Vladislav

Would be cool to see pics. I have a kind of personal interest in lime green trucks, you probably know😀

The white stripes look pretty good indeed!

Looks very short for having a platform. But looks good as a tractor for sure. Also strange to see that fish plate reinforcement for that short (and light duty B42-?) chassis. Which actually more looks like a portion of a frame rail with top flange cut away than a factory fish plate. And the price (regarding TJC's comment) is not a price but a current bid. Which haven't met the reserve.

Great photo and great to see your happy faces guys! Hope the show was also great and can't wait for Zina from Florida (or Tom from Winfall) to post photo's of trucks. Also great to see Larry and Bob finally attending Macungie. My sorry I could not bring myself up there this time. Many of you know I would if I could.

Many thanks for sharing! Nice trucks and looks like a nice event overall.

Walked to Tabriz rail road station being interested to see what Iranians use for rail transportation. But couldn't go to the tracks since the station was organized the way it's done for airports. You're able to go to a train only when it's arrived. So only remarkable items were an old steam loc in a square nearby and a RD dump truck someone got parked in a few hundred meters further down the street.

A few more trucks I saw in Tabriz and its neighbourhoods. Some Kaveh R-models were made with hoods produced in Iran which had scripts Iran-Kaveh in place of Mack letters. Some dog mascots also looked made locally. Saw an old IH by ocassion.

You are welcome Brocky! That's really good you could attend both the shows. I kept in mind Macungie in this time frame but thought York would take place later. Recently I'm generally also off the site excepting this thread, just not able to pay attention to everything I would like to. Sorry to hear arthritis bothers you. Hope you can feel Ok splitting your activity and spend some time for relaxation.

From what I saw it also looked that way to me. From the underneath you could see a few very distinguishing parts if you know NR chassis well enough to relate to. Of remarkable points all NR's had riveted frames and these trucks have bolts. Also newer engines, something like END or ENDT-673 and newer 2 stick trannies (TRD-720?). And those industrial style radiators with shutters. You can see many photos of these trucks on the net and I could catch up a few (4 or 5 but mostly saw from a distance) and all were equipped generally similar. So I'm sure the engines, trannies, radiators and some other items were imported from the States in lots. Doesn't look like just single trucks rebuilt in a shop. This way my current guess is some facility in Iran renovated WW2 NR's using new components imported from the US and locally built cabs. And that was done in series.

Finally could see a so-called Mack Jungee (Mack War if translated verbatim) parked in the same street on the next day. Still can't figure out the matter of this model. Looks like some kind of a L-model assembled in Iran but more like WW2 time NR with different engine and a cab built locally. So far the 2nd option seems clother to the truth. Unfortunately I couldn't access the vin stamping on the frame since the wheel arch was too tight and too dirty.

Came to Tabriz the 2nd time and met a very nice B-model tractor parked in a street. Had a bit of talk with the driver. He said the truck was made in 1966 and has been mostly original. It had a single frame made of very thick metal which seemed in perfect condition. I could wipe dust off the VIN number and the truck was B-53 not B-61. While making photo's a F-model drove by so I could catch up two Macks in one pic.

Yup, the pics were made by myself. I sure had some doubts on the entertainment but mostly when I was already in elevator. It had one wall made of glass and you could see the higth through those windows in the side of the tower. But it was too late to get off😀 Also Iranians seemed producing good quality concrete to withstand earthshakes. And the tower was build just 10 or so years ago. So I hoped it's steady enough to not collapse when I was up there.

There must be steel dash in that F, right?

Looks very nice. Wonder what does B-42P mean? Was it not a tractor in its original configuration? I used to see T after the model for a tractor. But I'm not too familiar with B-models.

Saw a few Mack trucks down my ways. That poor blue single axle Kaveh R probably survived only because of the crane unit. I saw it parked in a small street in a small city I came into by mistake when was looking for a hotel.

