Vladislav

Maybe it worth to buy a different model CB with a mic port on its side and install it into console at the left and then put the cord behind the radio to get it outside at the right of the CB? Do any mic cord stretchers exist?

The mic port is on the front - Cobra 29LTD. I don't smoke and would't allow others to do it in the truck. So no need in the ash tray. Putting the mounting bracket onto the upper dash board which conteins the tray seems as a easiest way to install CB. But I still hope to hide it from every eye to some reasonable location. Can you access CB at the passenger side when driving? Seems like a trouble to.

They're avalible here too. But I want a LOOK

Paul, this solution won't work for me since I have a walk-in sleeper behind the cab. But the idea worth attention no doubt.

A later style American R-model headliner console has relatively complicated shape to be reproduced of sheet metal. I'm going to keep it original of its form using SS inserts glued up to the inner surface to reinforse the plasic body. With edges bent with holes drilled to attach the whole part screwing it to the cab through metal parts also. Those consoles used to start cracing from the mounting screw holes. Then after the "shaping work" is complete I'll bring it to upholstery guy to skin it up at the outside. So CB installing question should be resolved before the final step. The one at the picture is not mine but a nice work of one of our members.

Ok, I will think over this option.

Yes, truck drivers use CB's overhere. For about the last 20 years now. Not local runners like dump or mixer trucks but the most of those who cover highways. Common info you can hear is what's going on 10 km in front of you, including hard jam and which lane to get to pass a car crash initiated the jam. Also some owners of truck stops and repair shops advertize their yards. And the most popular request with answers hearing rarer and rarer nowadays is to buy stolen diesel fuel It was a pretty common practice just about 5-7 years back when about everybody working for a company or so sells what he could save of fuel or just steal using false odometer readings or any other possible way. Now it mostly impossible with a help of installing GPS trackers in company vehicles. Of the type of CB's they are probably the same as American ones. I haven't investigated the theme completely to the moment. Just know a guy who uses Cobra 178 in his Pete and is lucky with it. Don't know if he made any tuning for work here or not. Going to learn that. The most people use different China made radios I didn't pay attention to what they are and how good or bad some particular model is. When I bought my truck there was some off-brand unit there which allowed me talking and recieving answers until died a couple of seasons ago. I didn't drive the truck for the last two years excepting a few local 50 km runs so had no need to fix it so far. My general idea is to bring the R to a restored show-condition being avalible to travel with it at the same time. So I'd like to install a classic look Cobra radio but also want to have it usable.

Need an advice. Some while back I started planning interior rebuild on my R and initiated some jobs having spare elements of the dash etc. Tinkering with partly cracked headliner console I reinforsed it with steel plates on the inner side. By my original idea those were purposed to support a radio at the stock location. But further thoughts moved me to organize a slot to put big Cobra CB at the left above the driver side and make a second slot at the passenger side for a common radio/CD. I don't like lissening to radio when driving so would let a passenger to play waves. But keeping this solution in my mind for a while I became less sure on the perfection of the idea putting CB above the driver seat. The mic cord seems potentially hanging right in front the driver's nose or so. Taking this I strted looking for different locations. Suppopse Cobra would look nice being attached right on the center of the dash. But in this case it might attract too much of attention from the outside and I don't want anybody in my cab trying to pull it off and run with. Making a hole in the dash insert plate might be a good idea but it looks like there's too much of stuff behind the dash to allow whole body of the CB to go in. Hanging CB to the bottom of the heater unit wouldn't give good access to the controls. So I'd like to hear meanings of folks who were experienced using Cobra's or other CB's in a R/RW/DM.

Hoh! The world conteins so many places you have never been to.

Looks VERY clean.

Is there Bethlehem steel plant at the background of the pic?

And there were also R690. Not sure on the engine, should be EM7.

RW613 had Mack engine. RW with Cummins were RW633

Thanks for the pics. Love the scenaries.

Best wishes!

I doubt Macungie printed Venecuella tags and put them onto the doors before shipping out the kits. Wonder what was meant as EE6 engine? Econodyne instead of EM6 Maxidyne?

Those ANCO references make sence. I investigated a source of stainless wiper blades for my R-model with air drive. Found out they were avalible from Anco. Ordered a pair from evil bay and purchased almost the same style ones as were on the truck. And those were too probably there from the factory. Original blades also had "Anco" stamped on the body parts. Checked out for the part#, don't have it handy at the moment. Can find later if required.

Looks like a good spot for a dance party

A very nice truck to look at. Probably would be nice also to do that sitting in a chair at your yard and observing the truck at the same location

Nice thing! And probably handy to have a crane by. I suppose there's correlation indeed. But more to how many jumps in and out the cab you do during a day. One of my 1988 R's has such alu step worn through at the corner the same way.

Best B-day wishes!

By chanse I have both front axle and transfer case Marmon-Hrringtone made off 1991 RD. Can't tell the ratio right at the moment but the rears were 5.73. Too suppose my location would give frustrations to a person who's looking for such setup at West side of Athlantic.

Bob, what Carl said is almost correct. But things are more complicated a lil bit. I had to learn them just about a year back when I poured a slab, or how I should call it if it was a floor of the future 2nd floor of the building and the top of the garage at the same time. The day we poured the weather was fine. About +10 Celsias, well above the freezing. All went smooth, we got 4 mixer trucks off through a truck-mounted pump. I didn't order antyfreeze additive since there was no need. But later in the evening when dark came I found out a small pool on the ground covered with ice. That got me worry and I found one grade below zero Celsias on my window temp. The next day light snow layed on the groung and on the slab also. The trouble was you couldn't cover the concrete with anything because you can't step on it because it was still soft. After 24 hours!! Than there was one interesting view. The plate had two longitutional reinforsments on its inner (lower) side. So it was thicher there. And on the 2nd day in the morning I saw the snow melted by two strips. Almost where the reinforcements were. I poited it was just a little below freezing, about it. And the snow went off completely in a couple of hours. But what I saw was exactly the exhaust warm of concrete setting reaction. In a couple of days the slab got hard enough to walk on. And I covered it with canvas and poly film. And started reading the theory about the same time. What I was learned is concrete sets only when there's water in it. And it needs good temp for the reaction. If water freezes concrete doesn't set at all. And if it hasn't set enough to get about 30% of its normal strength the water inside it cracks out its structure what follows sufficient drop of strength in the future. So you should protect from freezing. But that's not all. If you keep it unfrozen but still at the temp just a little above the freezing point it sets too slow. And doesn't achieve those 30% of strength to be able to freeze up with no risk. So too important to keep a slab warm for the first 5-7 days. I got lucky with my structure. Checked it out in the spring and found the concrete steel-solid. But as long as temps kept about freezing for some weeks what followed by real drop of temps I put a wooden stove inside the garage and kept it room temp warm for a month. I should admit it was a kind of nervous month.

And there was Australian RB as well. Even with early and later hoods. The first one looks quite nice on my mind.

I suppose Aussie Valueliners utilized standard R-model frames. As all other Aussie Macks of those years did. RB's had different chassis style. So the hood hinge attachments would be different. Here's RB from my side. It was catched up by someone's camera at Russia's North. As I learned from my research the truck dissapeared some years ago.