In the early nineties my boss was airing up a split rim wheel at the mechanic shop I worked at when it blew . The ring hit him in the head killing him . There was nothing we could do . He would never use the cage thus costing him his life . Every time I see a split rim now it's a sober reminder of that sad day we lost a great boss and a wonderful friend .
@@Prebbets It happened behind me across the shop . It was an explosion like I had only heard in Viet Nam . We all ran to him but there was nothing anybody could do . I had seen enough head wounds in the service to know this . He basically died there on the shop floor in front of us . I was part timing at the local funeral home and when the remains came in the mortician said nothing could be done to make him complete and suggested a closed casket service .
Thanks for getting back to me, and I must say, OMG!! We had a worker recently get himself entangled in a lathe and that was a frightening experience. I was the person who had to wind the lathe the opposite way by hand to unwrap his clothes and hair from around the steel he was machining. He was very, very lucky to not have been torn apart. He's ok now, luckily. Anyway my brother, Hello from Melbourne, Australia to wherever you are and take care
I drove through Massachusetts a few weeks ago and when I saw the signs for Bernardston, I almost wanted to find that yard! Figured Steve would be roaming around preparing for a video.
Thanks Steve - Power Wagons are some of the coolest trucks ever made. When my Dad was young, a split ring came apart on him and threw him into the grease pit of the gas station where he worked. He somehow landed in such a way to break his jaw (the ring didn’t do it). Very uncomfortable, but could’ve been worse!
Those tire rings.. Back in 1981 I was 12 yrs old and riding in my dad's big truck for the summer. His truck (a White/ Freightliner cabover) didn't have those rings but having a flat ourselves he pulled into a truckstop in Arizona for repairs. Upon arriving we saw blue and red lights with police tape surrounding the shop area. We soon learned that a young inexperienced shop tech had lost his life due to one of those rings violently releasing from a tire he was attempting to repair. He was nearly decapitated. It was then and there that I learned that those things are no joke.
Similar story. My dad was a commercial tire salesman for BFGoodrich in late forties. Tech was rushing and did not place safety chains round tire/wheel assembly. Spit ring let go and decapitated the tech😳😳😳
I worked at a tire store in the 70s , the hardest job on a hot day was using the chisels and hammer take those split rims apart ! When we aired them up we had a long handled air chuck so we didn't have to put arms or hands in front of the tire and rim .
Heard and saw enough in tech school to know I didn't wanna work on trucks. There was a safety cage in the corner that was about a foot shorter than the other one next to it, but about 2 feet wider. That's because it did it's job.
@@Bloodbain88 Yea you could get away with refusing them these days. I'd imagine you'd have a difficult time finding an insurance company willing to carry your liability. They're so rarely utilized today that you'd need to find a shop that specializes in early model heavy equipment. And even back in the day the service industry learned quickly that those "widow makers" were to be isolated inside a sturdy safety cage when servicing one. Those cages remained a nesessary precaution that is still utilized today even with modern tires. Every big truck tire shop uses them. In fact, I saw a Loves road service truck using one on the side of the highway just yesterday.
I had 16.5 inch split rims on my 76 F250 pick up. Only big truck shops would mount tires on them. Tough off road and even tougher to get tires (16.5) and have mounted. Got a call to look at repairing a metal roof years later at a tire shop and there was half the tire cage jammed halfway through the the roof bending the steel roof girder beyond repair. Turned out the cage was not mounted to the floor properly and the operator had poked at the rim through the cage as he was airing up the tire. He got two stitches to his arm. His nickname is still Lucky. Cheers 🇨🇦
Carb setup similar to marine engines, we had a ‘56 Shepherd mahogany boat with 354 Hemi with two single carbs, some boats also had the straight 6 with dual single carbs
Early 70s buddy had a 50 something half ton Job Rated with a flat head. It was his daily for a decade and a good work truck then sold it to a couple that restored it. New engine. Drove to Canada and back. It was T-boned by a cop and destroyed. Driver went through the tiny passenger window and survived. This reminded me of that old truck. It hauled many many loads.
I owned a 1954 Dodge half-ton back in 1977. It was owned by an elderly artist in the foothills of Tucson. Instead of the six-banger I expected it to have, under the hood was a 1960 Chrysler 383 Golden Lion V-8 and automatic. What a fun vehicle to drive!!
I had a 57 Power Wagon 318. Totally unrestored. Sold to me with a "cracked block". I saw the freeze plugs laying in the dirt under it. I bought it, came back with freeze plugs, drove it home. Stone reliable.
