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That old green Chevy will still be doing that work another 20 more years long as the driver lasts any how.

Luckily I was in Gorham so it was only a100 mile trip each way. If I was in Virginia it would have been over 1400 miles round trip and I would have been P.O'd. But it is part of my Clariben quest for my mixer. Saw the movie trailer with the truck in it. Pretty violent running over a toddler and all. Value of the truck is the for me the Big Cam, the Eaton RTOO-14619 trans. and plaque ,the truck is now just a worn out logger unit no movie star.. Truck movie trailer. Pretty gory. https://youtu.be/Kv6QfPCPsv0

Just out side of Princeton, Maine on rte 1. Population 800 or so. 9He's got a bunch of log rigs and a few OTR unit. A lot of LaPlant trucks. I went up there because he "said he had a one piece fiber glass nose for an old round cab mack from the 50's 60's. Was an R hood.

Owner thinks it is worth Zillions of dollars because of the Steven King association.

Eisenhower had two. Columbine II and III. USAF held on to it until 1968 when it was sold for scrap. Constellation was a former presidential aircraft. In the years to come, Christler would team up with his son, Lockie, and other family members to restore Columbine II. Harry Oliver joined the effort in 1989, and remains a co-owner today. By 1990, the aircraft had been restored to flying condition, standard Air Force livery removed in favor of the presidential paint scheme. Columbine II was flown to various events commemorating Eisenhower’s 100th birthday in 1990, and joined a few airshows in 1991. Oliver and Lockie Christler have tried for years to find a buyer, or a museum willing to trade for the aircraft, but it stirred little interest until recently. Brett Crowley, Lockie’s nephew and the late Mel’s grandson, said active discussions are under way with the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, Del., that may give Columbine II a new home if the particulars can be worked out. The owners hope to once again restore the aircraft, now stored on an airfield in Tuscon, Ariz., to flying condition, and secure a ferry permit to bring it east “She needs to fly at least one more time,” Brett said. Tim said making the aircraft airworthy may be a challenge: It basically needs an annual, he said—one that could cost about $200,000. (His brother Brett was a little more optimistic about the extent of required work.) Columbine III, which replaced Columbine II in 1954 as the primary presidential aircraft, is today in the collection of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. It was the last propeller-driven presidential aircraft, giving way to the Boeing 707 under President John F. Kennedy. The Air Force began using the “Air Force One” call sign in the 1950s to avoid confusion with airlines operating with similar call signs. It is not clear which of the two Columbines were first flown under the now-famous call sign that indicates an aircraft has the president on board. It is well-established, however, that Eisenhower used Columbine II on several occasions, a fact that Mel impressed on his grandson in 1989, when Brett Eisenhower visited the aircraft during a vacation from military school. The quintet caught the eye of Mel Christler in 1970. Christler operated Christler Flying Service, and was building up a fleet of aerial sprayers to win a government contract to eradicate fire ants. Columbine II had been fitted with landing gear designed for the larger Super Constellation, and was used for spare parts to keep the other four flying. “It appears that the military let loose of it by mistake,” Christler’s grandson, Tim Crowley, said. The constellations, according to a recollection written by Christler and provided by the family, were not well-suited to distributing the dry fire ant bait, but came into their own during Canada’s battle against the Spruce Budworm, and in American efforts to control grasshoppers. Eisenhower’s former ride stayed on the ground, slowly being stripped of parts. In 1980, a call from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum alerted Christler that his “spares” Constellation was a former presidential aircraft. In the years to come, Christler would team up with his son, Lockie, and other family members to restore Columbine II. Harry Oliver joined the effort in 1989, and remains a co-owner today. By 1990, the aircraft had been restored to flying condition, standard Air Force livery removed in favor of the presidential paint scheme. Columbine II was flown to various events. NOW

To bad you couldn't flip the thermistat housing 180.

Steven Kings 1989 Pete laying in Maine truck junkyard. Was in the Pet Semetary.

Like the Catalina, whats the story on it? Connie VJ-EAG was last with the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - in the standard livery at Albion Park Regional Airport, April 29, 2016.

Very Nice!

2006 DM still has the old style cab, not a lot of room compared to the Granite cab.

Hope it is not a Volvo VNX with a Mack grill and dog.

Same main cab is the COE unit, guess VOMACKVLO wants to be set for the return of COE's in North America.

Six flyable or certifiable in the U.S. One in Switzerland carries (passengers), one in Netherlands, one in Germany (Lufthansa) and one in Australia. All flying except the one in Netherlands. It flew there and ended up in a theme park. T%hey are both Connies and Super Connies.

Maybe a reflash or a piggy back module for the ECM. It controls the injector/pump assemblies for pressure and squirt duration and I believe the variable turbo gate.- Other than that I'm at a loss. God I like my old units more every day!

Mack with Vlastuin? Looks to have a ton of Scania DNA in the cab assembly. Global Conventional Scania quit on?Paul

Yes. it's part of the K2 system ,even comes as semi gloss and dead flat. Nice thing is it is paint.

Going to be a cocktail bar at JFK airport. I don't drink but I'd like to go into it when open.

Did you get the one for sale in Hemmings in Atlanta? Looks excellent. Like Yarnall says above is pretty much it.

Looks like an added cartridge fuel filter can.

Any place where there is rust or bare metal it actually gets into the "pores" of the metal, I had a 37 Ford body someone put Thompson's Water Seal on It was Prep Sol'd ,sanded, Metal Prepped ,sealed , primed and painted and had major issues. Had the body media blasted and prepped it and had less issues but still issues. Ended up taking in to Redi Strip and had it tanked and the paint issues were gone.

Try PAI Phone: 770-822-1000 Should have them in stock They fit 250H.P. and up.

Only issue with any water sealer is they contain poly carbonate and silicone based additives, once it's on you will have an extremely bad time ever getting past future paint issues even blasting to bare metal..

Military NR ran the ED 131 h.p. Mack / Lanova's. The 1945 Mack NR would either be an NR14. with open cab and 1100x24 dualies, 7080 made. NR15 or NR16 open cab cargo. 847 and 445 produced respectively. The big Mack Lanova was the END605 rated at 144 horsepower

I do , I always can use more ,

Here is one members rebuild of one. https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39258-lanova-engine-rebuild/?tab=comments#comment-282575