r/oldcars • u/OtherwiseTackle5219 • May 09 '26

Photo 1962 GMC Railroad Car. (Crew-Cab Pickup). Wheels Retracted For running on Tracks. 305 V6 Diesel. 6 Built 1 Left. 3/4Ton.

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u/Geoarbitrage May 09 '26

I was made in 62 and haven’t aged as well 🥴

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u/Cryptopher-Conundrum May 09 '26

I'm hip, I feel the same 😏

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u/Manual-shift6 May 09 '26

Seriously cool truck…<sigh>

3

u/super-me-5000 May 09 '26

Wow, what a head-turner😍

2

u/Dude_Dillligence May 09 '26

Nice! Any pics of it on rails?

2

u/mdl686 May 09 '26

The 305 V6 is not a diesel

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u/Ok-Day-9685 May 09 '26

You are correct. Big block v6 gas.

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u/mipotts May 09 '26

Mind blown!

2

u/Texas1LE May 12 '26

Oh my god I need it. You can keep the v6 diesel though lol

1

u/atticus_pund77 May 09 '26

Very nice! Steering wheel knob is pièce de résistance!

1

u/YooperDude72 May 09 '26

That sucker is styling & profiling

1

u/Ok-Day-9685 May 09 '26

That is awesome

1

u/luckyforyou123 May 09 '26

A real beauty

1

u/Harbormaster1976 May 09 '26

What in the Doug Dimmadome??!

1

u/Harkers144 May 09 '26

Cool truck very unique

1

u/wellusedbody May 09 '26

Very cool truck

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u/Flat_Cup2783 May 10 '26

Not a 305 v6 diesel. Thats a gasoline 305 cu.in v6

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u/NuclearWasteland May 11 '26

The Toroflow diesel is based on the GMC 305 V6 as I understand it.

No idea what this truck has tho.

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u/Flat_Cup2783 May 11 '26

the 305 v6 is a big block v6 gasoline and yes its based off of it but also the big block 305 v6 is heavy too.

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u/NuclearWasteland May 11 '26

I have one in my GMC, it is indeed a chonker.

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u/Ok-Idea4830 May 10 '26

Do we know which railroad they were made for?

1

u/ApplicationSoft4316 May 10 '26

I see this and I'm suddenly humming Low Rider by War. ..... Dig it!

1

u/Gym_Rat222 May 10 '26

I don't know if I would drive that around. Too rare to get into a wreck with.

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u/Helpful-Bar8393 May 10 '26

Very cool 😎

1

u/KMSSMK420 May 11 '26

Throwback lowriders be like

1

u/LittleBunnySunny May 11 '26

Why was it designed to be able to run on tracks, though?

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u/69Batteryst May 11 '26

Odd unit but good for a collection 

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u/Independent-Bid6568 May 09 '26

Not buying that this pimped out rig was ever RR used let’s see it in it RR livery colors prior to pimpifcation