My Uncle's had a Dodge similar to that. I wouldn't know the year. But they had a tow truck rig on it. I remember one of my uncles said it was the only tow truck they ever had that went faster uphill than it went down hill. And it would haul anything of any size that you put behind it.
Great choice Steve , man I hope someone else see' s the potential in this great truck for restoration and I mean the entire vehicle that is if the chassis is in ok condition . I know you said it's not , but ? Thanks Steve
In 1969, I needed a pick up, and there was one under a tarp next door, at a week end house. The people came up one week end, so I asked them about it. Turned out to be a cherry 55 Dodge 1/2 ton step side 5 window, with a 273 V-8 (I think, been a long time) that had quit on them, so the parked it. I bought it for $200. Pulled the engine and overhauled it. Ran like a top, used it and loved it for years. Sorry I sold it in about 73.
The gas station I worked at while in high school (1964-68) was also the only tire shop in town, so we did truck tires, tractor tires, airplane tires, we fixed them all. Broke down many a split rim, and safely reset them. We had an automatic inflator, set the air pressure and it would fill the tire, then shut off so you weren't nearby. Also, whenever the lube rack was free, we would raise it, place the tire under and lower the rack over the rim just in case.
Great info again! Nice to know that some big truck parts will interchange with smaller pickup!👍 I know Ma Mopar had a habit of doing that kind of stuff. My 97 Dakota has a manual trans & the clutch & brake pedals are the same as my 71 Demon's! Thanks!
My uncle Moe had a Dodge power wagon in the mid sixties, 4WD of course! He used it to plow snow. Im not sure what motor was in it,but my Dad told me that the truck had so much torque that uncle Moe had snapped the studs off the front axle on at least two occasions! It was a beast! My Dad had a 1966 Chevy with the big straight six cylinder and 4:56 gears! Uncle Ellijay had a 4WD INTERNATIONAL Travelall that he plowed snow with! Aunt Pat wood take us to church in it! The good ole days! I miss those people!
Back in 1975 when I was working part time as a mechanic on a used car lot one of the jobs I did was install a new / used differential on a 1956 Dodge dump truck / snowplow that was bought at an Illinois state surplus auction. I remember we had to wait quite awhile for the part because none were locally available. That was in the days before computers and you would phone in what you were looking for on the tri state want line and all the parts available were on paper card files that people would actually look thru for a fee you paid.
Back in the late 60s not to many places had a cage for inflating split rim tires. Buddy of mine used to fill them on the floor with the tire turned over and the retaining ring face ng down. He would sit on the tire holding the air hose on the stem. One time the split ring did blow off and he road that rim all the way up and crashed into the top of that16 foot gas station ceiling and back down. He was lucky, he only broke his arm.
Great Video as usual. We had a 1956 Power Wagon we used for our British sports car auto wrecking business It was a very unique powerful truck. It had the 215 flat head 6 and a crank shaft driven winch! It was very capable. I nearly lost my eye sight when we were dragging a car on a trailer and the winch pulled the wheels of the car off and a lug nut hit me ! That cab and chassis would make a great basis for a modernized ramp truck. It is very popular to rebuild/repower old 5tons as ramp trucks You could put a crate hemi and a 6 speed auto and a Dana70 from a !ton ram Use the interior from a pickup and Dakota digital gauges and have a unique ramp truck to haul a 68 Dart or similar mopar on Great work as usual love your videos and the amount of work you put into the history. Also I am particularly interested in old trucks Its great you found a yard with such a mix a vehicles The new yards are too sterile Until next time
I used to love doing the junkyard crawl this is how we did it before the internet but Southern and Central California most of the old wrecking yards are long gone. In the 1980sI used to have a circuit that would take me from San Diego up through the Central Valley past Sacramento I had about a dozen yards I would hit loading up with rare parts I knew people needed. At the time I had a Mopar restoration shop specializing in 1950s mopars. Today if it's not on the internet it probably doesn't exist or isn't for sale.
Those wheels are often called "Widow Makers" because quite a few mechanics and tire installers were killed when as you said things went boom....No tag, can't brag but possible Ditzler code 10142 Rackham Blue exterior paint.
