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Sold my B75 yesterday to a nice young Gentleman from Easter KY. It was a cool old truck sitting up higher on a 78' R model Frame. but it had frame issues and I just didnt have the time to giver her what she needed. The kid already has a good western star frame with air ride rears and I think he might swap the B75 body and engine over into his good frame. This Truck has a 285 Tipturbine with a 5 speed and 3.87 rears. R model Steering and steering column that made it a breeze to turn. If had not been running since late october but we got it fired up pushing it with a cat excavator and he drove it up on the trailer. first time I had started it in winter temps and it was not too dificult all considering I was pushing with an excavator and had no speed with it. It was refreshing to see a young man with intrest in the old Iron. even brought his grand dad with him for the 20hr round trip. sad to see it go but hope this young man can do more with it than I can. Great guy if you know him heres some photos I took yesterday

I almost have it done. I have rear box cover glued on. I have the rear tail housing seal replaced, yoke has new speedi sleeve, and yoke installed and torqued. I installed brass bushing in aux shift tower as one shaft was pretty loose. Should reduce slop and noise. I have paper to cut new main box cover gasket. I installed new TOB on the carrier and prelubed it. Just need to chose what color? Grey/green or just make it gold like the engine. I bombed some gray primer on it to just cover the surface rust after cleaning it.

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George Tamasso / Tilcon now

this was posted in vintage automotive pictures thread on the ford truck site, and figured yall would like it:

How about a real yummy malted milk shake, any flavour, chocolate, vanilla, blue heaven, caramel, strawberry, mint, raspberry, etc? I recently bought this at a closing down antiques warehouse, a genuine original GE Ritter 1950's USA made milk shake mixer. Chrome is a little bit flaky around the bottom lip of the cast iron base, otherwise the rest is like new. The cast base is 1/2 inch thick and the whole appliance is heavy. It is a pleasure and honour to see an example of what the USA made and to now own one. With it came 2 1950's original USA made thick ribbed glasses and 1 alloy mixer container to make the shake. It was in the dusty old warehouse for more than 7 years. I cleaned and polished it. It works fine and now looks like it came of the box today. Getting a malted milk and burger with the lot at a favourite truck roadhouse was a decent meal to keep on driving. It came out of a milk bar shop many years ago. This is a real USA quality made appliance, not the s..t coming from .... - MAGA 👍

B755 making progress

being quite proud to say I'm a farm boy who did all the grammar school/high school/1 1 /2 yrs of college but quit to be a diesel mechanic which to me taught common sense . as Red Skelton (one of my heros ) stated in His rendition of "THE PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE" . since I was a small boy 2 states have been added to the US and two words added to the Pledge of Allegiance : under GOD ; wouldn't that be a pity if that was eliminated from schools to!! 1994 and it was. sadly for our Children common sense seems to have disappeared. I encourage ALL to listen to Red Skeltons version. another comic that would make you laugh and NOT have to say the F bomb. such better times.

Nice looking truck Tom. Now back to marketplace for a gooseneck.

Took a long time to get here. Wish I would have had it in the first 54 years of being on the planet, my body probably would feel a lot better.

Made big strides Sunday. I have it pretty much assembled except for lids and tail housing. Looks good, works smooth. I'll get pics downloaded after my phone allows it.🙄

No it ain't Haulin' logs but it's a KW....I'M NOW A TANKER YANKER HAULIN' MOO DOG JUICE!!!!

Anyone remember these magnificent Macks?

I rst my case u're honor

Pic 1- Fenders off for body work Pic 2- Hood and headlight panels ready for paint prep. Pic 3- Gracie modeling next to the fenders Pic 4- Repaired damage to the radiator shell. Cut out the rusted pieces to replace with new sheet metal. Finished up with body putty and primer. Pics 5 & 6- Polished the stainless hood ornaments. Others that won't polish will send out to be re- chromed. Pics 7 & 8- Frank's support team!

I wont know how to act if we were actually a Nation that puts its citizens first. I am not saying we shouldnt help other Nations, but we need to be strong enough to do so. America first, then help, NOT FUND,, when we can..