Came to Tehran for one day. You definitely need much longer time to look well a capital of a country. But I was short on time and it started getting hot overall. So the initial idea was to not enter Tehran at all and keep it for future. On the other hand my way was right near the city so I figured I'd make some basic check out. Describing by words traffic jam was nasty and temp was hot in the afternoon. I could survive though. Found a hotel with a help of a honest local motorcyclist and cruised a bit of streets in the evening than. Visited a TV tower on the next day. It's quite high, nearly 500 meters. But built not long ago, just in the recent years. Honestly the look of the city impressed me. Last time I saw a similar scenary was from a plane when it was gliding above Long Island prepping to land in JFK.

Thank you Paul! During the years it happened for me to drive in different circumstances. But that was interesting experience definitely.

Saw this beast the other day. The owner said that's Kenworth. But Google seach stated that's Crane Carrier Company from Ohio. The engine was Cummins as the owner said.

Went further and in a couple km could see the camp. Reached its entry and found a big sandy spot which looked really doubtfull to pass. The bad thing that entry was in about half a km from the buildings so too long to walk to ask for assistance or so. And I had my race boots on, nothing of pleasure to go in them. The good thing there was a slight decline which would help me driving. Driving back would be much more seriouse trouble instead. Again after some considerations, a few stepping and moving sand by my boot to check out how deep it was (not deep) I bit the bullet and drove in. Successfully. After I reached the buildings I found two guys there who told me they had a room with AC but shower and toiled were in another building nearby. Food was also there and it definitdly looked like I was the only visitor at the time. On my question of what I could do there the answer was walking a dune, ride a camel, ride a 4x4 bike, ride in a off-road pick up on a passenger seat. I resolved to drink Coke and walk the dunes. The nearest and really high one was right behind the camp. I was told to walk in shoes because of the sand was hot but could also go without in the evening and in the morning. To a bit of my surprize a few people came to the place closer to the evening to eat, drink, walk the dune and drive 4x4. So I could also have a few conversations. But all other visitors went off after it became dark and I was the only guest who spent a night over there. To me it was interesting experience since I have never been in a desert. Speaking the sands I recalled I has a portable compressor with me so I deflated both wheels down to 0.8 Bar and what a difference! Drove back in the sand with no issue! Steering became very "special" on a hard surface though but that was not of big trouble and I brang the pressure back after reached asphalt.

One more not truck related event. Looked over a map and found a place which was called a desert camp. It was nearly a city of Yazd and when I was driving there I noted the city was sorrounded by desert. It was a dark time though so I couldn't see the scenary. That camp was just in a few km from the city so I figured I would go there on the next day. Turned out the road was a dirt road, actually dry clay or stones and I needed to ride nearly 7 km of it. Absolutely not suitable conditions for a sport turer bike. But I like adventures. After I passed 3 or 4 km a sandy spot was taking place on my way. Not really long, maybe 2-3 meters and not deep definitely. So I could pass it with care having my legs off the steps. The next one was longer and the 3rd spot looked so unfriendly so I was about ready to turn back. But after a bit of considerations I passed it too and went further. The weather was hot by the word but not extremely. And I had a bottle of water I emptied up to its half already. After a few hundred meters a turn took place with a board telling me to turn left to the camp. And go 3 more kilometers. After a bit of time I made a stop and catched a couple of pics which represent "a middle of nowhere" the best way I could ever imagine.

Really interesting. There are some Kurdish people living in the West- South West of Iran. Along with Eastern part of Turkey, and also I belive in parts of Iraq and Syria. I spoke to many of them on my way. Their language has many similarities to Farsi. And not to Turkish. Some of those folks wore their traditional national clothes.

It's 1979. Superliner was not in series until 1978/79. I don't know from which year a E6 designation started being in use though.

The truck looks amazing! I like the color combo and balance in the amounts of chrome and painted parts. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, looked like that. Actually it was not really hot at a daytime on my feeling, nearly 34-37 Celsias. Going to be hotter soon I guess (and was told). Probably that's a tradition and people prefere to spend those noon hours working at home or in a shade in their yards. I even found out a few shops being closed at a day time were open in the evening. Speaking more about the temps specific is the most territory of Iran is mountains or high above the sea level - 1500m on avarage. So its cooler high above the sea than in different areas which are same distance to South but lower.

Tom, glad to know you liked that. Checked out Wikipedia right now and it's stated there that those buildings are of 12th century! 🤭