One of the trucks I remember as a kid while working with my Dad in the equipment business was a customer from out in the country north of Vincennes Indiana. Our customer had a two ton or larger single axle Dodge box truck that was red, and had double headlights. I remember when we were in their area during their watermelon harvest, and the truck. The hood was up, heard one of they guys talking about an oil leak, and I was just tall enough to look over the front of the core support to see Mickey Thompson valve covers like the drag cars in my 197x Hot Rod magazine, where the spark plug tubes are, and yellow plug wires . I was about 12, and had seen the first early Hemi from my eyes. I was in awe! No bull, I can still see it, and can show you exactly where it was. I’m 500 miles away today, and more than 40 years older. Why did I get into the mechanic and truck parts business?
Remember the good old days when your car or truck stopped running you could usually tap on the carb or clean the points with whatever you had. Thanks for the video sir.
I've got a 56 Fargo 3 tom with a long frame that I want to make into a ramp truck. Whenever I worked on those split rims I had a clip on Chuck and about 20 feet of hose with a valve so I could stand way back.
I've been a big truck mechanic since 1997. Those split rims were still commonly running down the highway in my area up until around 2010 when most company's finally got rid of the trucks they were attached to. They were KILLERS for sure. Also, almost nobody I've worked with will use the tire cage, they should, zipper ruptures can happen at any time with the same explosive results. All tires should be respected for their explosive potential & treated accordingly.
Dodge did their fuel tanks a little differently on the lighter trucks; the fillers were in the cab but the pipe passed through to a tank under the floorboard.
I just bought a 54 Job Rated truck how cool you share this ! The one I bought has a Manley wrecker on the back and was actually used to tow cars into a junkyard about 30 years ago ! Video up on my channel
I like the caravan next to it. I almost bought one. A coworker offered to sell me his so we took it to our mechanic friend to have it inspected. He put it on the lift and it was totally rotted in the middle underneath. The guy didnt even know. I didnt buy and he sold it to the junkyard. Thats why you always have a mechanic check out a used car before buying guys.
Taking advantage of the GI Bill, at age 25, I found part-time employment at a universities physical plant garage. I was showed how to use the tire cage for the heavy vehicles. When I queried as to why the shop manager pointed up to the bottom of the raised overhead garage door, which sported a lop-sided telltale ring from a previous attempted ring installation. Narragansett Bay
Super cool Steve. Thx for all you do to educate us. Any 38-47 Ford COE trucks in that wrecking yard? I’d love to learn about those trucks. I have a 41 Ford COE but don’t know much about them.
My Dad had a 56 dodge pickup with a utility bed that looked the same, I always thought the wraparound front windshield didn't come out until 1956, but lately I've seemed to run across several 55's with them, must have maybe been a 55 midyear change?
@@SteveMagnante hey Steve, I've been reporting the fake copycat account asking commenters to contact you for prizes. I'd add a warning to viewers in your next video to not respond to your copycat account. ✌️
@@wizard5637 Stupid spammers and attention whores... Every time some stupid new social media platform comes along, the spammers all rush to register all of the popular names they can think of. We could spam them with worthless time-wasting replies...
Interesting video! Thanks. The more I see of old cars and trucks surfacing, the more I wish I could still pull a decent wrench on them. On a personal note, I recognize the careful pro-nun-ci-a-tion of B'r'n'dst'n for the other-than New England audience. Wonder what they'd do with "Wister" or "'P'b'dy"? Heck - my wife gives me gyp about Barnstable (insists it should be "barn stable" as two words) yet there is a town called La-FAY-ette here. Keep sending us the great info from the yard, please! (No matter how you pronounce it 😎)
I have an owners manual for 1960 Chevy trucks. Within are detailed instructions for de-mounting and mounting tires on split rims. Owners manuals today warn against drinking the contents of the battery
Dodge kept this cab in production from 1954 -1960 during the Power Giant era and then 1961 -1974 on the large diesel powered NC800s and ending with the 1974-75 Big Horn tractors
I remember when car restoration was an adventure going through wrecking yards and old auto parts store and dealership inventory's today it's just looking at a computer for what's listed.
Something is off there, the cab seems to be in the right place, but the nose is hanging over the bumper. There was a little yard east of here that had a Dodge about this year, a tow truck maybe 1-ton and that still had it's Hemi. The guy had saved all the Hemis from cars they scrapped and they were in a big pile - outside, and most had gotten water and stuff in them and ruined. Whole yard is cleaned out now. Didn't that cab get used on Dodge semi tractors up to around 1972?
The town of Hudson, NH got rid of theirs about 25 years ago, was a mid-50's Hemi with an odd extended casting of the block where it mates to the bellhousing.
