Barry

As Mackboy said...contact the Museum. The number is in our featured links section.

Please post some photos if you can...

Unfortunatley, it is $1000 per side...$2000 for a pair. They are a complex item to make, each peice of the assembly had to be made from scratch and the chrome pieces chromed, special jigs hade to be made to bend the glass trim, all new rubber and weather stripping. All I can say is that for the price, you are getting a super quality product!

This item is not for the faint of heart or wallet! But they are available! Brand new, hand crafted B-Model vent windows! We just got the first set in and they look amazing! But the price is high...$1000 each We are hoping that the price will drop if we can get enough pre orders...but I don't think it will drop alot. If you are interested in a set, call us for a quote and delivery time. Supplies will be very limited and they are built as needed.

Your front axle is an FA5321, but I gotta find a data sheet on it to see what weight capicity it is... Found it! Looks like it is 12,000 lb rated and the 1 at the end indicates that it was built without front brakes.

Welcome to BMT! Glad to have ya aboard!!

There is a certain procedure to installing the headliner kits. Call 1-888-304-6225 and ask for Tracy...he can tell you how or get you in contact with the manufacture. Maybe someone here who has installed one can give some tips!

U.S. truck manufacturers will make fewer trucks this year with engines that meet 2007 emission standards, Paul Vikner, president and chief executive officer of Mack Trucks said at the ATD Convention & Exposition in San Diego last month. Manufacturers still have engines made in 2006 and dealers still have inventories of 2006 models for truck customers who want to buy. With those inventories and the expected sharp drop in truck sales, many of the trucks sold this year will have pre-2007 engines. "Frankly, we think there is a better way to handle this," said Vikner, adding that the trucking industry must encourage governments to offer incentives to stimulate sales of trucks with cleaner-burning engines and to ensure the industry has a strong voice in future environmental regulations. "Moving into the future, I can tell you some of Mack's biggest customers are talking about environmental responsibility, and it will become very, very important for truck manufacturers and dealers ... to meet these kinds of requirements for them." Regarding speculation over the development of a one-world truck, Vikner indicated that to remain competitive, it is almost required that all truck makers have a presence in Asia, all of Europe and all of North America. However, he told dealers that would not translate into a single truck model. While individual manufacturers will probably use common truck-cab architecture, there will continue to be different dashboard components, interior doors and steering columns among their brands, he said. Meanwhile, he suggested manufacturers probably would seek to trim costs by cutting back on the number of spec'ing options available. Source: Transport Topics, April 23 print edition.

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your soda across the room, splattering it against that freshly-stained heirloom piece you were drying. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned guitar calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "YEOWW ..." ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age. SKIL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short. PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters. The most often the tool used by all women. BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs. HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes. VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to Transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction of intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. ACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of. METRIC SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2 inch socket you've been searching for the last 45 minutes. TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity. HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper. EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped hydraulic jack handle. TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters and wire wheel wires from tender portions of the hand and arm. E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool, ten times harder than any known drill bit, that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible future use. RADIAL ARM SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to scare neophytes into choosing another line of work. TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect. CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A very large pry bar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle. AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw. TROUBLE LIGHT: The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids and for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads. Women excel at using this tool. STRAIGHT SLOT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws. AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts which were last over tightened 30 years ago by someone at Ford, and instantly rounds off their heads. Also used to quickly snap off lug nuts. PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part. HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit. Women primarily use it to make gaping holes in walls when hanging pictures. MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use. " O MAN" TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling "O Man" at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

A long-awaited transportation museum and new home for the Mack Trucks Historical Collection is taking shape in downtown Allentown. Structural steel was raised last month for the America On Wheels Transportation Museum on Allentown's riverfront. The facility is designed to tell the story of over-the-road transportation in America, and is expected to draw thousands of visitors to the downtown area each year. The centerpiece of the museum will be a permanent exhibit on the history and contributions of Mack, featuring eight fully restored vintage trucks from the Mack Museum's collection. When open, America On Wheels will also be home to the offices of the Mack Trucks Historical Collection organization, and its archive of Mack sales records and technical information stretching back to the founding of the company in 1900. America On Wheels is scheduled to open to the public in the spring of 2008. For more information on the project, visit the museum's Web site at www.americaonwheels.org

Sounds like a cool project...any photos?

Lookin good! Can't wait to see more photos!!

DO you have the model & vin number? I can see what pops up in the MackNet! Or you can call The Mack Museum for tons of info. The number is in our featured links section...

Looks great! Can't wait to see the finished product! Be sure to post more photos... If you need some ideas for yours, here is a photo I took at Macungie, 2006 of a B-Model someone made!

Without looking it up, I think the shallow pan held 34 qts and 56 qts for the deep pan.

Welcome to BMT, Doug...hope you enjoy it here! Be sure to post pics of your Macks!

Great pics, Thanks for posting them Larry! Can't wait to see the video!

Did you guys check the calendar? April 28th is the anniversary of the last B-Model to roll off the line in 1966!

3P, maybe you can put your ear to the ground and see when they are doing the truck? I still haven't got a confirmed date...

No, We are still packing up a boatload of parts to ship to Allentown. From what I understand, Mack is donating the parts to the show. I should have more details soon.

Not that I have ever seen...I'll have to ask the sales guys monday for ya...

Try it now, Tom...I added bmp to the bag of tricks! You should be ok now without converting.

I think it will air late in June...but I'll post the definate date as soon as I know for sure!

There is a guy named Gary White that has been trying to get vent visors reproduced for some time now. I haven't heard from him in awhile...maybe he will see this and respond.

Here are a few pics Other Dog emailed me! Enjoy...