Posted by Destroked 450 on April 15, 2018 at 08:12:27 from (173.242.142.14):
In Reply to: Ford trucks posted by SVcummins on April 14, 2018 at 18:54:40:
mmfan55 is correct, the truck in the movie was a W series, movie came out in 75, CL models came out in 78, but not all of them were air ride.
I owned a 83 model with air ride cab, a 3406A Cat and RTO12513 trans, best riding truck I ever rode in, keeping the AC side of the 3 HVAC systems working was near impossible, mine ended up with a Kysor roof top AC unit.
The HVAC system used vacuum controls powered by a air venturi, it worked great but would bleed the air out of the tanks after a while if you where listening to the radio with the engine not running.
The modular dash was ahead of it's time, loosen some quarter turn thump screws, lift the dash panel and unplug any gauge, I never had a gauge fail but if it did it had to come from Ford as the rest of the industry didn't pickup on the design.
The one down side to the four corner air ride system was that it rode so good if you didn't pay attention to the roads you were traveling you'd break the front suspension and beat the chassis to pieces, broke the front springs in mine twice.
Owned a LTL9000 later, very tuff truck but was heavier than competing models like Freightliner and IH. Around here Fords where very popular competing side by side with Mack in construction, farming and coal industries.
My last trucks were Peterbuilt's, smaller cab meant less room, took more room to maneuver and never could load the front axle like on the Fords, but it was easier to work on with the engine in front of the cab and I loved the simplicity of Pete's Air Trac suspension.
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