Jeff

Try brake fluid to take the chrome off, that works for me....

Yeah , that is the 250, no turbo....... 350 had a turbo..... well the answer to the 250 for small loads and short distance was yes and no.... it is kind of an evolution , back in the day when my dad was driving the International KB 8 tandems, they were what we called "Gas Pots" , gas engines, low power no engine retarders no hold back on a hill... then came the new technology of Diesel engines, and they all started out small, so yes, in the beginning the 250 was for the Line Trucks, and that was a game changer...... but as loads got larger the need for bigger engines increased, thus they ( Cummins ) put a 'Big Cam' in the block added a turbo Charger and voila, a 350 was born............ if a guy could haul MORE and Faster, that was the way to go, then the under or lower powered trucks were relegated to shorter runs and smaller loads..... we have HUGE mountain passes here and the trucks needed the power to pull the hills.......... today some companies won't even consider hiring a truck if it has LESS than 500 horses, but also today they are hauling loads that those old trucks could never lift..... so it is evolution..... so the answer to your second question if the 250 was used in a tandem, (DD) yes it was, but as mentioned, not for many years as the evolution to bigger power was all the rage.... gone are the days when a truck would grind up the mountain passes at a walking pace holding up miles of cars behind him..... some still do but not for very long, today it is all about BIG power, high torque, fuel economy and exhaust emissions.................. which breads a whole new technology..... Back in the day it was Cummins, Detroit, and Cat engines were the big ones here...............

we have the same thing here, a local trucking company , who is one of the very BEST around here specializing in lumber, chips and lowbed work and helps immensely with some charities, and is a great local neighbor has this beauty...

Yes, virtually identical, the 250 was a small cam engine, and the 350 was a 'big cam' engine, exactly the same block and appearance, just some different guts to refine and improve torque and horsepower..... for a big truck it is all about the torque, horse are great and well needed, but torque is the master..... I will dig around and see what I can find for photo reference.... they made LOTS of them so pics should not be a problem.............. Also I don't believe a 250 had a turbo, and the 350 did.......... turbos made a HUGE difference, I had a 444 Cummins, that blew a turbo intake tube, so no air was getting to it, I had a load on, both truck and pup, and for all the good it was after that, I may as well have had a 4 cyl Volkswagen engine..LOL, or at least that's what it felt like............ once the intake hose was repaired all was good and I was back in the race......... so to speak..

Congratulations Carl, hard to believe Sue has been putting up with you for that long, give the girl a hug for me..................... I hope you two can go out for a real nice dinner somewhere......................... without a mask !

I REALLY like the results of your mud work, you sure picked the right colors.....

That's true Danny, I never thought of that, true period correct !!

Well..................

They were state of the art back then for sure..... I remember they were $20.00 each back in the '70's when I started with them, my first was the Pete 359, and I recall it had a 8V71 Detroit, and regular spring suspension, and NOT the air bags in the NEW "retro' re-release kit of today.....

All of the 250's /350's I've seen were kind of a cream color, like when you put a fair shot of milk in your coffee.....

That would be different eh?

Now there's a truck ! The w 900 series are great tough units, this one with a 350 Cummins, and 5 and 4 transmissions.... gotta love the two sticks, been a long while since I did that, would love to give it a go once again.....

Danny, it seems as though , here in Canada, that Cabovers are getting to be a very rare truck, most now her, at least are 'conventionals' maybe partly because Cabovers a re a bitch to climb into if you are an old fat guy with a bad back, like most of the guys I know , and they don't seem to build them much anymore either... I did see a Freightliner Cabover like your kit here in Nelson last summer, but it was a VERY rare thing, and it was quite old but in beautiful shape... the owner probably 're-powered' her with more jam under the hood though..... so in answer to your question about Cabovers, not a regular thing here and yes mostly in the hands of collectors now.... here in B.C at least.... for the line trucks anyway....

Holy , I mean Holy Roller......!! Not sure he is the right guy for a 'Canadian ' truck driver, more like the guy in the Italeri Accessory kit... the fat guy in the cowboy hat is closer to the real deal !!

Yeah, Ernie, you're right, BUT Western Star still is going, for a long while they were built just a few miles from here, in Kelowna but no longer, I believe in Mexico now, but LOTS of Western Stars still being built and on the roads..... I love the Star, got a few thousand miles in them....

I'm screwed NOW !!!!!!!My deep secrets are out....

oh yeah the R-700 Mack........... it would be an easy conversion, well sort of.. the model kit is of the short nose R 600, the R 700 has the longer hood....but there is a conversion kit out there.. still available $179.00 ... sorry, I should keep it down, don't want to look like a know it all...

The truck model is prior to 1977 when the White Motor Company no longer distributed the Freightliner trucks, so my guess would be prior to 1977............ it does look to be one of the LAST "White" Freight Liners though, after 1977 the name plate no longer carried the 'White" name, rather just Freightliner instead....

I'd love to see you do a build thread , Danny.......... this will be a real nice change and very interesting...

I LOVE this Harv................ the mud is excellent................. something I MUST try....

"Father's" ride is niiiccceee ! Love the color..

I'll bring the beer , Harv

I was wondering too, I asked Harv a week or so ago, and neither of us had heard from him................ I guess he needs to check in with us so we know he is doing ok.... after all we ARE family....

Martin, dude, you make me laugh....................... so now it starts.............. rip off schemes..... Cathy was on F/B last night and as some may know, they are slowly trying to open here in British Columbia..... she has a hair appointment at a local 'chain salon' for the fancy stuff, usually about $150..... anyway, she sees that a local home grown salon, is now charging a 'Covid Surcharge'...................... for cleaning the stations.... this is NOT the salon she is going to but rather another in our small town.... they are charging $10- 25.00 MORE on EACH customer for a 'covid surcharge'............ for 15 minutes of cleaning each station , supplies, and masks..................... they say the virus wasn't their fault .................. HUH, I don't recall it being OUR fault either............. BUT we as customers are on the HOOK to buck up........... even AFTER the businesses got Federal money, for wage loss, rent, and other sundries, as well as Provincial money for employees etc, where as I got SFA for any financial help, provincially OR federally, BUT I have to PAY MORE?? Somehow that just doesn't seem the least bit fair to me, so I am going to see just how much or how many more businesses will go this route. The "excuse' used for this local salon said it was ............... get this.................. " a Mandatory Suggestion" WTF is a Mandatory Suggestion ???? To charge MORE, in my world, it is EITHER 'Mandatory" OR a "Suggestion"................... I get it, this thing hit everyone and hurt a lot of folks, but I personally would rather support a business over and over and over if they were honest and trying to get their customer base back and cared about the guy paying the bills to help keep them afloat, rather than be artificially gouged to fill their void..... this thing hit all of us, in my small brain to me this is 'profiteering' over the pandemic, and I will not support businesses that pull this crap. I get maybe a couple bucks, but 25 !!! Each customer, and this particular place has MORE than one chair, we did the math, it plays out to a LOT of extra cash in the owners pocket. This kind of profiteering really gets under my skin , what about us folks on fixed incomes?? What about the old folks who fought wars and paid their way all their lives, who don't have that kind of extra money to line some gouger's pockets?? I am waiting for the restaurants to go the same way.... then they will cry the blues when they lose their business, I for one will NOT support a business who intends to profit from this thing we are ALL in.... thanks for letting me rant guys, but this is something we should all be on the look out for, I sure don't mind helping out a little bit, but I sure don't think I should be lining pockets from my meager wage packet. We all need to absolutely help out, the small businesses, and keep them going, but reasonably not get gouged.