I'm getting a chuckle , outta you 🤣 , putting extra effort on , pronouncing the town 😆 Such a New England accent 🤭🤫 it hurts.... LOL 😆 🤣 In all serious I do genuinely appreciate your extensive knowledge 🧑🎓that you share with us 🙆♂️
Hey steve..go back to when jimmy carter was prez..i believe MPC made it i was a funny car model..i had the basic shape of a peanut shell and a big toothy grin....i believe it was called the" quarter mile smile"....
These types of wheels are actually a split ring design, they can be dangerous but not half as dangerous as the real widow maker such as the Firestone rh5, with split rings you have an idea if the ring is seated correctly but with true split rims, they actually split in half and one side grabs onto a lip, which you have no idea if it’s fully seated by eye, I’m pretty sure they were banned and made illegal for road use
Steve one of my first jobs was working for Keeler st tire, in danbury, 16 years old, I change truck tire, I had the record, for changing 6 tractor tire with lock rings,15mins, Now Steve when I first started, I was watching a old man he was teaching me, Well one day he was not paying close attention, The ring was not locked in all the way, all of a sudden, It blows off shakes the building the ring rapped around a 10 steel I beam, , It was still there when they tore the building down, just, to make you remember, to take your time and be careful. Dangerous shit
Steve, I just picked up a C1-TA8 title says 1955 but doesn’t have the wrap around windshield, Job Rated T, Hemi I believe it to be 331 not sure what I have…any help would be appreciated
Steve, just wondering. Are there any other interesting makes of cars/trucks in the junkyard other than dodges? I know that’s pretty much the best place for them, but still😂😂😂😂
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In the early nineties my boss was airing up a split rim wheel at the mechanic shop I worked at when it blew . The ring hit him in the head killing him . There was nothing we could do . He would never use the cage thus costing him his life . Every time I see a split rim now it's a sober reminder of that sad day we lost a great boss and a wonderful friend .
My goodness, that is absolutely awful. Did you see it happen?
@@Prebbets It happened behind me across the shop . It was an explosion like I had only heard in Viet Nam . We all ran to him but there was nothing anybody could do . I had seen enough head wounds in the service to know this . He basically died there on the shop floor in front of us . I was part timing at the local funeral home and when the remains came in the mortician said nothing could be done to make him complete and suggested a closed casket service .
@@daynadiggle8169 😥🙏
Thanks for getting back to me, and I must say, OMG!! We had a worker recently get himself entangled in a lathe and that was a frightening experience. I was the person who had to wind the lathe the opposite way by hand to unwrap his clothes and hair from around the steel he was machining. He was very, very lucky to not have been torn apart. He's ok now, luckily. Anyway my brother, Hello from Melbourne, Australia to wherever you are and take care
Don't feel too bad , sad but it was his choice.
Nice. No drama, no snappy banter, no ad for Snap On... Just a nice steady flow of useful info. Good job.
Imagine hanging out with Steve. The conversations must be amazing.
I drove through Massachusetts a few weeks ago and when I saw the signs for Bernardston, I almost wanted to find that yard! Figured Steve would be roaming around preparing for a video.
Feel better soon Steve!
Thanks Steve - Power Wagons are some of the coolest trucks ever made.
When my Dad was young, a split ring came apart on him and threw him into the grease pit of the gas station where he worked. He somehow landed in such a way to break his jaw (the ring didn’t do it). Very uncomfortable, but could’ve been worse!
Coffee and Reese’s Puffs for breakfast and Junkyard Crawl, what else do I need to start the day.
A nice single malt 20 year old. Just saying.
My Grandfather had a late 1940s Power Wagon on the farm - but we were in Canada so it was badged as a Fargo not a Dodge.
Even better!
Those tire rings.. Back in 1981 I was 12 yrs old and riding in my dad's big truck for the summer.
His truck (a White/ Freightliner cabover) didn't have those rings but having a flat ourselves he pulled into a truckstop in Arizona for repairs. Upon arriving we saw blue and red lights with police tape surrounding the shop area. We soon learned that a young inexperienced shop tech had lost his life due to one of those rings violently releasing from a tire he was attempting to repair. He was nearly decapitated. It was then and there that I learned that those things are no joke.
Similar story. My dad was a commercial tire salesman for BFGoodrich in late forties. Tech was rushing and did not place safety chains round tire/wheel assembly. Spit ring let go and decapitated the tech😳😳😳
I worked at a tire store in the 70s , the hardest job on a hot day was using the chisels and hammer take those split rims apart ! When we aired them up we had a long handled air chuck so we didn't have to put arms or hands in front of the tire and rim .
