Man i wish i was old enough to have been rollin coal down the asphalt in the 70s and 80s might have been a rough ride but damn the trucks then were beautiful machines aint nothing like the trucks in thos times
They were not that ruff as most had airbags under the rear end. Ford had an air ride cab back then (1976 up) way before it's time. I drove over the road back then and have had fast trucks and slow trucks. Big engines back when were the 3408 cats, E-8 Mack, 475 hp Detroit two-stroke, Alis Cambers had the big purple big AL 450 hp, and Cummins had two engines KTA 600 and the KTTA 600. Hard to say of these which was the best, but Detroit could not run with the others. Here is the break down of these engines. The Cat 3408 engine had a soft crank in that the pistons set up at around 60 degs would snap if you gave it to much. It would pull and do great if you keep your foot out of it. The Mack E-8 was and still a great engine and would last. Cummins two Kta type engines were different and both were like walking on eggshells. The KTTA had ungodly horsepower as it started around 650 hp and you could turn it to 1200 hp. The Kta Cummins would do 625 hp and started around 450 hp. The Alis Chambers started at 450 hp and I know some had 725 hp. They would pull and for some reason, Alis stopped putting them in over the road trucks around 1980. All the other engines made were between 290- 425 hp and as such one of the above would eat their lunch. The Cabover trucks were ruff riding as hell except for the Ford CL9000. Hoods were nice and rode great but you have to remember that we had length laws back in the '70s and early '80s. Back then 55' the '70s was it and anything over would get you a ticket. It then went to 65' and after the 48' trailers came out there was mostly no length law. That is where you saw the longer wheelbase trucks start coming about. I can tell you 55'/3" would get you a $121.00 ticket 1979 in Tenn. Yep, I had them show me on the tape as I knew I could not be over length. Come to find out the shop had changed bumpers on the trans star 2 and placed washers and added a plate and that changed the length. The companies head shop guy had a talk to his guys about that. Weight was another thing as well. Everywhere but up the Mississippi River was 80,000 pounds. MS, Ark, Mo, and ILL was 73,280 pounds gross weight. Needless to say, I and others learned real quick how to run around scales. Fruitloop made a good looking hood back then as well, but the Pete ext hood was the truck everyone wanted. That truck would take any engine. I can say I have had one of the fastest trucks in the US at one time as I and a few others left Elpaso and a little less than 8 hours later we're in Houston Tx, 1986was the year and the engine was this KTTA 600 1000 hp 6x6 over trans 292 gears. I had to back out of it for them to stay with me. I had to be in Cigar city produce market the next morning before 5:00 am their time coming from shaky. We all had fun back then and you could see 3 or more trucks pull over to help a broken-down truck. If one driver didn't have the part to fix it with some other drive may have it and it was fixed if they could.
Stoned Pony1 i drove 379s 389s w900 all long hoods the petes were 36’ and my kw i drive now is 36.7’ long thats just my truck then my trailers are 50’ and 53’ and usually weigh around 96,000 lbs total trucks have come a long way but in the wrong way. There a few old trucks with millions of miles and more over hauls than owners. Today our trucks r more unrealiable then ever. i get a new truck every 50,000 to 100,000 miles and within that time my truck is in the shop atleast 4 times before i swap for a new thats unexeptable and im a stickler on maintenance. Not to mention my kw only has 1 stack thats functional the other is just stuck on for looks not even connected because of the def and the jake sounds like a sick kitten. Back then the trucks always sounded better than the radio if u could even here the radio haha and had big old steering wheels beautiful dashes had reliability and simplicity so it could be worked on by the driver with common knowledge. and also u r 100% correct about everybody stoping to lend a hand i remember seeing that all the time but not these days people will drive by all day and rarely u may get a car or 2 to stop and ask if you need a ride or a hand its sad
💯😎👍👍 My uncle drove one just like that when I was a kid my favorite of trucks I'm 35 now n drive a 94 fld converted into a dump truck very sharp truck right there n good engine to go with it...
This is an awesome ride i would take this over a peterbilt all day long if i had the chance just to run a little history great video thanks have a great day be safe.
2fast65 u are one dumb person then . peterbilt has the best resale of any truck on the market period. a loaded up 87 ext359 Pete would cost almost 20 grand more if order w same drive train. u are a bad business man sir
@@jeremymccardle3696 to each there own. Not everyone is in it to make a flip or worried about resale. Fewer of these old FLCs rolling down the road than 359s.
