CaptainCrutch

Is it normally at the Gerhart show? I’ve only ever gone on the Saturday once most people have left so I miss a lot of the trucks...

Just stumbled upon this really nice pic of Dr. Bill’s old W-71. Supposedly this was taken just a few months ago at the Gerhart Show...

It's definitely not a Mack ED. Looks like a Chevy to me but I don't know for sure...

My guess is the last chain drive Macks were E models. But to be fair, I believe I've seen 50s Kenworths that are chain drive so clearly there was a demand for some reason...

That's not a tower, that's a great wall...

Believe me I had plenty of help! Hoping to have it out at a show at the end of the month...

I was referring to the updraft carb on a 707, not the engine itself. I know 707s weren’t military only, my firetruck has one and was just fixed up using parts off an engine from an OTR tractor.

Ah, sorry, most of the time I’m used to seeing 707 motors broken down into just A, B, and C. Never seen an updraft carb on a 707 either... must’ve been a military only thing... Regardless the engine in that LT is a 707B...

Well Mack made their own engines since atleast the AC which were built during WW1 so we know that much isn’t true, so what’s to say the rest is?

That’s because back in the day nobody engineered the sound, they just let nature determine the sound... now a days they engineer the sound so much there are teams of people who can play songs using a car engine... That and while some of us don’t mind being deaf taking care of and driving with these old engines... not everyone does... and unfortunately those are the people making the important decisions...

C motors have the exhaust manifold on the driver side of the truck, this one has it on the passenger. The thing that leads me to believe it’s a B motor is the pattern on the block. My ‘53 has a B motor in it so the year isn’t really a reliable way of figuring out which motor I’ve learned...

The old girl is all back together. She puts real nice... part of out problem was it turned out when we had the carb rebuilt someone tightened the main injector... once that was fixed she roared. Hope to have some video soon for you all but it’s too cold right now...

Does it still have the spread frame rails? Also looks like that’s a 707B motor to me. It could also be an A but it seems more like a B motor to me. Please give us any information you have about the truck! Also do you plan on restoring it? It’d be the only 707 powered LT on the road!

A part of me hated to do this, but there's no other way unfortunately. Does anyone know what happened to any of these trucks? I was trying to find Jake's LTL and unfortunately I discovered that he most likely sadly passed away a few years ago. My dad fell in love with the LTL after trying to find ideas of what he wanted his truck to be in the future, especially since it seemed to match the looks of his dad's old L model firetruck that the two of us have been working on for the past few years. I was hoping that I'd be able to find it on my own but it turns out that plan was more wishful thinking... Any help is much appreciated! For anyone who cares to read this is his Obituary: https://oconnellbenedict.com/obituaries/gerald-jerry-vernon-leonard/

Back in the day you didn't tend to care so much about RPMs just how fast you were going, thus many of these trucks were built without them. So in the more modern age an easy solution was just to stick it on to the steering column or dash board, rather and cut a big hole in the dash for it to sit in.

My friend's trucking company made one using only old trucks but they started doing pickup trucks and didn't have a single Mack! I like the idea of doing a BMT calendar with the highest voted pictures from each month of the year previous to that of the calendar.

I wish you the best of luck finding your grandad’s old trucks. If anyone knows where they are you’re in the right place, clearly you’re grandma’s old H model is still out there somewhere, probably in Massachusetts. That’s just what I’ve been able to gather so far... Make a new topic on the Trucks Wanted section of the site with any other information you have to try to bring a little more attention to your search.

That’s why so many of these old dogs are still working...

Very big... I expect this to be something along the lines of bringing back an old nameplate or an electric tractor... can't think of much else that would be considered "big" by anyone that we wouldn't know about already.

They've got all their most useful parts under cover on palats... Other than that, yeah I love the place, they only work on old iron so the shop is set up for that kind of work.

I went back and looked, I think all the MHs are integral sleepers in this guys yard. If you want the V-Mack one sitting there it looks like it wouldn't be too much work to fix up again. I will say, these trucks are constantly being parted out so if you want to get a truck out of there you've gotta do ti when you can. The MHs and the line of CFs are still sitting where they were in the original pictures for the most part, but some of the other stuff moves around a bit.

I guess I forgot to let you all know where I found this stuff, well I won’t tell you directly yet but all you need to know are in the background of these pictures... they’ve been helping me out with my old LS and I figure they deserve the attention... If you end up there be sure to tell them what you’re working on and they’ll be able to point you in the right direction...

Anybody know what engines and transmissions were in the Mack MH Ultraliners that were owned and operated by Mack for use at their factories? I’ve included some pictures to hopefully help clarify what I’m talking about...

It’s be fun if you positioned just the cab and hood on the trailer as if the thing had its chassis stolen out from under it so fast it left the body in place...

These updates are getting me excited for your rig... maybe even as excited as you! Seeing classic trucks like this get back on the road in such a right way just fills a hole in my soul left by living near a junkyard that stops people trying to preserve history... yet they keep the things that THEY find nice to look at...