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Great choice I’m sure you will get lotta years out of it sorry can’t help you much but lots of other guys can on here .bob

I’m kind of surprised I missed this post entirely since I am a big Ford man… bob

Wow I just spotted this …that is a beautiful tractor… bob

There are lots of parts for that model I’m sure you’ll get a response soon good luck.. bob

I have a model of that truck I have been working on for 20 years I may finish it one of these days ha ha. Bob

Make payments on a brand new Kia and sit in Starbucks playing with their laptops who knows what they’re watching do you really want to know ha ha… bob

We are a dying breed as well most younger folks these days are not really interested in anything old:..bob

Just finished one little honeydew now I walking around with my chest all puffed out like I’m somebody ha ha… bob

haha,,,in case you fellas are wondering why im always on here,lately...im on vacation....suppose to be getting things accomplished..outside..but with all the fires out here,,,,smoke is terrible and the news channels are suggesting,if you dont have to go out ,stay in the house...air quality is horrible...ok im good with that,,besides wife is gone to sandiego with here daughter and her goofy husband,,so no bosses here....im free to watch TV and play on the computer....besides i have to watch the puppies and make sure they dont get into mischief..lol...bob

thats very interesting.....there used to be tons of them when i grew up in new england....mostly with diamond plate fenders...i had a push around steel model when i was a kid,,,setup that way,,,,seems more guys would be fixing them up..and getting together...with them....i know kings county truck lines...in northern california...has a restored one...look it up im sure they have photos of it..i think it has a fiberglass nose,i saw it in reno around 20 years ago,at a truck show...bob

i dont know whats up with my phone,,,sometimes it will let me post photos,,,and sometimes it doesnt...cant even post them from desktop photos...it tells me thier too large..bob

also some of you might be interested in the company was originally started by my grandfather back around 1900 he started with a horse and wagon delivering bananas....i was talking to an oldtimer back when i was a kid in the 60,s that remembered my grandfather ...he said when he was a boy my grand pop used to deliver to (his) pops farm,,,i understand back in those days,,,folks used to use more of a horse trade system....and every body knew everybody....very interesting.. but by 1970 my uncle told me,the company was way too much work for the money he was paying himself..sold it and went to work for beacon fast freight.in the shop as a foreman..brooklyn NY..he said life was alot easier and no pressure...bob

thats fantastic..especially the doors.....thier as rare as hens teeth ,,,here..i have the same issue here in my area,,,but i was very lucky to find a rebuilt transmission..65 miles from here,,,and real good doors off a F model everything else is still available thru mail order........bob

Not sure if you fellas have ever just checked a glass shop after all that’s what they specialize in they might be able to help you good luck..,bob

I posted that tractor before but you probably didn’t know my uncle told me when that photo was taking that truck was brand spanking new and it wasn’t even registered the guy just got done lettering it He said he thought it was taken in 1957 … bob

Oh yeah that’s cool I found that one years ago myself are used to have a ball riding on those rigs when I was a kid my uncle sold the business in 1970 but it was a lot of fun while it lasted I remember when I was about nine years old my dad asked me if I wanted to sweep out the trailer after they unloaded blueberries I was just about pissing myself …. Oh boy I get to work like the big guys ha ha real great memories … At the time my uncle had the best looking Riggs on the road.. bob

For that kind of loot I don’t think I’d want to use it ha ha.. bob

Aaaaaaaaaah hell,, I didn’t even know that I’ve had my DM 27 years but they have been stuck open The entire time Truck had a small front end collision and bent the shutters I have a new set I will be using but I have seen the ram trying to close them and open them before while it was running So I’m pretty sure though shutters stat still works I don’t even know if you can still buy them… bob

excellent thanks...bob

That was excellent thanks for sharing .. one of these days I will make it. Bob

There are two parts air activated ram on top of shutters disconnect it for now till you find parts it’s probably faulty shutter Thermostat connected to engine I try to send you photos but I am unable to good luck… bob

That was great thanks for sharing paul I would like to go there one of these days.. bob

Thanks for letting us know .. bob

you know if someone paid that much for it,,,im sure he or she would be coddling it same as a small dog...and like someone said,im sure its not going to leave here,,,unless its possibly australia not sure of the situation,,but i talked to a guy years ago,,,from there,,,in oakland california....and he said macks are so expensive over there..is was cheaper for him to buy R model here,and have all the drivers stuff switched over to the right side,and shipped over there.than it was to buy his R model there...like wow man...but that was 35 years ago...bob bob

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