Yes Sir. "Just cause thats what I wanna do" Perfect reason.

I had one. When you shut the hood, that clang took me right back.

I learned to drive ours (2-ton dump) at 12 y/o. I had to scoot down to get the clutch pedal pushed in, put it in granny and just let the clutch out- you couldn’t stall it in first. Head down the dirt road feeling like a king! I’d pull it out of gear and stand on the brake with both feet to stop! Ours had the floor starter, too. I still remember that smell and sounds....

Kool truck , almost as old as I am. We had a short bed 56 Chevy , I loved that old girl as a kid , we worked on her after getting it around 1965. New brakes , master cylinder wheel cylinders the whole nine yes. She was used hard by us for a few yrs moving sand , shoveled must have moved 20 tons in total trips and small bed. Wish my pop had saved her for me but she was wanted by another. Really enjoy your vids a lot , thanks

Old head-turner truck is a blast, It's all the reason needed, I don't have to be driving it to appreciate the emotional response one has to old trucks!

Someone did love that truck for a few years

Merry Christmas to you Jonathan, Mrs. Jonathan & Family!!! Thank You Jonathan for the Video as always!!!!! God Bless Ya'll......

The patina is unbelievable.. The truck is in good hands take care of her. Thanks to your wife for helping

That’d make a sweet homemade roll back wrecker build!

Just like one of the trucks we had on the farm when I was a kid. We had a Chevy dualie and a Studebacker truck, both from long ago. I don't remember the years, but both were good trucks. I learned to drive at age 12 on the Studebaker. I drove a 1956 VW to school in the 70's, having fun at full service stations telling the gas jockey to be sure to check the coolant !

I'm here from the future to comment. I somehow missed this video until I watched the Unit 614 Crane Repairs part 5. (3-30-21) That's a fantastic truck! That 235 won't do anything for you in a hurry, but it will do it for you reliably for a long darn time., I'm a bit jealous. I know what you mean about the brakes on older MD trucks. I've got a 73 F-600 dump that's the same way. The brakes are great, then after sitting over winter there's nothing, right to the floor. Bleeding the master cylinder down at the Hydroboost unit, one pump brings the whole system right back to life. No idea why.

I love it when you work on them old cars and trucks takes you back to simple times

The engine whisperer has success again. This had the makings of a good truck...looking at it teminds me of bucking square bales of hay 1960, Creek County Ok for my grandpa

What a great lookin' ol' girl she is! Excellent find!

You gotta love those old Chevrolet heavy duty trucks. They maybe old work horses. But are very much capable of still doing the work a new truck can. Good score if I do say so myself.

Thats a beauty, I love the old trucks.

Man, I would love to own that truck. Beautiful!

The original engine for a 58 Viking 60 6 cylinder was the Jobmaster 261

My Uncle had a 58 & 59 on his farm. Learned how to drive them in the fields @ the ripe age of 12. Those trucks were work horses. Thanks for the memories. :)

What a great old rig. Doesn't need much at all. Just a little TLC here and there. I've got a 235 in my 57 Two-Ten. It's a fantastic engine. Starts up better than any other old vehicle I own.

Glad to see you back! Love old trucks

Great as usual. That sports exhaust muffler and tailpipe looks aftermarket. Stay safe and best wishes from Australia

We a Viking on the small family farm when I was a kid we hauled grain with. Wish I had it now, gotta love old iron. You got a wonderful looking one there glad to see you bring her alive!

Great stuff Jonathan !! Thank you !! God bless you and yours !!!!! Eddy

"When all else fails, get the Mrs.!" 😃#extrapairofhands

I remember riding around back in the early sixties my dad had a 1958 Vikings 60 with a boom truck on it for fixing signs I was only about 5 years old he had it for till I was about 10 that was a cool truck I wished I had it now

That's a darn nice truck. Wouldn't take but a bit of love to have her looking great. Someone did a fine job fixing her up.

Love the old duallys awesome!

Sweet ol' truck ! Go through it to make it right, and drive it for another '62 years! Better take that helper out for ice cream.

That truck looks to be in awesome shape for the age of it. That would look so good to be restored like original 👍👍. Truly MADE IN AMERICA 🇺🇸

Thank You Johnathan, I’ve missed your first start videos.

Appreciate that one jonathan. Love those ole trucks.

I never get tired of you bringing these rigs back to life, keep up the great work.

Glad you're back regularly...Thanks for the content Jonathan

Love these trucks! And love the first starts!!!

You are a lucky man to have a wife that enjoys the old iron from days gone by . Mine just looks and says unreal more junk and doesn't want to see it anywhere on the place. Great ride you have to add to your collection.

Nice old truck love seeing old trucks comeing back to life 👍💯

Thanks for showing the pedal view. So cool to see when cold or first starting. Please make more!

We hauled hay with a flat bed Chevy. Made me happy to hear it run. The patina on the paint is fantastic! please dont paint it! Wipe it with lindseed oil will keep it and have a nice look. Thanks for the video!

That truck brings back memories. Nice job. Nice body too.

Great truck !!! Love those first starts !

I absolutely love that old truck!😀

Sweet truck, almost screaming to be bright red again. It's in great shape, ought to be worth a paint job. Best regards from Indiana.

Great old truck! Glad to be back to some first starts again, maybe another repair and drive video again!

I love seeing these old veterans come back to life! Looks like you’ve got a good truck there.

Excellent keep finding the old iron Jonathan . When this truck rolled off the line , I was 12months old . classic vehicles . They're in my blood . Always have been , always will be . Top man .

Love the natural reverb your getting talking under that hood. Awesome old truck!!

