39 Baby Mack

There's a forum on here for Steel Nose R models Ron

No Tim this was a later one, "All Steel Fully Imported De-Luxe Cab" I like the way it was custom built for Australia. The only thing changed was the location of the pedals and the steering wheel. The gauges are still on the L.H. side, must have been a bitch to use the glove box! Ron

Looks great Mark, she's a definitely a keeper! Ron

What compressor was on it Mike? TuFlo 500 or 501? Ron

The 285's we had all had Ambac pumps on them. Ron

Damn Tom, I'm surprised at you. You could've at least offered her your jacket! Ron

Sorry to hear, Paul, hope everything works out! Ron

Congratulations Carl, Looks like you'll be riding in style. Ron

Magnadyne is an "L" head gas engine (flat head) Thermodyne is either an overhead valve gas engine or a direct injected diesel engine. Lanova's were indirect injected diesel engines. (energy cells) Ron

Welcome back, good to hear from you! Ron

Happy Belated Birthday! Ron

I was waiting for this! Ron

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mack-truck-belt-buckle-/331458105287?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276 And yet another! Ron

Man, that thing is beautiful! Ron

Later style "F" model with an E9 V-8. I know it's an Aussie Mack and the dash is is a little different. Did you notice that is has an old style cab saddle mounting sort of like the U.S. torsion bar "F" models??!! Ron

2 Baldwin B-76 full flow lube 1 Baldwin BC-110 centrifugal Ron

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Nice job, great lookin' sidewinder! Ron

On a further note, All the older dogs are supposed to be duplicates of the soap carving made by Alfred Fellows Masury in 1932. If you look closely at these dogs you will notice that they are not symmetrical. This leads one to believe that the soap carving story is true which I believe it is. If you look straight into his face you will notice that his R.H. eye is higher than his left, turn him around, look at his back hips his right one is cut down lower than his left. Look at him from both sides, notice the flat spots in the middle of the legs on both sides, wide on the right, narrow on the left. His mid section narrow in front wide in the back on the left, just the opposite on the right. Needless to say he's crooked as a copy of the carving would be. As Don stated above they changed the ears and tail in 1979. I like the way he put it, to make it more friendly. The rest of the dog stayed the same, crooked as it should be. Sometime later I was surprised and disgusted to find out that they changed it altogether and that he was no longer crooked but was indeed symmetrical. I don't know exactly when they did this but I first noticed it in the early 90's. Go look at a new one, he is indeed symmetrical. I have no idea why in the world they would do this, but the thought of some young buck noticing it was crooked and thought that it was terrible that their corporate symbol was like that comes to mind! I think before changing it they should've found out why he was the way he was and left well enough alone. It's funny, but at about the same time I found this out the Mack Co. was running an ad in the truck magazines about the "Bulldog" Wish I had one to show, but I don't, maybe someone else on here can find one. The ad had a Bulldog hood ornament superimposed over the Declaration of Independence and the tag line went something like this Yeah it's just a hood ornament like the Declaration of Independence is just a piece of paper! After seeing that I thought to myself well you guys have made it just a hood ornament! They had taken all the history out of the "Bulldog" I'm sure Mr. Masury would not be pleased! Ron

Mike's right Maxidyne engine- Maxitorque transmission, gold dogs. The engines and transmissions were even painted gold! Ron

Olive green plastic dash, couldn't have made too many of them, no matter what kind of motor is in it!

Welcome to the nut house! Ron

Nice job Mark, I don't have the patience or the eyesight to do that stuff anymore! Ron

Merry Christmas Carl! Ron

The rod looks like it's whole, what in the hell does the crank and block look like??!! Probably never made one little noise right up to the time this happened and the oil pressure was normal too!! Ron