auto cars I don’t remember what year or what type of engine. But watching this Brought back the fun memories of sitting in the cab pulling like crazy on the compression release lever, spinning up the engine and then dropping that compression lever and hearing that engine shake and rattle and finally smooth out. Naturally being 10 or 11 I took the longest way possible from the yard right next to the shop before pulling the truck in the bay. Love an auto car!
Man that's cool as hell. The possibilities are endless with this truck! I have a 1940 Cummings that is mounted on a trailer, I use it to run a pump in a creek to water about 40 acres. I keep the filters cleaned oil full and it fires every time! When I open her up the folks 10 miles away can hear her!
@NNNNNNNGGGG she runs that pump like no body's business cranks Everytime and at night she will have that manifold red hot when you drive down and check o her. I've used her, my dad and granddad got her out of an old truck
Jason King Does it have a backdrop manifold? An N/A Cummins with a backdrop manifold has the most beautiful exhaust bark you’ll ever hear! I hope you post a video of her working one day!
@CivilDefenseLLC I don't even like using them round post batteries I swap em to the stud style and it.makes life a lot easier and wastes less time.fiddling with em. Round posts get no love from me they get the. Biggest hammer like object first then the vice grips/screw/nail
I guess even Spielberg would give you 5 stars for this one... IT'S ALIVE..... the effort you put in to make these vids is awesome... great work... superb result Matt.
@@ethanspaziani5269 my dad’s backhoe was like that, it was able to run and be used despite having multiple problems (one brake was gone, it had multiple leaks, and was missing the seat) until the engine started knocking
@@jakealter5504 we live in a shity world today with all this amazing technology and advancement it looks like we have regressed backwards in terms of useful technology re equipment is suffering from greed not only our society now
@@ethanspaziani5269 sounds right. All my dad’s backhoe needs to be usable is having it’s engine rebuilt. I had accidentally ran the engine too low on oil and didn’t realize it was knocking since the machine is loud, thankfully we shut it down before it could get worse. Hopefully we will eventually rebuild the engine since getting a newer used backhoe in decent shape would cost more than rebuilding the engine would
Greetings Matt! As the son of a trucker who owned mostly Chevies from the 40s until his last, his only new truck in 1975, I can't tell you how pleased I am and how much I can identify with the feelings you have for your sweet pile of tired iron. Keep up the great work and the super content. I admire your killer work ethic!!
Wilson Contracting Co. was a road contractor that did a lot of contract work for Delaware DOT in the mid 50s thru late 1970s. They had a yard office in State Road, Where Route 13 and Route 40 come together in New Castle, Delaware. State Road is now considered and addressed as part of New Castle. My uncle who was a foreman in the 60s and 70s for Rupert Construction, who was mainly a concrete company, worked on quite a few road projects with Wilson.
Well are you selling a 59 out of cards exactly the same model it had a 10-speed or 96 transmission in it the situation was if that truck there as a air box in a supercharger turn around you have to turn around be careful of how high you push it because to turn around the head bolts on a 220 Cummins don't have enough head bolts in order to hold her down you may have to turn around and do a head gasket repair that's the way it was for me anyway and I always had to use brand new head bolts to turn around because of the situation that they would turn around leak after a few thousand miles but my truck my auto car with my 262 model which is some size of the motor with a with a supercharger on it turned around it so that turn around and been bored out to a 335 there by which I didn't have enough head bolts nor to hold the head together miss my old truck having to turn around and let it get froze split around the middle good luck to you my friend
one of the biggest problems was the old trucks was a series parallel switch turned around 1201 side then when you turn around try to start and went to a 24 volt system it always had a problem starting and no soul so I had a problem turning around keeping the batteries charged up you best off to turn around if you're going to do a rebuild just buy a 12 volt starter and go from a positive ground to a negative ground which the old trucks used to be the old truck used to have a
That’s awesome, love those old trucks, built tough and well, you can’t kill them. I’m a trucker and today’s trucks can’t hold a candle to those old rigs! Today’s trucks may be modern and full of computers but they aren’t made from quality and won’t last like those old beauties!!
@@DieselCreek That's right, we live in a throw away society today, my current truck a 2020 Kenworth and it will probably be in the scrapheap someday and that gem you have will still be running and looking sweet. Hold on to that Autocar !! Some day I'm gonna buy a truck like the one you have, I already own a Greatdane trailer mostly for storage, but I will need a cab to pull it.
