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Any time you can save a church or any building where you are forced to use a rural water supply set-up is a rarity; to go two for two is way beyond what most of us end up doing. Great job!

In St. Louis. Search this board using "shippensburg" it may come up. He was a regulatr on here for a while, but I don't recall seeing a post lately.

I use Brillman for electrical stuff; http://brillman.com/store/ . You may have luck finding the speedo at a swap meet. Or check out the Hemmings ads for instrument rebuilders. Are you a SPAAMFAA member? If not please join, it is a great source of info for the antique fire truck collector. Buy a copy of Harvey Eckart's book "Mack Fire Trucks 1911 - 2005" . It has a couple of pictures of tiller trucks of the era in it. If you haven't already done so write the Mack Museum with the chassis number. They will send you manuals, and any delivery pictures they have of the rig. A suitable donation is always appreciated. And please publish some pictures. This is a relatively rare beast that all of us would love to see.

Not much information for what seems to be a pretty stiff price. I always wonder about an ad that doesn't list the relevant information for the truck i.e. the chassis number, engine condition, etc. Doesn't seem like a real good way to get a sale.

It has been for sale on EBay off and on for the past few months. He was asking $10K.

Folks who collect Mack stuff buy 'em for display.

I'd do it in a NY second. Here is a link to an aftermarket headlight supplier that I used for my 52 75A http://www.otbgear.com/682-C-Headlights-C3.aspx. I don't know if the hood is different from other A models, but it would be worth checking around for junked trucks you can get parts from. They are out there, it just requires a little digging. This board is a great resource for parts.

Great to have you back. Things like that tend to put life in perspective; that's why the bent metal doesn't seem like a big deal to you now. It'll get fixed or it won't, but either way you'll be on the right side of the grass. God Bless.

Most likely some moron who collects & sells the metal tags. I have even heard of one person who had the nads to take them off of a collector's truck after asking the owner if he could "look" at the truck.

If you have the chassis numbers you can try to use CarFax. If you don't have the chassis numbers the Mack Museum may be able to locate them based on the original purchaser's name.

"one legged woman" is riding a bicycle. Girl who ride bike peddle ass all over town.

And it should be on a tag located near the officer's seat if it wasn't canabalized.

Any areas of interest besides trucks? Just like Australia the US is big and you can spend quite a bit of time just eating up miles without seeing much. How long are you planning to be here? You can easily eat up two weeks just on the east coast. Besides the ATCA and ATHS shows you will probably want to make contact with the Gary Mahan in NJ collection to see that. The C.Grier Beam Truck Museum, http://beamtruckmuseum.com/ seems like a good take in. Assuming you plan on making the ATHS show you should plan on visiting the Boston area and possible NYC. Washington DC is not all that far from the ATCA show and would be a logical stop on the way to NC if that's what you end up planning. PM me if you plan on doing DC and I'll try to hook you up with places to stay and see.

The original post is a real typical Maryland dump. Lots of O/O trucks have the sun shields, chrome wheel caps, and stacks. Makes for some real neat looking rigs. I guess because of differing weight laws in Maryland and Virginia that there is quite a difference in the style of the dumps in both states. VA dumps are generally stretched, muli-axle while MD dumps have shorter higher beds.

GOTTA PEE Two women friends had gone for a girls' night out. Both were very faithful and loving wives, however they had gotten over-enthusiastic with the Bacardi Breezers. Incredibly drunk and walking home they needed to pee, so they stopped in the cemetery. One of them had nothing to wipe with so she thought she would take off her panties and use them. Her friend however, was wearing a rather expensive pair of panties and did not want to ruin them. But, she was lucky enough to squat down next to a grave that had a wreath with a ribbon on it, so she proceeded to wipe with that. After the girls did their business, they proceeded to go home. The next day, the husband of one of the women was concerned that his normally sweet and innocent wife was still in bed hung over, so he phoned the other husband and said: "These girl nights have got to stop! I'm starting to suspect the worst. My wife came home with no panties!!" "That's nothing," said the other husband, "Mine came back with a card stuck to her ass that said..... 'From all of us at the Fire Station. We'll never forget you.' "

And when you finally break it loose use the aforementioned stick to keep the clutch depressed while it is in storage. That will prevent future issues. That is why farm tractors have a hook built in to hold the clutch pedal down while it is in storage.

I like that! Is the high rise fire hydrant for a really big dog or deep snow?

I have had a noise in the 52 since I bought it. It sounds like loose diamond plate, but I'm reasonably sure it's coming from the transmission. When I put it in fith (overdrive) it makes the noise as soon as I slack off of the accelerator. If I step on the gas it goes away until I back off again. It only occurs in fifth gear. I have pulled the cover plate off of the transmission and I don't see or feel any obvious problems. No metal chips on the magnet either. I'm guessing it is a thrust washer or something else that will allow a gear to "unload" when the torque load applied by the engine is removed. The transmission is a TR6610 five speed. It will not make the noise when it is run at high speed with the transmission in fifth and the transfer case is in neutral, so I'm guessing the drive train load has to come into play to force the gear to unload. Does anyone know if there is one unique shaft, thrust washer, or bearing that would come into play when it's put in fifth gear? Anybody run into something similar? I have already rebuilt the rear differential and the transfer case. I don't see any issues with the drive shafts either.

Paint it as close as you can to the color of the red Texas clay you'll be hauling. Saves on wash costs. And it allows you to camoflauge the rig when D.O.T. is around.

Would You Remarry? A husband and wife are sitting quietly in bed reading when the wife looks over at him and asks the question.... WIFE: "What would you do if I died? Would you get married again?" HUSBAND: "Definitely not!" WIFE: "Why not? Don't you like being married?" HUSBAND: "Of course I do." WIFE: "Then why wouldn't you re-marry?" HUSBAND: "Okay, okay, I'd get married again." WIFE: "You would?" (with a hurt look) HUSBAND: (makes audible groan) WIFE: "Would you live in our house? HUSBAND: "Sure, it's a great house." WIFE: "Would you sleep with her in our bed?" HUSBAND: "Where else would we sleep?" WIFE: "Would you let her drive my car?" HUSBAND: "Probably, it is almost new." WIFE: "Would you replace my pictures with hers?" HUSBAND: "That would seem like the proper thing to do." WIFE: "Would you give her my jewelry?" HUSBAND: "No, I'm sure she'd want her own." WIFE: "Would she use my golf clubs?" HUSBAND: "No, she's left-handed." WIFE: -- silence -- HUSBAND: "Oh, sh*t."

Love the fire truck, but he's about twice what it should sell for.

The DW collects little painted scenes from the various places we visit. Her Vermont plaque "Brake For Moose; It Could Save Your Life; Hundreds of Collisions"

Pretty much the same for the local NAPA (No Auto Parts Available) store here. Man do I miss the old time jobbers who could tell you what you had in your hand before you asked for the part. But, I'm also guilty of ordering by the net so I can save some dough, don't have to drive to town, and not get frustrated by the counter person not being able to find the part on the computer.

I love it. Using the internet to get the word out to folks about crappy customer service; that's why Al Gore invented it! (Just ask him)

And at least half a jillion folks who buy 'em up, refurb 'em, and keep making money off of 'em.