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B-73 Restoration
mrsmackpaul replied to mattb73lt's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Sign writers out here sit have a yarn for while to get a feel of what you want Some people then just the go I'm a tad more controlling I guess I new what I didn't want, no big modern scrolls Nice tight period correct scrolls, colours of pin stripes and scrolls I have no idea, the sign writers have a really good handle of contrasting colours I was happy with the outcome Only vinyle was my name on the door, it's a little different so I wasn't sure I would like it Wish I did get it in paint as well Paul -
Looks the goods 😉 Paul
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B-73 Restoration
mrsmackpaul replied to mattb73lt's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
What are road lamps ?? Paul -
B-73 Restoration
mrsmackpaul replied to mattb73lt's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Some ideas possibly for pin stripes Paul -
I think the point got missed here, if you have a broken axle and transmission hand brake Your hand brake is useless whether your in high or low range Plenty of medium trucks from the 60s thru to the 80s and beyond had a 2 speed back axle and a transmission hand brake Think you blokes call them a park brake Paul
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We used to get chill blains as kids, I still have the scars on my toes, dad had scars on his ears from when he was kid All the puddles would ice over Mt brother now farms within a few miles of were this all happened and he never see's ice in puddles in winter anymore I don't feel the changes are as sharp, as in between winter and spring, spring and summer and back into autumn as they once were Those changes were very defined and mother nature didn't muck about I reckon some volcano in south America erupted in the late 90's and spewed as much crap into the atmosphere in a few days that we put there in couple of hundred years Everything we do must have an effect, is it a big enough effect to cause the changes we are having ? No one knows for sure Scientists rely on funding to get grants to research To get money they need, a issue that's so big it out shadows everything else is needed Who remembers the hole in the ozone layer The radiation from microwaves was gunna kill us all Everyone was gunna die of aids 8n the 80s The W2K bug when the clocks ticked over midnight to the year 2000 The rising sea levels There's a long list of stuff that was gunna change our world that got bucket loads of funding Did the funding change any of the out comes ? I think it probably did, but to how much, we will never know Maybe today's world we like to have something to blame when ever anything bad happens ? I hope the earthquakes and tremors have settled down Paul
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Connecticut Construction Trucks
mrsmackpaul replied to BKrois's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
21 weeks and counting, good to hear people are supporting the new Autocar Hope they do well Paul -
Wire gauge
mrsmackpaul replied to rasnodgrass's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Assuming your in the State's, you need to use U.S. wire guage which is different than other countries That been said the correct answer is above mine Take a sample and compare, if it's you can't find the exact size, go the next biggest Paul -
I dunno if it is changing or not, I do wonder if we just find out about everything so much quicker Gotta remember it was only a life time ago news like this never would of reached Australia and today I find out in a matter of hours I remember going to A.I.M.S (Australian Institute of Marine Science) about 50 km south of Townsville on the north eastern coast of Australia I learnt heaps at the open day, I got talking to a scientist fellow and asked about global warming and climate change He proceeded to slide out these large trays, maybe 6 or 7 feet long and the had core samples from the Great Barrier reef He explained how the reef grows a fresh layer each year, just like a tree grows another ring And by the colours of each layer they can tell how wet or how dry the Tropical Monsoon wet season was, the sediment washed out to sea leaves a layer on the reef and this changes the colour He went onto explain we have had over 50 years in a row drier than we have ever seen and also 50 years in a row wetter than we have ever seen So is the east coast of Australia getting hotter ? Still to early to tell Yet in NewZealand, down the bottom end of the south island the glaciers are retreating at a fast rate of knots So I have no idea To me, the sun feels hotter and as soon as I stop Im looking for shade Paul
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Watched the second video this morning All pretty impressive to me, well done to all involved I guess thats the easy part done And yes shifting big extremly over size things is a challenge Dunno how wide that trailer is but probably every bit of 15 feet or more I'm shifting a trailer in the coming weeks that is way over size and the paper work etc gets complicated to say the least, and it's no were near that size, just over 17 feet wide and about 60 feet long Just load this stuff is a challenge Paul
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No good at all Hope no body got much more than a fright Paul
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New BMT Challenge Coin Released 4/1/2024
mrsmackpaul replied to Barry's topic in Product Announcements & Group Buys
Well I managed to balls that up Thought I would get a set, then my brother as well might like a set Then Mal that painted Mrs Mack And some how endedup with 5 sets in the cart and be blowed if I can get them back to 3 sets OH PAUL YOU'VE MADE A MESS OF THIS LOL Paul -
Mary Hitchings
mrsmackpaul replied to 57 bcr's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Yes Bob, the old posts on here are quite a shock as to some of the posters that were on here every day not so long ago Paul -
Very good, nice and short so it's easy to manouver about when the trailer is off Paul
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Mary Hitchings
mrsmackpaul replied to 57 bcr's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
I saw the article at the start of this thread on Facelessbook the other day Back in the 80's I read a article on her, would of been either English or an Australian magazine I gather the trucks and their owners are all long gone now I wonder if Mary and Andrew ever new their stories made around the world I did some Googling and I reckon this photo was in the article, but thats probably 35 - 40 years ago now so I may be wrong She reminds me of another lady I habe met, Miss Elle drives trucks and coaches most of her life I reckon Elle is even shorter than Mary and is a absolute live wire, in her late 60's now and still full of beans And she don't stuff about when driving either, I'm flat out keeping up with her Anyway, totally off topic now Paul -
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This terrible news for all, I don't know anything about ships, boats, tug boats floating in a inner tube etc I do imagine that once you loose power the current takes control and pushes you about however mother nature wishes the current to flow Easter is going to be very different and a sad occasion for a lot of families now The whole situation is terrible Paul
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It sure will be a snug fit Dogs won't care as they can get more cuddles from humans Should be a nice little truck to tootle about in Paul
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Finally some DM progress
mrsmackpaul replied to mowerman's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
To me, it always amazes me just how much preparation goes into things that no one even notices Keep on plugging away, you will be surprised at just how far you get I bought a year planner, big poster size thick cardboard doohickie and wrote for each day what I did on the dairy farm, I was stunned at just how much I got done Like this but no long flowing locks of hair Paul -
I have welded plenty of fuel tanks, so I don't think a larger tank is any different Put plenty of air flow into it, leaf blowers etc to really vent it out well and while the venting is taking place, air still blowing, hook in with the gas axe Make some big holes quickly, 4 foot square size holes and then just break it down And I would make it the shape and size that doesn't resemble a tank at all Paul
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All the Chev's in Australia came from Canada as far as I know Came in CKD and were assembled at GMH Dandenong Melbourne A C60 carting CKD kits into Dandenong GMH Paul
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no mate, they sold well to begin with but the Japanese Isuzu was the beginning of the end I know of people that bought them new in the 70's and had and used them up until their death in the early 2000's They were okay for what they were Paul
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