Impressed the Old brakes work so well and man that horn is getting better and better love them old style horns Matt dang i love that exhuast sound so much 😂 23:40 @Diesel Creek
When you drove up the gravel drive with the camera on the ground and horn blaring, I suddenly had a flashback to Spielberg's first film, "Duel". 😊 Just love seeing this old iron get used again. BTW if you can't find a cab, maybe at least some doors and you won't have to do so much patchwork.
There used to be alot of these workhorses in the back of my family's home as there used to be an industrial workshop that was abandoned (unknown reason) I would play around there as a kid and my parents would scold me alot! This video brought a load of nostalgia that I could even smell the all familar oil and tires! Good times! Awesome video!
I just wanted to add a note to say how much I enjoy your videos. I used to enjoy doing as a hobby a few of the many things you are involved with, but I am 65, I have no energy due to chronic Lyme disease, and what energy I do have goes to helping to take care of my partially paralyzed spouse. Enjoy your life and your health while you still have both.
it's been a pleasure so far watching these videos. it sure brings back memories of driving these on my first real truck driving job. we had two old Autocars and two old Mack's. i can't believe you have 1 dislike on this video.. just be a smart car driver or my brother
That was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be to watch. You did a great job with the narration and photography. Your enthusiasm also helped!
I've watched this numerous times and am impressed again and again with how much work you've invested in your property! You deprecate your efforts but they're quite impressive.
I don’t know anywhere near enough but with a truck like this boy would I learn quickly. It would give me so much joy to clean and restore this truck, but not to all brand new parts.
drove a diamond rio , street -tow-motor,,,i could put a 45' trailer any place forward and reverse,,retired now,,,46 years driving and no chargeable accidents,,,your vids bring back memories,,,thanks
This ol' gurl makes my heart pitter-patter. I own the mate to her but 21 years newer with a Cummins, hauling a 4600 gallon water tank. It lived it's life in MT and ID spraying water on new road construction. It looks like new and runs like new with just a smidge over 100,000 miles on her. I would enclose a pic of her but don't wish to take any thunder from your great video documentary ! Keep up the stellar work; I love your work and commentary ~
@@hemiroyd7431 what Ed means is it sounds like the exhaust is exiting under the hood, most likely from a rust hole. Nothing too hard to fix if the owner wants it quieter! I prefer my trucks as quiet as possible, but my trucks are all for daily use and not for showing off!
Great old truck !!!! Good to see her rollin' ! Trailer and tractor is gonna look great !! I'm 70 years old . From a pipeliner family . I grew up on the pipeline up and down Route 66 in the 50's . I remember lots of AutoCars haulin' pipe .
Oh that sound bought back a memory or two, had driven a 180 Cummins in an A series ERF when I first started driving articulated lorries back in the day .
Cool as hell. Amazing that it hasn’t moved in 15+ years. Seems that old technology pretty much never lets you down. Good luck in the future Matt with your planned restoration. I’ll be looking forward to it.
It's great to see old trucks like that still running. They don't make em like that anymore. You got some nice acreage there too. Bet it looks like paradise in the fall when the leaves change colors.
If you HAD hooked that trailer and the fifth wheel jammed you would have probably had to unbolt or cut the fifth wheel (legs) away from the truck and leave it hang under the trailer so you could get to the locking mechanism. 240 ish pounds of cast steel just poised to fall on you.
i love your cargo container shed and if you want to make it longer you could just add more and make them back to back and even connect doors in the middle to walk through
I like it too, but I've wondered how well they drain water off the top though... If they weren't slightly pitched outwards from the awning end, would water pour into the dry covered area during a heavy rain? And if it were tilted, would that limit the interior usability due to the floor being tilted? Or did Matt just say the heck with it, install the containers plumb, and Blackjack the heck out of the seams...
I ran across your videos when I happen to see the old picture of that auto car! I absolutely love them older vehicles like yours!! It kinda reminds me of one of my favorite vehicles the old Willy’s!! The fenders, the windows! They are just way cool & wish they still made them today!! The vehicles they build today are rusted completely out by the time the motors need freshened up!! No point in fixing up a vehicle that has really light tin & all rusted out if you ask me!! I’ve been building an old 1969 Chevy 3/4- 1 Ton 4x4!! I’ve had my truck for 25 years & won’t ever sell it!!
