Will it Start? Petrol v8 ACCO Truck
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2023
- In this episode we start up the petrol v8 engine in this 1966 international ACCO truck and take it for a drive. #mechanical #oldtruck #tractor #restoration #willitstart #internationalharvester #v8 #v8engine #internationaltruck #acco #international #australianmade #v8petrol #oldtruck
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Gday Steve,
Just great looking truck ,
They were everywhere in their day .
Just pour a bit of the cold gold amber fluid down her throat, and she comes to life ...
Just like the average Aussie bloke.
Gotta love the old "Butter Box"
Respect....!
Watching again after just watching a old production line video about the paint process.
Glad your enjoying it mate
Nice truck I like that one 👌 that will b awsome when it's restored
Thanks mate. I’d love to be able too
Shoodna had those beers for lunch.
Gee Steve mate they were treated as Hotrods in the day everyone had one at some stage love em
Hi mate yes I believe so. Both sides of my family ran them
I don’t own any trucks at all but I’m always looking here on CZcams for cool old macks, internationals, whites, kenworth, fords, gmc, dodge ect. Especially love the rigs with the Detroit Diesel screaming down the road
Hi mate that’s great that your looking for them. There’s plenty of it on here. Thanks for watching
You got it right on the first one! ACCO stands for Australian C-Line Cab Over - the original version was the AACO: the Australian A-Line Cab Over
That’s what I’ve always believed Joe yes mate
@@stevesplacedownunder However, none of them were actually cab over (they didn't tilt over), they had a removable fiberglass engine hump covering in the cab. Mongrel of a thing to work on.
@@dieseldavetrains8988 Cab over, as in cab over engine didn’t specifically refer to tilt cab, simply the fact that the cab was located over (above) the engine.
Cab looks pretty similar to the White Compact/White Road Xpeditor, save for the bull nose. Very interesting!
greetings from Canada. 🇨🇦
Hi mate thank you for watching and commenting. I can see what you mean yes
One of the other trucks my Dad used to have was an Acco 8 wheeler with a UD4 in it (at least I think it was the 4, Might have been the 6???). I remember doing 2 trips from Sydney to Cooktown in that thing in the early 80's. Please please please, can you do a video on that ol' girl at some stage? I will give you a kidney or my first born!! Your choice!! Ha ha! Oh, and I love the exhaust on the V8! Bloody awesome, Steve!! Love it!
Hi mate, I’m actually watching you pick up that John Deere tractor while I’m writing this. It started very easy.
I wonder if the 8 wheeler I have is it? There wouldn’t of been to many with those in them. UD5 this one here. I’m going to do one on it mate yes. I’d like to put a decent amount of effort into that. I will need to fix the bottom coolant neck first.
The v8 in this video has a hotdog on either side. I put the cutting wheel through the old single system and once finished it didn’t sound any different. Thanks mate
Awesome, it's amazing how these old rigs just keep going and going, can't say the same for the plastic fantastic vehicles we drive today 😀
Thank you mate yes that’s right. They were built to last
Great to see the ACCO's getting some attention again mate. I'd never even heard of these until you showed them in a video some time back so these are pretty fascinating for me.
Hi Jon thanks for the interest. There will be more of them coming. I’m trying to put a brief history episode together of these trucks as I mentioned so hopefully I can do that sooner than later
Late model blokes ain’t the same as the old blokes unless can think for themselves like the old blokes
badass steve!
She certainly is mate thank you
Thanks Steve.👍. Refreshing my memories. I have driven one of them.. can't remember what hauling.👍🇦🇺😎
It’s me pleasure thank you mate. That’s what I like to achieve
Enjoyed this thanks. Thought my eyes had deceived me when you showed underneath but no, there really was hot dogs bolted on direct. Excellent!!
Hi mate thank you. Yes I cut the old system off years ago and put a hotdog on each header pipe, but I don’t think it made any sort of difference. Looks great though
The old acco butterbox were not bad truck nice in winter to drive but very hot in the summer time drove on on a heating oil delivery truck and ran Canberra to Sydney a bit to droping off pumping gear and oil tanks for change over
Hi Alan. Yes I could imagine they were a hot truck in the summer, and would take a lot of warming up in the winter, then would be good.
T4.7 tonne, A13 tonne! Stuff getting even 4.7t to move with a little 345cc!
