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LMAO! or backwards "tard" style?......................................Mark

Welcome aboard! have been reading up on your company/products,seems you guys have your proverbial "shit together" good quality American made product,built by American hands! and its always nice to see a vendor actively participate/help support the old truck hobby! i do have a quick question reguarding frame rails,is the rear "taper" or ramp something you can accomplish?..........................................Mark

Rob i'd be interested in hats should you have some made,only trouble is,and i don't know if i'm explaining it correctly,i dont like the "new style" low profile hats (make any sense?) i like the old style baseball type caps........................Mark

Pawel,its always on ebay,i also have had good results with Tamiya masking tape,also available on ebay.................................Mark

Looks good! are you using spray cans for painting? personally i prefer an airbrush you can get much lighter coats,without the buildup between coats. On separation lines as small as these,i have found using "Pactra" brand pintriping tape very usefull,comes in many colors,widths,etc. and it adheres well to small details,such as rivets,curves etc...............Mark

I cant really fault this douche for checkin' that out,it is a pretty nice can!.................................Mark

New truck looks good Ernie! i still think the blue one would look good down here! how are you gonna paint the R-model? something like it is now? i like everything about it except the dual headlights,just not used to seeing them, looks odd to me. Got much snow up there this year? i havent been through jersey in a while..............................Mark

Australian Valueliner/Metroliner?....................................................Mark

Truck looks good!,personally i don't see any problem with recovering most (or more) of what you have in it. Only trouble these days is people just dont have the disposable income they once had for hobby trucks ya know? i just wish i had the TIME to do something truckwise myself! kinda like to build something before i get too old/feeble to drive it! still got my heart set on a western R-model,kinda need something with a sleeper/room for my wife and boy if they should want to go to a show or something with me. They both enjoy the ride/room in my CX,i just dont really want to take a "new" truck to a show,not much point,especially in a sea of petes and KW's LOL!..............................Mark

Would'nt mind having a few of those myself,not crazy about the "new" style Mack logo..............................................Mark

Good looking truck! i always liked that show,thought it was neat that Rockfords father was supposed to be a retired truckdriver..................................Mark

"PEOPLE, its made from PEOPLE"!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!..................................Mark

Yup,just about every car i see on the road with an obama bumper sticker on it is driven by some type douche!.............................Mark

Personally i think 20K is a fair asking price for a piece of Mack history,whens the last time anyone even SAW a W-Model? i thought they were kinda neat,and ahead of their time There is a guy on youtube with a restored sleeper cab W-71 which is a really sharp truck,and if you watch both videos,he says he has turned down $200.000 for the truck! and i just dont see the logic in picking apart something as rare and complete as this one is. My thinking is better restored,even overseas,than in a scrapyard here,just my .02...............................Mark

Nope! cowl is different,mounting brackets and hinges are also different,Superliner hood is also wider than an R-model..........................Mark

Sure seems thataway! LOL!..................................see last post! Mark

Those are Tachographs used to record speed,idle time,MPG, etc. kind of a "black box" the reason there are two makes sense now that i know its in the sleeper tractor,prolly driven by a team at some point,each driver had his own,they use a small paper disc to record each drivers activity daily,and are also a clock,the key being with it is rare,as the drivers would not normally have access to prevent tampering with it................................Mark

Those are Tachographs,used to record speed,idle time,MPG etc. kind of a prehistoric "black box".................................Mark

Dats just what i was thinkin"!.................................................Mark

You found something of some significance here! the sleeper truck is not the run of the mill integral sleeper normally seen,but a factory installed add-on box. Definately worth saving! i cant remember even seeing one in person,so in my opinion this is quite a find! even in rough shape,it is worth restoring as they just dont exist anymore. All the trucks pictured have good useable parts,worth much more to us hobbiests than the junkman!................................................Mark

BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there is no "shortage" of drivers,there is a shortage of good,professional drivers however! and at the rate of pay most carriers are paying,and the amount of work,expendature,time away from home,are they not suprized?..............................Mark

I saw a boatload (literally)of ex-roadway Macks,Whites,and Fords up at Port Elizabeth (NJ) about 10 years ago,all had there decals removed,were waiting to be loaded on a ship for export to who knows where. Never really saw any of the U-models around after that, New England Motor freight also had a bunch of U-models which i still see on occaision............Mark

Yup! send one of them Brocks down here Ernie! me and David will get right to work on it! (promise) take it easy,as Rob said just dont get overwhelmed,supposed to be fun right? cant wait to see some pictures of this and the R-model,have you done anything with the blue Brockway at all? ex navy? i like that one! i dont EVER see a Brockway around here,even at the truck shows,i'm sure some of them made it south,just dont know where they are. I always liked the 361-360 series best with the white/autocar style cab on them best,coulda bought one years ago cheap,still kickin myself in the ass for that!.................................Mark

That may only be a 12,000 pound steer axle too! that much weight could put too much un-do stress on the king pins,shocks,springs etc, could cause premature failure!...............Mark

DAMN! now thats quite the caboose right there! hard choice what to look at first! but then again i have seen a Mack or two in my day!...............................Mark