Vladislav

Digging in a junk yard than digging under the dash and around the engine... Sometimes $$$ turn out cheaper The best way to do is to find a truck with complete stuff in and then provide transplantation taking every part you need nearby and seeing how it must be fitted/drilled/covered/sealed etc. Highly recommended for both $$$ or own made way.

Costs may be too different. Starting from a scrap price and up to big $$$ for top restored ones. Usually people like to buy resto projects for not expensive or ready stuff. Something with big investments but unfinished is difficult to get money back. Vlad

Welcome! I'm from the different area than most folks on here, Too like Aussie Bulldogs. Vlad

I'm also for 44's. Here's what I have on my 1945 NR. If you really want to fit baby moon's you may fabricate any bracket to put under hub cap bolts. They're long enough for. But I have neither ideas on where to find ready ones. Those caps are pretty high to be covered with crome covers though.

That's cool Congrats on the purchase and good luck on the restoring!

Keith, That's really interesting and rare find. Shure worth restoring, I think someone will buy it and take a care about. At least I hope. Thank you for sharing.

Have a smooth flight guys! I hope to see you soon but in the different place.

It just looks rough. And in many points is...

Don't worry about comments of Russian trucks. I'm not proud of the stuff the plants produced overhere. Hope they're trying their best along the bad economy conditions although there are wide troubles about the thing we call "a culture of production". I mean lots of specialists and workers who aren't skilled enough. It increases cost too much with no good quality. Taking to account high level of corruption over all authorities including production management we have what we do have. As for me I too like many Russian vehicles of old ages but have not much want to restore any (with minor exceptions) due to their parts quality. Just not a stuff I enjoy to put my hands on. By the word the trucks you have seen transporting suppies to Ukraine (political show on my mind) have their generic from Mack. I was too surprized when kscarbel2 posted the story about that fact. They are branded KamAZ.

Hope for a good turn out. I just don't understand everything sometimes. When there are many easy words like some one is "got off" and some thing is "back on" it's just too just for me to figure out.

Just a pleasure to read the topic of how well the things go by GAZ. In the reality they always (at least last 70 years) had terrible level of quality, generally due to a low quality materials they used. Wich were determined (earlier) by Soviet govnt. politics because there were more important things than building vehicles for the industry - the army and space. Although those nowadays trucks and light trucks are doing lots of work all over the country having relatively low cost and easy to fix up design. That newer style cab they introduced not long ago is in the production now, I have seen it down the road just today. Thank you for posting news from my area.

Wow, all that makes sence. I unerstood the general princip (and i's important!) although it looks like your truck has slightly different design than my one of 1988. I think it must have the same basic components such as a double-check and TP valves. But the brake light switch is not attached to the threadle or any other vavle. It is located on the firewall and attached to the plastic air line. That line is blindsideed (doesn't go to any other point excepting the switch) so I think it just starts from the same point as on your truck the switch is fitted in. Or something like that. By the time I don't work over my brake system but will do (at least I'm going to). Everything about air is ruined due to wide repairs using steel wire or screw clamps. Russian KamAZ rear chambers have their place and some of them are pretty leaking. Air ride bags aren't far from the brakes. I remember the list of "done" when you offered your R for sale. Should say you was doing it the right way. I mean repairs. Thanks again for a care about my light green beast. I don't have a manual for an R or any newer Mack (newer then 60's), that's why I have my knowlede limitated

That doesn't sound good although the best thing we can do is to not do such things ourself and try our best. Sometimes I think though it's the worst to deal with idiots.

There must be some special brake lines arrangement to allow the trolley valve bring pressure into the brake switch line, and if I understand correct, to the truck's chambers, but don't activate them Thanks you for the advice, I will remember your dad from time to time

Excepting me Shure useful thing if you drive a lot. I just bevare one more thing in a car I need to pay attention to. Once I presented it to my dad on his B-day couple of years back. He enjoy it, like to see the movies of his roads.

Thank you mates for the ideas on the matter of the engine, I just had doubts it could have V8 under the short hood. Do you really need in Australia whole a second air filter to supply a tip turbine? I thinks it blows a bunch of air just back to the outside. And I really like the way of living described above

I might be interested in the pair of carriers if the ratio is good although your offer sounds pricy. Vlad

What are the rears in B-61? I mean the ratio. Might be interested in the pair of carriers.

Cool goat's pics this time! Eeeeh, no, I mean legs pics... Ok, all that above is cool anyway. The stick bug is interesting creature, I have never seen them. Maybe they just don't used to get out of the woods in my area to be seen though. And that contenkerous garden tool - I had no luck starting my second R-model recently. It used to start and work good about 3-4 months back. 2 days back it didn't. There was enough fuel and enough starter revs. Have no ideas what's wrong The only cheer was I didn't need to pull a rope trying to fire it up.

Holy hamburgers (sorry for my French) !! These trucks are neat. Thank you for posting, it's always nice to see Aussie Macks

Any ideas on what that yellow baby has under the hood?

More looks like U to me. Nice clean truck.

Please tell all the nuances whet it's done. Hope to get myself over the cab soon.

Looks very good

I'm absolutely with you Mick! Although it's not a true Aussie rig. The stylized one