Hey guys/gals, I know it is not a dodge but I am looking for a Brockway Conventional twin screw. I will retire from the USCG in three and a half years, and would love to go home to Texas to have so my dad and I can restore together. He drove them in the 60's and 70's and I think he would about fall over. We are about the last of Detroit Mechanics with a shop full of quality Detroit parts to build a great engine for one. Any help finding one would br greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone

Stephen Lucarino -"last of the detroit diesel loving men"

 

Can't be a single axle? I know where there's one that looks pretty solid, still in use. I bet they'd sell it though.

 

Just to show my ignorance about the subject--does the twin screw refer to a dumping mechanism?

 

just to add my ignorance, I'll go ona limb and think it might be a scavanging supercharger ?

 

Twin screw = tandem drive axles.

Here's a good example of what he's after:



The Brockway hood ornament is a sled dog.

 

There was a whole fleet of really good-looking Brockways gathered at the annual antique farm machinery show in Renfro Valley KY this past October.


There is some kind of big truck collectors club in KY that get together at various events, usually antique machinery shows, as the two sort of go hand in hand.

I, too, would love to have a Brockway, or a Diamond REO, or an Autocar, twin-screw conventional.


When I was a kid, we had the only truck accessible fuel in three counties; other places had diesel, but with the pump jammed back in some corner where a truck couldn't get; so, I got to see, first hand, a lot of really neat stuff.


One guy had two conventional Diamond-T trucks, the predecessor to the merging of REO and Diamond-T, when they became Diamond REO; I think I have my history right on that; if not, then some of you more antique than me guys can straighten it out.

 

Lots of Autocars up my way. They were made in Exton, PA - about 10 miles from me. There's a heavy hauling outfit around here that has a few of them still running, and the water truck at the local dirt track is an Autocar. Yes, those are the original style of fenders. The styling was utilitarian, to put it kindly.



Makes those Brockways look sleek, don't it?

 

Fine looking trucks. I just dont remember seeing any up in Alaska.

 

I thought they were still making Autocars.


We are up in New York regularly after cattle and I see them by the droves.


Nearly two-thirds of those tree-hauling trucks, the ones with the knuckle-boom loader mounted behind the cab, are Autocars.

They have steel tread-plate fenders at least 3/16-thick.

 

Looky here what I found:

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/brockway.htm


: After you get done admiring all the Brockways, scroll to the bottom and click on "return to main truck page" and there are dozens and dozens of albums of every make truck imaginable.


Check out the "Double Dog" 360, at the bottom of the page, with the 12V-71 Detroit !!!



Then, go to his home page and there are links to more and more goodies.

 

Volvo bought out Autocar and continued to use the name but it wasn't the same truck .

 

I googled AUTOCAR and found it still exists, although barely, building cab-forward garbage-trucks.

 

One of the first trucks I drove at work years ago was a Brockway.
6 cyl gas engine, four non syncro tranny & two speed rearend.
Last time I saw a Brock was at the local race track before it closed down.
The track used it to wet the asphalt before the demo derby.

 

Actually it's Grand Vehicle Works buliding the trucks using the Autocar name . They bought the division from Volvo in 2001 . http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...08/ai_76772056

 

The Brockways were built in Cortland NY. There is a large asphalt company there that has dozens of them, still in use. Most are on 2nd duty, water trucks, site work, etc. They have an annual show there featuring Brockway trucks. I can't remember the name of it. Do a Google search and I'm sure it'll come up. Probably lots of them for sale too.