mrsmackpaul

Good luck with it all Keep us all in the loop with how it goes, we are always up to follow along a build Paul

Looks really good Paul

Well it's a start, your moving forwards Paul

If you look to the lower left you will ser they talk about the coolpower Mack motor This is not my photo, was I believe taken at the Brisbane truck show ???? But I wouldn't hold me to that This when Australia changed from Tip Turbine to Econodyne or chassis mounted cooler in front of the radiator

I would be guessing that is what is been spoken of Coolpower Mack motor was the offical Mack name in Australia for Tip Turbine Worked well and were a game changer when released to the Australian market, just like the Maxidyne was Paul

That's the one thing I have just learnt today, I always thought the Boral was just a Australian company, I wonder were else they were in the world ? Paul

So good to hear some fun is been had now And the truck that had the crook block, is it still behaving Paul

Neither are my photo But gives you the idea of what I am talking about Paul

You won't loose that in a car park Sure is bright, if it was in Australia we would think it was a Boral truck, there trucks were all green and yellow Paul

Do these bolts go thru with nuts on the other side ? Or was this different in the U.S. ? Paul

Macks in Australia had very similar brouchers but different letters and numbers We only had, R 600 and R 700 Everything else was sort of added later I wonder what NewZealand, Europe and the middle east used when they sold them new The pictures on Australian brouchers was the same as was the colours Back in the 60's we were still imperial, feet and inches and pounds Things were simpler to work out than metric amd in most cases still are Paul

On 21 July 1969, Francis "Frankie" John Hunt was on patrol with 3 Platoon, A Company, 6RAR, when Lieutenant Peter Hines stepped on a mine, which activated and killed him. The explosion injured several others, including Hunt, who was standing closest to Hines. Hunt was air-lifted to the military hospital in Vung Tau and then evacuated to Australia for further surgery at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital to amputate his severely injured legs. He spent 19 months in rehabilitation in Australia. In 1983, musician John Schumann wrote and released the song "I Was Only 19" which was performed by his band, Redgum. The song references Hunt and the mine explosion: "Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon" and was performed onstage in the Domain for the Vietnam veterans' reunion concert on 4 October 1987. Image: Frankie onstage at the Vietnam veterans' reunion concert in the Domain, Sydney. Photographer: Michael Bowers, PAIU1987/272.28 Paul

I'm gunna say yes but I really don't know Paul

WOW, that's a impressive looking truck I imagine that the wrecker part was fully custom built and not a off the shelf type of deal Paul

Ball race turn tables or fifth wheels would be by far the most common in Australia More stability, less movement and so on All a matter of what your used to seeing I guess Paul

And you can still buy one 😉 https://www.ebay.com/itm/134318924800 Paul

A little hot rod to play with when your resting in the bunk Paul

I have heard of it but never watched it or saw it on Australian T.V. Paul

I think it's the oil pressure gauge for the motor thats getting oil in it But I could be wrong here Paul

Thats really the only one I know of, I know more were sold here in the late 60's but I dont think it was many And I think maybe the 20s pr early 30s some were sold in Australia They are a good looking truck Paul

Maybe your doing the gauges up to tight and cracking them inside You could wash out the air tanks but I wouldn't worry about it, the mushroom sauce is in the system now and has been for many decades So if any rubber ware is gunna be stuffed from the oil it's well on it's way I would just drain the tanks regularly at first, every few hours to begin with, or every time you take it out, which should be done anyway at the end of each day you drive it Paul

Yes it would help a lot to check with some pictures of the results if things checked Paul

Thanks for the photos and rest up for the big event I have never seen a Broadway in the flesh enjoy the show Paul

Bugger me, thats different, was the motor changed a lot to allow the oil to drain from the rocker cover ? Paul

I see a cop car like that and it makes think of running moon shine. Or at the very least watching a movie about running moonshine 😃 And then BJ and the Bear springs to mind He always seemed to be topping of his tanks with moonshine to either hide it or out run the law A good looking car Paul