I owned a international 2 1/2 ton dump back in the day. Love your collection. As always I liked and shared. All my very best.
Hi mate thanks as always. I’m sure it did the job just fine back then
Nice collection bud love vids u do into.nitro cars
Fantastic Alex thank you mate
i like your old trucks .
my favorite is the ud engine.
keep up the good work.
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Enjoying you channel M8, I thought you were gunna blow up that old corn binder for a minute there! 😁 I do 24hr road service for long haul truckers in Idaho, Wyoming & Utah & it's a whole -10c here right now.
Hi mate thanks for watching. She will handle it. This is interesting to hear. I’m sure you have a lot of stories from the road. I used to do something similar but with earthmovers
@@stevesplacedownunder 80+mph freeway traffic is a killing zone. I have more stories from 22yrs of this shit than you could poke a stick at, my frozen to the road story get's people looking sideways at me!
Love the old Aussie stuff Steve. Can't wait to see the cream one with the Nissan 2 stroke going mate. Cheers.
Hi Chris, thank you. I will do it when I get a sec mate indeed. Maybe over the weekend
The most common truck around Melbourne by far when i was a kid...from the fruit market to the cement works they did everything...We had the International factory in Dandenong...off the old Princess Highway ...So the wide range of types were on the road every day...Cheers.
Hi mate. Very popular truck here in Sydney too I believe. Both sides of my family ran them. Great comment and interesting to read. Thank you
Butter Box
Yes mate
Great stuff.
Fantastic , tuff Australian designed and built trucks.
I drove an ex Army 4 x 4 in the N.T. many years ago picking up bulls in the scrub, that thing would go anywhere. 3mpg.
Love the four spoke steering wheels.
Thanks for posting the video
Hi mate thanks for sharing this. I’m sure it was a great truck. Those old heavy 4wd vehicles were great
@@stevesplacedownunder Drove a Flintstone up there too but the Accos are my favourites. Like all your trucks , they are proper trucks, no butt warmers and all the other frills.
No need to take a teaspoon of cement and harden up, the trucks did it for you.
Thanks cobber for the video. Love the old girl.🤠
Good on ya Daryl thanks mate
It’s funny seeing you have gassers. But I really like the cab overs.
Hi Steve I'm Ken from Massachusetts in the USA I really enjoy your videos very much I look forward to seeing your videos each time you post them so I totally enjoy what you do and seeing what you do because I know you have to put a lot of effort in to keep things running and to get things going and it's nice to see these old vehicles being brought back to life keep up the hard work because it shows again love the videos and your channel
Hi Kenneth, thank you for reaching out with this nice comment from over there mate. It gives me a reason to keep doing it when people show their appreciation and support. It is a great effort yes but worth it. Some I’ve saved more than others and some wouldn’t exist at all now if I hadn’t. Thanks again and plenty more to come
Nice to see the old butterbox come to life mate.
Always good son to kick them over.
What a beautiful old truck! Great to see it moving about under its own power. Cheers Steve!
Thanks Matt it’s always good to see mate yes
Sweet array of butterbox Açcos Steve.
Thank you Colin I love them
She ran OK once it started! Like the heavy duty wraparound bumper on it. Do be cautious with the step hub caps. I've slipped off a few on those - real slippery in the rain, and purty much lethal if clogged with ice and snow! (not likely there in Aus unless you hit an ice cream truck in town, but just sayin) 8^) Liked the video, thanks again for it. Cheers!
She ran ok mate yes. I’ve heard blokes here say they slipped off them also mate yes. Not from snow but mud and rain I’d say
Cheers from Sacramento California 👍
Cheers mate
Ford one of cthe best v8ts made thanks steve
They are in my eyes to mate yes
I always learn watching you
Thanks Ben
That’s a neat old flat bed.
Yes mate I like it too. A lot of our old trucks here of similar size were gassers mate. They produced more hp then the diesels offered at the time. And when gas/petrol prices were a hell of a lot lower than now it didn’t really matter
I’m waiting to hear the 2 stroke powered one! And don’t you hate hydraulic brakes on big trucks.
It’s coming mate. Hopefully I get a chance over the weekend to do it.. if they had air brakes I would probably be driving them. Hydraulic turns me of to a degree
fantastic machine. never seen one here in the states. last time I worked on one of those 345’s was 20 years ago. in a loadstar school bus.
