mackid22 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Hi, my names rich, im 22 and from nj. i just bought a 1948 mack eh. i plan to not restore it but instead put a newer diesel driveling under it such as a cummins 6bt or a caterpillar diesel. i also plan on chopping the top and giving the truck more of a hot rod look. i also plan on doing a stake bed or roll back body.the truck is almost entirely rot free.i plan on selling the factory motor, trans, and possibly front and rear axles if anyone is interested. the motor is all there except the starter. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 nice truck Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 if your going to chop it up,,might as well just use a car gas engine,,be easier to put in,,and get parts for...welcome to the site.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 This may not be the best place to brag about hotrodding an antique truck. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 This may not be the best place to brag about hotrodding an antique truck.think we both had a smartass comment,,at the same time..thats a waste,,,but each his own,,,and it is his truck,,,lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 David , as I was reading it I thought, oh crap he's going to get eaten alive by some of thease guys.Im for having an antique Mack the way it left the factory.So I got nothing to add but wouldnt a 70's R model Mack be a better truck to chop up and do that with? Theres a million more of them than a original rust free EH. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackid22 Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 well lets see i saved it from the scrapper, its missing most of the original trim, headlights ect... it doesnt run. Instead of spending the next few years searching for parts and spending a fortune to restore it and take it to the occasional show i am going to put a reliable powerful motor in it and do some "traditional" hot rod bodywork to it. then i can use it to haul my jeep or friends cars or scrap metal. hmm what a sin. trucks by nature are supposed to be modified to do the job. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 well lets see i saved it from the scrapper, its missing most of the original trim, headlights ect... it doesnt run. Instead of spending the next few years searching for parts and spending a fortune to restore it and take it to the occasional show i am going to put a reliable powerful motor in it and do some "traditional" hot rod bodywork to it. then i can use it to haul my jeep or friends cars or scrap metal. hmm what a sin. trucks by nature are supposed to be modified to do the job.I like this guy. He's a smartass like the rest of us.He's a good fit here Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Yeah, he seems to be okay. Chopped..sounds cool, it will still look like a Mack. Late model drive train..long as it's volvo. Me I'd plop the cab on a late Mack chassis and power pack and invest the time and coin in the body, paint and chrome. At least it's not scrapped and its good that he has an interest it. Who knows maybe the next will be a stocker. Good luck . Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 well lets see , your right hatcity, he's a good fit. A Dodge 2500 would be an easy match up for a EH .. id think. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I'm with you on the repower.After fighting with the old flathead gassers in my '46 Brockway and '47 Mack,I'm tempted to do the same thing.I'd go with a Cummins or 466 IH,stay away from Cat. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 friend of mine here in upstate ny has a 51 A20 someone put on a 90's dodge dually frame and painted it hotrod black with pinstipes. looks badass and he uses and drives it. probably a lot more than he would if it had the original underpowered flathead and obsolete axles in it that you cannot get brake parts for. Matt Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackid22 Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 wow just looked up the ih 446. thats a cool motor. seems like u can get them a lot cheaper than the cummins also... hmm Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemack Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 MackID22,Check out one of the projects from some of the guys on here that took a Mack B85 Firetruck and totally updated it and made it into a a great tow tractor. They bought a used school bus with a IH DT466 engine and trans (available cheaply) and did a really nice job. Here is an example of a neat E model firetruck chopped and channeled and has all new drivetrain.Firemack Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackid22 Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 thats a nice truck. i like the drivetrain swap. the chop and lowering is a lot more than i wanna do. i still want mine to be a truck. just with some hotrod style. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackid22 Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 anyone know what i shud do with the factory drivetrain? the motors stuck. i hate to see it end up in the scrap yard but it may come to that Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtywhiteboy Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 a old truck with a 6bt cummins or a hot 453t DD be real cool,..been scheming up some ideas like this myself to pull my dirt track cars to track with!! im thinking a l or a model with integral sleeper turned into back seat,..with tandum axles on air!! rto 66-10 or 13 speed,a 6x4 be cool,...posably a 2 speed rear end with a tag axle!!,..just ant set my mind to what style trailer an weather itll have a bed or not Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Ebay or post it here for sale once you pull it. Il bet someone would want it even to sit in the back of the garage. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbyrne Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 How does that sayin go?, "If you have'nt got anything good to say, say nothing" Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-90877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMBERCAMP Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 gentle men, love the site, info and such. i like old iron period, no matter what it is, longs it isn't to common.. ( bored with the 50's,ford chevy thing) i found your site by way of thinking to of putting like say a 41 eht on a newer running gear, but i don,t have it in me to hack up something that ain't already. but also it is YOUR truck! i also need to modify for my truck to do me well in the log cabin/ sawmill business and i believe an ole MACK would fit in nisely. like the look of E's, A', and B's. I do need to upgrade from my 79 ford that i put a 7.3 in. I just need higher GVW's, 4x4 or 6x6, diesel, few brains so we can work on it, flatbed dump. i'd like to stick with mack but the configuration is a tough find in newer chasis and keeping the costs down somewhat hee HEE!!!! so the cummins power does sound a bit more inviting. as for myself i'm all ears as probly Rich is for options. please bear with me as i pick the noggins of the ol' timers!!!!!! (the eht is in PA with White gas motor and tranny!!!!) Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-92930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 What engine and tranny is in the rig now? Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-92936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMBERCAMP Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 if'n your holler'n at me its all it says is a white mustang 6 cyl.gas. can be seen at http://antiquetrucks4sale.com/. i dont own this one but for a better price maybe!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21586-just-bought-a-1948-mack-eh/#findComment-92954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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