Washing Away YEARS of Mold from this Classic Truck

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[Bruce_Wilson]

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[jackshelton]

Don’t know if you will even have time to read this or not, but I am eighty one years old and worked in a machine shop that rebuilt heavy equipment and truck motors, transmission and rear ends. Made drive shafts and stretch the frames and added rear ends. There were no salvage yards for trucks that was any where near us so we extended the frame with channels iron just like your truck appears to have been done. I would guess that your truck was probably a large bore gas engine originally. About every White that I can remember working on was gas. Some of the International diesel trucks I worked on had Cummings H engines with two transistors and the auxiliary one was a three speed, under driver, driven and over driven. They were geared so low in under driver you could twist the driver shaft right out of them and break a yoke and rear end if you weren’t careful how you changed gear and drove. And double clutching was the way to shift gear and the transmissions and you using both hands at the same time to shift gears and with your arm through the steering wheel to steer it.
Please finish up what Cowboy vision was and restore the body as best you can to original and keep the motor and transmissions if at all possible. 1957 hot rod truck, no chrome, no AC or power steering. Trucks back then were very harsh and hard to drive. Thats probably plain old screen wire in the bondo. I keep forgetting the age difference between us and all the things that were common to me. Like the heater, that was an add on luxury not a radio box. And if it had defroster ducts that hardly worked that was a big plus. Keep it up and keep on doing what you are doing, living a dream. Thanks for indulging an old man.

[warrengee-fl]

I wanna see Fitzgerald put this one back together in a couple days 😁She deserves it

[Bravo]

Cowboy is a good name for this rig in memory of the original owner, it would be really cool to restore this thing and make something special out of it while keeping it original, maybe like an old school paint job with a matching trailer like the smokey and the bandit truck but something else.

[truckfreak]

Like everyone says. Dont be a typical youtuber. Do it right. Be different. If you can't. Give it to someome who can. Do the right thing.

[seanworkman]

Bruce, that wash did wonders for the truck but don't stop there, that truck deserves a lot of time to bring it back to operational. I am in Australia but if I was in the US I would volunteer my time to help restore her and you must keep that colour.

[billywird]

Well sir, I'll add my two cents worth. I believe that I would restore the cab and fenders and the hood to the original condition including the finish. However I believe that I would retain the drive train as is but of course improve and clean up some of the modifications. The styling on that truck is just so cool and first glance one would think that it would be the same style truck that was in "Duel" made in 1971 by Steven Spielberg but that truck was a 1957 Peterbilt so i have read but the styling was the same. Regarding your comment about the copper lines from the air compressor that was common practice (I had the same line on a 1987 International cabover) That compressor head puts out a lot of heat and that copper line not only holds up to the heat but it helps to dissipate it as well. We had a fellow contractor who had a 1986 International and he let his air dryer clog up and the resulting back pressure caused the copper line (it's 5/8 line) to get extremely hot and blow a hole in the line. Well he was able to bypass his dryer and limp home and I told him that we could go to the local hardware store i dealt with and get some 5/8 line and splice it in until he could afford to replace the line. Well he declined and went to a hydraulic shop where they sold him some sort of neoprene line and it cost him eighty dollars and every week from the heat of that compressor head it would blow off. Sometimes you just cannot tell them youngsters anything. Course he had no business being an owner-operator as he tried to fix everything on a shoestring and we both know how that works out. Will be following this old truck for sure.🥸👍👍👍👍👍

[RayScrafield]

I too am in the "full-restoration" camp. That mesh appears to be window screen that was used just to hold the bondo in place while it set up. I am looking forward to whatever you are able to accomplish on this old beauty. I'm 81 years old so there is a very good chance that I might have seen it in it's glory days.

[jacobcole]

If you go back with the same color paint on this gem of a truck. Ruby would be a great name

[ahill]

that half round rear window is the icing on the cake.. also back in the day and still some giys now would add metal window screen to their bondo or body filler to add strength..and whats funny is this truck was probably getting that done when it was and oldie but goodie already ..i can imagine a young guy in the early 70s telling an old guy, " try this new trick".. have a blessed day

[johnmcdowell]

wow bruce that cleaned up very well thats worth restoring what year did you say it is and i'm guessing the transmissions are original thank you for saving that ole girl

[gregvietor]

My grandfather had a trucking company. He had three super power whites in his fleet. Your video brought back a lot of memories of those trucks. And my grandpa.It would be great to see yours restored..

[samuelgrabb]

Finally Bruce cleans something before he works on it!

[rev.randall]

Great Restoration Candidate, and the History of what the Vision was for the truck .

[carriebrumley]

This truck is super cool!! Ihope you fix the rust but leave the rest and clear coat it. Of course the inside needs a lot of work. I'm sure you can get to drive down the road. Going to be great content!!

[deanwaring]

A very cool looking truck .... be nice to see it back on the road 😊

[stevenpoff]

Get the trailer that it was hooked up to and restore both of them.🙂😀😃👍

[williesweetjr]

I love all things automotive including the rescue of the big trucks. There is a documentary movie on the White Truck Company that one could access from probably any streaming search engine that tells the story of a pretty remarkable brand especially the dedication of the workers that built the machine. Every town has a few guys name "Cowboy." Looks like this fella had a lot of skill and drive to make what he needed out of what he had. IMO, you should put the name "Cowboy" right under the drivers window! Gonna be following the build. Much success!

[iansaunders]

The mesh looks like "perforated zinc", in the UK it was mostly used for vents on food cupboards etc, but I have used it for bridging a gap (it bends easily and doesn't rust), then cover with body filler !

[brianbloom]

You Have to Put sometime Into That Truck and Get it running, Nice looking Truck Restored, Chrome Stacks Awesome looking Truck.