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The show was great. I am finally starting to recover. A very big Thank You to Doug, Daryll, Terry and your families and everyone else who put in so much work to make this year the best Macungie Truck Show ever. The weather helped too. It was great meeting those of you that I met and great to see old friends. We still don't have everything back in the pole barn yet. I had a 5" concrete floor put in the addition to my pole barn last monday and had to keep stuff out of there for a week. I did not want to load it up right away at the one week mark. Also my fathers MH sank part way into my septic tank so I had to dig that up. Oh and I bought a B70 at the show. Sorry Ben. I had wanted that truck for a long time. The first time I saw it was at Macungie in 2003, just after Tom Zacny bought it. It sad outside in a field for several years until his buddy Mark cut down the trees and polished up. Mark kept it in a car port at his house until I got it. When Tom died last year the truck was given to Tom's niece. That is who had it for sale at Macungie. The guy who was refered to as the owner was Mark. Mark's brother, Brian?, got the Orange and Black Glascow wrecker from Tom's collection after Tom died. I don't know if Mark got a truck or not, but he still has several of Tom's trucks sitting at his house. Tom had about 75 trucks. Mostly B model Macks. The big LJ Mack on the trail with the Brockway tow truck was also from Tom's collection. The truck was sold to me because I was friends with Tom and they thought he would be happy if I had it. I think this was a way to figure out a selling price since they did not accept my offer earlier in the year. Mark and Brian were nice enough to drop it off at my house on their way home. As for the Superliners with V8's in them, I heard kept having touble with them when they first came out. They had to get the front ends repair because they kept running into the backends of other trucks going up hills. Mike

There is an mb on the for sale board at Macungie. I hope you'll be there today and bring your company's mb. The truck is in Vermont. Mike

Thanks for all your hard work Doug. I'll see you in the morning on our first trip. Mike

I'd love to have that H model. If it was in Pa I'd be bidding on it. Mike

I called about the B773. 335 Cummins quad box. Current owner has it a year and has not had it running. Asking $15,000. That's out of my price range. Mike

There is a huge truck flea market including old and new truck parts, models, signs, petroliana, literature. It is probably the biggest old truck flea market in the country. Watt's will be there. Mack Trucks sometimes is there selling stuff. There will be plenty to see at 8 am. I think flag raising is at 10. You can check the link. Mike

I've wondered the same thing. The bad thing is the officer can do whatever he wants once he has you stopped. Best to not give him any reason to pull you over, like not having flaps. I am sure there are plenty of things they could find on my trucks once they start looking. I drove to Indian in a truck without a working speedometer or tach. I pulled a trailer to Syracuse without a CDL. Noone stopped me though. Mike

We are all at least a little crazy. Shame about the emblems. Keep saving them. Mike

How about some serial numbers? Thanks for posting the pictures. Mike

If you are going to get antique tags try JC Taylor unless you want to pull a trailer. Then call Gulfway. If you are going to use it commercially at all you will need commercial insurance. Hope to see you at Mack Day in Lititz on October 6. Mike

I was thinking about calling and asking. I'd like to know too. If they tell me I will post it. I would have loved The MD TA or M TA or a TD. Lots of neat stuff on the list. Mike

They sure are goofy looking. Just like the U models. Roger Gerhart has one that he breaks out every year for Mack Day. It is great to watch and listen too. I do not know any details. Mike

The yellow pickup on the right is mine too. Not a Mack, but at least it has a bulldog on the hood. The AC on the left is also mine. Well mine and the banks. I ran it out of fuel on Thursday and it hasn't run right since. I have to take the carb apart again. Thanks. I met a lot of really nice people and saw a lot of really nice trucks. It was great to see trucks in person that I have only seen in pictures and to meet their owners. We are so lucky to get to do it again next week at Macungie. Mike

Nice truck. You can send your hydrovac to White Post Restoration in Virginia. Mine cost $500 about 4 years ago. I thought that was a little steep but the brakes work great. I had everything redone: master cyl, wheel cyl and hydrovac. Probably $1800 total. I didn't do the hydrovac on my L model and those.brakes don't work as well. I should have it done but I have been too cheap. Mike

The hood of a b65 is a little longer than a b67 and Specs little shorter than a b61. It had the.flush mounted bumper. Someone.else.will know more. The book says there were 177 b66's made. There is one in my garage and parts of one behind it. The one inside has a concave cab. The one outside has a flat cab. Mike

I didn't look. I hope.you mean Macungie.

I'll be there from Thursday to Sunday. I wouldn't miss it. I will have a bunch of yellow fire trucks there and some other stuff. My FWD fire truck is not road worthy so I will not be bringing it. We are leaving for W. Springfield in the morning. Sorry, I don't have any extra storage at my place. I am getting a concrete floor put in my addition the week before Macungie so I will have some of my trucks sitting out too. Mike

I believe that Roadway H63 was Harry Muschlegel's who had owned Jevic and now owns New Century. He sold his High Binder to Tackaberry a few years back and his Crackerbox to another guy from Ontario. I was also wondering where Dr Bill's W went to. Now for a trip to Virginia. Mike

Go get it. Sounds great. Your going to need a bigger shed. Maybe hit out the insurance company for a littlet more. How about some pictures?

I just watched the video. That was pretty good. You can see Tom Spencer's BX behind him when he is talking about the LTL and going down the road at the end of the video.