Popular Post Olivetroad Posted March 14, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2012 Here are sum some pics photos of a goofy looking B model I bought out of Kansas. We hauled it in along with a 17,600 pound asphalt windrow elevator I bought at an auction that was on the way home.We had a little fun getting it off.1. pull crane truck out of mud to pick up front of elevator - I think the Ford was just intimidated by the mighty Mack!2. Pick up on elevator while we pull it forward with dump truck - poor little Freightshaker getting replaced by one 50 years older!3. Got it off - time for the Mack to roll (roll is all it will do - no batteries, no brakes)4. Time for hired man Joe to rest - he has been busy wasting my time talking on his phone.......5. Here she is in all her uglyness gloryCrazy looking roof - it was a crane carrier to start out in lifeI think it had an access hole out the back when it was a crane - nothing a 3/16 sheet of steel won't cover up!Photo of sunvisor with a damn good lookin' farmer in the reflectionIt has recent tires - still good tread, springs look okay15 speed transmissionEngine looks good for ageThe stuffing for the seats is all still in the cab, just not still in the seats:He had good taste in farm equipment:The box is pretty straightI am off to dig a couple of batteries up and see if it will turn overLook at that push bumper - I can push those old cows out of the way nowTo be continued ..............when I get time to see if I can make it come alive like the Frankenstein monster that it is.Do I have to wait for a lightning storm? 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Olive, You have out done yourself An 8 window possibly 9 window B model. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Its got a 170 HP end673 in it. No thermostat, no oil cooler and a 500 luberfinder oil filter with out a full flow. Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Its got a 170 HP end673 in it. No thermostat, no oil cooler and a 500 luberfinder oil filter with out a full flow.I am gaining all kinds of info already! Thanks!I want to get it running so my fine boys can all learn how to shift a truck with more than one stick for the trans. (not that I am an expert!)That will give them braggin' rights with their buddies:"Whatcha got in there? An automatic you say? - hell, I drive trucks with TWO sticks!" Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 that thing is way better looking than i thought!!! it is awesome!!!! what are you going to do with it olive? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocko Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 its pretty just wierd pretty Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Barrett Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 WOW ITS.....A monster!...ITS ALIVE!!! You weren't lying that IS THE FRANKENSTEIN MACK! Thanks for the pics! Okay here ya go....custom paint job....stitches holdin everything together. With 2 big bolt heads coming out of the top of the cab behind the doors........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11AejNV5h_0&feature=related Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperAndSon Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 That's an ugly B model if I ever saw one, but it's pretty neat though. Do you think they built it like that at a dealer, home made it, or is that special factory stuff? I'd definatly like to see it restored.Ben Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Who wound up with the hauling job?Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I ended up using DAB transport out of Odessa. They haul a lot of stuff in for me from J.J.Kane auctions and they were coming right by the guys place with the Mack running empty to go get that Windrow elevator (why did I capitalize that?) so they grabbed the Mack and brought it along.The only trouble we had was that the brain surgeons at the auction yard pulled the elevator under a low overhang on a building and broke the exhaust off. And it broke at the casting coming out of the turbo of course. I bet Moses my Amish buddy has the part.Charles (Bigen) and I have tried to get it to work for him to haul it, but our schedules have not matched up. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 That's an ugly B model if I ever saw one, but it's pretty neat though. Do you think they built it like that at a dealer, home made it, or is that special factory stuff? I'd definatly like to see it restored.BenI don't know what I am going to do with it - I had a guy come by and buy my 2000 Freightliner dump truck that was in the photos a few days ago, so I plan to get it running to use around here on the farm - I am always needing to haul off some stumps or something.First thing I am going to do is send off to the Mack Museum and find out who the original owner was - it was a crane carrier to start with and it was painted baby blue - does anyone remember a crane company with that color? It would be cool to find a photo of what it looked like when new. I also think it may have started out with an open top cab like a fire truck. Time will tell................ Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 One of a kind, you gotta keep this one for sure. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 You need to take the dump box off and put a H5 Bucyrus-Erie crane on it.I even know where you can buy one. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