Heard and saw enough in tech school to know I didn't wanna work on trucks.
There was a safety cage in the corner that was about a foot shorter than the other one next to it, but about 2 feet wider.
That's because it did it's job.
My shop refuses to work on split rims for this very reason. Not a big loss in business because you don't see too many around these days.
@@Bloodbain88 Yea you could get away with refusing them these days. I'd imagine you'd have a difficult time finding an insurance company willing to carry your liability. They're so rarely utilized today that you'd need to find a shop that specializes in early model heavy equipment. And even back in the day the service industry learned quickly that those "widow makers" were to be isolated inside a sturdy safety cage when servicing one. Those cages remained a nesessary precaution that is still utilized today even with modern tires. Every big truck tire shop uses them. In fact, I saw a Loves road service truck using one on the side of the highway just yesterday.
I had 16.5 inch split rims on my 76 F250 pick up. Only big truck shops would mount tires on them. Tough off road and even tougher to get tires (16.5) and have mounted.
Got a call to look at repairing a metal roof years later at a tire shop and there was half the tire cage jammed halfway through the the roof bending the steel roof girder beyond repair. Turned out the cage was not mounted to the floor properly and the operator had poked at the rim through the cage as he was airing up the tire. He got two stitches to his arm. His nickname is still Lucky. Cheers 🇨🇦
I’m an old mopar guy but I got schooled on this one, thanx Steve! Tom
Carb setup similar to marine engines, we had a ‘56 Shepherd mahogany boat with 354 Hemi with two single carbs, some boats also had the straight 6 with dual single carbs
Steve, I was very pleased to hear that Willem Weertman, who helped engineer the Slant 6, was still around today. 😁
Early 70s buddy had a 50 something half ton Job Rated with a flat head. It was his daily for a decade and a good work truck then sold it to a couple that restored it. New engine. Drove to Canada and back. It was T-boned by a cop and destroyed. Driver went through the tiny passenger window and survived. This reminded me of that old truck. It hauled many many loads.
I owned a 1954 Dodge half-ton back in 1977. It was owned by an elderly artist in the foothills of Tucson. Instead of the six-banger I expected it to have, under the hood was a 1960 Chrysler 383 Golden Lion V-8 and automatic. What a fun vehicle to drive!!
My late Father’s Power Wagon wrecker ended up in the Walter P Chrysler Museum in the 1990s. Love your content, passion & knowledge!
Steve must have the coolest library/magazine collection..memorized..
And car Models!! Anybody remember CarToons Magazine?
@@Marcg-b4n I do! And Car Model and Model Car Science too.
I had a 57 Power Wagon 318. Totally unrestored. Sold to me with a "cracked block". I saw the freeze plugs laying in the dirt under it. I bought it, came back with freeze plugs, drove it home. Stone reliable.
My Uncle's had a Dodge similar to that. I wouldn't know the year. But they had a tow truck rig on it. I remember one of my uncles said it was the only tow truck they ever had that went faster uphill than it went down hill. And it would haul anything of any size that you put behind it.
HEMI 💪
Great choice Steve , man I hope someone else see' s the potential in this great truck for restoration and I mean the entire vehicle that is if the chassis is in ok condition . I know you said it's not , but ? Thanks Steve
I hope so too
I love to see the old Iron and Big trucks ,they often get over looked. Thanks Steve great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Gotta really like those old dodge trucks and it's history, great video 👍
In 1969, I needed a pick up, and there was one under a tarp next door, at a week end house. The people came up one week end, so I asked them about it. Turned out to be a cherry 55 Dodge 1/2 ton step side 5 window, with a 273 V-8 (I think, been a long time) that had quit on them, so the parked it. I bought it for $200. Pulled the engine and overhauled it. Ran like a top, used it and loved it for years. Sorry I sold it in about 73.
Thanks Steve, every day I look forward to your lecture at your outdoor classroom of automotive history.
The gas station I worked at while in high school (1964-68) was also the only tire shop in town, so we did truck tires, tractor tires, airplane tires, we fixed them all. Broke down many a split rim, and safely reset them. We had an automatic inflator, set the air pressure and it would fill the tire, then shut off so you weren't nearby. Also, whenever the lube rack was free, we would raise it, place the tire under and lower the rack over the rim just in case.
Great info again! Nice to know that some big truck parts will interchange with smaller pickup!👍 I know Ma Mopar had a habit of doing that kind of stuff. My 97 Dakota has a manual trans & the clutch & brake pedals are the same as my 71 Demon's! Thanks!
