Well I serviced up my 1344 today, so it's ready to go, when we get some snow. I also ran my 1642 in the shop to start my winter project. At this time I call my 1642 the "100 Mile Tucker" because I bought it m 100 Mile House in BC, thanx again to JimVT for posting it on the Forums site. I also call it the "100 Mile" Tucker so my wife knws which one I'm going to cut apart. This machine is in very good condition, track wise, engine(VT378 Cummins), Allison 545 automatic etc, But, the cab sucks, so it's gotta go. My plan is to end up with a 1643, more modern style, 8 passenger, and built for someone over 6ft tall. I've been collecting a lot of truck parts when it's done it will look MUCH different then it does now. Sorry for die hard original Tucker fans, but I think this will be a very usable machine when I'm done. I removed the blade and the exhaust today. I would really like to bring the exhaust up thru the hood, but my buddy says if I put a muffler under the hood it will cause to much heat, affecting the heads, Straight pipe might be to loud with a diesel that runs at 3200 RPM. Tomorrow I'll see as I'm going to take it for a rip with no muffler, then she goes under the "knife"