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If you can come in June you can come to the atca truck show.in Macungie, Pa. It usually has 500 or more trucks and the most prominent make is Mack. You can tour the Mack factory and go to the Mack Museum. There are some local collections too. Otherwise come.for.Mack Day the first weekend in October. It is in Lititz, Pa. You can still go to the Mack Museum and the Mack factory. You are welcome to come see my trucks. We have a couple dozen Macks. We are 30 minutes south of Macungie Pa. Mike

You can search it under the Mahan Collection. Its in Basking Ridge Nj. He was at John Harness' yesterday. I don'tknow how.he.is.for drop is, but his collection is amazing. Mike

Boyertown Pa. More southeastern Pa. Mike

That style is on E and A models and some or maybe all L models. They do pop into the end of the hub. Nice find. Mike

Pretty neat. An open air museum like that would rust away here in Pennsylvania. I really like the E model. Mike

Rob, The truck cranks great with one 6 volt. It just won't fire. It some times takes over 5 minutes of repeated cranking to fire. Thanks, Mike

That is a great looking truck. Yours is an A model and the other is an E model. The E model preceeded the A model. They used the same cab, but the grill is different. I don't know about the hood and fenders. I think you have the serial number wrong. Please take a closer look. Maybe it is 75A1001? Does your truck run? It looks pretty solid. A little rubbing compound should go a long way. Looks like you have a great location too. I have a very similar truck to yours, 405A1002. It is in original condition with a few modifications. The body is solid. It runs great, but does not like to start when the engine is hot. Mike

I was really hoping to sell whole trucks. George, If you want to "hide" one of the B models at your house indefinitely give me $1000 and I'll through in a title and some extra parts. I'll even tow it to your house. Mike

That is a really neat truck. I would love to have it, but it is way out of my price range. It is really hard to set a value on a truck like that. I had someone call wanting to know if I wanted to sell my H613. I thought it over for a while. I don't know what it is worth in non-running unrestored condition. I know what I paid for it and that I wouldn't sell it for that. My father said tell him $15,000. I didn't think it was worth that much, but was afraid that he might so I told him I wouldn't sell it. It is very hard to put a price on these one-of-a-kind trucks. A couple years ago I was trying to sell two old International fire trucks for a friend. I had someone from Australia who would pay the asking price and send someone to get them. The owner didn't want them to go that far. I did sell them to the great International heaven in Canada, but I got a couple thousand less than the asking price and they still didn't stay in the US. Mike

There was a long thread on here or on the ATHS site with pictures a month or two ago. Also someone recently wrote on here that they spoke to John and he responded that he is no longer in the old parts business. I talked to him a while at Mack Day and he did not tell me that. I do not have a number for him. You could probably find it in the web, John Chalmers Cashtown, PA. Mike

The company my father worked for had 2 R models that looked really nice. One had the hood green with the depressed area that the top and back grey. They other was blue with grey. The cabs were white. There is an old picture of an R model in the recent gallery pictures that is red except for the depressed are in the hood that is white. Something like that would look really good on your U model. Mike

I was told that the F model day cab from UPS that is in the Mack Museum was painted with a roller, windows and all, when the mack museum got it. It looks real nice now. Mike

Yes your truck is an E model. There were a lot of different models that looked like this. If you look in my gallery under "macks" you will see a similar truck. Mine is a Type 55. Like they said, look for the serial number plate somewhere in the cab, probably on the passenger side seat base. And don't run detergent oil unless you drop the oil pan and clean it out. I wouldn't worry about an oil filter unless you plan on putting a lot of miles on the truck. They are not full flow any way. I have attached a Mack add from ebay that might work to show you a type 50, but maybe not. I'll be at Macungie and Springfield. I might bring the Type 55 to Macungie, but not to Springfield. Mike http://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-North-Chicago-FD-Mack-Fire-Truck-Ad-/320825019960?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab2a94e38

Mike69mackman, I sent you a personal message. Mike

There are 2 b model cabs in the new double clutch for $850 for both. I don't know what kind of shape they are in, but if they are decent it is an great deal. I forget where they are. Mike

Doug, That was a very interesting discussion. I thought it was a fire truck emblem to start, but now realize the difference. Will you post the pictures of the emblems that you mentioned? My 1950 LFT has Mack Diesel in an oval on both sides of the hood. I am told this was only for the trucks with lanovas in them. Not sure if that is true. As you know, most diesel L models have Mack and Diesel script emblems separate. Michael Yarnall.

Congratulations. I bought myself an AC pumper for my birthday this past summer. I had to mortgage the house for it, but I finally have one. Lets see some pictures of it and of the H models. I saw the H63 cab in the background in your gallery. Mike

Post some pictures please!