My uncle Moe had a Dodge power wagon in the mid sixties, 4WD of course! He used it to plow snow. Im not sure what motor was in it,but my Dad told me that the truck had so much torque that uncle Moe had snapped the studs off the front axle on at least two occasions!
It was a beast!
My Dad had a 1966 Chevy with the big straight six cylinder and 4:56 gears!
Uncle Ellijay had a 4WD INTERNATIONAL
Travelall that he plowed snow with!
Aunt Pat wood take us to church in it!
The good ole days!
I miss those people!
Good stuff. The biggest Dodge truck flathead sixes in the early 1950's were 377's and yeah, 413's!
Back in 1975 when I was working part time as a mechanic on a used car lot one of the jobs I did was install a new / used differential on a 1956 Dodge dump truck / snowplow that was bought at an Illinois state surplus auction. I remember we had to wait quite awhile for the part because none were locally available. That was in the days before computers and you would phone in what you were looking for on the tri state want line and all the parts available were on paper card files that people would actually look thru for a fee you paid.
Back in the late 60s not to many places had a cage for inflating split rim tires. Buddy of mine used to fill them on the floor with the tire turned over and the retaining ring face ng down. He would sit on the tire holding the air hose on the stem. One time the split ring did blow off and he road that rim all the way up and crashed into the top of that16 foot gas station ceiling and back down. He was lucky, he only broke his arm.
I put a heavy chain around them. Not really dangerous if they are not rusty and you are careful.
Great Video as usual. We had a 1956 Power Wagon we used for our British sports car auto wrecking business It was a very unique powerful truck. It had the 215 flat head 6 and a crank shaft driven winch! It was very capable. I nearly lost my eye sight when we were dragging a car on a trailer and the winch pulled the wheels of the car off and a lug nut hit me ! That cab and chassis would make a great basis for a modernized ramp truck. It is very popular to rebuild/repower old 5tons as ramp trucks You could put a crate hemi and a 6 speed auto and a Dana70 from a !ton ram Use the interior from a pickup and Dakota digital gauges and have a unique ramp truck to haul a 68 Dart or similar mopar on Great work as usual love your videos and the amount of work you put into the history. Also I am particularly interested in old trucks Its great you found a yard with such a mix a vehicles The new yards are too sterile Until next time
That entire cab with fenders would make a cool 4x4 with some 52" tires and no fender cutting.
G'Morning! Coffee time w/Steve!
Doing the same!
Ahhh, a lesson before a 12 hr shift at the factory. Thank you magman
Or coming home from Bartending...
I used to love doing the junkyard crawl this is how we did it before the internet but Southern and Central California most of the old wrecking yards are long gone. In the 1980sI used to have a circuit that would take me from San Diego up through the Central Valley past Sacramento I had about a dozen yards I would hit loading up with rare parts I knew people needed. At the time I had a Mopar restoration shop specializing in 1950s mopars. Today if it's not on the internet it probably doesn't exist or isn't for sale.
Those wheels are often called "Widow Makers" because quite a few mechanics and tire installers were killed when as you said things went boom....No tag, can't brag but possible Ditzler code 10142 Rackham Blue exterior paint.
A beast of a rig in its day. Sad lookin' ol' Bus settin' back there.
One of the trucks I remember as a kid while working with my Dad in the equipment business was a customer from out in the country north of Vincennes Indiana. Our customer had a two ton or larger single axle Dodge box truck that was red, and had double headlights.
I remember when we were in their area during their watermelon harvest, and the truck. The hood was up, heard one of they guys talking about an oil leak, and I was just tall enough to look over the front of the core support to see Mickey Thompson valve covers like the drag cars in my 197x Hot Rod magazine, where the spark plug tubes are, and yellow plug wires
. I was about 12, and had seen the first early Hemi from my eyes. I was in awe! No bull, I can still see it, and can show you exactly where it was. I’m 500 miles away today, and more than 40 years older.
Why did I get into the mechanic and truck parts business?
Remember the good old days when your car or truck stopped running you could usually tap on the carb or clean the points with whatever you had. Thanks for the video sir.
Had a 55 Fargo as my first truck when I was 15 great times in the old beast.
I've got a 56 Fargo 3 tom with a long frame that I want to make into a ramp truck. Whenever I worked on those split rims I had a clip on Chuck and about 20 feet of hose with a valve so I could stand way back.
Woah this thing is wild! Very very cool share Steve
Always learn a lot listening to you - thanks !
