TRFD1933

I have seen the posts about the Mack in Europe restored by Cal. I havnt seen much photo documentation on it though. Oh..one more thought. Does anyone know what the original oil can that was in the engine compartment looked like? There is a VFD restoring one in Arizona and it appears to be nickel plated. I am not sure if that a stand in or the original. Thanks Again All!

I want to first thank everyone for the great effort from everyone to provide me with information. I greatly appreciate it. Thankfully we have both suction caps for the pump. One of them seems is broken though with one of the nodes broken off. Too bad that piece isnt around to get welded on. Oh well. I looked into the website with the Barnstable pictures. They have one that is very close to our configuration. It appears they have a different pump and extra suction hose at first glance. When I am out that direction I will be sure to check it out. I believe that Lunenburg, near Fitchburg, MA has one as well. It appears on the chassis register to be 9 numbers newer. As for what we still have is the two playing nozles, the strainer and roof ladder. The smaller nozzles may be around. We also need one additional fire extinguisher holder. If anyone knows of one please let me know. I will attach pictures of everything soon. If anyone is aware of a two fly 24 foot wood ladder let me know. That we are missing as well, but we do have the roof ladder. My father and i had some old fashion bonding time working on getting the magneto cleaned up and maintained. Now the old Bosch is throwing spark like a champ. See attached photo.

I guess the first question is, am I correct that the lamp, lantern or flashlight on the drivers side made by Harris Brothers? Here is an example of what I think it is.

Good Morning All! I am new to this forum, hopefully looking to get some answers to some of the many questions I have. My name is Dan and I am on the Three Rivers Fire Department in Three Rivers, MA. Chasis number 6 BG 6S 1060. Lately I have taken the initiative to start getting our old Mack up to par. She still runs and drives in the parades, just as good as in September of 1933 when we first got her, but her appearance needs a little sprucing up. I have started doing some maintenance on our Bosch Magneto with Bill Lopoulos' Magneto Parts and got some new exhaust gaskets from Olsen Gaskets. Both make great products by the way and are very helpful. What I have been really trying to find out is what the accessories were that came with the ol' girl. From the attached photos we received from the Mack Historical Museum, you can see a strainer, some couplings, extinguishers, hard suction hose, a lantern / flashlight and nozzles. This is how it looked right out of the factory! I wasn't sure what people had for information on these. I believe the lantern / flashlight is a Harris Bros. since they are the only company I have found to carry a version with a leather handle. I found a few examples online. I have inquired with the Mack Historical Museum and sadly the accessories provide on the Type 50 BGs is lost to bad record archiving. All of the photos indicate they have most of the same accessory equipment. Perhaps someone out there has examples or can recall this lost-to-history information. Hell, it even looks like the extinguishers were plated with Mack on them, but I can’t find one single example. I have seen posts on here for tool sets that were provided for the Bulldog model, but I am not sure what our BG may have had. One interesting thing I come to the conclusion was that the bulldog was not added until it reached the branch office, not at the factory as shown in the photos. Dale at the Mack Museum seems to agree. I know this seems like an overload and a scatter shot of information, but its a start! Thanks for all your knowledge, help and providing such a great research tool for us Mack Nubies!