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Personally I believe the seller has no idea about the truck.

This is the parts I gathered and the car when I picked it up. http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/38640-present-from-mother-mopar-today/

Lucky and than some! If I didn't have home troubles it would all ready be apart.

It's ideal for my needs. I've made a dozen trips to Mahans to photograph, scan, measure and have engineering drawings made of the AC / Christe conversion they are restoring. This one is clean and a perfect test unit to test fit the parts up. Also has a pretty clean cab with the often missing door assemblies. If all goes o.k. I can pick it up on the way to or from the MARMON GATHERING in Denton, Tx in the middle of April.

From Fleet Owner article in 1997 about the MACK / Renault L-10 http://fleetowner.com/mag/fleet_mack_unveils_liter

The L-10 isn't a Cummins, it's a direct injection MACK/ Renault venture. When Volvo took over it was dumped as far as I know..

Flathead FoMoCo V-8 engines and Chevy/ GMC 216 and 235 sixes were popular swaps. 1/2 the weight and double the power. Depending on the sprockets you can get 50 mph out of them. I'm waiting for a call back on it. Paul

Could be an EM-5 series 10 liter 250 or 290 h.p. Introduced in 1997. Paul

Got my info package from Galin Govier today on my 300. Not going to modify it. I'll find a '68 or '69 New Yorker Wagon to resto mod. Production was 485 including a pair kept by HURST for shop duty. Aside from custom hood and truck lid. It has the Imperial interior. I though the gold was faded but it isn't gold it is Satin Tan and Imperial White. Total survivors is 100 or less Mine is the 135 out of the Hurst shop in Penn. paul

You may have to angle it. You have to wait to see how well it cools. Go to an appliance repair and grab used a 110V refrigerator compressor. One side is suction the other is discharge. Set up the discharge side with a twist type valve to open or close it. you tie into your gauges off the suction side.

Welcome. Kind of too nice to convert from a pumper, but it is yours. http://www.spaamfaa.org/ Paul

The East Port L.I. fire dept has a 1931 Day-Elder with a Peter Hirsch pumper unit, bought new and restored in 2013 for the departments 100th anniversary. The one for sale is a 1919 model year or newer. Day-Elder incorperated in 1918 and debuted it first trucks in 1919. By 1937 they were out of business. click pic CHOPPER Photo.

A standard automotive service vacuum pump is sufficient, you only need to pull 29 inches of vacuum for the moisture and impurities to get pulled out. My AC vacuum pump came from a GF refrigerator. Been using it for many years. I had to change one fitting to use it with the 134-A gauges. Only need licence for R-12 and R-22 One thought, is your condenser meant to work laying flat? It does pull out the heat but it also converts the "freon" from a gas to liquid (or vise versa) same as a radiator. It might not work flat. Paul

now that I wiped the coffee of my screen . . . good answer...

Depends on the year, there were a lot of conversions by Good Year, Fisk, Michelin, Budd and Dayton. My AC 6 has factory Budds. Paul

Picture one with a swapped in Deutz air cooleed V-8!!

Quite a lot of their products were excellent. Grandma had a pair of D 19 tractors that would out work most others and do a lot of things they weren't designed for. Had one saved to referebish til some one stole the grill for i assume a rat rod.

The age of a "General Mechanic" like the medical GP has passed. It appears that a "lube tech" only knows how to change oil and filters. Grease? I was told you have no fittings, everythings sealed. So why do I have 30 something fittings? Check gear box and rears....WHY? they make noise? Did you check the fluids under the hood? Why is there a warning light on? I was taught to check ALL fluids, gear oils, coolant, batteries, hoses and belts. grease every fitting WITH the load off the front end and drive shafts, shake the wheels and check steering linkages and check king pin and bearing play with bar. Lastly Tire wear and pressure. Sadly those days are gone. Seems "technology" is an other word for cheap and no need to train a tech to be able to do preventative maintenance Paul

White wheels used to be pretty common. Ford, GM, Mopar and a few others ran them . A dark wheel would get to hot to hold when AC wasn't common place. Nice clean up looks entirely different. Paul

I agree, what you're pulling and where you run. If all things were equal I personally think the mileage difference would be negligible.

Poor old AC... Cool photos!! Paul

The good side of me says do it all up with paint and all. . . The fun side say make everything work and motor vehicle legal put in dark tinted glass and drive it as it is. It would defiantly a hot ticket at Cruise Nite. Paul

Nothing beats natural wood! what is the cut out at the end of the bench for? Arm rest / guard rail ? Paul

I agree. Nothing more sorry to see than a beautifully restored vehicle the barely runs or breaks down because of the mechanicals being "rebuilt " with a spray can. I always make my mechanicls better than when it left the factory. You are lucky to be able to have the liners cast, That type of job in the U.S. is almost impossible to have done because if enviromental regulations and size of the order. Most foundries that can make the parts want an order of 100 pieces or more. Paul