39 Baby Mack

Mike, Sounds like your ready for it, have a safe trip! Ron

Doug, Looks great! Ron

There were 4 basic V8's. END(T)-864-Naturally Aspirated & Turbocharged, ENDT-865 MaxiDyne-V8, ENDT-866 normal torque curve, & E9 which which originally came in three H.P. ratings 400, 440, & 500. The E9 had the nickname "The Whispering Giant", I believe this was a Mack registered trade name. Ron

If you can see the injectors and the injection lines are toward the outboard side of the engine it's not an E-9. Ron

Great job! You and your dad should be real proud. Beautiful, I can't believe you guys did that in two weeks. And a great video to boot!!! Ron

That reminds me of the age old question------- As a small child did you ever get caught J------ O-- in the closet? Pretty good hiding place isn't it!!! Ron

Just wear your waders!! Ron

Must have something to do with the paint for sure! Ron

Ben Alpine Green with envy!! Ron

Ted, Here is a picture of a 1964 "F" model, F-715T with a V-8 in it! I know it's not a twin screw but it does have a horseshoe on it! Ron

Mark, Are you sure they were never offered, I could swear I remember seeing ESB Exide Battery RL's with dual round headlights in them up in our neck of the woods in the late 70's or early 80's? Ron

Looking good Vinny, you and your Papa keep up the good work!! Ron

When used on the drive wheels of a "B" model the Mack hubcaps snapped onto an adapter that was machined with a ring in it and fastened onto the wheel on top of the drive axle with longer studs. It also incorporated three "Z" clips that were attached on the drive studs 120 degrees apart from each other. These acted as stops so the cap wouldn't go past the adapter and end up in no mans land. To my knowledge these were only used on drive axles on fire apparatus. Ron

Great pictures, thanks a lot! Ron

These are the colors I remember them being.Ron

That was supposed to be a joke!!!We had H-61's and H-67's with air starters, they had two, I believe group 2, 6 volt batteries wired in series to run the lights and such. We hauled race horses up and down the east coast for 94 years. These trucks were a lot of fun at the race tracks, you had to be very careful when an where you shut them down, because you had be very careful when and where you started them up-- it doesn't take much to scare a thoroughbred, there half nuts to start with! As far as starting they would be great in Florida or any other place that's warm year round, when it got cold out they were a royal pain. Probably would have been all right if we used block heaters, but we didn't. One thing with an electric starter you crank it for awhile and when it slows you can stop and wait for the batteries to pick themselves up. With an air starter pull the valve open and don't leave go until you're out of air because you only get one shot at it--then you got to go find more air or better yet just tow it !!! We live in a college town and our garage was near the campus, lots of college students lived near the garage. There is a soft ball field next to where our garage used to be and before they paved the parking lot for it it there were lots of grassy areas near the creek that separates the ball field from our shop. Towards late spring before college was over for the summer we used to have quite a few co-eds who used these areas for sun bathing, didn't bother us a bit. Some of these young ladies would lay on there tummies and to avoid a tan line in the middle of there back would undo the top on their bikinis. It would be times like this when we decided it would be time to start one of these air starter equipped "H" models sitting next to the fence by the creek. Saw quite a few nice sights!! And by the way we did do a lot of work down there too!!! Ron

That's terrific, one beautiful looking truck! Ron

You know guys there are just times when you really wished you'd kept your mouth shut, I'm having one of them right about now!!! Ron

Wasn't trying to offend anyone just was going by the model number as Mike stated.If it is indeed a B-815 with a 250 Cummins from the factory you've got something very special and as a matter of fact would have been a better truck than if it had the V-8 Mack in it anyway!!! Ron

Being there were no batteries to maintain what powered the lights on these trucks, solar power?Ron Sorry about that --just couldn't resist!!!!

Excuse me if I'm wrong but didn't a B-815 come with an END-864 V-8 in it? How can this be all original with a 250 Cummins in it? Ron