Recent content by Ramblin Randy

Add Red Farmer to the list. Red Farmer placed 4th at the Martinsville Cardinal 500 in 1971, driving the Bob Adams owned #11 hauled by this hauler . Fixed the airbrakes this week no leaks... fully functional... I have my air horns working again. Joy..!

The rolls of line are such a great solution... except this truck "tilts" forward a good 50 degrees thus the reason these trucks are called "tilt-cabs". I paid $118 and the local hose fabricator made me a hose with the correct 1/4" tips. To bend by hand ( and find a rubber hose for the cab )...

Here's a photo roughly 1975 from Troy Pa at the McClure Ford garage with Geoff Bodine and his first wife. Only info I have on her is from first hand accounts commenting she cussed like a sailor. Nothing known if she could cook.

After sitting for 15 years I'm working on getting the air bakes to work again. Installed new clutch line and both cylinder ends today all is well there. I need a used tractor at the farm and some dental work so I'm going to send the truck to auction in January.

Blew out the clutch hydraulic line with 100psi and because it was very rusty in the middle the line blew a hole. Ford doesn't have a part so I have to go to the hydraulic shop and have one made up. I'm going to skip the metal line on the ends and middle and just go rubber 95% of the whole...

I've hired great welders and I've hired bozos, did I mention I'm not a welder so I am curious of your opinion. My truck is a real beauty it's a 1966 Ford C-Series NASCAR hauler with documented use by Bobby Allison, Geoff Bodine and Ray Hendrick. Recently filmed a walk around video and may have...

Bought this Blackhawk original cardboard box this summer. It's I'm guessing about 1940's give or take. The jack that was inside is in nice shape, but it's not a Blackhawk from what I can tell. In other news I'm working on a ID Guide for old Auto and Truck Jacks. Does anyone have any early...