A couple of old A-Cars

Truck Shop

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The one in the barnyard has been there for years, a scratching post for cattle. It's 1956 DC-102 I believe.
And the other is a 64 or 65 7064T and very unusual one it has quad head lights.

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RonG

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When I started driving concrete mixer my first truck was an Autocar like your first pic there.My next truck was the same thing with square diamond plate fenders on it.They had big flat head 6 cylinders in them with 4 barrel carbs and dual exhaust manifolds.They both had 7cy Jeager mixers on them.All my next trucks were Mack,first a B-61 then all B-81s then DM800s.I will never forget those Autocars though,those big sixes would scream.Ron G
 

Truck Shop

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Yah Ron Autocars just weren't that popular out here on the west coast. That 64 in the bottom pic- is something I would like to restore. The cab and nose on
that one are in reel good condition. I think a 400 BC or 3406B would look good setting under that hood with polished wheels, tanks and two 6" stacks and
a stainless D-Cool visor.
 

RonG

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You will see in that pic I posted of the B-75 the old square fendered Acar with the radiator out of it.We made a dump truck of it.They were a tough truck but we chose to go with the Mack.That ACar tractor we had under the cement tanker we bought as a package as I remember,it was smaller than the other ones.Have a nice day Mike and thank you again.Ron G
 

Steve Frazier

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I drove a couple different A-Car dumps during my career. One had a 6/71 Detroit and 13 speed, the other a 350 Cummins and 10 speed. I've never seen one with curved fenders, only in pictures. Both I drove had diamond plate fenders. They were tough trucks. The company I worked for contracted with an owner operator back in 1981 who owned one he bought brand new that year, I saw it just last week and it still looks nearly new!
 

RonG

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We had two Autocar gas jobs when I went to work for them in 1965 and of course being the low man on the totem pole I got to drive them before I got a Mack.
As I remembered the round fendered one was a 1955 and the other one was a '56.We made a dump truck out of the '56 and I think the other one was traded in toward something,seems like we were buying a couple of Macks a year about then.The Autocars had 5x4 transmissions in them.Yup,I could split them too.lol.They really didn't need them because the rpm range of those gas jobs was a lot greater.Those were the days.Ron G
 

Steve Frazier

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You just jogged my memory Ron. I drove a third A-Car dump that was manufactured the same year I was born LOL! It had a small Cummins in it and a 4 x 4 tranny combination. You had to hold the stick in high gear or it would kick out. Brakes absolutely sucked. I was so glad when I got pulled off that job!
 

rzucker

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Yah Ron Autocars just weren't that popular out here on the west coast. That 64 in the bottom pic- is something I would like to restore. The cab and nose on
that one are in reel good condition. I think a 400 BC or 3406B would look good setting under that hood with polished wheels, tanks and two 6" stacks and
a stainless D-Cool visor.
That would make a nice looking rig. I knew a farm in Royal City that had 3 old Autocars with that same paint scheme, one was black and white with a 335 and 5x4, one was a bronze and white color with a 262 and 5x3, the third was red and white with a 262 and a 5x3. But none of them had the exposed radiator. They were all equipped with a 5" straight exhaust and sounded nice.
 
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