Hi mate no they only made it to New Zealand and a few to South Africa I believe.
There’s not a lot of 345 engines running here anymore, on the road anyway. A few at shows and probably a few out west doing harvest.
Cool truck, nice running V8 engine. Double fuel tank for longer trips.
Thank you yes that’s right
That's awesome the Ole gal is a bit temperamental lol awesome watching her move about !!! I would love to give her a drive around the block it would make an awesome conversation at the truck shows for sure !!!! Had to go to emergency room yesterday had multiple seizures and still this morning lying in bed not 💯 % yet but recovering slowly that's awesome brother waiting for another adventure already !!!! When is your wedding day !!! Pray yall have an awesome day brother great to see you again !!!! It's always awesome to hang out with you brother from another country 😂
Hi mate. This is terrible that you have to go through this. It can’t have good long term effects I can’t imagine 😞😞. Stay strong mate and glad I’m helping you through it.
Wedding is the end of October. I’m glad your enjoying it and thanks for the wishes. Brother from another country
@@stevesplacedownunder awesome again congratulations !!!! It's always awesome to be on an adventure with you !!!! What's the story on the white crackerbox that you have in your shop that's an awesome piece of Ole iron !!! Are you restoring it or is it a customers
If you mean the one in the shop we’re I do most of the filming that is an international transtar. I’m going to restore it. Have already slowly started it. There is a video on it back a while in the channel of us starting it up
@@stevesplacedownunder wow I will have to search for it lol !!!! She's an awesome treasure for sure
Bloody beautiful ready for a load to Brisbane in the morning mate
She’s ready Dave yes mate, I just won’t be sitting in her for that long🤣🤣
@@stevesplacedownunder 🤣🤣🤣ok ill have a go i suppose you twisted me arm
She’s waiting 😃
Thanks Steve it took awhile but she got their, thank you, Gerald, Feilding
Thank you Gerald. Was there any doubt mate?😅.
Morning from L.A Cal USA.
Good morning mate from Sydney Australia. Just getting into bed here on Sunday night
@@stevesplacedownunder 😂
Fact is with this stuff Steve, its purely the Sculptured Art of them. No matter if it Trucks, Tractors, Cars or anything else, or even how old, they are simply mesmerizing to look at, even just standing. Past the early to mid eighties its pretty well, apart from a select few, utter shite! Makes no odds to me if they all ran on electric of some kind, this stuff captures the mind and holds it with every Nut and Bolt. Projects galore and may there be plenty more, go get em Steve.
Hi mate yes you think like I do. I don’t care if any of these go anymore, I just like to look at them. I couldn’t agree more. I’d love to do this full time and be able to play with them more and provide better content but it’s hard at the moment but don’t worry there’s plenty more to come
Steve the content is damn good mate, its just right for me, so don't change things to much eh. The episodes being a bit longer wouldn't hurt, say an hour or two, but please don't go trying to pretty up the presentation, keep it real, it's banging as it is!
Thank you John. One of my best comments to date. I won’t be changing too much mate. I don’t know how to even if I did want to. Please share mate and help me grow it so I can get out there around more of this stuff. Thanks again mate
Oooh nice ! I like them ACCO's ! Never seen them before you showed them.
I noticed the high bottom door edge and it's the same on early Unimogs.
I'd vote for the creme 2 smoke start up soon mate !
Gday Ard. Thanks as always mate. Yes it’s probably a military design mate because these were designed for the army and I know they used unimog also. Could be possible?
I will get to this one when I can mate. Hopefully soon
She's a stubborn old girl , but she hasn't given up.
She is Mike yes. She can be though I guess if she’s sat this long😅
Seems fairly smooth running, given it's age and overall condition.
She’s not bad mate yes
While you worked at getting the ol'girl fired up I did a google search and found this:- What does Acco stand for in trucks?
Designated Mk1 these trucks were AACOs - the letter designation is: Australian A-line Cab Over. A-line was the assembly line. The later series changed to ACCO, as it was built on the C-assembly line.
Hi Peter yes mate this is always what I’ve believed to be right
I love that Ole iron brother !!!! Awesome morning brother from another country another awesome adventure with the Ole iron !!!! I would enjoy being there with you !!!! Oh yea the date is getting closer will you have that as a video for us as well !!!! It's so awesome !!!! I would love to have one of those to make a truck for myself !!!!!
