Posted by DR. EVIL on November 17, 2020 at 03:22:03 from (174.192.73.44):
In Reply to: Re: Gmc 5500 posted by svcummins on November 16, 2020 at 19:24:32:
The Big Block GMC V-6's have a website all their own, "'60-'66 GMC V-6". Lots of info on them and the trucks they were used in. There were several engines in the 400 cid range, a 401, 432, and probably the most popular BIG engine was 478 cid. They, gasoline engine trucks were really popular back in the 1950's and '60's, even into the '70's. Livestock trucking companies tended to use gas engine trucks & tractors because older farmers believed diesel exhaust hurt the quality of the meat on the way to the processing plant. I spent a LOT of time riding Shotgun in GMC V-6 powered livestock semi's or IH CO-190's with 450 cid 6's. There was a BIG livestock trucking company out of Litchfield, Illinois that every Sunday night would have over a dozen semi's at the Chicago Stockyards, mostly gasoline powered FORD's, their Super-Duty gas truck engines seemed to run the best, 401, 477, & 534 cid, 226, 253, & 266 hp.
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