Vladislav

What the 9 speed transmission is ? TRD-720.. ? Any markings on it? Any water in it ??

Older style had 10 bolts all around, 4 of them were big. Newer style has many bolts of the same size, almost like on a R-model. Although I think CDR-92/93 are always newer ones. R-models have a power divider shorter so if you put them in you should correct the prop shaft. But you can go up to 4.17 - 3.86 that way. It would be easier if you post some pics of your carriers. Ring and pinion sets require set-up in a carrier housing so it's easier to swap whole diffs.

Do you mean the cam has no teeeth for a diff lock? If so you maybe can use it just having no lock. I'd better swap it that way.

Those beasts are rare. About 2000 were built in 42-45. Looks like some one went home with that one some time after D-day. Thank you for posting Paul, interesting to see.

Many thanks for posting, lots and lots of beauties.

Really cool bunch of pics Tom, the ants and the girls worth the job. But my favorite is the U-model behind EHU. There must be another EHU somewhere in the woods though.

Seems like it was a cool show Mike, thank you for posting. I like that small Ford dump. It too reminds me the trucks produced here in Russia on the Ford's plant. And the stacks look worth that labour.

New bumper is avalible from Watts. I got it and can say it looks absolutely perfect. As for the spokes I think red centers with whire rims will work. Better make an easy BMP picture to play over with colors. Or send me PM and have the one from me. Vlad

Best wishes Ron! Have a great day!

Cool thing, have a ball with it.

The beast! I'm in love.

Take a little while for relax having it as is, than collect some money and do the body work. It will be final "beutylizing" and you'll get a nice baby in your hands. Truck looks very good now and shure has a lot of potential. Especially with the most dirty work done. I'm on your way now and many others on here. So you're not alone

Mike, Good knowledge of the matter. The beach was Gold. English sector. It was near Aromanches, about 30 km West from Caen. Thanks to everybody for the kind words.

To me it looks like an optional equipment. That bezel is showed out in the parts list. Anyway if any one would clear us up on that thing it will be very good.

Jim, thank you for sharing the pics. They gave me one year back, I just felt the athmosphere there. Wonder what vent in Kilt this past time

Diamond-T mixer is awesome. And the rabbit is out of comments. Good catch of the girl in the car. I used to pay attention to such points but still had no luck on a picture. Thank you for posting Tom, I haven't seen your reports for some while.

Welcome! I'm not Dutch but I'm shure The Netherlands is the most "Mack paying attention" country in Europe. Look for a very good book "De historie van Mack trucks in Nederland". It's awalible. And put the date of Oktober 12 this year on your calender - Mack day in Amsterdam. Vlad

There also was NR. You can see it secont in the row of trucks in the camp. Just behind the LM wrecker. I think you're right Mike. At the moment there are 2 or 3 NO's in Great Britain wich used to show out to the public. The one on my picture has purple letters on its front - "FLOOZY" No Ray, I don't. While there I enjoyed them Dodges and the thoughts of the wrong kind started to build up in my collector brains. Now at home I continued over my unfinished projects and got such the thoughts off my head. At least it appears to me.

That's a very good think you pointed Bobby. Being there I saw some veterans of those days who came to the celebration. About 80-90 years old now. And it wasn't difficult to note - most of the people there who were dressed in an old uniform, drove vehicles or just came to look around - they observed the event as a big fest, holiday. A nice game to play with vintage toys. But when you saw the faces of the veterans, they were of the different kind. Those men cam on the shore making their service and many payed a high price for that. And I'm too thankful to them because they made the war shorter and sure sawed lots of soldier's lives in the Eastern front. Vlad

Hi Pawel! The white star on the Mack's door is turned over because it was Canadian unit. They had it that way. Thanks Ken, I was sent a PM from him.

If you mean the truck on two pics with British flag on it's Scammel Pioneer. They used to be recovery vehicles with some equipment in the rear. They look awesome on my mind although I doubt about great success in mud racing. There's original diesel engine of not too big capacity and they are 6x4. Rear bogie also keeps its originality with the axle as a trunnion and some special gears (covered, chains?) to the wheels. Front suspension on the single spring adds a special taste to whole the unit. If you look on the 2nd pic you can note there were two of them.

The event was planned earlier so I went. DMM is now on the list. Horrible it's about the same distance. But to North East instead of South West Thank you for comment.

Along one of the cruises over the area I saw this Mack NO. The only Mack I saw there excepting two in our camp. As an addition here are some scenaries of Normandy.

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Most the time we were at the camp side, making food, eating and drinking, made a lot of driving around and on the beach. I took a bunch of pictures, you can see the most interesting and attractive ones. There were many English vehicles of those days and lots of American ones.