It's been a while, so I figured I'd give everyone an update on the Autocar.

I went to Rich's house today to load the old engine and transmission. John Brillman, a friend of mine who rebuilds magnetos and sells electrical parts for old trucks and tractors( The Brillman Co. ) also has a couple old Autocars similar to mine. I saw John at the Tri-State truck show in Winchester Va. and mentioned that I was going to re-power Big Melvin and he agreed to purchase my engine and transmission. Brillman drove about 5 hours from his house in Va. and picked up the engine and transmission.

While I was at Rich's house, I got a chance to look at the progress he has made on the truck. He has the engine and transmission mounted. The exhaust changed from 3 inch to 4 inch and mounted.He bent and cut the shifters for both transmissions and mounted a second battery so it would have enough power to turn the engine over.The radiator is still out getting cleaned and he  has to mount the steering box. I need to get a new tachometer since the one I was using for the gas engine will not work and change the amp gauge to a voltage gauge.

Plans for the future include mounting the AM/FM CB radio I acquired,Purchasing and mounting a pyrometer and boost gauge for the turbo,and finding and mounting a Bostrom T-Bar Viking drivers seat.

I also have a rear end with higher gears that needs gone through and mounted and converted to Maxi-breaks.

Converting the truck to a bigger diesel engine from a gasoline engine is a lot of work. If you decide to under take this, I recommend you either be a master mechanic and fabricator, or know someone like Rich. Like Dirty Harry said, " A MAN HAS TO KNOW HIS LIMITATIONS "