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1/2 the size 3" exhaust turbo

Don’t forget brady

Hey welcome back bud …. Bob

You know I’ve only seen one of those in my life it was in a R model

Scania I expect is probably worse than a 237 as far as I’m concerned thier both built for city work

Oh hell ya 285 great engine

Red e mix here in omaha had a bunch of DM 487’s back in the early 70’s, scania’s with auto trans and a three way auxiliary, really, really gutless, i bought one real cheap, when i was finally done, had a 285 horse, mack 12 spd. And 4:17 camel backs and a mid 80’s U model cab with a/c , it was a resl runner. terry

Long time no seeing you Swishy, good to have you back starting over again! .....Hippy

Some nice Internationals there, and looks like a 2 ton Toyota?

Welcome Back!!!!!! Have missed your expertise in heavy haul..

That was actually the one I was talking about showing up with the World War II get up, but I guess it fits both of them

From Rockhampton we flew to Melbourne and we met by the bus which gave us a quick tour of the historical sights then headed southeast to Phillip Island Nature Park. This is where we were able to watch the Penguins come in from their ocean feeding to their nests for the night. No cameras were allowed in this facility. The next morning we were met by ATHS member David Driver, owner of the Gray Line Tours, with one of his own busses to visit 4 private collections in the state of Victoria. The first stop was at his personal collection of cars and busses, with a replica of a 1929 Pontiac 6 which his father and uncle started the business with. The 1947 Bedford is the first new bus they bought after the war. The next stop was at Ian Lee's shop and fantastic collection of EVERYTHING!!! From soup to nuts!!! A lot of his antique truck friends, with their wives, show up and served us Morning tea / lunch. From there we went to another ATHS Member's "Boneyard in a Sheep Pasture" protected by a BIG old Billy Goat. A lot of restorable and parts trucks and farm machinery. The last stop of the afternoon was at Archie Baines' facility where the ATHS Australian Chapter met us and served a BBQ style dinner. Archie also had a large boneyard (in a cow pasture) including construction equipment as well as a lot of the chapter members bringing their trucks to display. The last day we had a bus tour of the southern coast west of Melbourne where the sandstone shore line is eroding away slowly creating the 12 Apostles National Park. Since we first started dating whenever I asked her "where do you want to go to eat" She always said "Hawaii to see Don Ho"!! Travel agent Stephanie did a great job of creating a detour for us on the way home and Nelle got her wish. All together the entire trip cost us about $25k, but it was a once in a lifetime trip. I would like to go back, rent a car, eat at pubs, stay at normal motels, and see more museums and private collections at our own pace. The Hume Highway runs the approximately 500 miles from Sydney to Melbourne and is very similar to old US 70 from Greensboro NC to Nashville TN, both in size and terrain. There were a 1000 trucks running it every night. Each year in April there is a convoy of trucks 1/2 way alternating years from each end. There are You Tube videos labeled Haulin or Crawlin the Hume. Should you go Down Under for one of these convoys maybe MrsMackPaul can get you a ride??

I might as well just photo-chop myself on that picture now!

after this,,,,i would expect you can handle anything lol.come on???????????

Also came with Chrysler gas engine's with automatic's ...

I wish I could take credit for that one Bob, but I just saw it on the Interwebs 🤣 No doubt a lot of others were thinking just like you were!

Anybody know anything about Lehigh county getting involved in this anti ice caper???????? I thought I was reading phony news this morning bob

Great pictures, I remember that trip. Great looking trucks too- out of all those trucks, the one that really stood out to me, well, stood out the most I should say, was that blue and gray Diamond T.

Ahahahahaha touché, my brother, leave it to the world’s greatest photo cropper

I did notice it had a Scandia. I’ve heard they used a few of those in bigger rigs. At first I thought they were only for mid liners. You will learn something new every day.

Southern New England company now Tilcon in Groton Conn.

Been logged off for a few Months and lost all my login crap .......... Had to reregister a few pix of what is go n down First time catn this beast .. wasn't sure if it would fit length wise so we ran the dolly (jo dog 2 U lot) incase there was no clearance behind cab Me steerin the KW T659 (big Spec) dragn the expando Low Loader (lo boy 2 U lot) that we bilt a few years ago Jnr in Mack Titan carting the boring mob Jnr cartn Material handler just a little of what the Swish and crew have been upto cya

Tony Champion's facility!!! What a place!!! He still has a MACK dealership with a BIG Mack sign out front and smaller lettering on the front of the building saying Volvo Commercial Vehicles. Tony also used to be a Caterpillar dealer and the building adjacent to the Mack building is the old Cat shop which now his restoration shop and behind it is the gallery building with his collection. We were scheduled to be there from 9AM to 4PM, but we never left until 9PM!! Tony went all out to welcome us including a buffet dinner with an Aboriginal dance group for entertainment. He had both the Holt and Cat running during the afternoon. The road trains parked beside the shop were the ones just back from Alice Springs and not unloaded yet. The maroon Mack tractor in the lead is Tony's personal Australian 50th anniversary "Southern Cross" edition. He also has a restored Outback service station with the Mack Jr he was working on at the time in front of it. The R-800 pictured on his back lot has now been restored and there was pictures of it recently in the ATCA Double Clutch magazine.