That model GMC is one of the best looking trucks, conventional or otherwise, of the entire 1970's. Extremely handsome.

I grew up in the 70's in these trucks. My dad hauled fuel in Detroit with Doubles, and man these old Detroits could PULL! My dad loved his GMC so much, when they were buying new trucks, he didn't want one. He kept his old Jimmy. Yes sir. Thank you for this video. Memory lane. Love you Dad. ❤️

My first diesel I drove was a 6V71, 5 speed with a 2 speed rear. I loved that truck.

I have fond memories of big GMC trucks. When I was 13 I learned to drive a 1951 970 jimmy 671 with 5 speed and a 3 speed brownie, 15 gears in total. Great truck and a kids dream to drive it. Love the truck look forward to future videos. Thank you.

My dad had a 74 9500 log truck with a prentice 110 log loader behind the cab. Hauled a lot of logs over the years with it,that engine outlasted the truck, then was used as a powerplant for the sawmill.great engines!

When I was a kid in the 70’s Winn Dixie super market’s whole fleet was this model of GMC in dark green. Great video 👍

I drove for 52 years, I love watching your channel. Seeing the old trucks brings back some fond memories and some maybe not so fond. Lol.

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for trying to keep us Old Schoolers alive. Been trucking since April of 75. Again thank you so much.

Thanks for the flashback I remember this type of truck running around when I was younger

I drove this Truck for Millwood Trucking Co, Memphis, she sounded so sweet, I loved driving that truck. The fifth wheel was further back. We ran Traitors and shipping containers to and from the Railroad companies. Damn I loved that truck, it was a pleasure going to work

My dad had a two tone blue long hood one of these with a 318 when I was a kid. He had drivers in it hauling hot liquid asphalt out of Mobile, AL up to Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham asphalt plants. He drove his 71' Cabover White Freightliner with a 318 Detroit. At that time he also had a Long nose White Western Star with a V8 903 Cummings. Loved those trucks!! Wish I had one of them today. ,,,, Great video except for the sound when he was driving it. You have a new subscriber here. Thanks.

Thank you, great to see this beautiful 9500!

When I was a kid these trucks were all around. I wanted one Was my dream truck.

My brother had a truck like long hood model ran for curry coal company ran all Illinois Kentucky Missouri Indiana .he use to wake me up at 400 Am take me with him I was 12 13 years old sroyy I talking to much it the best year of my life hanging with my brother & his truck thank u so much on this GMC 9500 viedo 😎🚛

Awesome video i had the privilege of driving one for the military in Europe in the 70 with a v12 gas motor with twin Distributors It would pass anything on the road except a gas station God bless and stay safe in these troubled times 🙋‍♂️ 🇬🇧

Hey I'm a young guy. Love the old rigs and trucker stories. Joined the ATHS. Glad people preserve the old trucks n tales on video or restoring a truck.

I had a 1972 9500 dump truck it had a 318 with a 10 speed this brings back memories, Thank you for the great VIDEOS I really enjoy them.I am an old school kind of guy I have 55 years under my belt working on trucks and equipment.

I own a 1966 Brockway with a 318 that I am currently restoring. Love the channel

Your Cad makes me want to find another 1972-73 (I've had several in the past) Like the people you meet in your travels, Wayne is an awesome person as well. In recent years I've grown to like the Dayton wheels a lot more. In Arizona most trucks came with Budds and we called the Daytons "eastern" wheels. Detroits sure sing some beautiful music!!!

Hello Dane trucker lounge another fantastic video of gmc truck do remember shoprite grocers out of eizbetbeth NJ. had same exact gmc but there color was red.

Still hauling with my GMC generals 9-23-21 pull's 50 ft belt trailer 90000 lbs gross runs like a dream

Just found your channel first 🚚 I drove was a 9500 GMC. Truck looks great

I just found your channel. I really enjoy everything you feature. I'm from Pittsburgh and remember most of the places you go to. As far as a grocery chain using that truck. In Cleveland there was a warehouse named Seaway that used those exact trucks. I believe that may be who you be thinking of. Keep up the great work. I love the caddy. I had a sixty four that I lost in a flood. I've been driving for thirty three years, including a number of years with the grocery chain Giant Eagle. They actually owned the old Seaway terminal I referred to.

