39 Baby Mack

Happy Birthday, hope you have a great day! Ron

Mark I'm glad to see that I'm not the only nut that likes these things! Ron

Almost forgot, There was also a series of"MR" trash trucks too. probably about five or six of them! Might not be such a good idea to get started with these---trust me, it's a hard habit to break! Ron

One was hauling series "B" model (#100 series---#101,#102, #103, #104) Transport series "R" models (#200 series----#201, #202, #203, #204) Driven for a century series "AC" Bulldogs All of the above came with matching hats! There were four of each in the initial releases. There were quite a few extra releases of Mack badged trucks in various models. There was a series of five "L" models in an original release, plus one extra. (#600 series) There were two "FCM" Mack badged front discharge mixers. There were five Brockways There were probably by now about 20 different Granites started in the #700 series. There were also three All American Highway trucks---- "B" model T&T-- Rte. 66 (with two decks of Mack playing cards), "R" model wrecker-- Lincoln Highway (with pair of Mack work gloves) And a Bulldog stake truck--Pacific Coast Highway (with matching hat) Ron

Very well put Randy! Ron

Al Great pictures, the "G" model day cab actually had a decent step on it! Always thought the rebar welded to the front hub cap was a bit on the cheap side. I at one time used to reset the odometers on our trucks when we rebuilt the motors in them. Ron

Definitely not too bright, that's unbelievable! Ron

Thanks for the photos, she looks great! Looks like you have a great marriage. Ron

They sure make it look easy don't they Mark I wonder how many suckers they recruit each year! Ron

Nice truck, good luck with it! Ron

I second that Mike Ron

I think that's funny as hell!!! Thanks for posting. Ron

Looks like your having fun Leslie! Thanks for the pictures. Ron

Great pictures Al Thanks for posting them! Ron

Happy Birthday, hope you have a great day! Ron

I'm glad to see it didn't leave the country and is still at work in the good old U.S.A.! Ron

Sheller-Globe was who made the R,U, and DM cabs for the Mack Co. Believe it or not the "F" model cab was actually made by the Mack Co. in Allentown out of parts stamped out by the Budd Co. This was, I think I'm right about this, the only cab that was ever built in house. I remember going to the Mack Co. in around '73 or '74 and seeing them assembling the cabs. Ron

Welcome aboard Al! Ron

Al, He finally made a decent truck out of it! That's the way we felt about our three "Huskidynes", the three Brockways we put 237's in! Ron

Sacrebleu! I was on my way from Belmont Park to Saratoga one time and was waiting to pay the toll at the Suffern toll plaza on the N.Y.Thruway. To my left was one these CL-9000's of Maislin's, they had run the overboard breather on this one under the truck and made it exit out to the R.H. side under the fuel tank. Looked like it had auxiliary motor in it, it was puffin' so hard---wonder how much longer they ran it that way? Ron

I know what you mean Mike, Our "F" model was F719T-1093 that would make it the 93rd one made. There's got to be something wrong with that list. Ron

Mike Thanks for posting I didn't know they ran that fast. We never had any, we were through being guinea pigs by the time they came out. We had five F-715's with N/A 864's, five 400 series Brockways with V8-265 Cummins, six 400 series Brockways with 8V71 Detroits, and one F-719 with the turbocharged 864. After that we came to the conclusion that the best V-8's were the ones that came in cans and contained vegetable juice! Ron

Happy Birthday everybody! Ron

I know the cab construction was different, the Ford was aluminum and the Mack was mostly fiberglass with some steel or aluminum framework. The Mack co. called it Maxiglass. There are however, in my, opinion a lot of "cosmetic" similarities between the two. Do you have any information on who built the cab? Ron

The V-8's I'm familiar with were rated at 2300 R.P.M. END-864 and ENDT-864 Ron