vision386 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Found this over at the Brockway site,thought some of you would enjoy seeing it. From what i could gather,this was Brockways show truck (circa 1974) i found it interesting because of the unique paint scheme,and the fact that the lower fenders,and headlight surrounds are both chromed! i often wonder what happens to trucks like this after their "show duty" is over,especially since in 74' Brockway was just a few years from going under.......................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Brockway had some radical color and striping options in their final years. I think I saw one 761 on the road with one of the new designs. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Great pictures! Wild paint! Thanks for sharing! In the early 70's, my dad had a cabover Brockway single axle with a 220 Cummins. It's paint was just plain white with North American decals. It was teamed up with a White cabover, GMC Astro with a 671, lots and lots and lots of Internationals that came with the business. He hated the 'Binders but the dealer bent over backwards to get the trucks in, repaired and out super fast.Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Found this over at the Brockway site,thought some of you would enjoy seeing it. From what i could gather,this was Brockways show truck (circa 1974) i found it interesting because of the unique paint scheme,and the fact that the lower fenders,and headlight surrounds are both chromed! i often wonder what happens to trucks like this after their "show duty" is over,especially since in 74' Brockway was just a few years from going under.......................Mark OMG!!!! Mark Mark Mark!!...... My good friend my Mack buddy my Jersey brother!!! Brockway did not go under!!! they were in fact doin better then Mack there parent co.!! and after loosin to many bids to Brockway, Mack shut them DOWN!!!! Look up how Mack closed them, it wasn't very nice!! Thats why sometimes when I see how good Mack is doin, I think maybe Volvo might do the same thing? As I have before on the site, Mack always did and still does make a great truck!! It's the corp. people who run these co's that SUCK!!! I hope all is well and life is good!Ernie DS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 OMG!!!! Mark Mark Mark!!...... My good friend my Mack buddy my Jersey brother!!! Brockway did not go under!!! they were in fact doin better then Mack there parent co.!! and after loosin to many bids to Brockway, Mack shut them DOWN!!!! Look up how Mack closed them, it wasn't very nice!! Thats why sometimes when I see how good Mack is doin, I think maybe Volvo might do the same thing? As I have before on the site, Mack always did and still does make a great truck!! It's the corp. people who run these co's that SUCK!!! I hope all is well and life is good!Ernie DSI agree 100% Ernie! just was'nt sure if any of the younger guys knew what REALLY happened between Mack and Brockway! damn shame if you ask me,i used to have a brochure that Mack put out to explain why they shut down Brockway,it was alot of B.S. about not competing for the same market,personally i think they could have co-existed,and made a killing in the vocational truck market,especially after most everyone agreed Brockway was "The most rugged truck in the world"...................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 Great pictures! Wild paint! Thanks for sharing!In the early 70's, my dad had a cabover Brockway single axle with a 220 Cummins. It's paint was just plain white with North American decals. It was teamed up with a White cabover, GMC Astro with a 671, lots and lots and lots of Internationals that came with the business. He hated the 'Binders but the dealer bent over backwards to get the trucks in, repaired and out super fast.JimHave any pictures of the other trucks? i am always interested in seeing "vintage" moving vans,as my dad was leased to NAVL for over thirty years,and me to Atlas for 22............................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 On the outskirts of Cortland (Where Brockways were made) there is a barn type thing and it has a whole bunch of stuff painted on it and one thing is a Brockway. Also in fourth grade, we were doing New York State History. We had to make a poster of one thing in NY. I put brockways were made in Cortland and Huskytown USA, on it and a picture of a Brockway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Have any pictures of the other trucks? i am always interested in seeing "vintage" moving vans,as my dad was leased to NAVL for over thirty years,and me to Atlas for 22............................................MarkTrue Bedbuggers!Mark , I wish I had the pictures for you. I wish I had them for me. It was Cape Cod Moving and Storage back then on Bearses Way, Hyannis, MA. When Dad got the business, it was Global and then moved to NA. All his stuff was single axe and 30-35ft trailers. Lots of stuff has changed in the trade since then.He sold it in 1973.Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Great pictures! Wild paint! Thanks for sharing!In the early 70's, my dad had a cabover Brockway single axle with a 220 Cummins. It's paint was just plain white with North American decals. It was teamed up with a White cabover, GMC Astro with a 671, lots and lots and lots of Internationals that came with the business. He hated the 'Binders but the dealer bent over backwards to get the trucks in, repaired and out super fast.JimI remember seeing seemingly hundreds of single axle White 7400's and RC's, Astro's, Transtar A's and B's, Fords and probably some others pulling for NA, all white with blue frames. I believe they were all lease-purchase trucks as NA was pushing the idea pretty hard back then. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 On the outskirts of Cortland (Where Brockways were made) there is a barn type thing and it has a whole bunch of stuff painted on it and one thing is a Brockway. Also in fourth grade, we were doing New York State History. We had to make a poster of one thing in NY. I put brockways were made in Cortland and Huskytown USA, on it and a picture of a Brockway. Way ta go Vinny! When I was a kid back in first or second grade, we had a thing called 'Show an Tell', and all the kids would bring in all kinds of stuff from home, well I would bring in all kinds of truck stuff from my Dad's truck garage!! Point's, condedsors one time I brought in a generator! But the very best thing that I brought was a Brockway Husky dog an a Mack Bulldog! It was a big hit!BULLHUSK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Way ta go Vinny! When I was a kid back in first or second grade, we had a thing called 'Show an Tell', and all the kids would bring in all kinds of stuff from home, well I would bring in all kinds of truck stuff from my Dad's truck garage!! Point's, condedsors one time I brought in a generator! But the very best thing that I brought was a Brockway Husky dog an a Mack Bulldog! It was a big hit!BULLHUSKnow thats just too redneck for me,,,man those brockways are pissa,,,one of these days im planning a trip to cortland show,,,wish i could go every year...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Way ta go Vinny! When I was a kid back in first or second grade, we had a thing called 'Show an Tell', and all the kids would bring in all kinds of stuff from home, well I would bring in all kinds of truck stuff from my Dad's truck garage!! Point's, condedsors one time I brought in a generator! But the very best thing that I brought was a Brockway Husky dog an a Mack Bulldog! It was a big hit!BULLHUSKWow thats cool!! I brought in one of my bulldogs to show all the girls when I was in second or third grade. I was talking to them about Macks and I said I would bring a bulldog in. They thought it was cool. I also remember bringing in a diecast metal Agway MH Mack tractor trailer in for show and tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 u go vinney , some cute farm girl will pic up on that . woman love dogs. 1 Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Ya, thanks gg2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 True Bedbuggers!Mark , I wish I had the pictures for you. I wish I had them for me.It was Cape Cod Moving and Storage back then on Bearses Way, Hyannis, MA. When Dad got the business, it was Global and then moved to NA. All his stuff was single axe and 30-35ft trailers. Lots of stuff has changed in the trade since then.He sold it in 1973.JimJim,you are certainly correct about the "changes" to the moving and storage industry,not the same as it once was,and i doubt it ever will be again. Had things not took a turn for the worse,i prolly would have retired from Atlas,just got to be too much politics and B.S. for me! the works hard enough without all that!....................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Hey Mark, Found a picture of the company that bought my father's business. They were out of Quincy, MA. This picture was taken about 1977 when he still had interest in the property. The trailer may have been one of ours repainted and I think the Loadstar on the far right was a repaint as well. Jim Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Hey Mark, Found a picture of the company that bought my father's business. They were out of Quincy, MA. This picture was taken about 1977 when he still had interest in the property.The trailer may have been one of ours repainted and I think the Loadstar on the far right was a repaint as well.JimNice picture! thanks for sharing it,i always liked the "New England" style paintjobs,fancy pinstripes and so-fourth. That area is one of the last places left that still paints moving vans up in this style,i truly wish i had taken more pictures early on in my career,you just dont see trucks like these anymore.............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Hancock Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I read somewhere that Brockway actually developed the Superliner and had a couple prototypes and mack wanted it so that was part of the shutdown. Quote Don Hancock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hey Mark, Found a picture of the company that bought my father's business. They were out of Quincy, MA. This picture was taken about 1977 when he still had interest in the property.The trailer may have been one of ours repainted and I think the Loadstar on the far right was a repaint as well.JimSome classy looking equipment there, the stripes look great. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I read somewhere that Brockway actually developed the Superliner and had a couple prototypes and mack wanted it so that was part of the shutdown.If you google the above, you will see the Brockway which in fact is a superliner. The Brock would have been a beautiful truck with that grill and the Detroit V12 option!! Google Brockway superliner prototypeBULLHUSK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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