Thats a sick truck! But those fenders... have you ever tried chaining up a truck with those fenders? They look cool, but would be removed if I owned this truck.
Hey JTS , still have this good looking junk truck on the lot for sale, its worth maybe 10 000 $ no more, but they want 87 000 $, this dealer is head sick, there prices are from the Moon....TH
Me and my step brother rode cross country Fresno Ca to Boston in '85 dads freightliner but ours had the small bunk sleeper. All 3 of us are named Jerry.
You just have to admit Freightliner make's a fucking sweet tractor fella's and the earlier model's are even more sexy they have hood extensions down at the bottom near the lower fender that used to extend down to the bottom of the fender I think they were in like 87 or 88s I even think the split windshield rocks ..I have an old friend who has one powered with a worked over 12V92 TS and he has it running sweet and NO STRAIGHT pipes and it still sounds like music ..
Very beautifull this Freithgliner FLC 120 1987, pretty and sexy truck. I love this truck. This engine is CAT 3406 425HP, great engine. How much? What is the price?
JimmyCasket 02 nah, put the purple governor spring in the pump, back the screws out, put a big windmill on it, and turn the last 2 gears around on that 13 speed. Left lane gang here it comes.
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One of the Original Freightshakers!! When trucks were trucks!! And built to last
How much hp can you get out of the c model safely turned up
525-550 safely.. anymore and you have to keep a constant eye on the pyro.
The flat top makes for such a gorgeous truck
Gotta love the Flattops. My Drivers like the ones I own. Although all mine are pre 1990 T600 and W900's with 60" flat tops.
Nothing will ever sound as good as a Cat motor!
Tyrelle Greenwood except 2 cat motors
2 stroke Detroit does imo but those cats do sound ferocious
Amen!
@@TerryByrdJrMy 318 never sounded like that
This is the #1 best looking tractor ever built as far as im concerned .. love this model!!
Last of the nice "shakers"
Jeff Campbell I would actually say the fld Classic and fld120 was pretty oldschool looking of the last that Freightliner did
Your right Jeff, Freightliner has sure turned to shit now...That is a good looking truck there !
That is is the baddest freight shaker I have ever seen
when freightliner made real trucks
I'm from Europe and u are spot on 👍!
Nice truck for flat-bedding! These Freightliners were the LAST of the real trucks. Now all they offer is the aero-dynamic Plastic JUNK!!
Theres plenty of XLCs still on the road
Man i wish i was old enough to have been rollin coal down the asphalt in the 70s and 80s might have been a rough ride but damn the trucks then were beautiful machines aint nothing like the trucks in thos times
They were not that ruff as most had airbags under the rear end. Ford had an air ride cab back then (1976 up) way before it's time. I drove over the road back then and have had fast trucks and slow trucks. Big engines back when were the 3408 cats, E-8 Mack, 475 hp Detroit two-stroke, Alis Cambers had the big purple big AL 450 hp, and Cummins had two engines KTA 600 and the KTTA 600. Hard to say of these which was the best, but Detroit could not run with the others.
Here is the break down of these engines. The Cat 3408 engine had a soft crank in that the pistons set up at around 60 degs would snap if you gave it to much. It would pull and do great if you keep your foot out of it. The Mack E-8 was and still a great engine and would last. Cummins two Kta type engines were different and both were like walking on eggshells. The KTTA had ungodly horsepower as it started around 650 hp and you could turn it to 1200 hp. The Kta Cummins would do 625 hp and started around 450 hp. The Alis Chambers started at 450 hp and I know some had 725 hp. They would pull and for some reason, Alis stopped putting them in over the road trucks around 1980.
All the other engines made were between 290- 425 hp and as such one of the above would eat their lunch.
The Cabover trucks were ruff riding as hell except for the Ford CL9000. Hoods were nice and rode great but you have to remember that we had length laws back in the '70s and early '80s. Back then 55' the '70s was it and anything over would get you a ticket. It then went to 65' and after the 48' trailers came out there was mostly no length law. That is where you saw the longer wheelbase trucks start coming about.
I can tell you 55'/3" would get you a $121.00 ticket 1979 in Tenn. Yep, I had them show me on the tape as I knew I could not be over length. Come to find out the shop had changed bumpers on the trans star 2 and placed washers and added a plate and that changed the length. The companies head shop guy had a talk to his guys about that.
