Terry T

Yes, I remember this when it was released. It was a Ryder (Obviously) ad explaining how their employees are willing to do whatever it takes or something along those lines. If I remember correctly they actually did lift the truck but it was extremely gutted and a lot of what you see is faux.

If you are on Facebook look up Mike Harbison. His dad amassed a huge collection of Mack trucks, a lot of B's during his life. He just might have what you are looking for. I don't think he is parting anything out but they had a massive collection of parts as well.

Cancer is what finally did Mike in. This is Mike at a benefit that was put on for him a while before he passed. My Dad & I made a banzai run from NE Indiana out to spend a few hours with Mike and then drove back home. It was the last time that I got to visit with him. The picture of Mike & Me was a few years earlier when I was in the neighborhood for the celebration of life for another friend from that area. The 3rd pic is from 2011 after the South Bend ATHS show Mike came to my place & loaded up my F Model and took it home with him along with a Freedom Edition Superliner hood and some other misc parts that I had for him. Mike was a bit younger than me & he had some rough times that created some late night, long phone calls but things were going really well for him until the cancer came back.

I believe that I have had 14 cars & 4X4's. 4 Cycles, 2 Suzuki's & 2 Harley's. I'm not counting campers, ORV's or golf cars. Once I ordered & paid for my 1993 K1500 Silverado I slowed down on buying & selling. I kept that one 7 years, replaced it with a 2000 K2500 that I still own and added a few vehicles since that one. It is now my plow truck & wood/scrap hauler. My daily is a 2014 Duramax powered Silverado. Below is a "fleet" pic. I've since sold the XJ8 but I still have the bug and a friend is trying to sell me her 1994 XJS Convertible with 18,800 miles on it. The seats still look brand new but I'm resisting....

I bought my 1st car in 1980 when I was 15. A '69 Pontiac LeMans with a '68 nose & '67 GTO wheels. I bought & build my 2nd car, a 1970 Nova a year and a half later. I even built a 1/25 scale model of the Nova as I would have liked it to been finished as, after all it was the "BIG '80's! I still have the 1/25 version, the other two are LONG gone.

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I don't have any photo's of R Models with bunks but here are some of our Wabash Fiber Box fleet. These are new 1978 units. I also included Larry Yoder's Superliner for a sleeper reference.

I watched CONVOY last nigh in memory of Kris. Willie is the last of the Highwaymen now.

The one in your picture is a '69. Below is my mom's '68 back in the day. They sold it about 3 months before I was ready to buy a car. Front bumper & parking lights, tail lights, side marker lights & such as that are different.

I was curious so I bought a copy on Amazon. Hopefully I'll have time to read it this winter.

I wonder how Dan is doing. It's been a few years since he's posted here or, as far as I know, anywhere.

They do have a Superliner set up with a lift on the right side for a disabled driver. I think I first saw it at Auburn, IN at the ATHS convention. I don't know if it was at South Bend but I also saw it at Mike Harbison's benefit but I don't have a picture of the right side of it.

I don't know if it's fair to say "it's still with us" but Boeke & Son's Truck Sales cut this one to use as an eye catcher in front of their truck sales business. Still has engine, trans & driveshaft in it. The interior is rough. It's an eye catcher though. Bob is a LONG time Mack guy. He was a mechanic with the area Mack dealership before he founded a trucking company and eventually grew into an independent truck sales dealer along with his boys. I may or may not have drank a beer or two with him over the years...

WTG Larry!

Another difference in the cab is the recess in the left rocker on a U (and I assume the DM) that the R does not have. Sorry, the best pics that I have of each model in my collection.