Vladislav

Tom, I see you are also! Best wishes and everything good! As I wrote before I'm missing much important every time I'm off here.

Thanks again for the kind words guys! Randy, I remember your invitation, will not miss it for shure if I ever can. Yea, Winfall is on my plan, hope OD will provide me over. I also noted Tilted kilt in some post. Oh, hell, I plan to keep my son with me! Anyway too early to make plans up. Should wait and continue to keep my fingers crossed. US ambassady is tooooo cantenkerous overhere. Vlad

Happy birthday!

Happy B-day!

No Ken, I have to wait my date for a test discussion in the ambassady for 35 days. Too much those potential illegal imigrants. Though I'll be glad for a late present also. Vinny, thank you, I ran out of likes already.

Mike, those times we say "was not good enough because ended up too quick". Thank you.

Better guys put more "car VS truck" pics. I'm shure the last image come into a category of high quality porno although my favorit is "Mack versus Chevrolet".

Looks your gearbox shifts smooth. I just can't understand how should I do about my T2090. I can shift without clutch only and with a grinding until I level shaft speeds (road speed and revs) enough for. Can't understand is this gearbox sinchronized? Previous owner sain "not". I read somewhere "yes". Pre-ovner said there's a brake of the spigot shaft activated when I declutch so I can't level speeds. I more suppose the gearbox was synchronized but synchrones are dead. The 8th gear (3rd of the high split) is the most difficult to shift in.

Prefere polished tanks although the subject in black looks very good. Also like the combination of the exterior/intereor regardless it's not green.

Neat to see the old buildings still standing solid. Mack letterings are awesome as the buildings itself. Not shure the museum is the place to keep every Mack sign from all around the country but anybody's collection is definitely better place than no man's land. Thank you for sharing these pics.

Yes, sometimes I think to myself that to not rivet is better than to rivet. Hope to repeat that work one day because I have one more army Mack to restore. And the new of the day - I gave the application for a visa to the US ambassady yesterday. Have no more than 50% shure I'll get it although keep fingers crossed.

Thanks alot guys! I see you are online early. My day is really very well but slowly going to its end. About 8 pm at me now. Made BBQ with my crew, the weather turned to look like a spring for some last days. Not too hot although a bit warmer than freezing. Hatcity, do you mean medical probation? JT, glad to tell you your Russian is definitely better than my English yet.

Here you go. The first kind is in Mack accessories online catalog but not shure they are still avalible. The last one I met on many US truck chrome sites, brackets are for sale also although separately and not cheap. The price of a full set was about 1400-2000 when I looked over. Just make a brain storm around on-line chrome shops and you'll find what you want. I did but not ready for money yet. Don't need them at the moment though.

I interested earlier in a steering wheel and a pair of headlights with top parks. Just remember my need although suppose that stuff is difficult to get.

Don't want to flood the post with my "French" (I mean grammatic) but like to say all above seem to me important and actual. For one thing I'm shure. You should try your best for the most deals you do.

Great stuff, thank you for posting! Nice too see old city pics and the old buses.

No Paul, page 63 shows vehicles with Mack L-series (factory) cabs. Many NR's were recabbed with them after the war because L cab was original to early series. An open cab had cowl and floor of the same kind as L-model. Edinbourgh truck has factory L-series sleeper cab, taller. But the black one you see high above has non-Mack cab. Although the cowl, the dash and the flooring are Mack and too probably NR.

Nice b&w old pictures, thanks. I remember some kind of fair vehicles overhere when I was a kid.

I heard on a radio about such infections right on days. The matter is there are too many anti biotics used in hospitals. It follows by some kinds of too anti biotic reseistant infections those habitates there That's why they are so dangerous. Hope everything will worked out good. Best wishes on your health Mike!

Congratulations and a bunch of safe miles in the future!

The 1st of April will ends up in 1 hour here and sad thoughts about Mack and Volvo cooperation will back. Although nice jokes should be happy

Nice metal pieces, I like 'em Once I bought Mercedes off-road vehicle with a gasoline V-8 under the hood. Not running. The owner said "something about engine, no oil in the pan". First I observed some strange oil trace above the engine top, it looked like oil came out of a deep stick tube. Took the heads off and saw something like you posted above. With only difference that the rod broke aluminium cylinder lining (Mercedes car V's) and the side wall also, and the oil pan for the company. There was a bunch of oil/coolant mixture and so on. After I took everything apart I found a rod cover's nut in the pan (and the cover itself). Saw another rod cover's bolt broken but the first one solid with the last two tread turns off. So. Somebody tightened rod's nut not good enough and it turned off. The second bolt worked fair and broken. The most interesting moment. All the 8 plugs were filled with oil/coolant mixture. So it seemed to me that the guy (or more hopefully woman) drove when the nut got off, drove when the cover came off, drove when the piston broken and the rod was breaking the housing. But he or she stopped when coolant came into the plugs and the engine shuted down.

Glad it worked out for you. Good reason to get one more such clamp to put behind the seat.

Hell, too dramatic to read all that on Fool's day.

Glad to see most folks support your position Paul. Liberalism must have its place in the world although there must be both a pancake and a whip, not sweets only. Hope to learn more about your future rivet works. You know AC's and rivets both touch my soul so deep