Great video and education Steve. Thanks for sharing
Split rims, I worked for a crane service/steel erector. One of the guys lost an arm working with spit rim.
Yup, Morning Steve, Cream & 2 sugars?
Steve, thanks for sharing your wisdom.. I really enjoy your content.
I've been a big truck mechanic since 1997. Those split rims were still commonly running down the highway in my area up until around 2010 when most company's finally got rid of the trucks they were attached to. They were KILLERS for sure. Also, almost nobody I've worked with will use the tire cage, they should, zipper ruptures can happen at any time with the same explosive results. All tires should be respected for their explosive potential & treated accordingly.
I would LOVE to have that cab and front clip!!!
I had a 55’ 1/2 ton that I restored years ago. I miss it! That truck needs to be rescued and restored.
Man that’s a cool looking truck! I believe it could be rescued! Wow imagine having that hemi beauty!
Great video, Steve!
Any chance of an episode on the lowly Caravan behind you? It has it's place in the story of Chrysler's regeneration.
This channel is to good needs more more subscribers.
When I was drag racing there was a Dodge Station Wagon with a Hemi that could wheeley the entire 1/4 mile called the Power Wagon!!
Thank you Steve get well soon
never knew about that chrysler engines book. Definitely requesting that for Christmas this year.
Always good stuff Steve.
I love the program Steve!
Dodge did their fuel tanks a little differently on the lighter trucks; the fillers were in the cab but the pipe passed through to a tank under the floorboard.
Morning from NYC. That front end of the truck looks like the tow truck in the movie’cars’
Cool! I lived in Ridgewood NJ in the 1970s. Cheers from Milwaukee
I just bought a 54 Job Rated truck how cool you share this ! The one I bought has a Manley wrecker on the back and was actually used to tow cars into a junkyard about 30 years ago ! Video up on my channel
I like the caravan next to it. I almost bought one. A coworker offered to sell me his so we took it to our mechanic friend to have it inspected. He put it on the lift and it was totally rotted in the middle underneath. The guy didnt even know. I didnt buy and he sold it to the junkyard. Thats why you always have a mechanic check out a used car before buying guys.
A Chrysler rusting .... Shocking
@@Marcg-b4n my Plymout Reliant had Rusty Jones Rustproofing and survived outdoors in MA for 18 years wity zero rust :)
@@Henry_Jones we had Zbart? I think was the name. It added a lot of weight, spray tar on the bottom...
My wife has one and just the rocker panels are rotted so I cut what was left off and you can't tell. It passes inspection in Ma and runs super.
@@stephenyoutubin4476ahh rusty rocker pannels, a chrysler minivan trademark since 1984 lol
Taking advantage of the GI Bill, at age 25, I found part-time employment at a universities physical plant garage. I was showed how to use the tire cage for the heavy vehicles. When I queried as to why the shop manager pointed up to the bottom of the raised overhead garage door, which sported a lop-sided telltale ring from a previous attempted ring installation. Narragansett Bay
Super cool Steve. Thx for all you do to educate us.
Any 38-47 Ford COE trucks in that wrecking yard? I’d love to learn about those trucks. I have a 41 Ford COE but don’t know much about them.
Not a second wasted loved it, straight to the point
My Dad had a 56 dodge pickup with a utility bed that looked the same, I always thought the wraparound front windshield didn't come out until 1956, but lately I've seemed to run across several 55's with them, must have maybe been a 55 midyear change?
Thank You Steve!
Thank you, professor. Another great video
Thanks Steve.
Love the butter fly hood and that series of grill. Have a 57 D100, it's an oddball one year only front clip.
Right on
@@SteveMagnante hey Steve, I've been reporting the fake copycat account asking commenters to contact you for prizes. I'd add a warning to viewers in your next video to not respond to your copycat account. ✌️
@@wizard5637 Stupid spammers and attention whores... Every time some stupid new social media platform comes along, the spammers all rush to register all of the popular names they can think of. We could spam them with worthless time-wasting replies...
Awesome video!
There was a 413 flathead six with dual carburetors and dual exhaust.
Interesting video! Thanks. The more I see of old cars and trucks surfacing, the more I wish I could still pull a decent wrench on them.
On a personal note, I recognize the careful pro-nun-ci-a-tion of B'r'n'dst'n for the other-than New England audience. Wonder what they'd do with "Wister" or "'P'b'dy"? Heck - my wife gives me gyp about Barnstable (insists it should be "barn stable" as two words) yet there is a town called La-FAY-ette here.
