Tony Ingram

Found one on ebay and got it, woohoo.

Wasn't too sure if they kept back issues, I assumed they would but I'll give them a call on Monday, thanks

Just ran across a pic of the 2005 Nov/Dec Wheels of Time issue. It's got an H61 on the cover and articles about H models in it. Does anybody have that old issue lying around or know where I could pick one up? May help me in the furure on some details during my restoration, thanks.. Tony

Hopefully Bin Laden was staring right at the barrel of that rifle when he heard, "paybacks are a son of a bitch"!!!!!!

Family Mack pic.bmpI crashed the national streetrod show in the H61 last weekend. Got her roadworthy so I figured I'd take her out and show her off. Wasn't sure if I'd be welcome with open arms from some of them high priced street rodders but after the three day show I had quite a few come up to me and say the old rust bucket was the highlight of the show. I was busy all weekend fielding questions and curiosities about her. Everybody wanted pics and couldn't believe she was driven to the show. Not really sure why they wondered if I drove her or not, could've been some baling wire or duct tape that they saw, not sure. Met some folks who have some old trucks themselves and thinking I'm gonna get an ATHS chapter started here in my hometown. Met one guy who had a buddy call on the old girl two hours after I agreed to buy her, he was gonna ship her to his home down in Australia. Sure glad I got to snatch her up. Will be taking a break till August, heading to the beach for a couple months with the fam for some much needed vacation starting in June. I plan on jumping back on the H63 when we get back though...My painter buddy was bored and decided to add on some flames with welders chalk, looked pretty good..

My understanding is that the 673 was the only option you had for the H models.

All the vintage pics that I've seen of these have had the emblems on there.

My friend Dennis pickin her up for me. One step closer to being home, thanks Dennis!!!

Mack starts with 1000, so 1286 would be the 286th H61T built. Great truck. My Dad's best friend ran an H model in the 60's that I used to hook rides in when he picked up his trailer in Boston. Until I started reading this board I had no idea how few of these were around. That info is good to know, thanks. I've got a definite soft spot for the H models. Compared to any other manufacturer, to me anyways, Macks were the most stylistic out of all of them. The others seemed too boxy, no shape of flow to them. Nice curves on these H models. Makes sheetmetal replacement harder though but it's all worth it in the end. I can't wait to get her home and get her fired up!!! My 5 yr old son has already laid claim to this one. He says it's his and he's gonna drive it. Gonna a little tough since he's blind but he sure does give me a hand tinkering on them. Guess I'll have to take him to a big, open area and let him give it a shot in a couple of years.

I'm not sure how many are around. I haven't seen but a handful. Same thing with the H63's, I haven't seen many of those around either. I was ecstatic when I found my H63 out here on the west coast let alone an H61. A friend of mine's wife happened to run across it on craigslist. The old boy who had it had bought it 30 yrs ago. He drove it home, parked it and never got around to restoring or even starting it again. I will probably tinker with it a little but I still need to focus on getting my H63 finished first.I'm still a year and a half or so away from getting that one done, atleast that's my goal. I didn't believe Packer when he said "one truck leads to two trucks leads to...." oh well, my son and I are having a blast with them. Any good detailed pics of yours would be greatly appreciated. I haven't seen mine in person yet, still waiting to go down south and haul it home, maybe in a couple of weeks. My friend said everything appeared to be on the truck but not sure how the interior pieces are, hopefully it's all there. H61T1286 is the vin, not sure exactly what production # it is until I contact the Mack museum.

Second pic, can't get them to upload in my gallery. It says the file is too big? Uploading pics is too confusing!!!!

Here's a quick pic of my new addition to the stable. She looks a little rough but is in better shape than my H63 when I got it. Still workin on the H63 but I'm sure in a few weeks when this one comes home I may just have to get her runnin and take her for a spin. Gonna try and upload much more pics of her once I get her home. I'm excited to own more than just one Mack now, not to mention two mighty fine lookin cabovers. Luckily all of the trim and emblems are on the truck, he had taken the Bulldog off the front so it wouldn't disappear. Wish me luck!!!

Name: Mack H-63T (1957) Date Added: 20 December 2008 - 05:07 AM Owner: 16390 Short Description: Single axle H-63T, 673 Thermodyne, aluminum case triplex custom baling wire and rubber snubbers added. View Vehicle