As a retired truck mechanic, I always thought Ford was one of the best engineered trucks of all, And Fords were one of the easiest of all trucks to work on because they were engineered that way. I always thought GMCs and Internationals were designed by engineers that hated mechanics.

I remember when those were new in 1989, I was driving a 69 Ford 1000 cabover & the envy I had for the guys in the shinny new 9000 was over the top. Great memories, thanks for posting

The LTL's were some of the best trucks ever built. Super heavy but also bulletproof, and lots of room in the cab as well. My uncle used to run two of them pulling tankers, one with a 350 Cummins and one with a Cat 3406B. Don't see too many of them with the woodgrain dash, that's pretty cool.

The unmistakable sound of a 3406 mechanical Cat sounds good in the LTL which is one of my all time favorite trucks!

Probably the best-looking truck Ford made was the ltl9000. Motor sounds good the door sound solid on your closing. Imagine that big grill polished, Big Texas bumper on the front and the radical paint jobs Ford used to have

Hopefully whoever bought that old girl is giving her some love and bringing her back to her former glory. Still for what she looked like and how nice that CAT ran, it's a pretty decent truck. One of the only Fords I actually like, along with the CL-9000 cabover tractors.

My dad built these trucks at the Ford plant in Louisville. It was a big deal and much pride was put into the LTL 9000. One of the best semi trucks ever built.

I wish we could bring them “old skool” days back again 😎

A friend in south Ga his family had 4 89 LTL9000's they ran from the Carolinas,and Ga to Del Rio Texas to the stock yards still have 2 his dads and his grandpas truck they used the others for parts when they restored the other too ..they also had 3 85 GMC Generals they didnt keep them long on the Del Rio run then they went all 379 Peterbilts in 97 both his dad and Grandpa have passed away now but him and his 3 boys still run back in the early 90's i ran with them some ...shared a tooth pick or too ..only old school truckers will understand that lol

That thing is bad ass. Those are probably my favorite big trucks from when I was a kid. I'd love to have one to restore.

This is probably one of the most badass looking semi truck lol

When the GMC Generals were introduced in late 1976 as 1977 models they advertised to be the most mechanical friendly Heavy Trucks to work on

One of my favorite body styles of rig.

It says you put up the video on April 18, 2021. That is a nice trick since I am watching it on April 11, 2021.

Very Cool 😎,....Cat Power, Great Truck....a Gem in the Ruff

WICKED KOOL. And CAT POWERED. Great Find. ! ! ! 👍👍🇺🇸

I'm here because I just saw one of these at the top of Pacheco Pass. It was pulling 2 trucks and the 3rd was a dump truck with a car in the bed. Engines, tires, equipment , all 3 cabs were full of stuff. All going export to Mexico. I was dumbfounded how well that old truck works. I imagined it would have a screaming Detroit.

Wow so sad, I worked at Kentucky truck plant where that truck was made. LTL was the gem in it's day ironically most of these units went to Canada. Thanks for sharing

Bad shape ?? This thing is mint I have never seen on in person that clean lol

This is probably my favorite model truck from that era. LTL9000’s are such a beautiful design, especially the front-end and grille. The big chrome grille, and four headlights look shiny and beautiful, but aggressive. If an LTL9000 came up behind you in the left lane on the interstate, instinctively you’d want to get over to the right, and get out of its way, with that aggressive-looking chrome grille staring at you in the rearview mirror. Beautiful, old truck. I enjoyed seeing this one.👍🏻

AWESOME rig!!!

For the right price u should definitely take a look at getting it because u might not ever find one again

That's in really good shape! All of our LTS 9000's are getting really ratty and one of them you can look down and see the road through the bottom of the door. We only have three left in our fleet.

Judging from the sound, probably an old B model CAT. My first truck was a 3406B, wonderful engines. Despite the rot, the fact it has an undamaged hood and bumper will bump her value up for sure. That short wheel base and sleeper combo is hard to find, and one I would love to have. For $6900 I would have taken her home in a heartbeat. Still one of my favorite commercial trucks ever built. Cool find, thanks for the tour. 👍

always love looking around sunrise.

