Vladislav

Tim, you are definitely right. I dumped out KamAZ truck of sand (no Mack dumps avalible here). I dry it on sun and put into bags. The compressor has hour counter, need to look at it to know exactly how long I was in a desert.

Good question. I long lost the count. Can say there are 3 years from the moment I got my first piece of iron home and above 2.5 after the start of works. I put not only my hands on it but 3 other guys who work at my shop. Not constantly, some one always involved into while others doing business. I take some worthes off including painting, halvanic and different machine processings. Surprizingly to me I spend much time looking over the photos I made while parting out, thinking on how to do every step and testing my truth in the manuals. That all takes a bunch of brain actions. And naturally, all your pictures posted here, minds, and practice are taking to account every or every other evening. Paul, there's oil in the gear. I had a happiness to mix oil and grease in my old Mrecedes-G front axle gear once, and it worked Glad to learn you contacted that wire man, would like to know an average cost for a start although will need to make some brain pain to him by getting advices on nuances. Thank you, I tried to bite my elbow seeing the black RW you posted for sale. Too sorry it's not the day for me. And I'm also an exporter

Thank you for the report and the nice pictures. I remember your post about past year's event, glad to see it again. Vlad.

I also hope but it depends not upon me now but the ambassady. Will try. Going to be in Holland in June.

Hope guys you like it. Because it's the only reason to post it and the other reason to do it Thank you for the kind words.

Good answer. Although does anybody know how to take them apart? Little addition - the mainfold is of 1945 year.

The stuff that you have now is the NR chassis with aftermarket engine, cab and the front axle. The early series NR's had a dash like in your truck wich is similar or close to L-series Mack. So it looks original. Original NR gearbox was TRD-37 5 speed duplex overdrive, always like the one you described. NR's were army trucks, they came all over the world after the end of WW2. Too possible some of them found their way to Argentina and worked there hard like many others in other such places. You noted for shure the cabs on both the trucks are similar. I have never seen such cabs elsewhere (in the net) but saw many other aftermarket ones. The truck I restore now was also recabbed and had it of Russian after-the-war truck MAZ-200. So everything looks natural to me about this story. P.s. The dash in the cab of a white truck is the NR later one. It relates to the 1946, the year of the latest NR-20 series. Interesting that the last bunch of NR's (500 units) all came into France after the war for needs of French army. That's a way to think of how this truck could go to Argentina.

Sorry, have to divite the story and the pics. Ended up with the steering gear. Those bearings Rob sent me half a year ago were come not so I found them in the net and ordered. They were delivered so I could press them into the gear housing. I did. Put a new seal ring and assembled the gear. Attached it to the frame. Just haven't fit the drag link wich is ready. Want to make seals for the ball joints. There were 3 extra tyres, 1 for a spare and 2 for the front. I put them on the rims wich were ready and waiting that day. The last act of the story was the luckie moment. We hooked the front end up with a winch, put the wheels on and land the ready chassis down. I pulled the top of the front wheel by my hand and the structure wich is going to be a truck one day was rolling!

Next step was fixing the bogie brackets to the frame. Had to grind a bit the bolt holes to align them to the rails and put the brackets on with a seal from a tube. Tighted the bolts wich were pre-painted as usual and had their heads rolled over with a masking tape to prevent scratches. Minor scratches came anyway so I painted them then with a small brush. Primired and painted. Uhhh... That was the time to spinn the assembly over because I was afraid to overweight it of winches. Turned it in the position with no troubles and put the bogie in its place. The bogie was mostly ready excepting the carriers in wich I planned to change gears. I continued on the knuckles, brakes, hubs and so on.

Yes, I got a point on my way, like to tell you about the progress I made since the New Year. About the end of 2012 I put the frame into warm shop to continue on it. Attached front cross members with bolts, they must not be riveted. Next started to assemble and fit front springs. Resolved to work over the front axle with the frame laying on its back. Had to press the springs into the housings by a chain winch fixing the clamps afterwards. Put the beam, tighten U bolts. Prepaired king pins. They were minor weared so I got them to a machine shop to grind over about 0.1 mm off. Bougt a piece of brass and ordered new bushings of it. Pressed them into the knuckles. Pins came in perfect with no play but with some resistance along the end. Put the knuckles on. By the way recieved the current portion of bolts and nuts from zink work.

Leon, it is really the great idea, I just haven't mind it! I think, if I go there at a right time I can cross that small water part on ice. Anyway I should go so far east in winter only when all Siberian swamps are frozen.

Any ideas of how to go with a truck overseas? I'm going to Utrecht (Amsterdam yet), don't know when though.

The power plant looks great! Hat off for 70 years of service.

You should put a pair of each one.

Welcome! I too like the apperiance of the army dump truck on the last photo. Hope you'll go to that condition, just you need an original dump bed.

Very nice to see the replica of the original kind but not a common concrete structure.

Everything ends up one day. What the point the X is attached by those clamps to? The gearbox?

Interesting pics, Tom. Looks like I'm the first who ask you about that bridge - hope you didn't run over it, didn't you? Good jacket to get for free although I better like the shirts

Great pics! The mountain looks beautiful.

Once I wisited my son's school, they gave a self made concert. And I saw there a pretty nice teacher by the role of a Snow queen. Next time I got exersizes for my son and learned that teacher is English/French teacher. So I asked about personal lessons (for me) and was answered "Yes, I do". After it I got 7 or 8 grammer lessons and was going to take her a lesson of car driving. But next I stopped myself. She was not tall enough and was not brown eyed but blue and somebody need to study my son English! Randy, nice pics, especially the s**t on the wind screen. Are those girls from Tilted kilt?

Good that lady stopped for the lunch but didn't eat when driving. It's usual in jam overhere though. I like the duck and the ugly omlette.

They are really great for 1/87! Looking the pics i might think they are 1/24. Thank you for the link.

Thank you Leslie, good edvice. I knew it but didn't keep on my mind. Going to take some wheels off so your mention is quite to the moment. And I might make a real crash - I have 1" socket set.

Nice looking Dodge Vinny but why the whells are so small? Hope you will concentrate yourself on Mack. Not so much to do over as looks from the pic. Should you be in school for only a month this year?

Rick, the book title is "De historie van Mack trucks in Nederland". Interesting and with good pictures. And you might enjoy the fact they have a rich the history indeed. It has been written in Dutch though. I understand it in general when reading because I speak German a bit. Those languages are close to each other.