Steven Charest Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 purchast the truck today, we do barn salvage imagen my surprise at what i found inside a 1956 B20 single axle dump truck,all boudy pannals where removed and stored , We are in the process of towing it to my shop for a winter build Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wow! thats one cool find! post some pictures i'd love to see it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/#findComment-94803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 We need pics!!! Good luck on the restoration!Tom Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/#findComment-94804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Congrats on the find,please post some pics for us. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/#findComment-94823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Charest Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 thanks all Im so happy to find other people who a already into this, many do not understand ! goin out today she dosent look like much but will share what I have santa came early for me this year . thinkin of installing a 5.9 cummings and keepin interior and exterior origanal . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/#findComment-94908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 The Cummins would be a good fit,will make you a nice functional work & play truck.You'll probably want to update the rear end with the engine swap or it might be a little slow. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/#findComment-94910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Charest Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 not shure how to add picture yet want to be able to use her ! goin down today try to gwt better picks clearin out the shop area for her so many thing so little time thanks santa Im like a little kid when it commes to trucks and old tractors Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/#findComment-94911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 1st let me say to BMT . Your in the right place We all have fever here . (ITS A FEVER I WAS BORN WITH Being named after a B model ) There are plenty of folks here filled w/ Knowledge.get something to drink, pull up a chair & feel free to chat away on the fourms . I Agree i think the 6B 5.9 Hummin Cummins would be a nice fit in a B-20 . & I agree w/ SuperDog ya may want change the rear end out. my Dad took a B422t s/a tractor w/ a blown mack gas motor in it & put a 711 in it leaving the 10 spd duplex & orig 6:17 geared rear in it . for what we was doing w/ "old dog" he was perfect he would pull anything ya put on his back he was just gear bound @ 48mph to 50 mph. (if we had to move a dozer to a job in Ms, we had to use our 74' GMC 9500 Cause lil Jimmy would run @ 67mph on the interstate down in Memphis)keep us posted on your Bulldog & please post some pics when ya get time . & congrats on your find . Aka Bulldog Man on BMT. Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/#findComment-94914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Charest Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 as you see I got a sorta picture on could not find the way to attach pictures could not get it moved today, re fabin an old cement mixer we found in a barn , now it mounted to an old trailer we had and has a gas engine instead of leather belt drive , my belief is it lasted this long why buy a new one, excited and happy to have this foum to help me threw the build of by B 20 talked to the wrinch and he,'s gonna look at rear end soon as I get it to the Yard I hink He's excited new project! . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22223-new-convert-b20-mack/#findComment-95010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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