I drove for Winn Dixie from 1980 to 1988 they had those tractors the beef people lol

Had one! GMC 9500, 318 detroit, RTO 95/13 speed with 4.11 38000 Eton rear axles!

Hmm! Okay yes nice GM old school iron. I've driven both types of these rigs (GMC #9500/General). I had trouble breaking airlines when I drove the #9500 but enjoyed every day of it. #keepontruckin 😉👍🏼

A good-looking truck it's got the 318 Detroit I would love to have it

That was first truck I drove, 73 GMC 318 Detroit, I am retired now!

The short nosed conventionals had everything packed in under the hood along w/ the kitchen sink, Ha! Ha! In many of the short noses, the Cummins engines sat angled in the frame for clearance. A lot of the engine work was done by taking off the dog house.The Dodge short noses had a filler panel in under the cab as it was raised to accomo- date the 318 Detroit when ordered. If I remember correctly, the Brockway 359 and 700 series short noses sat high w/ D.D. V-8 power.

Sears & Roebuck had a fleet of these trucks my cousin that was an excavator bought one to pull a lowboy with it still had the sears emblem on the door always loved the sound of that 318

I remember Winn Dixie super markets used to run these for years...and then updated them with the newer models Brigadere later on all detroits..then the alot county road n bridges deoartment in texas had them...a friend of mine bought one at a municaple aution 88 gmc detroit was a county yars truck and 3,400 miles on it.

Love that old 318. Great motor

The famous 318 Detroit screamer.

I used to have the twin to it except mine was black instead of red. Loved that truck, wish I had never gotten rid of it

I grew up when this truck came off the line it's a shame that there dyeing off i do love to hear old trucks restored and running

I loved this video and I'm a new subscriber... I love these old trucks with the Detroit 2 strokes in them. Keep up with the content man I'm loving it.

I'm really enjoying learning all this stuff about these trucks!

Now that’s cool. I want my driveway to be lined up with projects some day. Can only dream…

First "semi" truck I learned to drive in 1973. Straight truck with a box for grain and I towed a John Deere 7700 combine on a custom-built trailer. Loved crossing over to big boy trucks and drove big trucks for the next 46 years. I drive motorcoaches (bus) these days.

G'day mate nothing like the sound of a G M great video keep up the good work all the best

There is not another engine in the world that sounds like a 318 my Dad had a 63 GMC Cracker Box with a 318 I always loved that sound 😀

I owned a GMC bridlgadier tractor bought from Yellow Freight and had it converted to an 8yd heated dump with air tailgate, painted two tone grey had 6n71 Detroit with 10 sp road ranger. Had highway gearing and would cruise all day at 80 plus mph. The fuel to noise maker comment still is making me chuckle. Love the program.

My first diesel i drove was a 1983 G.M.C. Astro cabover with an 8V92 Detroit silver 400,a 13 speed,and no a/c,dual air intake and 1 exhaust pipe. Still 3/4 deaf from running it lol. After 35 years I still miss it. Simple times and trucks.

Thank you for the video. I have a ( 353 & 8-71) in two pieces that I own. Love the Detroit Diesel's.

Hi Dane, that 318 sounds great. Loved those GMC 9500’s, they also had a 7500 with duel headlights on them, I use to see a lot of those GM trucks pulling lowboys with big bulldozers on the trailer. My friend from Chardon, his dad was a long haul trucker when my friend was younger and he said he owned a 1973 Freightliner cabover with a turbocharged 318 Detroit in it. Detroit’s were built for boats mainly then people started putting them in trucks and buses. A lot of fire trucks ran Detroit’s also.