Hey Matt, good video, I'm proud of you. Life is tough and we all work hard but every now and then, we get one of those rare moments where we feel like we're winning. You driving your 1957 Autocar tractor, on the road you built, on your own property... buddy you were winning that day! 👍🏻👊🏻
Your farm is lovely, your technical expertise is super, but the best thing about your video is your sense of humor, you are funny as hell. It makes the video very entertaining to watch. Your videos are truly an anti-Covid device.
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while!! I love that truck!! I would hope you’re going to put the spring brake cans on there when you start working on it. When I first started driving trucks we had a couple trailers at work that were older and didn’t have spring brakes on them. If you didn’t hook up the air lines and charge the brakes they would roll back wards as the air would leak off and the brakes released! Keep up the great videos Matt!
Back in the 70s here in the UK trailers had an automatic system to apply the brakes with air from a tank when the tractor unit was disconnected. This was ok unless the trailer had a slow air leak. I've seen many drivers back under trailers and push them back where they shouldn't be because the brakes had let go. Can work out very expensive. Now they have spring brake chambers.
It's fun bringing them back to life. I just resurrected a 74 corvette that's been sitting for at least 15 yrs. A lot if work but it's sure fun to drive. Good job. God bless
Very very cool! I used to be really in to vintage trucks, I had a late 40's KB-8 International, I bought it out of a scrap yard, 372 Red Diamond gas engine which after some work, ran ok, long story short I had 3 back surgeries which ended my vintage truck hobby...anyway keep plugging away on your A-car, you will have a nice truck eventually.
Hello Mr. Diesel Creek (from somewhere north of the 43rd!) I have been following the story of the '57 Autocar since the beginning...A couple of ideas: 1) replace those battery terminals - the best thing you can do to 'get 'er spinnin'.'!!! 2) use 'spray lube' with a heavier oil content - here's the two-step method I use on those 'ancient moving parts' that we all encounter...I use spray kerosene (or WD-40 / penetrating oil) to loosen the joints - then fire either white silicone lube or just plain old CHAIN OIL liberally on the parts... By the way, I love the 'shed' you've made out of those two old 'containers' GREAT IDEA...and you've got extra lockable storage in the containers! I see you're going to pour a 'pad' floor...Throw in all your old scrap metal after pouring the first layer...then add the top layer. You'll have an AMAZINGLY STRONG floor. (and don't forget to 'score' the floor in sections before the cement is completely dry - that way if it moves in the frost / thaw - it will move in segments instead of just cracking in an irregular fashion) Keep up the great videos :) Jim (PS: break down and buy a 'dumpload' of ViceGrips of various sizes...you CAN'T go wrong! I use them all the time in my own 'get 'er goin' ' exploits!)
I had a 1981 auto car dump truck with tandems in the rear and 1 drop axle. Loved that old truck. Had a Cummins in it . Hauled 16 tons of dirt like nothing . It weighed over 29 thousand pounds unloaded not a light truck . Great video sir
Great News, well, done. Maybe the old girl needs to pull something heavy for a bit, something like your dozer , just to get them valves cleared out from standing so long. But for now = WAHOO - LOL, thanks for the video - Ian - UK.
1950s, roaring up a very long hill in summer with a load of sandstone for Mormon church, lowest possible gear, cab door open, left foot flat to the boards, right foot on the running board, one hand on the wheel, body as far out as possible to avoid roasting in cab! Heroic days of tough drivers . Col NZ.
You made my heart feel good hearing that old girl hum along, brings back good memories for me..good work on her, and please, please dont paint her leave her just like she is..Beautiful!
I learned to drive trucks on this same type but a ten wheeler. I loved that truck. Sooo many gears to choose from and this was 2004 and we used it daily for work delivering septic tanks. Miss that truck
Matt, you and my brother would get along famously. He loves to get old machines running too. He gets such a big smile whenever an old hunk of iron fires up. Especially when he has been told that it won't run due to a seized cylinder, or whatever.
Bonus points to whoever spots my buddy Billy the buck in the video!
Mud Bee 🐝 lolz
I'm soo glad to see her running for you! I'd love to see her up close.
Diesel Creek I found him
@@powerstrokediesels7824 Timestamp or it didn't happen!!
Ole Dude he doesn’t have to prove it if he wants to you can’t demand him to do it he can do what he wants.