And now in kindergarten they Pledge Allegiance to The Fags And believe me I don't hate gays. I grew up with some gays. There were gays in school, in church, and in Scouts. I even know one that grew up to be a Minister and not some crazy gay minister. What I hate is the satanic gay agenda that has infected our schools. My God when I was in kindergarten I had no clue that people had sex of any kind

yup, you need a goosy neck trailer to pull the big green international that now runs to shows.

No, saw this truck on marketplace -I think Zina actually saw it and showed it to me- we just thought it would be nice to have plenty of room for the dogs and it was probably more..."pleasant" I guess, to drive than the International. The International is running good now and it's fun to drive, but not for a long ways. I wouldn't want to drive it to Macungie, and I probably wouldn't want to drive it to Winchester. So now we have 2 trucks that we don't need 🤣

Hey Everybody, Didnt post much as was way too busy.... but the Mack Quantum i got a few years ago is nearing completion. Insane amount of work from respraying and re-aligning panels, doors etc all the way to rewiring internal multiple 24 to 12v converters into single one.... to fully sound proofing her.... to custom made mirror brackets so both sides have a original looking convex mirror.... to wiring in a nice stereo with custom 6x9 in the back with amp and a nice android auto screen so ill get maps off the phone on a 12" screen Everything was color coded including the door handles which i think looks mint, every deteriorated external plastic was repaired, and properly painted and they look like new (even if i say so myself) and i wont have to worry about the fkn oxidisation anymore. Have a near new 5th wheel im about to fit as my ball race piece of garbage is just that and about to change the diff ratio to better suit long range driving (from 4.65 to 3.7). Also all lights bar headlights and reading lights are led and all original rubber floor mat is in the tip and will be replaced with nice marine carpet after another layer of sound proofing. Also bed modified so no longer has factory flaw of rubbing on the drivers seat while driving as i like my seat pushed back..... ah well its a little more narrow in the end but who cares. Also sorted out wiring under the battery box which has all the converters etc (dont ask me how insanely bad it was fkd around with) and am stuck on how to connect the abs plug as its not straight forward and there are no manuals for the mack quantum (yay all hail the unholy union of 24v renault and a mack ch but in its defence its the later model with ch rails and rides sublime while being a truck mack ch in its driveline inc e7 470hp and Road Ranger 18 speed). Back to the abs plug, 3 wires come of of it, one thick with a large hoop (as it would be ground or 12v/24v?) and two plug in square connectors........... what makes me scratch my head is the abs plug has 7 connectors on it and cannot for the life of me figure out why in fk only 3 wires coming out plus i dont think my truck has abs although i could be wrong but i dont think so. Is this plug in some way designed to plug into the trailer and tell it to fk off your being towed by a non abs truck? Still stuck why 1 thick wire and two thin ones....... the thick wire goes to to pins on the connector btw so really 4 pins are connected in theory. Here are some pics of the girl, if you look at my past posts you will see what i started with........different truck

I would like to lodge a formal complaint against kscarbel2. His posts outnumber my limit of likes

350-12-speed 24-volt..

see? a little bit of mean tweets and grandstanding by someone that carries out his threats makes thing move REAL fast. too bad the demonrats will never understand that.

I decided to make a meatloaf today, because Zina suggested that I make a meatloaf. I didn't wrap it in bacon, because I didn't have any bacon. It looked like this after I mixed the ground chuck, Jimmy Dean sausage, peppers, onions, and some other stuff together. I found this pan laying outside of the dumpster last week, but I scrubbed it good before I put the meatloaf in it. I like it because of those holes in it. Then I put it on the grill, as seen here- After a while it looked like this. This temperature gauge says it's done- So y'all can come on over any time. I used this cup to cook the meatloaf because it holds 2 Miller Lites, so I only have to come inside and get a Miller Lite half as often. Not sure if that's really a good thing yet. And this is what I did yesterday, made this walkway. I'm trying to do 5 things, so I don't get fired. 🤣

so in reality that means he has the highest approval in 70 years.

