July 2015 |
Overdrive
| 73
Custom Rigs ReadeR Rigs
251 Central Park Drive Sanford, Florida 32771
Sales 888 320 5644 Tech 407 321 5644
DPF, EGR and Urea off-road tuning available
Increases horsepower & torque (up to 35% gain)
Improves fuel mileage (up to 18% gain)
Simple plug-in modules*
Adjustable*
Cabovers hold special memories
O
verdrive has occasion-
ally solicited entries for
its Reader Rigs gallery of
cabovers. Readers responded, submit-
ting photos of themselves and their
cabovers, in all their faded glory,
many of them still in service.
Here's a sample of some
of the dozens of entries. Visit
OverdriveOnline.com and search
"classic cabovers" to see more of
these faithful workhorses.
Or visit OverdriveOnline.com/
readergallery to see more Reader
Rigs or to submit your own.
Ed Gosselin "hauled a lot
of hay and grain with [this]
old girl," a 1985 "Formula 300
with an 8LL behind it. Not the
best for the hills in Northwest
Oregon! But we got 'er done!"
Gosselin replaced the truck
with a longer-wheelbase FLD120
powered by a Cummins N14
"with a 9L. Never the right gear,
but enough power."
A reader posting as
Brad K. noted the picture of
this 1977 Kenworth was taken on
"my 28th birthday up in Canada,
where I live. These were the
real days of trucking. This was
the most powerful thing I ever
drove back then. It had a KT450
Cummins with a 9-speed. Top
end was 65 mph, which I could
do all day and night."
Byron E. Mayfield Sr.'s
1975 Diamond Reo cabover was
powered by a Caterpillar engine.
The picture was taken in 1976.