It's old, slow, noisy, smelly and looks rough as hell. It's absolutely gorgeous and would love to own it.
Mark Wallis Could not have said it better myself.
Just like my mother in law😂 except the second bit
john dowe Doh!
It will make a great work horse, and with that trailer do all sorts of heavy hauling around the county.
@@johndowe7003 i got a mother in law thats similar and shes a 4x4..4 foot tall by 4 foot wide..🤣
Vice Grips on the battery terminal. That’s “factree.”
Mint 👌
Good field fix! When you have to rig a fix with what you have on-hand, its a win!
Help me understand!!! I don't knowwww...
@Paul Veldman I didn't really need help understanding. That is one of Vice Grip Garage's quotes.
True strate out of the factory
So glad to see that old girl moving again can't wait to see her hooked up to the lowboy and getting back to work
Amen!!!!
Totally agree, Matt if you ever get a chance to make it to Indiana, look me up. Lunch or dinner is on me. Your autocar is built similar to my old army trucks. Love to shout the BULL with you over a meal.
@@nickslistm246 Dont tempt me with a free meal! Ill find something to buy out there just to get the free lunch hahah
@@DieselCreek well come on by, bring the Mrs., your camera And the meatball. my wife loves dogs, hints we have 2 geriatric pups and I'll give you a tour of my collection of old army trucks (5) and trailers (11).
How much you want to bet it want crank up by its self in the winter
Diesel Creek- I worked for a small truck line in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-seventies and a huge scrap yard had a brand new Autocar with a 3408 Cat engine in it. To a young mechanic it was a real thing of beauty! I had straight pipes and sounded awesome!
She is one of the most gorgeous machines I've ever seen. I absolutely love old hardware.
The auto car brings back some fun memories. Dad was chief mechanic for a small oil drilling company in Colorado in the early and mid-50s. I started doing some grease monkey and swamping for him and some of the drivers when I was about 10 or 11 years old. The best job I had was firing up one of the rig trucks when it was time to bring it into the shop for dad to work on. They had a couple of auto cars I don’t remember what year or what type of engine. But watching this Brought back the fun memories of sitting in the cab pulling like crazy on the compression release lever, spinning up the engine and then dropping that compression lever and hearing that engine shake and rattle and finally smooth out. Naturally being 10 or 11 I took the longest way possible from the yard right next to the shop before pulling the truck in the bay. Love an auto car!
Well, the old machines like a good easy warm up.....
dude you had a awesome childhood
Man that's cool as hell. The possibilities are endless with this truck! I have a 1940 Cummings that is mounted on a trailer, I use it to run a pump in a creek to water about 40 acres. I keep the filters cleaned oil full and it fires every time! When I open her up the folks 10 miles away can hear her!
@NNNNNNNGGGG she runs that pump like no body's business cranks Everytime and at night she will have that manifold red hot when you drive down and check o her. I've used her, my dad and granddad got her out of an old truck
Cummins*
@@tinoswrld that drives me nuts too lol
@@DieselCreek lol
Jason King Does it have a backdrop manifold? An N/A Cummins with a backdrop manifold has the most beautiful exhaust bark you’ll ever hear! I hope you post a video of her working one day!
You need a 40s era dozer to go on the low boy, what a sight that would be!
Yeah!
You got that right. I know where there's a 1947 gas IH dozer for $3500...bad news is it's in New Mexico!
The good thing about these old rigs everything was rebuildable along side the road as long as you had a few tools and common wear items on board.
Lol Smooth Mention Of Derek from Vice Grip Garage There Matt With the Vice grip Terminal Clamps Love it 8:07 @Diesel Creek @Vice Grip Garage
Everybody knows that batteries enjoy “a little tappy tap tap”......don’t listen to the others!
I used to do that all the time on my old machines! Worked every time! 😁
It's one of my favorite "hacks" from RUclips.
@CivilDefenseLLC I don't even like using them round post batteries I swap em to the stud style and it.makes life a lot easier and wastes less time.fiddling with em. Round posts get no love from me they get the. Biggest hammer like object first then the vice grips/screw/nail
@CivilDefenseLLC Thats the most american thing ive heard today XD
every mechanic that's worked on farm equipment has done it at least once, and it worked
You can hardly hear it coming, better get that horn going🤙
Use it or lose it........
Considering that it's been standing around for the last 15 years it's in better condition than than "bush wacker" you bought LOL
Hahahah very true!!!