Weight was another thing as well.
Everywhere but up the Mississippi River was 80,000 pounds. MS, Ark, Mo, and ILL was 73,280 pounds gross weight. Needless to say, I and others learned real quick how to run around scales. Fruitloop made a good looking hood back then as well, but the Pete ext hood was the truck everyone wanted. That truck would take any engine. I can say I have had one of the fastest trucks in the US at one time as I and a few others left Elpaso and a little less than 8 hours later we're in Houston Tx, 1986was the year and the engine was this KTTA 600 1000 hp 6x6 over trans 292 gears. I had to back out of it for them to stay with me. I had to be in Cigar city produce market the next morning before 5:00 am their time coming from shaky.
We all had fun back then and you could see 3 or more trucks pull over to help a broken-down truck. If one driver didn't have the part to fix it with some other drive may have it and it was fixed if they could.
Stoned Pony1 good comment. Thanks for sharing bud
Stoned Pony1 i drove 379s 389s w900 all long hoods the petes were 36’ and my kw i drive now is 36.7’ long thats just my truck then my trailers are 50’ and 53’ and usually weigh around 96,000 lbs total trucks have come a long way but in the wrong way. There a few old trucks with millions of miles and more over hauls than owners. Today our trucks r more unrealiable then ever. i get a new truck every 50,000 to 100,000 miles and within that time my truck is in the shop atleast 4 times before i swap for a new thats unexeptable and im a stickler on maintenance. Not to mention my kw only has 1 stack thats functional the other is just stuck on for looks not even connected because of the def and the jake sounds like a sick kitten. Back then the trucks always sounded better than the radio if u could even here the radio haha and had big old steering wheels beautiful dashes had reliability and simplicity so it could be worked on by the driver with common knowledge. and also u r 100% correct about everybody stoping to lend a hand i remember seeing that all the time but not these days people will drive by all day and rarely u may get a car or 2 to stop and ask if you need a ride or a hand its sad
Quite a nice looking rig...really looks good for its age. It even has a Cat engine...even better!
💯😎👍👍
My uncle drove one just like that when I was a kid my favorite of trucks I'm 35 now n drive a 94 fld converted into a dump truck very sharp truck right there n good engine to go with it...
There's just something about the way a freightliner looks.
Back when Freightshaker built real trucks! I wish they would at least bring back the FLD132 Classic XL.
This is an awesome ride i would take this over a peterbilt all day long if i had the chance just to run a little history great video thanks have a great day be safe.
2fast65 u are one dumb person then . peterbilt has the best resale of any truck on the market period. a loaded up 87 ext359 Pete would cost almost 20 grand more if order w same drive train. u are a bad business man sir
@@jeremymccardle3696 Sheesh. What a rude reply to him. Who cares what he prefers.
@@jeremymccardle3696 to each there own. Not everyone is in it to make a flip or worried about resale. Fewer of these old FLCs rolling down the road than 359s.
@@ericrogers1913 10-4 over and out. Roger that 😄
What do you have that is To Fast for a 65 ?
Beautiful looking truck!
JJ Martin out of Maine had one done up with a 460C model in it we were great friends even put a few miles on it for him
Hey Steve is Sargent trucking out of Mars Hill ME.still around
@@Rollercoaster555 yes still going far as I know it's part of roadrunner group now has multiple companies under its banner
Whoever bought this sure got a nice rig. It would’ve looked good in my driveway here in Ohio!
Always love black on chrome, can't get enough of it!!
thats the cleanest cat i have ever seen, they love leaking and seeping oil. really nice truck
bergerk20 nowhere near as much oil as detroit or a cummins
Best looking and sound Freightliner ever.
that truck is the same age as me but shes in wayyy better shape
Mechanical 🐱.....doesn't get any better!!!!
So freaking nice it's hard to believe it's a freightliner
Thats a sick truck! But those fenders... have you ever tried chaining up a truck with those fenders? They look cool, but would be removed if I owned this truck.
Beautiful truck!!!!!!!😎😎😎👍👍👍 if it was mine id change only 1 thing id have the old style freightliner emblems on hood. But still freaking awesome
My favorite model of freightliner trucks !!!! , my dad used to drive a daycab rock bucket like that he, had a Cummins engine!!!!
Me too, this classic trucks is my favorite
those euro truck fan boys can have those ugly trucks...this is where it's at
Like apples to oranges... At least euro trucks are much more efficient and advanced.
