leversole Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Hanging out at Gerharts (great show by the way, Lots of trucks) I walked out back to the salvage yard...Wow, about ten B models in various states...I did a mental inventory, couple of drivers and passenger side vent windows with good latches, couple of unblemished glove box doors with perfect hinges and latches!...That was Friday, so after many hours of staring out of my pickup window into the darkness (another story), on Saturday I found one of the main Gerhart guys...he told me they do NOT sell parts from thier cabs....DAMMIT!!!...Oh well, it was nice to imagine...anyways, this guy must have seen my face drop, he told me they scrapped a B a few days earlier and he thought the cab might not be in the heap yet, and said I was welcome to anything on it...It was about a quater mile away and I didnt think much of it and did not want to walk that far...anyhow, after a couple more hours, curiosity kicked in and off I went....went I first laid eyes upon I figured I had wasted my time...But wait! what is that I see?!?!The passenger side is damn near perfect! So, thinking I had stumbled upon a pirates treasure, I ran back down the hill to borrow a phillips screwdriver (thanks Michael!)...Well, now they are in my garage, to be installed tomorrow!I cant believe they crushed the cab and didnt break the windows! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Must've been fated to end up on you B all along. Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Damn... Sad sight to see a B model in that state... Oh well. Glad you got something off of it. Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Looks to me like the grille surround was still useable? i have an old one that i am thinking of making a shelf out of to put some of my model Macks on.................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Looks to me like the grille surround was still useable? i have an old one that i am thinking of making a shelf out of to put some of my model Macks on.................MarkThe shell was damn good...the emblem was perfect! (that's just a little rain on it) I didnt have any tools or I would have gotten it! It was a shame...I wish I could have gotten the exhaust bracket, the brake spiders, the brake chambers, etc...lots of good stuff left on the frame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoe69 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Wow, would have loved to have the left side door panel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 sound like the owner is an idiot,,,but at least he was nice enough to tell you he was dumb enough to scrap that one,,but help yourself,,but then again,,he probably wasnt even the owner..lol....well glad you went home happy..bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Congrats on finding what you needed! Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Must have been a h__l of of wreck, hope the driver wasn't hurt!!Dont think it was a wreck....there was one of them excavators with a shear head right next to it! Think they were trying to crush it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 The shell was damn good...the emblem was perfect! (that's just a little rain on it) I didnt have any tools or I would have gotten it! It was a shame...I wish I could have gotten the exhaust bracket, the brake spiders, the brake chambers, etc...lots of good stuff left on the frame!I had a full set of sockets, etc. with me. Like the credit card ad "don't leave home without them". You never know when you will see something "interesting". Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Covert Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 He could have made more money by selling the parts and then crushing the rest!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Sell the rest to an African... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Don't want to keep talking sh*t, but, someone must have restored that truck recently, the rubbers in the vent windows are like new, no craks, not hard,...soft and spongy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macks in nigeria Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 On 10/2/2011 at 10:27 PM, jaysm35a2 said: Sell the rest to an African... It would still be running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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