![]() Only recently has the very last original restaurant or two closed. is still known as “old 22”, a 2 lane highway that passes through very town and village. Not sure what models they were from.Īs a further aside, the pre-1959 Rt. ![]() I recall the walls of his repair shop holding a number of GMC Rootes type superchargers. I know they were incredibly slow up any Pa. I’m nearly sure that some older ones had gas engines. The ones that I recall were all 1950’s to 1970’s models. My uncle had a fleet of about 6 or 7 rigs, all GMC’s as I recall with the exception of a one Mack CO at the end. Sometimes I accompanied drivers on fairly local runs. He had retired in 1980 at age 60, bought a Winnebago and died very shortly afterwards.įrom age 10 to 16, I often spent a week or two every summer staying there and helping with loading trucks and repackaging potatoes. I had a fine uncle who operated a sizeable produce shipping and distribution business on his central Pa. Many of those old trucks were all in at 55-60 and long lines would back up traffic on the few hills to 35 mph. It’s always been a very heavy truck route. In the 1960’s, the speed limit was 60 mph for autos and supposedly 55 mph for trucks. I manage to keep it to a couple of times per year now. ![]() I’ve had the misfortune of traveling on the former Rt. I enjoyed the pics of the classic rigs and the identifications. This Pete sports twin stacks, and they look fatter than pretty much all the others. In the sixties, West Coast trucks like Kenworth and Peterbilt were very rare in the East. The stack on this International DCO is no taller than necessary. Its stack is conventional, but the truck is not. Its stack is tucked in between the cab and the sleeper.Įven rarer was this Marmon Harrington COE, which were last built in the early sixties. Designed to compete with the very popular Freightliner COE, it never sold well, and was a rarity on the road. The White 5000 NAVL was unusual in a number of ways, including its fiberglass cab. The exhaust pipe on this Ford N Series has a somewhat circuitous path, bending inwards and then out again. This Diamond T actually has heat shields on its skinny twin stacks. A DD 8V-71, perhaps, which was a popular engine and often had twin stacks. This Brockway COE, with a cab shared with Mack, also has a typical stack with a hefty muffler.īut this one sports twin stacks. In this era it was all about utility, not showing off, so a twin exhaust system on the more typical diesel inline six engine didn’t make a lot of sense. They were typically used with V8 engines, of which there were several, but it’s not possible to say for sure if this truck has one. This White sports twin stacks, which were not very common back then. It’s got the same refrigeration set up as the previous one, except that its vents are closed, so it’s got a load to keep cool. That’s how many or most “reefers” were, until the advent of reliable, small diesel-powered refrigeration units.Īnother mini muffler, on an International R Series. The little single cylinder gas engine on the front of the refrigerated trailer runs a fan, which blows over a quantity of ice to keep the perishables cool. It might be a diesel with a low exhaust, or quite possibly a gas engine. This Autocar has a similar arrangement, and shows why stacks were created in the first place.Ī White 3000 with a stack that is oriented to the side, to help keep the nice moving van trailer from getting blackened.Ī Diamond T without a stack. This White sleeper has a typical arrangement: one stack with a good-sized muffler integrated. Looking through my detailed post on these, I see that the majority of the early ones did not have an exhaust stack, and just channeled out down on the pavement like most gas trucks. Ironically, this GMC diesel “Crackerbox” has no stack. That’s a bit unusual, as most gas engine trucks dispensed with stacks, which were specifically created for the smokier diesel trucks. I see a “V” badge on it front fender presumably the GMC V6. Maybe he liked watching the smoke when he put the hammer down.Ī GMC hauling a load of M151 “Mutts” for the Army sports twin stacks. This truck was re-powered, and the owner decided to keep it simple, and direct, and he drove it like this for over ten years. This Ward-LaFrance’s exhaust has taken a shortcut-right out of the top of the hood. It probably didn’t do a whole lot to muffle the likely NH Cummins under its long hood. This Autocar sleeper has to have the smallest muffler ever for a big diesel truck. Nowadays, like so much else, they’re all the same: one or two straight, fat, chromed stacks. They’re all wonderful shots of heavy vintage iron, but what caught my eye this time was the disparity of their exhaust stacks. Dick Copello’s Flickr page has an album of old Ron Adams shots, all taken on PA Rt.
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