I will video what I can mate before it gets out of control
@@stevesplacedownunder lol 😂 no worries brother I know it will be awesome it's an awesome event for yall !!! I pray blessings overflowing for yall !!! I'm feeling better today thanks for being an awesome brother from another country my brother
Spoken to the bloke that was the head of International during the merger with Iveco and he said 100% defiantly that acco stands for Aus A-line Cab Over and Aus C-line Cab Over also seen paperwork from IH that states that aswell so you are correct in thinking what it stands for
Hi mate yes I’ve always believed that to be right, but you’ve confirmed it for me
G'Day Steve , Good to see you in your USS Arizona shirt . Did you say the beige ACCO has 5 cylinder 2 stroke Nissan diesel in it ? I have never seen or heard of that engine . You gotta give a look at that some time. Always look forward to what you show us every week. I like the not so common machines you show here . I learn a lot from you and Pete-mate up in Cairns. Took a bit to get that old IH engine to start. M old man used to call them cornbinders for some reason . Take care mate , talk to you later .
Hi Scott. Yes I visited the uss Arizona about 8 years ago mate. Great trip it was.
Yes the twin steer ACCO has a 5 cylinder in it. Nissan Diesel UD5 they are called. This is where even the current Nissan Diesel trucks get the UD badge from on the front of them. The old 2 strokes were called Uni-flow diesel, UD, so the trucks are still called this to this day. Hiroshima Screamer they were also known
@@stevesplacedownunder I'll check out that UD5 Diesel . We have UD trucks here also . But not near as popular as the Isuzu trucks
Farmer I no got green ex Pioneer bogie drive real long tray V8 petrol love a drop or 2 of fuel petrol Joey box Cheers fellas
Gday Ron. There were a lot around years ago so I’d say there are a lot still hiding on farms mate
Hey Steve my uncle drove one as a boggie drive tipper for Quary industries in the the 60,s here in Adelaide ,it had a 5spd main and 3spd Joey and Perkins 6354 as a kid I thought it was cool they had Foden semi tippers ,it was a very interesting time trucks were all very much a mixture of makes engines gearboxes ,but great fun as I remember it ,that's what I love about your channel it brings back fond memories of trucks I've always been mad about trucks and machinery ,do you know why that old acco,s model was referred to as butter box!!!!!
Kym
Adelaide
Hi Kym thanks for sharing this. I have one here which is the same specs as your uncle drove. Both sides of my family ran them as well on timber. Dad always says to me that he wishes he could take me back to those days and see all the old stuff. They were all things like you said and I love it. That’s why I’m trying to save as many as I can and as I can afford.
They were called butterbox simply because of the shape of the cab I believe mate
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Keep up the good work mate I'll be watching your channel
Kym
They must have been thirsty old trucks Steve,especially as they have the aerodynamics of a D.I.Y. Store 😂
They sure would of been mate yes but it was a lot cheaper to buy fuel then too
@@stevesplacedownunder haha true.
Another top video! She was a but stubborn at first, but I had no doubt you'd get her going. Looking forward to the 'V8 Spit' in motion! What are you putting on it, a pig, or a sheep?
Thank you mate. All these old petrol engines are that sit down here
Probably put a pig on it
Hi Steve whats the advantage of having a v8 petrol motor in it mate
Hi Nick. Petrol was a lot cheaper back then and the diesel engines offered in these sized trucks topped around 120hp where the v8 petrol engine in this is upwards of 160hp and more torque, at higher revs though.
Hey Steve what are you doing with your Collection of Trucks and Machines ...? Did you restore these...?
I’ve restored a few mate and got others to a roadworthy stage. The others are waiting for it. Some will just be part of a yard collection.. got 2 more registered recently which haven’t made the channel yet. I just like collecting it all
Are the butterbox ACCO's as bad for rust as the later cab ACCO's
Hi mate yes they were. There’s a few here that are shot, and 2 that aren’t too bad
@@stevesplacedownunder Old ford F series and ACCO's seem to get bad rust in the roof. They'd be good trucks if they didn't rust like that. Rust in the roof is harder to fix because its easier to set the interior on fire.and its a big job stripping the whole interior.
@@lukey6534 that’s right mate a few old ones here have rotted out in the roof. I guess it depends on what they did and how they were looked after also because I have 2 others the same model and they are okay. I have a ford Louisville and they are rust buckets also