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  1. mackdaddy
    I will dig through some of my stuff as I know I have a picture of it when it was a logger. And I think his business cards had it on it too?
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    That truck belonged to Roy ?? out of Nevada. It was a self loading logger when new. His LTH with Ellis split manifolds is in the Keystone Museum now. I have a picture of him as a young man driving a 47 LT log truck. I think back with a little sadness of all the great trucker buddies we have lost over the past decade with Roy being one of them.
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    Factory KTA600 now a KTTA 19
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    It is and I have been looking closely at all of the early B's and F's that used the same style side panels. There appears to be many different styles and I assume it may have to do with the engine that is installed. This BM was ordered from the factory with the larger cube engine that was the standard in the BX so I am thinking there must have been a difference??
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    I do but this hood doesn't have space for the emblem? Note the distance between the louvers and the hinge.
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    yes it is a B
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    Here is a 1947 LT that I just picked up. The owner called me and told me he was not able to finish the restoration . He was 11yrs old when he and his Dad picked it up at the San Francisco Mack dealer!! It has the Mack 707 thermodyne gasser. the 47 thru 49 were on a different frame than the 50 on LT's
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    A Bob Brown original...…...the LTL...…..Bob Brown...….The Greatest Name in Trucks. That is how I made up the plaque honoring Bob at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum Store. That LTL was sold to a guy in Rutford, VT and Bob drove it all the way out there with his wife following in the car. When he got there the guy didn't have the money and refused to buy the truck. Fortunately for Bob the Eiler Bros in VT wanted it.
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    I have a dozen of those machines. yes, I am an industrial painting contractor. Steel grit works great out west inland where there is no humidity and months without rain!! we also do a lot of robotic blasting with grit in penstocks. we had 4 units on this project for 2yrs.
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    One of the best Macks ever built! A totally different model than the US Valueliner. My friend Mike Osborne giving it a go in Wyoming. It is named the Thunder from Down Under!
  11. mackdaddy
    Waiting for the shutter surround from the chrome shop and then reassemble the shutters and that should be about it for now. Hope to put a 5th wheel and winch on it someday.
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    The W model used the same frame rails as the LTL. The LTH was 1/16" thicker and of course less aluminum pieces. I have built from scratch both the LTL and the W model. Until you get up to the front spring hangers and the front axle they are identical as frame and cross members go. of course there is also the cab mounts that differ.
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    The G model was much more advanced for the times and was the Western Mack replacement.
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    Is the cab the same width as a CH or did it get narrowed down?
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    A guy in Medford Oregon had a new one he ordered. Engine finally blew on him and he pulled it. The truck sat in the back at Leanardo's in White City and I tried a few times to buy it. Nice straight cab (had the small first series R cab) and body. It seems to me it was gone last time I drove by. RS755
  18. mackdaddy
    The W model shown is now in Tony Champion's collection in Australia. That particular sleeper add on was done by Able of Los Angeles. I would say there are at least 4 different style of sleeper add ons to the W model by different body builders.
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    At least the hood......which makes the truck has a well known designer. Tony Champion and company.
  20. mackdaddy
    The floor is not level so we are keeping the truck level as we install the wood to fit and other made to fit items like the hood, doors, etc.
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    This shop is adjacent to the main building. It is a metal roof structure attached to 2 40Ft CONX boxes. We generally just use this for body work and other dirty jobs. But our assemble bay is full so we are improvising.
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    Update: Slow but sure making progress on the shutter rebuild.
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    Nice looking restoration of a real classic! Where did you get the aluminum casings on the running boards? I assume that is what I am seeing?
  24. mackdaddy
    Looking for the proper front shutters as well as headlights. Did the shutter assembly carry on to other models in the future years?
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    I have often thought the same after seeing the Scanias coming at me when in Europe. And Mack originally partnered with them on the V8.

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