That is not an 864 but ether an early 865 or 866 with rounded valve covers and single turbo. The 864's had issues and were replaced by the owners with the later V8 or converted to 6 cylinders. The B-755 I have has an 866 V8 in it now.

Today, Mitch McConnell announced his retirement.

So, how about this weather, eh? It looked like this here just the other day- Then after the snow we had the sleet, then the freezing rain, then more freezing rain, and more freezing rain. There was more trees and power lines down than you could shake a stick at because of the ice. We had no power for a little over 2 days. Fortunately we did get a generator and it powered everything we needed. We had 2 refrigerators plugged in, a freezer, Zina was able to work, and I could watch Family Feud. We got our power back last night about 6:30. It's been raining all day, it's supposed to rain tomorrow, and it's supposed to be windy, with 40 mph. gusts. The ground is completely saturated now so if it's windy more trees are likely to blow down and take out more power lines. The back yard is looking like this now-

i blame it on having to put warning labels on everything and preventing Darwin from handing out his awards...

Don’t know Joseph I grew up in a very square town on New England never saw a gay till I moved to LA in 1980 as far as foreign lands they allotta times are interesting to hear about as you mentioned Jamaica we don’t see many flocking over here must be something they like over there … perhaps mentality … I always preach .. hey you don’t work you don’t eat simple as that … bob

"To all of the Democrats who are planning to protest this week, here’s an explanation on DOGE, from your party’s own beloved leaders!" Karoline Leavitt - White House Press Secretary (She posted the video below on X showing Obama and Biden lauding the same efforts DOGE is now undertaking.) .

The President's threatened 25 percent import tariffs on products from Mexico would effective destroy the new Volvo truck plant in Monterrey, Mexico that is supposed to open in 2026 and produce both Volvo and Mack-branded trucks. Couldn't happen to a more arrogant company. The new Mack on-highway model uses the Volvo cab. At this juncture, why even bother with a Mack nameplate?

You mean like yours?

I started watching the committee hearing this morning but when some democrat idiot said that the real problem was not wasteful spending by the government, the real problem was that the IRS needed more resources to collect more taxes, I turned the channel and started watching "Bar Rescue". How far out of touch with reality these people are just boggles the mind. I wish I remembered his name, but I do not. I just can not understand how anybody, democrat or Republican, red, yellow, black or white, can find fault with Elon Musk uncovering billions of dollars of taxpayer's money that's just being thrown away. Like several million thrown away for sex change operations in Guatemala.

Trump should go to congress, and demand that all judges that are trying to block his waste/theft of funds head hunting should be removed from the bench IMMEDIATLY, and charged with obstruction of justice. then watch how fast the others will fall in line.

Just announced: the tax priorities of the Trump administration: No tax on tips No tax on seniors’ Social Security No tax on overtime pay Renewing the Trump Tax Cuts Adjusting the state & local tax (SALT) cap Eliminating special tax breaks for billionaire sports team owners Closing the carried interest loophole Tax cuts for "Made in America" projects “This will be the largest tax cut in history for middle class working Americans.”

Pam Bondi is going to set some examples.. This is the best I have ever felt about our White House.. God Bless America!!

Thank You, when I get my door panels on and the window glass in I’ll be ready to install the headliner i got from you, I showed it to a friend of mine who has a upholstery shop, he’s going to help me with the trim, I also painted the corner vent slides and the metal trim for the center of the roof.

A nice warm day, one step closer .

Ok, a couple pictures. I have lots of short video clips on my phone. Hope to get them all together and make a YouTube video. Nothing fancy.

I bought the truck with The tip turbine already installed. But still kinda cool to see how they fabbed it up

President Trump's top prosecutor in Washington, Ed Martin, has launched Operation Whirlwind, an investigation into threatening comments by Democratic lawmakers against public officials including Elon Musk. Martin has sent letters of inquiry to Senator Chuck Schumer and California congressman Robert Garcia.