GearUpJammer

Congratulations and Happy Birthday!

Thanks Steve,I am in NJ.I’m sure I will need something,I appreciate it!

Have fun!

Thanks!The U belongs to a friend of mine.Appropriately,he picked the B up for me on his way home from Mack Trucktoberfest in Allentown.

Will do,thanks!

No,it’s a 673

Thanks Bob!The night she came home on another old Mack.

Always wanted a B Model and picked up this 57 almost a month ago.END673 and a Duplex.The truck sat for 5 years or so but after we got it home we pull started it the next day.New cables and batteries recently installed and now I got her to start on her own.Brakes next,then a fuel tank.She’s currently bottle fed out of a gas can.It will be a long term little by little restoration.Short term goal is to get it safe to drive and on the road.I’ve read these forums for years and they have been an invaluable resource.I’m looking forward to everyone’s knowledge and advice!

Absolutely!

She's a beauty!

Beautiful,back when trucks had real paint jobs and little plastic!

Very cool!

74 R model with a 237 and 5 speed,the F model had a 300+ and a 10 speed.I worked in the shop in the day changing oil,fuel filters and tires and at night I would ride with one of the drivers named Ritchie.We hauled Budweiser from Newark NJ to a distributor in Wall ,we'd drop the trailer and pick up an empty and bring it to Midland Glass in Cliffwood.We'd drop that trailer and pick up a load of bottles going back to Newark.Couple a turns a night.Ritchie would go in and get the paperwork and I'd go get the trailer and bring it back to him.Taught myself how to shift that 5 speed and the principal of the high torque rise Maxidyne and Maxitorque tranny.All at the ripe old age of 14,great memories and a love affair with Macks to this day!

You're welcome

Swung by today,unfortunately no number on the for sale sign and no one around