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Paul We are supposed to be in Townville for lunch at the Billabong Sanctuary on Wed Sept 2nd, 2015. Does not say how long we will be there as it says will will drive on to Airlie Beach that afternoon. with luck here is a link to the itinerary: http://forums.aths.org/Attachment29867.aspx

Vlad I am sure there is a way you could join us.. The Tony Champion private Mack collection is one of the stops on the tour. see link below in a post to Paul that shows the schedule. The contact is: Stefanie Anton email santon@cruiseplanners.com I am sure she can come up with a way for you to fly from Moscow instead Los Angles.

Did he have that at Macungie a few years ago???

The ATHS is sponsoring a two week tour of Australia in August of 2015 which will include 3 days at the Road Transport Hall of Fame Reunion in Alice Springs. I am planning on participating and look forward to meeting some of the BMT "Down Under" crew at either Alice Springs or at some of the private collections on the East coast between Townville and Melbourne. Brocky

Bobby J The original "house engine" was Continental gas..In the mid to late 50's they added Cummins as their first diesel, then in the early to mid 60's Detroits. I do not know when exactly Cats became an option? Aussie Paul By the pictures and topics on justoldtrucks.com, Brockways were imported to Australia starting in the 20's and have continued ever since. Ed Edminston of Dubbro is probably the "down under" Brockway expert if you have a way of contacting him.

Bobby That picture was taken in the Design / Engineering shop. There is a whole series of these pictures over on brockwaytrucks.org with different grilles, bumpers, and headlight combos.

Mike Maybe I am having CRS?? But was thinking there was a yellow Huskiteer fire truck at Mucungie 2012 that said Boyertown on it??? Went back thru my Macungie pictures and did not see it..

Here is a 550 (??) that is owned by the Brockway Truck Preservation Assn. There is another, I think 527, from Mike Yarnell's area which I do not have a picture of.

Paul The blue one in your picture is what went into production as the 527 and 550 low cab forward Huskiteer medium duty truck. Since the picture is with another prototype it is possible that the picture was taken in the Design / Engineering shop. The one that looks like a G model Mack that Daily Diesel posted at the top of the page was appearantly discarded as no one has ever seen one beyond this picture. The red one is is one of the prototypes assembled to be a new introduction conventional in 1978. When Mack closed the doors in the spring of 1977 that prototype went on to become the Superliner.. There is a whole thread on this truck on the Brockway site and also the Huskidrive site, if anyone knows where it is today it would be Peter Grimm or Tom Millard.

BIBP It was his original lowboy tractor, puffed up shiny 290 and 13,that he took the 3rd axle out and made it into his show truck even though he uses it for work occasionally. The one on the right he just bought this spring, All original 250,. 10 speed, rubber block suspension with 167k miles.

ATHS Palmetto Upstate chapter presidents small fleet.. At least 1 good truck.

Sure is a lot nicer than some of the rat rods we have seen. I see a gooseneck ball standing up out of the bed!! Wonder what kind of trailer he pulls???

I remember hauling a lot of it to New England in the early 80's.

Keystone Museum in Colonial Heights VA

Mike Thanks for the pictures.. Glad to hear my old time directions got you close enough to find it...been most 30 year since I worked in that area.. Not to be picky, but your first picture is a Diamond T, pre 1960 with the IH Compfovision cab, not a Diamond Reo with either a Reo or Acar cab...

That Jack Jones was a used truck dealer in the north Allentown area. I think he spent some time at the Lewistown Federal minimum security country club along with Sweichart (sp??) the Diamond REO / Marmon dealer, East Penn Trucking of Leighton for a stolen parts / chop shop operation in the early 80's.

I think I still have a couple of those trucking song albums buried somewhere out in a storage building. Dave Dudley was the first to record "Six Days on the Road",, BUT I have heard that it was written by a stick hauler team out of the Hickory NC area who had a local Saturday Night C&W band.

Congratulations!!! Glad to hear that "Extra Small" and mother are doing fine.. Just the oppisite of my daughter in Doylestown. She had one boy then Three Girls. Look forward to meeting them at Macungie.

Also,, I was thinking I saw a restored PECO Autocar COE line truck at Macungie back in the Mid 90's???

Is this just south of the Turnpike Shops south of the tunnel??? If so go north on either PA 248 or PA 145. Or get off the Pike at the Leighton exit, go toward Leighton and turn back south on PA 248 thru the water gap. They come together just south of the Leigh River water gap between Berlinsville and Palmerton. When you get to the gap turn west across the river bridge. At the west end of the bridge bear right up the steep hill toward Slatedale. The Pike shops are out there about 3-4 miles. I forget exactly where the east side frontage road is??? The west side frontage road will take you into Slatedale. Turn left and follow it out to the dead end and turn left again toward Slatington. This will take you back under the Pike along the creek under the bridge at the bottom of the big dip on the Pike just south of the Pike shops. Also if you go north on 309 and turn right in front of the Neffs church that road will take you toward Slatington. There is a restraunt on your left, just past that the roard makes a hard right curve and another road bears off to the left right in the curve toward Slatedale. I cannot remember the exact turns anymore??

BCR Thanks for the info and picture.

Here are the Youngblood's line up at the MidEastern Chrome Shop, Gaston SC "Cruise In" March 15, 2014

Same set up but did Cornflake have a tank div like PIE did???

Here is a facctory Longhorn which was built for car carrier use with the butterfly hood. Was at the 2013 SERTS show in Harriman TN

GH204 The ATHS National show and convention was at the Sundome in Yakima last year. 817 trucks registered. The ATHS National show is on a rotating region schedule. The next one on the west coast is at the Oregon State Fair Grounds in Salem OR on May 26 to 28, 2016. There will be a local chapter show at Fullbright Park in Yakima on June 20-21, 2014 call 509-786-6908 for more details, and another chapter show in Duncan BC on July 12-13, and another chapter show in Cache Creek BC on July 25-27 call 250-962-6268, and Maple Valley WA Sept 14 call 206-683-0994 You can go to the calendar on the aths.org website or if you have a Tractor Supply store in your area you can pick up a copy of the ATHS Wheels of Time magazine for $6.50. Also Mackdaddy may jump in here with some more details of events in the Pacific Northwest. I do not know at this time if I will try to come west for the Salem show or not??????