Vladislav

Yes Paul, no problems. I'll make a trip to Kubinka tomorrow and talk it out for you I'm afraid Paul it would be too difficult. A couple of months back some one came to me and said he bought big land in 400 km from Moscow and started collecting army vehicles. He had two tanks. On my surprized question he answered he could have them demilitarized but registred museum officially for that purpose. I'm going to visit him in the summer. Will let you know. Joe, I really had no idea there were so many SGT trucks overhere

Brocky, you're right. The large beast was a ballistic rocket unit "Topol". It was designed to cruising in the woods over great territories being no need of any support or supply. A kind of athomic submarine but on the land. ZIL truck had his original cab, came into production about 1964 if the memory served me good. As of the design of that cab you can see the tendence of where its lines came from. The former owner of my R-model joked once that a R-model came into production later and Americans "stoll' ZIL's design. It was funny to hear to me. As Ray noted Russia has a great history. To my big sorry its technical and industrial history isn't so great. And it's also sad that it was very poor saved.

If the water jet guy still have the programm in his machine you can offer such the equipment to the hobby crowd. Don't forget the discount for the community The red truck with the trailer looks great in the street

Brocky, That's a pretty good idea. I shure had a dream to discower the green continent once but haven't ever put it on the calendar. Macks and Mack people is the most beautiful reason to arrange such a trip. August 2015 is not the day after tomorrow so I have enough time to think about. Many thanks for the invitation. Vlad

Pull off the covers for the first indeed. A lot of work but maybe to pull the oil pan to look for anything else?

Pretty baby beast Any RW is awesome, a nice looking restored one is out of comments. Shure you must be proud of the work and the time you put in it.

Always wonder if there's any additional air tank for a starter? Mike, the truck looks cool, Westerns are awesome. The V8 one is shure the most pedigreed

Glad to see your purchase. Please keep posted when you find correct full fenders for 60" Canadian spread. I had some luck googling it put had doubts on the matter.

Good luck on the project. Sorry I can't help about parts sources, almost the same as you. Hope the summer will be long in Canada this year. And yes, a rust free cab is a good option for a restorer.

I don't know why but I can't post pics with descriptions under each of them. So I have to make a multi post. Some more pics I have. The environment, churches, McDonald's as you can see it here in Russia and old and upset IH cabower down the road.

On my back way I cruised local roads having no want to jam up with many others who vent back home into the city after the long Victory day weekend. Saw unfinished project of some one in the little village who put the car's body onto 4x4 truck chassis. Saw fresh painted old ZIL dump truck. Saw many old churches in the woods. Saw many tanks. Yes, there were many of them. I fixed the ones I could stop and make a shoot. There was an area of strong battles with Germans during WW2, that's why those tanks were there.

Here you can see the couple of shots of the lake I was nearby at the point of destination.

After that I vent around the city ring and followed direction North, to Saint-Petersburg. Made couple of sunset pics along the good part of the road than came into constraction area. That construction was a good thing because the part of the highway they worked over was really terrible.

Recently I made a trip along the central part of my country. It wasn't really long, about 500km and than back. Sorry I didn't drive a truck but my small Mercedes "truck". It was a kind of holiday with some business and I had my camera with me. Nice weather and spring growing woods made the environment too attractive to use it. Nothing extraordinary although you maybe enjoy the shots from the other side. The first adventure I was invovlved in happened in right 10 minutes after the start. There was a big jam and the policeman said the road was closed becase of the vehicles going back from the city after the military parade. It was 9th of May, the day when Germans capitulated in 1945. The victory day. I vent out and saw most the vehicles having not been at the parade.

Reading the comments above I read the main thought in my head - we like them all! Thank you for posting.

I wish it would be closer. I'd be at Macungie though

Good bunch of pictures this time. I always wonder why I don't see old Macks and Superliners along my ways. Only poor drunk wild creatures and other Tadzikian folks with wheel barrows. Hope you Tom didn't forget to offer some beer bread with milk to that nice little pussie?

That's cool news. Shure Australian Macks is the most attractive thing in the world after American Macks. Or maybe... No, nothing to argue about!

Looks like Tom on the bag and like the Other dog on the grass Today I digged out 3 small trees in the forest aside the road and than hauled them in the car about 200km to my house. Planted in my land. Don't know how to call them in English and too upset now to google. They smell nice when have floures.

Best wishes!

Awesome present on my mind For shure for those who like it. L-models are my favorites. And that's cool you have the seat springs. Because I have them not. Have got the linings though but sorry no extra set of.

The inside looks excellent indeed. Hope you'll enjoy everything else. I'll maybe have some questions to you because my R's are 1988 Canadian R688ST

Maybe just the rims white? The rims and the wedges.

Great place to make such pictures. The truck is out of comments I looked over it's building up in the gallery.

Black'n white