Great video , keep em coming

Well, I am a part of the next generation, and you will be glad to hear, I love these trucks and eventually want to collect some of these trucks, preserve a little history, and enjoy them for what they are! I breathe this stuff!

that truck would look sweet pulling a hopper bottom grain trailer

That KWhop is going to be a premium ride when he gets to it

Dude I am so sorry that I just found your site but I am binging on it I remember all these riggs from my early years

When I was 22 I bought a new 1985 GMC 9500 and put a military wrecker bed on it

A towing company why I live had one with a 750 homes on it that thing was a beast I used to work for them

I think the 1st truck I can remember driving was a 68 / 9500 . Had a 318 Detroit 13 speed. Pulled a 36 ft Hopper Bottom.

Enjoyed this,,, thanks.

Began driving these GMC trucks (short hood and long hood) at age 14 and drove them for years before eventually going bigtime into the larger sleeper road tractors. They were "the fleet" favorite and mine too and now at 57 y.o. was thinking it would be fun to drive one of these again around the block, maybe a few dozen times. The vast majority of these came with Detroit 671 inline sixes, a few with Detroit 871 V8's, and a few more with the Cummins 270/290 inline sixes. I like all of them but the Cummins 290 with the PT pump turned up was the nicest and quietest. Of course, it has to be a 13-speed regardless of engine no doubt about that. My dream truck would be this short hood 9500 with a Freightliner back clip (tall airbags), a Cummins NTC Bigcam 400 and 13-speed Roadranger. I just sold my long time Intl 9400i big bunk Eagle, moved to southern Tennessee and found a new job driving spotter truck hopefully to retirement. I'll never buy another big truck but it would be a joy to get to drive one of these GMC trucks again for the hell of it.

I drove one when I was a young un. Hendrickson suspension, hydraulic seat. When you hit a bump, the knobs would fly off the radio. Man she rode nice😁

I remember Publix and Winn Dixie had GMCs of that generation.

My old man had a ‘70 Mack RS700L with a 318 13 speed Roadranger. Would do 80 mph on the highway I remember it well. It would be nice to buy this truck just to hear it run and bring back my childhood memories from 7-18 years old riding to the lumber Mills way up in Northern Maine

Good job .. another nice rig..

Thanks for video I'm getting addicted to these things I love old trucks I'm a farm dude but I collect all Oliver tractors I do love the rigs remind me when I was a little kid watching BJ in a bear with a big Kenworth or Peterbilt I can't remember I had to look that up LOL but I remember I worked at a warehouse and they had brigadier's and had them Detroit in them I drove them a couple times

Beautiful old school

ABF, Ryder Commercial Carriers Division (the car carrier for GM for decades), Signal Delivery ( the contract carrier for Sears, Roebuck and Co.) and Gordon's Transports all had the GMC/ Chevy 9500.

Really nice truck 👍

Beautiful 9500, loved the western long hood version of this truck, Texaco at the Buckeye Arizona Tank Farm facility had a western double tanker that was a longhood driven by a blonde, it had dual everything chromed to the nines, powered by a rare 12V71N Detroit Diesel with a 13spd double Ott tranny. Would love to own this tractor but who's got deep pockets anymore and to get it financed is out of the question.

I remember that Winn Dixie grocery chain had bunches of these when I was a kid, also yellow freight had tons of them running in south Carolina. What's the price on this truck if you still have it?.

I really like the quad headlight model too

Nice Truck!

Beautiful!

you've got another new subscriber ,, thanks for bringing us this video ,, i love old trucks and GMC trucks are my particular favorites ,,i currently own several old trucks ,,the oddest one of them all is a GMC crackerbox COE built in 1965 it currently has an 8V-71 detroit /AKA 318 although it was originally equipped with a V12 gasoline engine ,,the other really odd one i have is a daily driven FORD COE C-600 1974 model it was originally an ice delivery truck i was told , i bought it at a farm auction and partially restored it ,the original 429 FE engine was junk and has been replaced with a 1999 model 7.3 liter powerstroke diesel engine ,,it has a 7 speed transmission which is odd for a COE of this era and doesn't have a 2 speed axle also odd ,most of these has a 4+2 setup ,,either way it's a head turner ,, i found a 1974 model ford pickup box that i made fit on it so it looks like a pickup truck ,it actually turns better that a standard 8ft box pickup truck

Love them old detroits 🤗

Worked at the Chevrolet Warren plant back in the early 70s and the plant used these in the fleet

As far as the sleepers on them. When I was a kid in the 80s one of my neighbors was a owner op and he had one of these with a sleeper. Now over 30 years later I don't remember for sure if it was a long hood but I do remember it was this cab and hood with a sleeper. It was a small coffin sleeper but it had one.

