Phase 1

Someone should save that trailer. I wonder if the bulldog is still on the other side.

Hopefully the price will come down. The B-66 should be saved because of the rarity. The best thing to do would be to put the correct motor back in it.

That will be a good thing to do. Most folks probably would not want a Clariben hood, but it will show people a piece of history. It might be the only one restored, I don't think I have seen another.

It would be good if you could now trace the history of the truck.

A rough Hough ? hmmm - that's tough.

I didn't mind the Metropolitans. It was the full sized "bathtub" Nash that I thought were ugly. The time from about 1958 to 1961 was the era of "strange" in styling, as many of the cars here show. I think Dodge took the award in that time period, including the trucks. Chevy trucks showed it too.

V8 diesels have a great sound. Mack, Cummins 903 or a Ford pickup, they all sound good. A Perkins V8 in a Massey Ferguson at a tractor pull sounds super tough.

You don't have to use all the gears. That is true.

Somebody must have changed the hood - or more. Save the B77 emblems - there weren't too many of those built. You might ask him if he knows where the rest of the truck is.

The years produced of the different B models was all over the place. The first year of the B was 1953, but some B models did not start until 1965. The last year ranges from 1954 to 1966 and some were only built for one year. The models could start or end at any point in the year. Mack had overlap on a lot of its models. When a new model came out, they would just keep building the old one. The U was the replacement for the C model. The B80 series is not uncommon in 1966. Most of the DM800 models which replaced it did not start until sometime in 1966.

1963 D 900 - was there such a thing ?

This is a little twist - I knew of a 1966 B-61. Don't think there were too many of those.

It would be good if you would do an inventory of the trucks there by recording the model numbers. If you wanted to go further and spend the time, you could copy the serial number and model number from the plate inside the passenger door, along with a brief description of each truck. Start by moving the trucks that have items that people want. With the money from those parts you can buy more more trucks.

It is the same cab as the C model, it is sitting higher with some skirting. That and the sleeper, not often seen on the C, make it look bigger. International did the same thing with the VCO low tilt cab to make the Emeryville. The C and H cab were Ford cabs. Ford contracted Budd to make the cabs. It was very common for truck makers to have their cabs made by a different company, just as it was once common for auto makers to have another company make the bodies for their cars. I suspect that Mack started the notion that it was Budd's cab, saying that the N cab was built by Budd in answer to people who called it a Ford cab - which it looked so obvious to be. Ford sold the cabs to Mack.

I don't recall seeing one of those either. Do you know the model number? It appears to be built with the same parts as a B-71.

It certainly looks good for its age. Don't see a scratch or dent anywhere.

Here is the website (click on the picture). http://www.olddodges.com/

Remember when backhoes had a seperate cab and you sat out in the open to run the hoe - truck mounted? I remember watching one work when I was about 5 years old. The bucket was I think less than 12 inches wide. Years later I saw the truck without the hoe and remember it as a 1940's Chevrolet, maybe a 1 or 1-1/2 ton. I saw one a few years ago out in a field. A 1950's Diamond T chassis and had a six cylinder OHV engine sitting right out in the open on back to run the hoe. There were also truck mounted hoes that had a house like a crane.

Not to - alarm you... but that both engines have been replaced with remans is another common trait of the 3208....

It was the family "dog" - right ?

It is unusual to see these answers - which are correct. Mack's marketing line was that it was for better visibility, but the true reason was for a shorter bumper-to-back-of-cab dimension (or for a set back axle like the DM800) . It kept the engine and doghouse from intruding into the driver foot well area. The only models that have the offset cab are the set-back front axle models. If the reason for the offset cab was better visibility, Mack would have made the conventionals like that too. Some early Mack's that were purpose built as large dump trucks did have the drivers seat offset to the left so the driver could stand and look backwards when backing up and still reach the steering wheel. That was before it was discovered that it was better to use mirrors.

Someone had posted somewhere that these hoods were often used on trucks with a crash damaged front end. It would have made for a cheap and easy repair. Just noticed that the truck in the first picture does not have side windows in the sleeper. Don't recall seeing another like that.

As Rob said, it would be a challenge. Maybe you could pick up a better B. Then you would only have to restore the cab from this one.

I have seen one or two pictures of similar Macks. One of them was in Texas and looked original. They could have been modified, but I wondered if the late model LJX models could have been built with the B80 type fenders, or if there were any B80 models built with the L cab - which was done on the B70 series models. .