Kenworth Needle Nose Rescued from the weeds
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Welcome to the channel, Introducing the newest project to the channel, I was scrolling Facebook Monday morning and see a listing on a kenworth page for a “1952 Vintage Kenworth” I assumed it was in the US or Canada and someone had just shared it to this Aussie kenworth group but the trees and paddock looked too Australian,
So after searching various states on market place I found out it was sitting 2 hours north of Sydney.
I messaged the bloke who had listed it and gave him my number, after nervously waiting a few hours for a phone call hoping that someone else hadn’t beat me to it he rings me and gives me the story on the truck and how he’s selling for an old mate of his.
I made him an offer which they agreed on and had it picked up on a drop deck and brought down to Vic.
I’m not sure how many of these trucks are in Australia but I know it can’t be many! Since recording this I’ve spoke to one of the owners from the 70s-80s who gave me some good information which I will share in the next video.
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Very cool👌
Thanks Mark! love your videos you’re the reason I started this channel.
Cheers
Love to see how genuinely hyped you were to add this truck to your collection! Super sick 🤘
Thanks mate I’m still excited about it I can’t wait to get it in the shed and swap another engine into it!
Awesome find, lot of work to do, hopefully we will see it at a truck show one day?. Keep up the good work.
Yep lots of labour and parts hunting/fabrication on this one, it will be at a show probably a few on a drop deck before I really start working on it!
Ooh nice ! Twin sticks and a Detroit 2smoke ! Hard to beat in a classic like that. Well happy for you matey.
Cheers, Ard
Thanks mate should be a good project! The hunt is on for parts now!
@@dieseldownunder. Keeping a 2smoke in it please ? I think a 8v92 might be suitable with it being a v8 and such 😁🤩🙂
Yes I’m looking for a 2 stroke to put in it, either another inline 6-71 but they are hard to find with jakes I’ll have to measure up and see if an 8v would fit under there
HA Good score mate! I saw that and had it saved on marketplace. Great looking early truck. Look forward to watching the progress!
Thanks mate I jumped on it straight away I knew I had to save it! I’m keen to get stuck into it aswell
Good save
What a cool old beast !!, wow, bit of work to do but will be a classic !!!,
cant wait to see you get busy on the twin sticks :)
The HCVC forums have plenty of knowledge and great people there
Yep a big project for sure but the great thing about it almost everything is there and I’ve found out a lot of history on the truck and have some great old school pics of it from back in the day when it was brought out here!
I think that’s my favourite part of the truck being twin stick so I’m super keen to make a start on this one!
I have been on there abit and done a lot of reading, lots of old school blokes so I’ll have to get back on there and have a look
I've never seen guards like that on a KW only the log trucks but their different. That grill's the same as what they put on the S2 923. Surprised to see highway diffs some had SRDDs I think.
The steel guards are custom made by the previous owner I still have the original fibreglass ones though, I think the grill is the same width but a different shape at the top and not as tall, also the rear diffs have been changed from the originals sadly
@@dieseldownunder. Thanks you've got some classic trucks there those S2s are rare as. I'm looking for a project in the future maybe an R600 or something. I'm not into real long bonneted trucks much.
That’s fair an old r600 would be perfect! I’m a fan of long bonnets I won’t lie👌🏻
What a find! This would awesome to get drivable and back on the road but leave the patina and character in place. 80573, its a Canadian truck converted to LHD, Waaay to go. 🚛👍
Thanks mate it’s definitely going back on the road if I can do all the work and leave the patina I will for sure!
Absolutely love your work enjoy all videos especially the S model keep up the build ,cheers Phil
The tag plate on mine is mounted on the dog house extension right in the middle of the cab just above the floor where it bumps out for engine clearance.
Thanks for watching Phil I look forward to making more videos on this truck!
I’ll check it out I need to clean the cab out and have a good look
Cool AF!
Gday Mate how you going really enjoy your videos keep up the good work if it old and a Kenworth your on a winner.
I have a 64 model Seatle I am restoring
103296 it was the 23 Kenworth imported into Australia.I looked up my info I have and it says 80000 numbered trucks are Canada built.Looking forward to more videos on all of you trucks Cheers.
Hey mate thanks for watching! I was told that by another bloke aswell so Definitely Canadian built. That’s awesome I checked out your RUclips and your sar which looks great aswell!
How far along are you with your Seattle?
@@dieseldownunder. Gday mate my youtube videos aren't very good but I'm working on getting some better cameras and doing some more practice. The seatle is coming along slowly motor is a 8V92TTA fully rebuilt and a rebuilt 15 over round the corner box and I have 46s on Neway for the back end.I just bought a second hand 909 chassis for it as my rails are toast.She is going to work every day the same as my Sar
Just keep chipping away a part from here a part from there nothing's cheap.
Cheers looking forward to more videos on your trucks.
Cool truck. My channel is more about old cars, however, I like trucks, bulldozers etc too and have a couple of Ransomes Crawlers. I have just subscribed to you 👍.
Thanks mate I’ll be sure to check out your channel! I’ve heard of ransomes but I’ve never had one yet… thanks for the sub👌🏻
@@dieseldownunder. my pleasure
Hi if your Melbourne based what's the chances of taking some mesurments of that cab and doors as I'm looking a fabbing a cab and doors from scratch
No worries at all mate your welcome to do that, I’m in Geelong so not too far
Send me an email and I’ll give you my phone number jkpplanthire@gmail.com
It's turning into an addiction 😅😅
I think so too atleast I’m not in denial 🤦🏻♂️😂
@@dieseldownunder. You could be addicted to worse things 😁
how good! another day another project, cant wait to see it done 🫡
Always more projects around here! If you keep giving me money I might have enough to get them all done😍
LW Possibly 548??
@@damienodonohue1327 possibly, so far I think it’s a 900 series because it has the 3 price grill shell the 500s we’re all one as far as I can tell
Oh goodo cobber 👍
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