Loved the look of those I remember flipping through the brochures for those as a kid 👍

I drove a brand new LTL9000 in 86. Loved that truck. I would have checked the oil in it before I started it

Truck is beautiful hope you bought it, very rare trucks

what a gem, glad to see it all in one piece still

My dad had one when I was little,Had a 60in high top bunk on it.Great truck.👍😎I’d love to have that thing.

I started out pulling a 38 foot flatbed cross country with 1 of these in 1981!

One of drivers where I work has one just like it in mint condition. Idk much about it, but it sure looks badass and sounds badass

Man those are TOUGH looking rigs. Seriously bad ass looking rig.

I have a L9000 with a 3406B sitting in the yard at work right now. She doesn't get driven much anymore, but she's still a beast!

What a old school horse bro that was my dad's first truck n his first truck to get his CDL also daycab stretched out frame Ill ride with him every day to haul old school trucks never die god bless

I had one as a dump truck. LTL 9000 it was a '79. Loved it.

This takes me back, thanks for the video.👍

I still have 2 1989s in my fleet working everyday. If they still built them I'd still buy them.

Dude,ur funny.everything is old school cool.go back a couple and that's when I started school. put a Hendrickson spring set on the back,dang thing would sit ur bed clothes on the floor.that coffin box had enough room that u could roll ur head either way,left or right.do a frame up and I would take it over this computer with wheels.

Wow I drove one of those LTL 9000s back in the mid 80s had a 400 cat with a 13 speed. That thing flew. I didn't know how I didn't get any speeding tickets in that truck

Very cool!

I would def buy that truck remains me of that flatbed Annie movie but she was driving a freightliner white truck

Beautiful

1988 New Jersey to Chicago..no sleeper..never forget..drive safe

I bought a new LTL 9000 sleeper cab with Cat power that had sat on the lot for almost a year without being sold. They offered me a great deal on it and just as I was going to sign the papers I stopped and said, as an owner-operator, I can't drive a truck with just one stack I got up and the sales manager said if it had dual stakes you will buy it? I told him, yes, and 2 days later I signed the papers on my new LTL 9000 with twin chrome stacks

Wheel base is a little short but a Gorgeous truck just the same. The original LTLs came our mid 70s the sister truck to the CLT9000. At the time i believe the biggest grill on the market.

Yeah that was a sweet truck & for a good price

Ford with Cat power were unstoppable!

I knew she was a screamin cat when she dialed to life! Pretty rough looking truck but I really would like to get my hands on a Ford LTL someday.

Fun watching these American trucks..never saw these in UK/EU the Fords here are/were totally different. That hand throttle was standard fixture on an old 80's Scania 112 I drove for a few years though - seeing you set that was a blast from the past. Regards

those were great trucks.

yeah the Old Louisville for some sharp looking rides back in the day. that one with United Van lines drove it back in my early trucking days nothing holding that hood back it's just like an old 359 Peterbilt you have to have an ass to get that thing open otherwise lift it from the side🤣🤣

Loved these when I was a kid, my fathers co worker drove one and it was the first truck model I built back then 😁 painted like the old gold labatts trucks

I was a tireguy at Tubbys back in the day and I remember the first original trucks.

Absolutely love it even in rough shape

Those hood latches were so much better than the rubber ones that are on trucks today

I had to replay the G’day KZfaq intro 😂 Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

I wish I had mine back rust took its toll loved that truck!!

My favorite truck of all time!!

That has always been a good looking truck in my opinion and its different from all the rest of them. To bad Ford stopped making big trucks like this.

Cleaned up this would be a nice old rig.

Love em heaps good old banger

ive never liked fords but the old 9,000s r pretty cool

Love the ltls there cool to me

This and the cab over fords are some of the most beautiful trucks

Good trucks in the day with a Cat 3306 350 horsepower on up... great tractor for trailer dumps for hauling sand etc and for tri axles dumps .