Hey JTS , still have this good looking junk truck on the lot for sale, its worth maybe 10 000 $ no more, but they want 87 000 $, this dealer is head sick, there prices are from the Moon....TH
This was a duplicate of the truck I drove when my boss went bankrupt and left me on foot in Ontario CA. Ugh. Real truck.
Solid
Jeeze that is gorgeous. Would love that to pull our reefer in to the Toronto food terminal
Absolutely great motor , very strong and forced competition to up their game, unfortunately the 425 cat does not get good fuel econsmy.
We build cats... Good parts and engine..those who know CAT own CAT.. good stuff..night..
Wow what a beauty 😍
That's a clean azz freight shacker!!! Old school with a touch of new school with the fenders!!!! Cat just purrrrriiiiinnngggg! I love a phat cat! Lol
What a beauty 😊
Real truck there...
Красота!!!
Now that is a truck..beautiful
Dam..just absolutely badass!!!
The only difference between these old Freight shakers and a Jahova's witness was : ya can shut the door on a Jahova's witness! Lol
Me and my step brother rode cross country Fresno Ca to Boston in '85 dads freightliner but ours had the small bunk sleeper. All 3 of us are named Jerry.
I'm not a big fan of Freightshakers but I would make an exception with this one.
Beautiful
Идеальный обзор,идеального трака👌
Wow!
You just have to admit Freightliner make's a fucking sweet tractor fella's and the earlier model's are even more sexy they have hood extensions down at the bottom near the lower fender that used to extend down to the bottom of the fender I think they were in like 87 or 88s I even think the split windshield rocks ..I have an old friend who has one powered with a worked over 12V92 TS and he has it running sweet and NO STRAIGHT pipes and it still sounds like music ..
This is the only reason I love to visit America
If you ever find a truck like this again please let me know and consider sold
Wow!! Back when freightshakers WEREN'T ugly!!!
Que maquina más hermosa
Excelente caminhão, parabéns nota dezzzzzzzzzz....
Awww yeah got that yella kitty!!!!!
Nice truck like it like it!
Parabéns pelo vídeo.
👏👏👏👏
Lindo caminhão antigos dos EUA. Sou apaixonado pelos caminhões dos EUA desde 1985, eu tinha um quadro de um Kenworth
Está perronsisimo.el classico
Beautiful truck.
Best truck on the lot!
Got a truck kinda like this. How much for this? More info? Location? Thanks.
I love these trucks
A Taylor wing on top would complete it.
Very nice
❤❤❤
Sweet
Lovvvvvve it!!!
Just awesome
Very nice. Ready to go for another 30 + years. How much did it sell for?
SWEET!!!!!
A might bit better than the junk they produce now nice wheels
I love this truck!!!!😍
These hard to find an y they stop making it?
That is nice to look at
Gujguh
Can you show the inside and the inside back
Sweeeeet. Beautiful truck
Ilikeit yes William works 91
Top
Did it sell??
wow that is a beautifull truck.
How much for this truck? Its possible to buy it?
Optimus is that u?
Kitty cat !
👍
Lovvvvve it!
Do u still have this trk???
Sold?
I need it to pull my 41ft 5th wheel
Optimus Prime ❤️❤️❤️❤️😄😄😄😄
that B model CAT has to be worth as much, if not more than the truck!
How much for this
Very beautifull this Freithgliner FLC 120 1987, pretty and sexy truck. I love this truck. This engine is CAT 3406 425HP, great engine. How much? What is the price?
Cattttt
All it needs is a 3408 and it’d be perfect
JimmyCasket 02 nah, put the purple governor spring in the pump, back the screws out, put a big windmill on it, and turn the last 2 gears around on that 13 speed. Left lane gang here it comes.
@@gsnicholas8522everyone is entitled to their opinion even if it’s wrong
@@JimmyCasket02 you're right and you proved your point perfectly.
O yea I got the Freightliner Fever
Ain't she beautiful
😍😍😍😍
🔥❤🔥
They want 86k for it . Hope is comes with free s600
@ That Price,Hope the Diesel Has Been Redone Recently,it's 31 Years Old,But That Idle Sounds Good.
How much???
If that semi truck isn't original someone went to a lot of expense to fix it up
Thats cool haven't seen one of them old freightshackers in year's. Back before they turned into plastic pile of shit