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  1. Lmackattack
    The magnums all had v8 for power. Think they could be only specked in 500 hp rating. Think they all had red interior as well.
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    They had a nice fleet of r models. Sadly i don't see them very often. Always had a nice blue paint job with matching trailer. There is another trucking company that had a lot of blue r models around Melrose park. Can't remember their name right now..
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    That seat has about 10" of travel. I bet it rode just fine.
  4. Lmackattack
    Always wondered that too.... So is a extended 359 hood the same length as a 379 standard hood?. I always liked a 359 with the standard hood
  5. Lmackattack
    Are 44k spiders different than 34k? I thought all the spider did was hold the brake shoe and air brake stuff. .? If your changing hubs say from Spoke to budd. I think all you need is to swap the hub, bearings,nut, lock nut, from one axel to the next..
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    Im to young to see and remember it first hand but It seems that it opened up the competition to everyone, good that cost of shipping was lower and that the owner operater could get his hands in the game. But bad that any fool with a truck ran the rates so low that it ruined it for the guy that wanted to own a truck, house and provide for a family.....and get to see all of them....
  7. Lmackattack
    I think regardless of who's engine is in it. You should let the mfg push Mack engines but offer others as well. Not everyone wants a Mack engine. I think a class 7 Mack truck is a way to rebrand the name.
  8. Lmackattack
    Send Mhe9 a message. He hauls lots of stuff on a drop deck. And think he just bought a low boy?
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    Saw this on the mack web site....its a 6 wheeler but with the cummins engine. http://www.macktrucks.com/assets/MackMarketing/Brochures/GraniteBrochures/MCKTRK_7760_GrMdHvyDtySS.pdf
  10. Lmackattack
    Think they want in the state and county market... It could be a good move. Hope they will offer a few engine choices.
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    thats a 3rd gear shift right there....classic example of a perfect shift...LOL
  12. Lmackattack
    Good read Al Is their parts and service center still around after they knocked down the old building?
  13. Lmackattack
    Tanzillo Contractors RD Glider kit, Driver: Anthony Tanzillo 300 with a 2 stick 6 speed has the 4.17 camelback rears out of the blue RS700L formerly owned by the guy that also owned the purple and silver striped RS700L from Round Lake IL.
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    Pic might help me.......but thinking it might be a shift rail housing your thinking of. ?
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    More importantly , what were the torque ratings? Think the stock v8 Mack was only 1600ftlbs?
  16. Lmackattack
    Bull husk has a v12 rs700l. It needs cowel extension panels to make it fit.
  17. Lmackattack
    They made an air version and electric. As far as I know the coupling was the same not sure if it mounts in the same holes. A later model rd should work?
  18. Lmackattack
    I like the ones with the older grill and red center emblem...
  19. Lmackattack
    just a FYI....the boomarang antenna was popular in the 80s to mid 90s on RV and some coustom semi trucks here in the US
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    I remember as a Kid all the Local trucks Dump, flat bed, tanker, etc were Mack and all the nice over the road trucks were KW, Pete, FL. always wondered why until I spent a full day sitting shot gun in a R model cab and later in a big KW with a big bunk. that KW had alot more room, at least it seamed that way.
  21. Lmackattack
    Are they all aluminum cab? And who built them..
  22. Lmackattack
    Love how the box has the logo in it..... How do you climb up into that cab? Lol...I did not see a ladder..
  23. Lmackattack
    V8 in a u model....what a sleeper that would have been back in the day.
  24. Lmackattack
    Yep Lawt to have them . Why not just add a few more ? Remove lites, shave the mounting unit off, weld hole shut slowly so you don't warp the roof. Or weld a washer to the bottom. Skim coat with bonds, sand and paint.
  25. Lmackattack
    Think by the mid 70s Mack lost out in big parts of the O/O market. Even when they tried to get in out west with the big V8 they were still making mostly 62MPH trucks with small cabs . The maxidyne and R cab was and still is great for Construction,east coast and midwest but when a big cat or cummins could get you over the hills faster mack needed to stay on par with other truck engine mfg. To bad because they made one of the best trucks and still do but when drivers wanted cab space and HP mack dropped the ball...

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