james j neiweem

I disagree that Cummins has such a stronghold over the entire truck industry. With vertical integration by truck manufacturers Paccar, Daimler, Volvo and VW all have their own engine offerings competing against Cummins. Give credit to Cummins for being able to pull through and be the sole option to the big four(Paccar, Daimler, Volvo VW( Man and Scania). All are European engine manufacturers vs Cummins. I say the sole US truck engine manufacturer deserves support.

Why is the Mack MP-7 and Volvo D-11 being canceled and what will replace it? Is the Mack pinnacle being canceled or just the sleeper model. The Pinnacle day cab is a good seller in the Boston area.

I remember when I was a kid seeing an H model in the shop with the engine on a slant as I remember.

The original H model H-60/61 (cherry picker) had a flat floor I believe. The H-63 had the height dropped a bit. I think the floor was on two levels (driver side lower to allow for the dog house. Was the engine on a slant toward the passenger side. Was the H-63 floor the same as the H-67 or a flat floor. Why no H-65?

There still some bones there that can be worked with the right individual!

Remember seeing a lot of Cx's for them and Zumstein thereafter.

Remember the Akers Mack H's and F's well. I never saw any thing other than Mack's for them-may be a White 7000 or two. Surprised to see the IH's towards the end. I remember reading somewhere that Akers was not big on maintenance. If a truck broke down they might just abandon it and replace it with a spare. May be a rumor not sure. Breakdown maintenance and the buy low bid new tractors.

You betcha!

I just recently read somewhere that it was Chicago cab. Ma bee they built some. My one brain cell can't remember where I heard this. Could have been AI or face book BS. Us old timers with trucking history and knowledge have to laugh at this AI BS. I almost do not want to correct AI as it will keep getting smarter and smarter. There is a logging website on face book that takes parts and pieces from Mack E's and B's, IH KB's, White WC's and A-Cars and conjeur up a truck. They blow it on engine models and years installed routinely. I'll stick with my historical head knowledge and that of others over AI BS for now. I guess in the end they will get it right. Yeah looking up Chicago Cab gives you a lot of info on yellow and checker cab rabbit holes!

Just turned 80 myself. I grew up in Chicago land with the B-61's(Celli, Palumbo, Vulcan), IH R-230's, White 9000 coup cabs(Material Service), A-cars and Big Henries. Got out of the Navy in 69. Moved to Ct. saw my first B-81 in person rather than pictures. Truck spotting in Ct was just as good as Illinois thanks to the building of the Interstates. Was a big fan of Tomasso and O&G until they went Paccar! I do like the looks of the KW 900 B's though I must say.

I believe the Comfo Vision Cab was built by Chicago Cab now defunct I guess?

What garage is open one to two days per week?

Can somebody copy and paste the face book Scania/Mack article to BMT?

Terry I solved the problem with the END 707. It seems that the END 711 had 707 cu. in displacement. Thus no END 707. This is how we got sidetracked I guess. May be Mack wanted to further differentiate it from the EN 707. I am wondering if the END 711 problems were finally worked out before the END 675C and Maxidyne ran it out of town.🙂

The origin of the 672/673 block belongs to Mack with heads for the 672 coming from Lanova and heads from the 673 coming from Scania. So one mystery is the origin of the Mack/Scania V-8 block. Mack or Scania? The heads took two different paths -individuals for Scania and four heads for Mack; There may be other differences also such as crank shafts camshafts pistons etc.