Nice looking, solid truck. Looking forward to what you plan to do with it. Thanks for keeping us entertained

Another beautiful addition and clay for you to work into something unique. Keep sharing and I'll keep liking. Thanks 👍

What a great find. The engine sounds mechanically very good. Great video 😊👍

I feel like I was there. This is one NOISY video. They call this REALISM. : )

Nice truck Jonathan! Brings back good memories! I bet that guy is smilin down from heaven seeing that it’s good hands now! Merry Christmas to you and yours.

I also loved that old truck the 60 came in on. One hellova long flat bed!

Now that’s what I call “Cherry”. Good price, good shape, runs with no smoke, drives and stops. It’s an all around “WIN” no matter how you slice it. I can see a boom crane mounted next to the cab, and cable winches front and rear. It’s old stuff like this that makes your channel great. I can’t tell you how much I like your channel just for old cars trucks and equipment. There have been plenty of times I wished I was your neighbor just so I could come over and see what was old parked in your driveway. 👍👍

The interior of that truck does look pretty nice for its age so someone did some work to it for sure. Always loved the look of those trucks. Thanks for sharing

Love the sound of them old chivverley sixs. Heard lot of them years ago

Great score Jonathan, my uncle had an old “60” model back in day for his monument and sandblasting biz. Always reliable never let him down. Thanks for sharing and doing what you want to do.

Sitting here with a friend of mine and she said she would love to drive that old truck just like I would that's when the truck was a truck

Thanks for continuing to do your videos I love watching, they get me motivated to do some of my own projects.

The large oil lines is a dead giveaway that it is a 261. Best engine Chevy ever made in my opinion! Nice truck btw

That truck seems to have found its way to the right guy to own it. The man that had it did a nice job on the things he did on it. That will make a nice driver for you with nice tires and a little exhaust and tune up.

She is a beauty, Jonathan! I hope you can keep it and make use of it.

tune up and carb work that truck will be running strong for many years to come ,thanks for saving the old stuff

That's a sweet old truck. The angle iron cutter is pretty sweet too.

I thought this was an old video, clicked it anyway as I need a dose of cool old start therapy about now, then I find out it's a new upload too... Bonus Nachos! Thanks for sharing JW.

Wow i would love that truck, great video.

Jonathan, clear coat that baby. Nice truck and it was like the old days. First start in years. Love it!

i am so glad i found your channel i have watched nearly every one and so relaxing to watch my father was in the auto salvage business and we built most of our wreckers would build the booms out of round tubing and then cut squares of plates and then run angle iron from the corners to build what was at one time the standard. really enjoyed the time i got to spend with him so much i see in you i saw in him please keep up the hard work you put in. we restored a old straight 8 buick twin carb. several old packards and if i remember correctly a V-16 cad one time

Love your videos Jonathan is the Best

Excellent video Johnathon :) hope see more videos on KZfaq again of old Viking Truck !

Good ole truck Jonathan ! ENJOYED

Dream truck material right here.

What a nice old truck. I'm jealous you find such good cars and trucks.

Very cool truck. With a little persuasion from an extended nap, that old 6 sounded willing and ready.

Fantastic! Very neat truck. All kinds of possibilities. Thanks, and Meow to Ninja Catscan, wherever she is.

I love this old truck, I'd love to have one

Heck, that's a nice work. Great find. Lots of Luck with it. The engine sounds solid.

at least u r able to get it running. good video keep them coming

Seems to be a real good old truck Sir ! Great find

that was fun just watching what you did to bring her back to life.

I'm guessing it might be a 261. I have saved 3 Studebaker medium trucks. 1 1/2 ton, 2 ton and a rare 3 ton. These workhorses of America have been overlooked by restorers. I'm surprised it doesn't have the Timken-Detroit vacuum operated 2 speed rear axle. Keep up the great work saving old American iron.

Got it running makes a good day. Nice.

Nice truck, it would be fun to put a dump bed on it. It could be be a nice mulch truck or good for a shop truck hauling engines and parts. So many ideas for this!

A Jonathan video and cold start! It must be my lucky day.

Nice truck,,,thanks for showing,,

Nice! The best finds are old fire trucks as they were usually low miles but high hours as they sat running for hours fighting fires. Mostly well maintained as breakdowns were very undesirable. I would have snapped it up too! As always looking forward to your next video. Terry from South Carolina

I bought a six pack of those bottles you are using to prime with off of Amazon. Best thing I ever did. You can fill float bowls with them and if you take the dip tube off inside you can turn it upside down and use it as a fuel tank for small engines. I love those old trucks too I hope you do something cool with it.

Killer patina on this one. Nice truck!

That's a dandy there! It would cleanup really well. Might think about a driveway paintjob on that one. I hear you on the medium duty trucks and brakes. I bought one myself because of it's brakes, and I knew who did them. Fugly ol dump truck, but it stopped on the dime. Thanks for sharing

Awesomeness, Brother Jonathan!

I gota 59 Viking and love it! I use it all the time, geared so you can drag around Egyptian Pyramids around even with your 235, my has a 283 in it and has so much torque that even with several tons on the bed you can let out the clutch at idle and it wont stall.

Hey Jonathan...Another great find..not in bad shape either.motor sounds good .it has all the glass too..new brakes .. granny low.. it's going to be a great hauler..thanks Jonathan.. Looking foward to the next video on this truck..Cheers 🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great old truck! Perfect patina!

Flogs that starter more than I would, but he got it running. Much respect.

That's a cool old truck, I just saw a 53 gmc the other day with a 3-71 detroit diesel.

love the old Irion u drag home

She's a keeper....Newk from Kentucky

I had a 58 gmc a little bigger than that. Had a pontiac fireball v8. A glorious beast

Nice looking truck. Looks like it is great shape mechanical.

Jonathan I like watching your videos working on old school stuff not to many people left that do it.