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Brad, I read over everything you did and you said it might be something simple so here goes: When you changed the points did you set the gap ? It should be 0.016 on that old flathead if I remember correctly. Set the gap with the points on the high side of the cam on the distributor. Zout has...

Here is a link I just came across which has more photos of the C2 in New York. https://plus.google.com/photos/114414756732382249410/albums/5753523012552893313#photos/114414756732382249410/albums/5753523012552893313

I sent you an email with some photos a few days ago, did you get it ?

Here are a couple of photos from the Life Magazine collection, taken in 1942. The front view shows the front axle pretty well, it looks very similar if not the same as yours. This truck is the later style with the early curved boom. One thing that I don't think has been mentioned so far is that...

The red thing is the inertia starter. It mounted in front of the grille and connected to the crankshaft. It had a crank that went in from the side. I believe you "wound it up" and then there was some kind of mechanism to release the energy and turn the engine over. If you remember the Briggs and...

That Sterling is safe at the Yaworski truck museum in Connecticut. It is not a DDS150, it is a civilian model with a non driving front axle. The boom appears to be similar though. You can find a couple of surviving DDS150's in this thread...

What a great find your C-2 is. It looks to be in really good condition, and it is amazing that you could drive it home. How is the wood in the cab ? Usually that is the first thing to go. If the wood is in good condition you are already way ahead of the game. Don't give up on finding the correct...

Trucker, I'm sending you an email.

A friend sent me this right side factory photo of the DDS150. It is from Ernest Sternberg's "History of Sterling Trucks". Sternberg was the nephew of Sterling's founder and was a Sterling engineer from the '40's up to the end in 1953. I had not seen this photo before today.

Rednine, thanks for all the pictures. These trucks are definitely the Sterling DDS150 rated at 7-1/2 tons , I think. It is not one of the C-2 type airfield wreckers, and it is an entirely different model than the DDS235 like the Stuart wrecker. I believe these trucks were built for the Navy...

Rednine11, did you ever get any photos of the Sterling ?

Here are a couple of pics.

A friend of mine has bought this truck and it will soon be in a new home in Connecticut. This will be his second Biederman F1. I think he has the market cornered !

Actually, during the War Diamond T's were built in Chicago and Reo trucks were built in Lansing. In the late '50's White Trucks bought both Diamond T and Reo, and moved DT production to Lansing in 1960. In 1967 White merged Diamond T and Reo to form Diamond Reo. So now you can be proud of two...

I'll post some photos of the 3 different models, in order the DDS150, DDS225, and the DDS235. They are pretty easy to tell apart.

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Please post pictures if you can. I take it by "duece and a half" you mean 6x6 ? It is most likely either a DDS150 7-1/2 tonner or a DDS235 10 tonner. The DDS235 will have Cleco Air springs on the front, the DDS150 does not. If it has a setback front axle and air springs it is a DDS225 which were...

My thoughts and prayers go out to John Bizal and his family, and also to you, snowdad. I lost my oldest son when he was 13 in 2006. I don't think you ever get over it, you just learn to deal with it. My heart goes out to you.

It turns out that the color photo that started this thread is on display inside the VAB for the public tours they are doing now. As has been mentioned, this was the 1st stage for Apollo 8, the 1st flight to orbit the moon. Here is the placard next to it with some additional info. I also...