American made. Built to last not replace. Wish we went back to that method
😀
@@DieselCreek Love your truck. Does she have the Ross power steering, or manual gearbox.
He keeps working on the bush wacker long enough he can call it American remade.
I guess even Spielberg would give you 5 stars for this one... IT'S ALIVE..... the effort you put in to make these vids is awesome... great work... superb result Matt.
Those old N/A Cummins have such a distinct, beautiful tone when you lean into a load.
that truck is actually holding air pressure? that's kinda amazing.
You ever hear the saying they don't build stuff like they used to like this truck for example
@@ethanspaziani5269 my dad’s backhoe was like that, it was able to run and be used despite having multiple problems (one brake was gone, it had multiple leaks, and was missing the seat) until the engine started knocking
@@jakealter5504 we live in a shity world today with all this amazing technology and advancement it looks like we have regressed backwards in terms of useful technology re equipment is suffering from greed not only our society now
@@ethanspaziani5269 sounds right. All my dad’s backhoe needs to be usable is having it’s engine rebuilt. I had accidentally ran the engine too low on oil and didn’t realize it was knocking since the machine is loud, thankfully we shut it down before it could get worse. Hopefully we will eventually rebuild the engine since getting a newer used backhoe in decent shape would cost more than rebuilding the engine would
@@jakealter5504 it's better to repair and keep your old stuff working because new stuff will brake four times faster
Greetings Matt!
As the son of a trucker who owned mostly Chevies from the 40s until his last, his only new truck in 1975, I can't tell you how pleased I am and how much I can identify with the feelings you have for your sweet pile of tired iron. Keep up the great work and the super content. I admire your killer work ethic!!
Thank you much!
Wilson Contracting Co. was a road contractor that did a lot of contract work for Delaware DOT in the mid 50s thru late 1970s. They had a yard office in State Road, Where Route 13 and Route 40 come together in New Castle, Delaware. State Road is now considered and addressed as part of New Castle. My uncle who was a foreman in the 60s and 70s for Rupert Construction, who was mainly a concrete company, worked on quite a few road projects with Wilson.
Well are you selling a 59 out of cards exactly the same model it had a 10-speed or 96 transmission in it the situation was if that truck there as a air box in a supercharger turn around you have to turn around be careful of how high you push it because to turn around the head bolts on a 220 Cummins don't have enough head bolts in order to hold her down you may have to turn around and do a head gasket repair that's the way it was for me anyway and I always had to use brand new head bolts to turn around because of the situation that they would turn around leak after a few thousand miles but my truck my auto car with my 262 model which is some size of the motor with a with a supercharger on it turned around it so that turn around and been bored out to a 335 there by which I didn't have enough head bolts nor to hold the head together miss my old truck having to turn around and let it get froze split around the middle good luck to you my friend
one of the biggest problems was the old trucks was a series parallel switch turned around 1201 side then when you turn around try to start and went to a 24 volt system it always had a problem starting and no soul so I had a problem turning around keeping the batteries charged up you best off to turn around if you're going to do a rebuild just buy a 12 volt starter and go from a positive ground to a negative ground which the old trucks used to be the old truck used to have a
That’s awesome, love those old trucks, built tough and well, you can’t kill them. I’m a trucker and today’s trucks can’t hold a candle to those old rigs! Today’s trucks may be modern and full of computers but they aren’t made from quality and won’t last like those old beauties!!
No doubt!!, they won’t be able to be fixed either because of all that tech crap
@@DieselCreek That's right, we live in a throw away society today, my current truck a 2020 Kenworth and it will probably be in the scrapheap someday and that gem you have will still be running and looking sweet. Hold on to that Autocar !! Some day I'm gonna buy a truck like the one you have, I already own a Greatdane trailer mostly for storage, but I will need a cab to pull it.
Impressed the Old brakes work so well and man that horn is getting better and better love them old style horns Matt dang i love that exhuast sound so much 😂 23:40 @Diesel Creek
That things awesome. Love old trucks like that.
Thanks!!
Diesel Creek yea I’m the kid on Instagram that keeps pesterin ya lol
Cherish the old iron and save it, no one else will...awesome job Matt.
When you drove up the gravel drive with the camera on the ground and horn blaring, I suddenly had a flashback to Spielberg's first film, "Duel". 😊 Just love seeing this old iron get used again. BTW if you can't find a cab, maybe at least some doors and you won't have to do so much patchwork.