I started off in an 87 Ford L 9000 .... not the fancy smancy LTL 9000.... dreamed about driving the LTL 9000.... thought to myself "Someday" Was actually a damn good truck

Always been my favorite truck

I love these truck I love the design man that’s a great find

I got one back in 1986 brand new with a 425 cat dual stacks and a 13 speed miss that truck

In 1986 I sat in one of the last CL9000 cab overs. Just a fantastic truck. Actually it was just up the road from you guys in a Ford dealer in Burlington. I wanted to take it out for a spin but the sales guy wouldn’t entertain it or even take me for a ride in it. I had a class A CDL or chauffeurs license in the states and a class 1 HGV in the UK. As I wasn’t buying one he didn’t want to waste his time with me. Tosser. About a year later in Orlando Fl I sat in a brand new LT 9000 Aero. Both trucks were a red/purple and silver. Got the same answer about a ride off that sales guy too👎. Ford built good trucks here in North America and Europe. Good workhorses cheap to run and maintain.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇸

Those hoods are the heaviest I ever saw. Gotta reach down by the mud flap and lift it that way...

I started in a L8000 in 1989👍🏿

This would've been perfect for TwinSticks Garage. Definitely not as bad as his Project Snowman.

Had a 1988 white one with sleeper my first year in OTR mid-90s

Have driven a bunch of these over the years. Some had 3406 CAT's, others had N-14 Cummins. Most popular transmissions in these were the Eaton-Fuller 8LL. If you don't know already, if you see a blue splitter on shift knob, it's not a 13-speed. Blue splitter means 8-speed with two deep reduction gears and it'll either be direct-drive "H" pattern, or an over-drive "U" pattern. Red splitter on shift knob with range selector below it mounted to stick is a 13-speed. It can be a single over-drive "H" pattern, or a double over-drive "U" pattern. If it is a Gray splitter in an older truck, it is an Eaton Super-10. In newer modern trucks, the Gray splitter with front range selector is an 18-speed. Older trucks had different setups than today's modern trucks. Not knowing which transmission is in each truck and shifting it wrong will severely damage transmission and destroy the drive train. If you are not sure, look for the shift pattern plate mounted in most trucks, otherwise take a picture of stick shifter and ask us old guys and we can tell you what transmission it has. This is a very long discussion topic so I'll cut it here because there are too many shift patterns to list here, I'd be all night.

My father owned two of them one 84 and a 88 both w 425 cat

They drove nice, great to see out of, and a lot better truck than what came after 🤔 Sterling 😫 RUN!!!

I'd take it as is looks good and it runs

Got my cdl in one of this brah takes me back.

Had a couple old w model cabover fords In seventies. Good video

I still have one I used to pull my landoll trailer. Day cab, big cam IV, Hendrickson spring Ride. They are tough trucks, the whole l-series Ford line were well-built trucks. The only thing that concerns me about that one is the rust heaving the frame apart.

It's savable 👍 definitely a nice truck for what it is

Nice Cat.

I love the old iron

Not a big fan of Ford but always had a thang for the Ford 9000

It was definitely old school but it really wouldn't take much to get it looking fear. ✌️

That’s a sweet old ride !!! I ran a couple L9000’s back in my early days (been doing this gig for 32yrs). I always dreamed of running an LTL but never happened..... I went on to Pete’s and KW’s now I’m in a Volvo 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

Smaller bunker and the steel wheels I think that was the 400 in that one with the 13 speed United Van lines used to have a whole bunch of them running the road with the four and a quarter 13 speeds and they would get out there and stroll.

Sweet

I love these trucks

I want it!!!

Drove three of those trucks the 96 was the best had a big cat in it

i would love to have one of the ford trucks..

I got a stiffie..when that engine cranked over...aaahh..yeah

Dammm that’s one cool cat

Great looking even if it's ruff!

Looks cool, but also looks like it needs a big hand. Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰

Huge truck 😂

That is awesome,