Keep sending us the great info from the yard, please! (No matter how you pronounce it 😎)
I would love to get one of those straight 8 engines
Watch Steve first thing in the morning! Hey where's my wife lol
With your neighbor!!
@@Marcg-b4n yea but my neighbors are two single women on either side lmaoo
@@MicroSoftner ok it's worse then I thought 🤔 good luck😅. And good morning from Milwaukee Wisconsin 🇺🇲🧀🍻🙂
@@Marcg-b4n good morning from Philadelphia Pennsylvania! and 2 mugs of beer in the morning!
Just a thought, wouldn't the front clip on the "wide body" be more desirable for a resto mod? You could a much wider tire upfront.
Those wide fenders work perfectly when building a 4x4 on newer axles; they make for an almost stock appearance.
I have an owners manual for 1960 Chevy trucks. Within are detailed instructions for de-mounting and mounting tires on split rims. Owners manuals today warn against drinking the contents of the battery
Dodge kept this cab in production from 1954 -1960 during the Power Giant era and then 1961 -1974 on the large diesel powered NC800s and ending with the 1974-75 Big Horn tractors
How about something on the yellow and white 1971 VW Camper?
Wow another town in Massachusetts I've never heard of and I've lived in this state my whole life.
I remember when car restoration was an adventure going through wrecking yards and old auto parts store and dealership inventory's today it's just looking at a computer for what's listed.
Something is off there, the cab seems to be in the right place, but the nose is hanging over the bumper.
There was a little yard east of here that had a Dodge about this year, a tow truck maybe 1-ton and that still had it's Hemi. The guy had saved all the Hemis from cars they scrapped and they were in a big pile - outside, and most had gotten water and stuff in them and ruined. Whole yard is cleaned out now.
Didn't that cab get used on Dodge semi tractors up to around 1972?
That chevy squarebody blue was. Same as my vega. Wagon 75
Excellent.
Hemis were used in all sorts of applications back then, including power for air raid sirens. There may be few left somewhere.
I have a late 50's irrigation pump powered by a 354 hemi on a Chrysler trailer. I think it was used on a tobacco farm.
The town of Hudson, NH got rid of theirs about 25 years ago, was a mid-50's Hemi with an odd extended casting of the block where it mates to the bellhousing.
I'm getting a chuckle , outta you 🤣 , putting extra effort on ,
pronouncing the town 😆
Such a New England accent 🤭🤫
it hurts.... LOL 😆 🤣
In all serious
I do genuinely appreciate your extensive knowledge 🧑🎓that you share with us 🙆♂️
I try
Hey steve..go back to when jimmy carter was prez..i believe MPC made it i was a funny car model..i had the basic shape of a peanut shell and a big toothy grin....i believe it was called the" quarter
mile smile"....
Early good morning from Milwaukee Wisconsin 🇺🇲🧀🍻. I just got back from 🍺 bar
Teaser VW Van in the background? Steve, we are on to you.
Very cool!! 👍👍
Cool truck.
My family has a 54 Dodge job rated pickup. It has the 241 baby hemi
These types of wheels are actually a split ring design, they can be dangerous but not half as dangerous as the real widow maker such as the Firestone rh5, with split rings you have an idea if the ring is seated correctly but with true split rims, they actually split in half and one side grabs onto a lip, which you have no idea if it’s fully seated by eye, I’m pretty sure they were banned and made illegal for road use
I've got a 52 Job Rated 1/2 ton in my shop now. Thankfully it has 1 piece wheels.
Steve one of my first jobs was working for Keeler st tire, in danbury, 16 years old, I change truck tire, I had the record, for changing 6 tractor tire with lock rings,15mins, Now Steve when I first started, I was watching a old man he was teaching me, Well one day he was not paying close attention, The ring was not locked in all the way, all of a sudden, It blows off shakes the building the ring rapped around a 10 steel I beam, , It was still there when they tore the building down, just, to make you remember, to take your time and be careful. Dangerous shit
I used a 64 d 700 cab to rebuild my 66 d200 pickup with minor changes
Cool Dodge Bro mean machine !
Right on
Steve, I just picked up a
C1-TA8 title says 1955 but doesn’t have the wrap around windshield,
Job Rated T, Hemi I believe it to be 331 not sure what I have…any help would be appreciated
Steve, just wondering. Are there any other interesting makes of cars/trucks in the junkyard other than dodges? I know that’s pretty much the best place for them, but still😂😂😂😂