There used to be alot of these workhorses in the back of my family's home as there used to be an industrial workshop that was abandoned (unknown reason) I would play around there as a kid and my parents would scold me alot! This video brought a load of nostalgia that I could even smell the all familar oil and tires! Good times! Awesome video!
I just wanted to add a note to say how much I enjoy your videos. I used to enjoy doing as a hobby a few of the many things you are involved with, but I am 65, I have no energy due to chronic Lyme disease, and what energy I do have goes to helping to take care of my partially paralyzed spouse. Enjoy your life and your health while you still have both.
Thank you!
it's been a pleasure so far watching these videos. it sure brings back memories of driving these on my first real truck driving job. we had two old Autocars and two old Mack's. i can't believe you have 1 dislike on this video.. just be a smart car driver or my brother
Hahahah 😂
No it's probably somebody who just don't like Matt
They're now 15 loosers ! They're to be everywhere, especially on good channels like Matt's here. Sad.
That was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be to watch. You did a great job with the narration and photography. Your enthusiasm also helped!
I've watched this numerous times and am impressed again and again with how much work you've invested in your property! You deprecate your efforts but they're quite impressive.
I don’t know anywhere near enough but with a truck like this boy would I learn quickly.
It would give me so much joy to clean and restore this truck, but not to all brand new parts.
drove a diamond rio , street -tow-motor,,,i could put a 45' trailer any place forward and reverse,,retired now,,,46 years driving and no chargeable accidents,,,your vids bring back memories,,,thanks
Such a sight!! Definitely made my morning!
Matt, I love your excitement about this old truck. It's so great to se people like you saving old equipment from the boneyard.
Glad you're having fun with the old girl. Can't wait to see her shiny and road worthy again. All the best from down under.
Takes me back in the day, areal beauty. Vice grip clamps keep things workin like the should. Great job Matt !!
Work fascinates me. I can watch it for hours! And I really like that horn! Truly a blast from the past!
I have a sign that says that somewhere 😂
Omg I’ve been waiting for this
Same
Me too i hope we get a up date on the trailer for it
Yeeeees finally
All in due time!
This truck is what brought me to this channel. Keep up the good work!
Kinda sounds like, "Christine" after she limps back to the garage. Love old trucks!
The exhaust sound is so unique with this rig especially being a Diesel sounds alot like a big block v8 Matt 14:49 @Diesel Creek
This ol' gurl makes my heart pitter-patter. I own the mate to her but 21 years newer with a Cummins, hauling a 4600 gallon water tank. It lived it's life in MT and ID spraying water on new road construction. It looks like new and runs like new with just a smidge over 100,000 miles on her. I would enclose a pic of her but don't wish to take any thunder from your great video documentary ! Keep up the stellar work; I love your work and commentary ~
Dude ! I am stoked for you ! Love that truck !
Thanks!!
I always like to see old school trucks n cars brought back to life ! 👍👍
She's an ol' beauty. I hear music coming from the exhaust pipe!(well maybe its coming directly the manifold)
She has a muffler on passenger side,,prefferenly a stack
@@hemiroyd7431 what Ed means is it sounds like the exhaust is exiting under the hood, most likely from a rust hole. Nothing too hard to fix if the owner wants it quieter! I prefer my trucks as quiet as possible, but my trucks are all for daily use and not for showing off!
Great old truck !!!! Good to see her rollin' ! Trailer and tractor is gonna look great !! I'm 70 years old . From a pipeliner family . I grew up on the pipeline up and down Route 66 in the 50's . I remember lots of AutoCars haulin' pipe .
Oh that sound bought back a memory or two, had driven a 180 Cummins in an A series ERF when I first started driving articulated lorries back in the day .
My dad drove autocars as a truck driver hauling steel .when I was a boy, I will never forget the purr of the engine, enjoy it.👍👌😇
Cool as hell. Amazing that it hasn’t moved in 15+ years. Seems that old technology pretty much never lets you down. Good luck in the future Matt with your planned restoration.
I’ll be looking forward to it.
Iron, mechanical linkages, no electrical gizmos besides gauges and an hourmeter - that's how equipment should be.
SHE LIVES! Nothing like Christmas in August. Congratulations on getting her moving down the road.
Please do a restoration series on this, you will win the Internet man, love all your videos 🤙🤙
I’m planning on it!!
