Bought a New GMC
 

Yesterday I just made a deal on a 1965 GMC 5000 with a supposed 351. Going to go pick it up tomorrow morning. It is an ex-fire truck, only has 40,000 miles and is straight as an arrow, rust free and near-new tires. Pictures to come when I pick it up.

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Not fair. :teehee:

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Great Buy.

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Sounds like a nice truck.

Will be looking forward to the pictures.

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These old fire trucks some time don't get too many miles on them, other get beat into the ground. I be standing by for photos of this find.

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Yes, the wiring needs work but for firing up with just little priming after sitting for a few years, I am plumb happy.

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What a teaser pic, but just enough. Looking Good and cold too.

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Nice! That thing looks stout!!

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One day I really want to get one of those, there is a GMC pumper truck around here Some where. Saw it at the bank and bar and haven't since.

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Looks like it has All Wheel Drive.

Also looks like it's a 6500 with that Front Bumper on there.

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All Wheel Drive yes, but according to the emblems it is a 5000.

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Can anybody tell me what kind of conversion used this transfer case? Marmon Harrington?

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Air Brakes and a Tach.

Nice.

What Trans does it have?

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Air over hydraulic brakes. I wish it was air brakes, but such is life...

It is a New Process 540 or 541 I think. I have to make room to get it in the shop out of the cold before I do too much more investigating.

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Of all the years I've been around these trucks, I never ran into one that had Air over Hydraulic Brakes. I've heard of them, but never saw one. It was either Full Air or Hydraulic, but never Air over.

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Maybe that's not the right way to put it. How about air assist hydraulic brakes?

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If it has a Compressor, I like believe I saw, I'm pretty sure it would be "Air Over".

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It does have air, and instead of a hydra-vac like most of these trucks would have had, it has an air booster under the cab.

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Looking at the front axle I'm going to say its a Coleman.

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It is a NP541

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Had a little time the other day so I jerked the plate off and stuck an old flatbed that I had laying around on it.

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While it was in the shop, I wanted to do something about the lack of a floor mat. Since a new repop obviously isn't available and NOS is too spendy and hard to come by, I decided to make my own thinking it shouldn't be too hard since there is no hump in floor like pickups have.

One $37 3/4" thick horse trailer mat later and I have a floor mat.

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While I still think it is a great idea, there are a couple problems.

1) Getting it in the truck was the hardest workout I have had in a long time. Trying to wrestle a 100 pound wet noodle into the cab of a really tall truck and trying to snake it around the steering wheel and three shifter levers proved to be quite difficult.

2) Being 3/4" thick, it really isn't overly flexible. I'm hoping that some 100* days this summer will help it lay out to the floor board a bit, but I'm a little skeptical of whether or not it actually will.

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Personally I like it better with a nice long trailer and a load on it. lol But the flatbed looks good! How'd that 351 pull?

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Poor. lol On flat ground I couldn't get out of low range. A tiny little incline would drop me right down to second or third in low range. But once you get to first and low, it will pull anything at just a little less than walking speed.

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That's not bad considering the load and only 351 cubes though. If it had a 478 it'd a done way better. Big rig needs a ton of cubes. I'm still surprised at how well my little 305E tows. lol Course....10K is like a tenth of what That load weighs! :teehee: