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Surely not Harvey Eckart. He is alive and still writing and as knowledgeable about Mack's as anyone.

Mackb67 on this site has one he is parting out.

Your best bet may be to find a CF fire truck that is being parted out. The roof is the same. Look in the Fire Apparatus threads, there was someone on there from TN that was parting one out. It is in the "CF Parts Needed" thread.

Glad to have you here. Welcome

Try FDNYtruckscom on this site. He has a very complete registry of Mack fire apparatus.

An acquaintance recently rebuilt his. The only part he had a really hard time finding was a new drive gear for the distributor which he eventually located in NY.

You need to make Barry aware of this. Sounds like someone may have attempted to hijack the site.

Great job; you won't be sorry that you went the extra mile to do it all. Just remember the restorer's mantra if you do one; Bag it, tag it, don't force anything that can't be replaced and take lots of pictures.

Yeah, like none of us has ever done a stupid thing like engaging the pto to see why it isn't working correctly while being way to close to the spinning shaft. Just because the widow is looking for the deep pockets doesn't make the deceased the bad guy. No one's death, especially by accident at a young age, should be desecrated by such comments.

Dual tanks?? What is connected to the back of the switch? Wires or cables?

I'm guessing here: Was there a fuel gauge on the pump panel as well as the dash? Might be the switch to change the gauge the sending unit is connected to.

"Its like they don't WANT you to know what's going on." Congratulations; you have finally figured them out.

Absolute silence on Christmas eve. Now that's what I call a Christmas present!

Merry Christmas. Hope Santa brought all of your wishes.

Welcome to the board. I dropped off the 21 Maxim at the museum, so I'm sure we have met. I'll be at the museum with the ODHFS group in January. I'll look you up.

Merry Christmas! Here's hoping that Santa's sleigh is Mack powered so it reaches every good girl and boy. Special shout out to all of the brothers and sisters who have to work Christmas and/or Christmas eve to protect the rest of us. Thank you.

Actually they were pretty common in most large plants. The sprinkler comments tickle me; fire sprinklers are designed to control, not extinguish, the fire. Hence the need for an industrial fire brigade, even in a fully sprinklered building.

Most probably the ATCA show at Macungie held Father's Day weekend each June. Check out www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org for details.

I'll trade you the 20 or 30 years!

Remember the terminal well; located on Rte. 30 right near the Mass Pike exit. They also ran a bunch of N model straight trucks. When did they fold?

I think that truck is an L model, not a B. Used to be a very nice truck, but time and the elements have taken a toll. Loadstar went to look at it.

Built for power, not for speed!

Interesting that it was 1972; almost everyone came out with some version of the stars and stripes paint scheme for the bicentennial in 1976. I guess Mack was showing the way.

Please post the address. The job is difficult enough when you have the right equipment. To ask folks to do a very dangerous job with half-ass worn out equipment is downright unethical. Has your dept. applied for a FEMA grant to replace the equipment? http://www.fema.gov/welcome-assistance-firefighters-grant-program The next page has a link to a document you can use to evaluate your present truck to see if you qualify. (you will) PM me if you need any assistance if you decide to apply. I have some contacts at FEMA that may be able to help you out.

I was dizzy before the spin out according to my OIC. I loved driving that truck. The speedometer topped out at 85 if I recall correctly and it would bury it with a lot left over. Plus it was quick off of the line. The same company had a 900 series gasser that had "cruise control". When you really wound it up out on an interstate the front sheet metal would flex in enough to bind the accelerator pedal. You could take your foot off of the pedal and it would keep doing the same speed until you reached down and pulled the pedal back up. It also had the ability to belch out a four or five foot fire ball out of the exhaust if you downshifted quickly from 5th to 4th. That would get the attention of any motorist who happened to be beside you.