It's great to see old trucks like that still running. They don't make em like that anymore. You got some nice acreage there too. Bet it looks like paradise in the fall when the leaves change colors.
I almost started yelling, “don’t hook that trailer”. Good thing you’re smart.
That falls under, work smarter not harder.
If you HAD hooked that trailer and the fifth wheel jammed you would have probably had to unbolt or cut the fifth wheel (legs) away from the truck and leave it hang under the trailer so you could get to the locking mechanism. 240 ish pounds of cast steel just poised to fall on you.
Great series of videos, looking forward to seeing many more on this old gem.
i love your cargo container shed and if you want to make it longer you could just add more and make them back to back and even connect doors in the middle to walk through
I like it too, but I've wondered how well they drain water off the top though... If they weren't slightly pitched outwards from the awning end, would water pour into the dry covered area during a heavy rain? And if it were tilted, would that limit the interior usability due to the floor being tilted? Or did Matt just say the heck with it, install the containers plumb, and Blackjack the heck out of the seams...
@@mdemers767 If you watch the container shop build videos, there's a 1" slope towards the outside.
thinking about it you could do the plastic gutters there rally cheep and just shed the water away
@@danhard8440 Finish the roof, walls and floor first. Fancy guttering can come later.
I ran across your videos when I happen to see the old picture of that auto car! I absolutely love them older vehicles like yours!! It kinda reminds me of one of my favorite vehicles the old Willy’s!! The fenders, the windows! They are just way cool & wish they still made them today!! The vehicles they build today are rusted completely out by the time the motors need freshened up!! No point in fixing up a vehicle that has really light tin & all rusted out if you ask me!! I’ve been building an old 1969 Chevy 3/4- 1 Ton 4x4!! I’ve had my truck for 25 years & won’t ever sell it!!
Gorgeous old truck. My grandfather drove old girls like this, started truckin in the 50s and finished in 2003.
What a awesome truck it happens to be 1 year newer then me rock on Matt
That's awesome you mentioned Derek from VGG. Both of y'all's channels are awesome to watch.
Hey Matt, good video, I'm proud of you. Life is tough and we all work hard but every now and then, we get one of those rare moments where we feel like we're winning. You driving your 1957 Autocar tractor, on the road you built, on your own property... buddy you were winning that day! 👍🏻👊🏻
Thanks for another right up my street video, I feel your joy with motors, I have had 50 years of this great life with old trucks. Good luck.
Damn that’s one badass truck. The old auto cars are absolutely beautiful
I live where autocar is made my cousin owns a factory which does the wiring harness for the new autocar trucks
So simple and basics yet it did what it needed to do. And after years of neglect still fires up.
Try this with a newer truck in 50 years 🤣
Shoot alot of the times, you can't even do that after 50 days...
I agree, you’ve got a Cool truck. I’ll be watching to see if get her fixed up.
The kind of guy who will not allow the jaws of defeat from taking victory away from him. Fighting to the end, whatever it takes. Very, very good!
Matt, greetings from Philippines , everytime I see and hear old machines you repaired start and run , I find joy !
Thanks for the video!
I Seldom leave comments, but I felt it was worth leaving one. A-cars are just awesome! Great video!
It’s one of the only things you can drive at 10 miles an hour and be happy
Love the video! So happy for you. What a great truck! Can't wait to see your next video.
Shes a runner for being 64 years old. Looks awesome Matt. Derek would consider this a going to town rig.
Your farm is lovely, your technical expertise is super, but the best thing about your video is your sense of humor, you are funny as hell. It makes the video very entertaining to watch. Your videos are truly an anti-Covid device.
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while!! I love that truck!! I would hope you’re going to put the spring brake cans on there when you start working on it. When I first started driving trucks we had a couple trailers at work that were older and didn’t have spring brakes on them. If you didn’t hook up the air lines and charge the brakes they would roll back wards as the air would leak off and the brakes released! Keep up the great videos Matt!
Back in the 70s here in the UK trailers had an automatic system to apply the brakes with air from a tank when the tractor unit was disconnected. This was ok unless the trailer had a slow air leak. I've seen many drivers back under trailers and push them back where they shouldn't be because the brakes had let go. Can work out very expensive. Now they have spring brake chambers.
Let’s hope the next video on this beauty doesn’t take as long to come out
I like that old thing :) Glad you can drive it (some what)!