Great video I drove one like this one with the 671 in it great truck I like the old trucks to thanks for sharing 👍

Love the Caddy!

Awesome truck , I live about a mile away from him .

They did make long nose sleepers. You’re right, they also made this short nose, in tandem and single axle setups.

Man, I just found your channel here. I'm an 0ld Retired truck driver of 44 years. I have a Very Safe Driving record, over 7 Million miles without an accident There ain't to many that can that with these damn New Driver(wannbe divers)My dad was a Truck Driver too. I remember as a little kid in the summer time I ride with my Dad. His Newest truck was a 1961 Diamond T. I can remember when I got home from school that day and First laid eyes on that Big Red "T" W0W that was a the actual start of ME wanting to Drive 'Em. My 0ld Story would be So Long to try to put much here. I Sub'ed and I Like this video also. I did just buy an 1978 Chevy C-60 to putter around with here in my shop in fact I pick it up tomorrow or the next day? Not shore yet..

I drove one of those for almost 10 years.

One ok the roughest trucks I ever drove, And the loudest even with two mufflers.

My brother law bought a new HM9500 long nose with a factory coffin sleeper in 1972. 8V-71 with a RTO 9513 tranny.. Sqhd Rockwell differentials. Reyco springs in the rear on 20's. It was a rather long wheel base tractor.

I'm loving the old girl.

Nice Cadaverlac!

I grew up in Westchester County and saw a lot of these hauling cars for anchor motors coming out if Tarrytown, New York from the big GM plant. They had the 6_71 238 hp screaming Jimmy's

I drove one of those back in the mid 70's for a company in Ontario Canada. lol

I was around of alot of the those 9500 GMC trucks growing up and loved the style of them a few companies had whole fleets of them in my area old fox fertilizer co.Enfield CT.

Like your Sedan Deville.

Hey Dane, I know up here in Michigan there was a grocery outfit called Capistar out of Lansing that had blue tractors and did have a couple of GMCs in the fleet,don’t know if it’s possible that it’s one of the old tractors they had or not,not that far from Ohio. I drove for a produce distributor out of Cincinnati called Crosset and used to see Capistar trucks on my run in Michigan,knew one of the drivers as he went to some of the same stores I did,you never know could be one of the trucks .Love the Chanel Dane ,take care buddy,Kurt

You have very cool trucks and tractors. Great engines. There are still trucks in Russia, but mostly they are Freightliner Columbia, Cascadia, international 9700, Volvo VNL. Pretty boring, but hardy for Russian roads. Thank you for such videos, let's say so to touch the American classics.

That’s a modern looking design for a 1973 tractor.

I haven't seen Dayton wheels in forever.

My old man had a blue one and hauled cross country refer and flat bed for 5 years before adding a mercury sleeper slept across the seats when he slept. then hauled wood with it before selling it in the early 90s

Wow super kool. Thanks for sharing.

I never saw that older 4-71 truck you promised.

First truck I owned wss a 1975 9500, 318, 13 spd. Strangely enough it would pull great on the hills and had a good top end. It would motor. Just hauled tankers in Ontario Canada - 125000lbs gross

I remember WINN DIXIE grocery stores using those GMC’s and I think they were painted Green with the WINN DIXIE LOGO.

I've seen a sleeper on them got to run the stacks behind the sleeper. But back in 73 the length laws were for bumper to bumper. 55ft and or 60 ft. Hence the short hood conventionals and short wb cabovers. I'd take a small bunk COE over a daycab long noze. Easier to take naps.

If I had the money .... that would be mine !!! :)

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I remember those trucks growing up in the 70s when they would pass by my house , two of those trucks I really remembered where Jimmy T Wood trucking had one pulling scrap iron in a dump trailer and SartainsRoad Masters pulling a box van both had the Detroit screaming Jimmy...I miss those trucks.

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