Olivetroad Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Check it out:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300723045831&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Holy $#!% I want that!!! Thats the B model with all the Crysler stuff on it, with the Hemi, and I think its a Mopar Chassis? Maybe not. Im a Mack and Mopar guy, and tha would be great!!! I gotta let Papa know. Hes the true Mopar guy. Hes got the Mopar bug. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Been on there a couple of times. Very rough and very plain for the price. Sometimes there is a reason something is rare; like the travesty of putting a chrysler engine into a Mack. Who else but the feds would buy that? Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Been on there a couple of times. Very rough and very plain for the price. Sometimes there is a reason something is rare; like the travesty of putting a chrysler engine into a Mack. Who else but the feds would buy that?R 410....413 Chrysler V8 But it does make sense..Civil Defense and US military in the 50's early 60's used the 354 industrial Chrysler for air raid siren generator power plants and such. 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/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I would buy it. I think its pretty cool. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 yea they ran chrysler engines back then. think maybe they ordered the B's like that so the parts were common with everything else they were running? they were built on a totally dodge chassis i believe. my B613T had a max wedge 413 industrial sinfully placed under the hood when we got it. its still in the garage on the engine stand. brand new with about 200 miles on it. Keith, the one with the nice green R410P got the 5 and 3 speed tranny from it a few years back. Matt Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I would like to find a Mack with a Mopar in it. I would never take out a Mack motor or put anything else in. But if it wasnt a Mack motor I might. I know Doug Fetterlys got a repowered B42 single axle tractor thats green up in his yard, kinda rough though. I think it might have a 413? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Hatfield Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 One of our members has a similar truck from Palenville, N Y Chrysler hemi engine, New Process transmission, Rockwell rear end Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I wondered why the military spec'd a Chysler engine in a Mack truck. If they wanted a engine similar to their other industrial engines did they also spec Chysler engines in all their other administrative vehicles in order to maintain commonality? I've never heard that the "B450CF" and "B475CF" models were built on Dodge chassis. I know that during WWII Mack mounted fire bodies on Chevrolet and Brockway chassis but during wartime trucks had to be rushed into service and everyone built similar vehicles. Seems strange that Mack would mount their own cab and body on another manufacturer's chassis. The U.S. Navy had a Mack stationed at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Massachusetts. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Mike Harbinson would know. i know we have talked about this before but i thought they were all dodge runnin gear. was still probably a B model frame tho. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-123910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Every thing I've seen on them, it is a Chrysler power pack in a B chassis. Bart Vanderveen's book " A Record of Macks in the Service and Beyond " touches on the Military and Civil Defense fire trucks. The Chrysler was specified because in 1955 to 1957 by the DOD for a few reasons. It was easily repairable by general mechanics, 300 to 345 h.p., they were used in Air Raid siren power units, gen sets for Civil Defense, parts were available almost every where and lastly Chrysler was supplying trucks from 1/2 ton to 2.5 ton, tank engines and general staff cars until 1957 when the General got is Chevys in. 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/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-124102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 It is back on ebay with $800.00 lower starting price:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300727804429&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-124383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 It is back on ebay yet again - I bet this time it may sell - starting price of $2750.00 with no reserve......one of you should buy it just 'cause I said so?check it out:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300731950089&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/25598-1956-mack-b475cf-on-ebay/#findComment-125508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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