billythekid Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wow that is a good find right there definitely a rare truck. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 You need to take the dump box off and put a H5 Bucyrus-Erie crane on it.I even know where you can buy one.That must be a small one - the two Bucyrus cranes I have owned would have sat down on it, but the truck would have been smashed flat!I had the cutest little Bay City years ago, it had a the same engine as an RD4 in it, that would have been cool to mount on here as well.Do you have a photo? how far away? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I don't know what I am going to do with it - I had a guy come by and buy my 2000 Freightliner dump truck that was in the photos a few days ago, so I plan to get it running to use around here on the farm - I am always needing to haul off some stumps or something.First thing I am going to do is send off to the Mack Museum and find out who the original owner was - it was a crane carrier to start with and it was painted baby blue - does anyone remember a crane company with that color? It would be cool to find a photo of what it looked like when new. I also think it may have started out with an open top cab like a fire truck. Time will tell................hey olive, my u model was baby blue when it was with kimberly clark bakerys in CT. i dont think a bakery had a crane truck though, they might of, but i dont think so. and maybe it didnt have an open cab, i think they dropped somethin on the top of it, cut it off and put that concocktion on there. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Nice Find Olive !! I Like it cause it is a Different looking Bulldog . i personally kinda like the squre fenders on it . it has a Flintstone Bulldog look to it . Did i see pics of this truck in an RB Or Iron Planet auction ? i could swear i seen a pic of this B model before . Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-107891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 It was posted on here when it was on ebay, six months ago or so. The guy I got it from owned it for many moons so I don't think it was at a ritchie bros auction ever. She is so ugly, she is fine looking! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-108080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The cab must be a lot roomier than a "normal" B.Maybe Mack built it as a mock-up for the R model? Yeah...that's it....I'm always thinkin'. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-108114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 The cab must be a lot roomier than a "normal" B.Maybe Mack built it as a mock-up for the R model? Yeah...that's it....I'm always thinkin'. I got to looking and I think the doors may not be original. The title reads that it is a 1952 model, but I am told that B models did not come out until 1953. I scraped and sprayed all over the frame rail above the passenger side front spring hangers but I can not find a serial number anywhere. I want to send off to the Mack museum for more infomation, but I just don't think the door plate is original.I also do not know anymore what the original color is, it has at least four coats of paint in places and some places the base color looks baby blue and other places dark green. Where else could the serial number be on the chassis? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-108131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I got to looking and I think the doors may not be original. The title reads that it is a 1952 model, but I am told that B models did not come out until 1953. I scraped and sprayed all over the frame rail above the passenger side front spring hangers but I can not find a serial number anywhere. I want to send off to the Mack museum for more infomation, but I just don't think the door plate is original.I also do not know anymore what the original color is, it has at least four coats of paint in places and some places the base color looks baby blue and other places dark green.Where else could the serial number be on the chassis?This could get interesting as as the story unravels. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-108141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I got to looking and I think the doors may not be original. The title reads that it is a 1952 model, but I am told that B models did not come out until 1953. I scraped and sprayed all over the frame rail above the passenger side front spring hangers but I can not find a serial number anywhere. I want to send off to the Mack museum for more infomation, but I just don't think the door plate is original.I also do not know anymore what the original color is, it has at least four coats of paint in places and some places the base color looks baby blue and other places dark green.Where else could the serial number be on the chassis?wow my u model was green from the factory and baby blue after that and now its red. holy crap its just like the frankenstien b model!!! thats interesting olive... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-108144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 What's the number on the title and door tag? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-108286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 that thing,,,is very ugly,,,but still looks better than the shit pumper he wants 20,000 for.lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-108533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 It was posted on here when it was on ebay, six months ago or so. The guy I got it from owned it for many moons so I don't think it was at a ritchie bros auction ever. She is so ugly, she is fine looking!Has this truck been posted on here before? Recently I remember seeing one like that posted on here and I thought the general speculation was that it may have been a crane truck. Does anyone else remember that? Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23851-frankenstein-b-model/#findComment-108555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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