It's fun bringing them back to life. I just resurrected a 74 corvette that's been sitting for at least 15 yrs. A lot if work but it's sure fun to drive. Good job. God bless
Very very cool! I used to be really in to vintage trucks, I had a late 40's KB-8 International, I bought it out of a scrap yard, 372 Red Diamond gas engine which after some work, ran ok, long story short I had 3 back surgeries which ended my vintage truck hobby...anyway keep plugging away on your A-car, you will have a nice truck eventually.
I remember as a kid all Cummins engines had a compression release for starting and stopping.
Really sweet AutoCar, one of my favorite trucks especially the older ones like you have and love them in the single axle.
built and runs like a tank!
Hello Mr. Diesel Creek (from somewhere north of the 43rd!) I have been following the story of the '57 Autocar since the beginning...A couple of ideas: 1) replace those battery terminals - the best thing you can do to 'get 'er spinnin'.'!!! 2) use 'spray lube' with a heavier oil content - here's the two-step method I use on those 'ancient moving parts' that we all encounter...I use spray kerosene (or WD-40 / penetrating oil) to loosen the joints - then fire either white silicone lube or just plain old CHAIN OIL liberally on the parts... By the way, I love the 'shed' you've made out of those two old 'containers' GREAT IDEA...and you've got extra lockable storage in the containers! I see you're going to pour a 'pad' floor...Throw in all your old scrap metal after pouring the first layer...then add the top layer. You'll have an AMAZINGLY STRONG floor. (and don't forget to 'score' the floor in sections before the cement is completely dry - that way if it moves in the frost / thaw - it will move in segments instead of just cracking in an irregular fashion) Keep up the great videos :) Jim (PS: break down and buy a 'dumpload' of ViceGrips of various sizes...you CAN'T go wrong! I use them all the time in my own 'get 'er goin' ' exploits!)
I had a 1981 auto car dump truck with tandems in the rear and 1 drop axle. Loved that old truck. Had a Cummins in it . Hauled 16 tons of dirt like nothing . It weighed over 29 thousand pounds unloaded not a light truck . Great video sir
"Exellent video" love seeing these old Rigs comeing Alive again. Great job.
Cheers Grant ; )
Right on brother! will be watching this as soon as my work meeting is over with lmao
Great News, well, done. Maybe the old girl needs to pull something heavy for a bit, something like your dozer , just to get them valves cleared out from standing so long. But for now = WAHOO - LOL, thanks for the video - Ian - UK.
1950s, roaring up a very long hill in summer with a load of sandstone for Mormon church, lowest possible gear, cab door open, left foot flat to the boards, right foot on the running board, one hand on the wheel, body as far out as possible to avoid roasting in cab! Heroic days of tough drivers . Col NZ.
You made my heart feel good hearing that old girl hum along, brings back good memories for me..good work on her, and please, please dont paint her leave her just like she is..Beautiful!
Too rotted out it’s getting fixed
Did say not to fix her, just don’t paint her.
@@alk5749 the idea is a restoration I beleive
Man, that engine sounds GOOD spinning up! Kind of like an air starter.
just to keep it short I LOVE IT
Me too!!
about time . soo excite
So was I!
Have to say I’m addicted to your video’s, you remind me of my much younger self and it’s great. Please keep it up - well done.
I'm a VGG supporter and a former truck driver.....love the old units
So glad this is here
Glad your here to watch it!
Something made the same year i was made that can start right up is really impressive!
PS: Loved the video!
I learned to drive trucks on this same type but a ten wheeler. I loved that truck. Sooo many gears to choose from and this was 2004 and we used it daily for work delivering septic tanks. Miss that truck
Matt, you and my brother would get along famously. He loves to get old machines running too. He gets such a big smile whenever an old hunk of iron fires up. Especially when he has been told that it won't run due to a seized cylinder, or whatever.
I love the sound please restore it but just enough to be safe dont fix the paint or the look
The gnarly old patina is great. That trick of buffing the paint and surface rust with beeswax can preserve the look without it getting worse.
I guess this is when all those beautiful pieces of metal found their freedom in the primary transmission LOL
Thats awesome. I love it! Alittle jealous
Like.how it says diesel on the hood lol
The fact he shouted out Derek at Vice Grip Garage (my other go to vehicle revival page) gives me happiness
That's the best drive of such a old truck i have seen in ages