What in Tarnation?

[GB SISSON]

Just starting to get the video thing down.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpDytcO65zk

[GB SISSON]

Maybe this.....? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpDytcO65zkbe this

[GB SISSON]

OK wtf, my kid shoulda put up the next one... wtf?

[dumb person]

I noticed you appear to be posting the same video link over and over.
It's a video of a truck driving on a country road.

If you're wondering why it doesn't display in fordbarn as a little video window, i don't think fordbarn allows that for some reason.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by dumb person

I noticed you appear to be posting the same video link over and over.
It's a video of a truck driving on a country road.

If you're wondering why it doesn't display in fordbarn as a little video window, i don't think fordbarn allows that for some reason.

I think the 5 points in your signature apply very well in this post... I see the video on 'garymtpickett'and it is up. I'm just gonna go upstairs and read my book about the battle of Britain..... so much less stressful.... sheesh

[GB SISSON]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqUcpXGQt1Q

[Mart]

https://youtu.be/eqUcpXGQt1Q

[flatford8]

Nice!!.... thanks for the ride.... Mark

[RKS.PA]

Gary, all the videos turned out great on the Barn "viewing" end! Looks like it was a beautiful day on the Island and that "Tarnation" really moves down the road!!

Thanks for posting!.

[Bored&Stroked]

I love this thread and this truck . . . am a big fan of diesel engines. Now I must confess, I have a modern Duramax in my Chevy Silverado and it is a beast of an engine. I tell all my gas pickup friends, one you have a great diesel pickup and tow anything of weight, you'll never buy a gas rig again. I can put my 20" trailer behind it and it will go uphill, downhill with ease - I almost forget there is a trailer behind me (which is not good!). I would love to take a ride in your old tonner - it looks like a real blast!

[cas3]

well, heck you drove by so fast we couldn't even see the big grin on your face!

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by cas3

well, heck you drove by so fast we couldn't even see the big grin on your face!

My son took various clips with plans to edit into one 'movie'. He says he may need to load an app on his phone to do this I'd like to have him make a driving the woodie video once he gets the hang of it.

[Mart]

Tell him to hold his phone sideways before starting. It'll show better on Youtube. I like that one your mate did with the tonner panel.

[GB SISSON]

That mate has spent 45 years as a hollywood cinematographer. and has a high definition camera , clip on throat mic etc,,,,, He is due to come back to his summer place on june 20 though.[...Any Homey with a cell phone is gonna be in second place, or worse

[dumb person]

Love the way it looks.
Doesn't sound like a flathead. But i really love the cab.

[deuce5wndw]

Gary you do the neatest projects! Love the truck and the woodie! I love the power of diesels also and have a couple of 7.3 Ford trucks. The new AACA magazine has a great article on diesel engines. Cummins entered one in the 1931 Indy 500 and finished 13th and did the whole race on one tank of fuel without stopping. They also drove a Cummins powered Auburn from NY to LA with a total cost of fuel $7.63!!!!

[Zeke3]

Cummins also put a Diesel on the pole for the 1952 Indy 500 race. Check out this video and compare the Cummins car to the others. Its a beautiful race car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc3cN0SEPfE

[RKS.PA]

Zeke, that is a great video! Thank you for posting the link. Amazing that once running, there was nothing electrical going on in the car!!

[deuce5wndw]

Thanks for posting Zeke. You're right that is a beautiful car and very impressive performance.

[GB SISSON]

Hey Zeke, I gotta agree with the other fellas! I just did a search to post onto this thread and hadn't seen these. That car is gorgeous. I recently read a book 'The diesel oddesey of Clessie Cummins' . A great book and lots about the early racing and cross country jaunts in oil fueled flivvers. I came on here to give my latest report. This ol tonner has been my 'go to' rig all summer for any trip into town (24 mile round trip). I have spent the summer chasing down rattles and engine noise with a vengeance. Been lining the floors, hood ,firewall and anything else with dense , heavy stick on sound deadening. With amazing results. Once I got the engine noise under control I started chasing the squeaks and rattles. Yesterday it was bike innertubes on the tailgate chains (huge). Today I went to the lumberyard and hauled home a bunch of 2x stuff and it climbed our toughest hill accelerating in high gear. Like the race car my truck would run without a single electron except the fuel cut off is electric and it needs electrons to stay open. I could install a pull out stop cable instead, but I like the electricity for the lights and heater. This truck has been a really satisfying project and it pretty much does the town run on a gallon of fuel. Fuel gauge system needs some work before I can nail down the numbers, but at 210 cu in (3.4 liters) it does a tremendous amount of work for it's displacement. With seven 3" main bearings and six 2 1/4" rod bearings I probably won't wear it out soon. When I'm not out enjoying my tonner, or out in my boat, or working, or seeing the grandkids, I am slowly amassing the parts I need for trhe 255 cu in 8ba that I am planning to build this winter for the woodie wagon. My std merc crank has be machined to 10/20 and the block pressure tested and hope to drop at machine shop a week from Friday when I take the tonner off island on a 3 day diesel oddesey of my own. Gonna show that old country girl the mainland!