Mike

Sure looks like she has whip marks on her arm. And where is the arrow pointing on her backside? mike

I'll be the first to welcome you to the web-site. You may be asked to give alittle more info as to what part of the country you reside. Just encase you are fortuate enough to live close to the famous, one and only ROB. He just might have picked up on the Pete truck you mentioned. mike

All of the Hoover trucks were orange. This one was used in road work operations in paving. mike

I'll see if I can show the R688 ST. mike

Would it be a problem to only use clear sealer and no gaskets on lifter covers? mike

That's right. Ken better yet......get someone else to do the job and you sit back and supervise. mike

Ken, Most of the weatherstrips where your arm rests on the door were screwed on. You have to dig through the fuzz and you may see most likely phillips head screws. These screws are very small. Regards mike

Hey one good thing about your Mack is......it's on top. That's a good bulldog. Stay on top baby stay on top. mike

Actually I would like to see those twins inside of a vintage hydroplane racing boat. mike

I think it takes a special kind of dedication to want that kind of job. I've watched that show back several months ago but did not see the DC aircraft. Randy if you go to the web-site of the Rare Bear and look at the You-Tube of it taking a practice run around the patch we Fly-Boys call it, you will enjoy the lope that those 28 cylinders put out as he taxis out to the runway. mike

I hope Spot did not make a booboo in the seat. mike

I now wish you had gotten her number or something cause she looked like she was by herself. No telling by now she might be in Saudia Arabia dancing for one of the camel jockies over there. One way ticket with no return. I heard on the news the other day that Tennessee has the largest slave trade of any state in the union. On a better note, I went to one of the Music City truck shows today and met the guy that has the R 688 S Mack. I believe he said it is a 1988. I'm glad he's got it instead of me, cause I would be wanting to drive the heck out of it and wind up out of fuel on the side of the road with no money to buy fuel or get a tow truck to carry it home. Only thing I came home with is a sunburn on my face. Then when I got home I made the mistake of sitting down in the easy chair, turning on the TV, and watching my aircraft DVD's and quickly falling asleep. Got up after an hour and went over to the g/f house and went out to Olive Garden for her BD. Food was good but the waiter was a flop. He needs to go home to mom and dad so they can wait on him for many more years. My bill was $36.24 and I gave him $40.00 and got up and we left. Oh yea Tom, I can hardly wait for some of them red, juicy better boy or bradley tomatoes, so I can make me a good samich. mike

It do look like an easy fix, but I wonder what lurks beneath or under the cowl, nice color to. Hopefully want have to do too much grinding. mike

Tom, you could have him a candy bar or cigar that he found in the pool. mike

Been a Rare Bear fan since 1995. I have a VCR tape of the 94 event. The Bearcat is a Grumman F8F, once had a Pratt & Whitney 2800 Radial engine. Now has a Wright Cyclone 3350 with 4 rows of 7 cylinders with over 4,000 HP on Nitrous Oxide Injected. Has a shortened wing span by 4.5 ft. get this.....consumes 600 gallons per hour of racing fuel. Tanks hold 180 gallons....you do the mathematics. My screen saver here at work is of a Bronse Class Racer named Risky Business, it is a P51D Mustang with pilot Bill Rineschild at the controls. I was fortunate enough to fly a P51D back in June of 2005 from Falcon Field, Atlanta from the trainer seat. It had only the bare essentials to get the pilot trained. It was mostly original except the rudder fabric was changed to a different color. The Mustang is called "Ole Red Nose"incase you want to look it up. The seat pans allow you to sit down on your parachute, inwhich you are buckled into, same as the WW2 pilots. The only thing missing I recall is the bomb sites. Very few have them today anyway. Other than me flying it around the area 10 miles south of the airfield we did a high speed dive at a small airport...and yes it was just below the tree line across the numbers at 320 kts. People were running out to see us fly by. They could have thrown a rock at us, we were so close to them. I had the time of my life that day. One that I will never forget. The mustang is my favorite airplane since it was the first plane that I sat down inside of in 1963, here in Nashville. mike

Man alive......am I going to have ta fly up next weekend just to see you guys in diapers at the truck show? Or are you guys going to do some skit on stage? I think the diaper company Rob is talkin about only cleans dirty diapers. Rob may have some new recipe for his diaper filtering for his BBQ sauce. LOL mike

Yea, I'm a Rare Bear fan. Been wanting to go but never have been. The plane looks similar to the Socata Trinadad I used to fly in the picture. The Lancair is a great flyer and beautiful also. By looking at the Skyforce GPS, your ground speed is 155 kts. nice. Sorry got to go help someone. mike

In my MOTOR'S Truck Manual it shows that the 673 & 711 were a split head engine, so i'm to believe that the two engines could interchange parts if need be. He will have to get the numbers off the engine to know for sure. mike

I agree, we are going to leave it up to the higher power to do the job we all should be doing down here. There's no exception to the rule. Society is failing, the statistics show it. It has always been a gradual coming. Each generation has been more and more liberal than the other. I hate it for the younger people but, like my boss said, we deserve what we are going to get. mike

Now I want feel so bad anymore if I goof up cause if Arnold and all the other politions can do it and get by without ruining their image then lets just goof it all up and say it's ok. I use the word goof up because of my image as an employee can and will get me fired and now that i'm 58 years old can you find anyone that would hire me? mike

LOL......Hey Bigen......say ya got low boost.......sounds like another doctor visit. I had it once and doctor gave me the patch and now i'm like a new pony. Hope ya get it straightened out. mike

Man, that engine does look like a END 673P because the intake runners look the same, the same oiling system with the duplex clairifier with three hoses mounted high. If the Vin# Plate is on the right passenger door it should have the number you need. Then it could be traced for you by calling the Mack Museum. Nice looking Truck mike

Rob, Ya can't believe anything ya read anymore and more than half of what ya hear. I'd just stay with what you've known all these years. Ya haven't messed up too much since ya been living. I pay more for the things I know are good stuff and I haven't messed up doing the same. mike

I'd measure the diameter of the hole with the straps closed. The tank has no other means to hold side to side but with these straps. You are correct. Mine has 2 larger copper lines with fittings on each end of the tank with a smaller line at the bottom. It needs a pop off valve to vent the tank.I installed a NAPA with 115 pounds maximum. Also it needs a drain. Mine is on the left hand side, bottom of tank. You can get creative and install yours as you see fit. Regards mike

Don't give up on that cab. Have you Identified it yet? It just takes time and the word out and your needs for this truck. This web-site also has a classified section if ya did not know. Keep us posted mike