Popular Post Maddog13407 Posted November 15, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2012 well saved another one. my fiance', brother and a friend took off at 10 pm sat night headed for Somerset Pa with my B613 and trailer. 7 and half hour trip one way to save the Mopar Mack as Vinny calls it. missed a deer or two and got there at about 6 am. loaded truck up and chained it down and had breakfast. only damn place around was Mcdonalds, yuck. but we ate and took off. was a long slow side home. aveaged about 35mph up some of the -hills and 55-65 on the flats on the way home. got back around 6 pm after a few stops to check the chains. i will say this, i was never SO happy to get out of the cab of a B model. everything went smooth except for a Pa state trooper followin me up the steep hill on 220 headed twards Waverly Ny. took 88 to 17 in Ny, then 220 south to rt 414 to 14 to rt 15 then 22 to 219 into Somerset. pressure washed her and dragged her around the yard and the old Hemi turns over. gonna try to get it runnin this weekend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB DINGSDALE Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 now thats is a great save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Looks good,Matt.I was wondering if you had ever gotten it home.Now find me one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 a Navy B model with a Hemi or a B model firetruck period?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milaca Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Nice find! So what is the story with the engine? It came from the factory with a Chrysler Hemi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 yup, factory Chrysler Industrial 354 Hemi and Dodge front axle and rear end. has a spicer 5 speed. must be the Navy was runnin Dodges back then and wanted parts that were universal? also appears to have been ordered with tubeless radials on the front axle and bias ply on the rear... the guy gave me the two original front rims with radials mounted on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 God! I love your B model tractor! What trailer are you running? Tom Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 its a friends 1953 Lacrosse. think it had the ball buster 4 tires across the back originally. the ones you had to change from the inside? and someone changed the rear axle to just have outward wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 its a friends 1953 Lacrosse. think it had the ball buster 4 tires across the back originally. the ones you had to change from the inside? and someone changed the rear axle to just have outward wheels.Its a sweet trailer for rescuing old macks! Looks great. Tom Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 a Navy B model with a Hemi or a B model firetruck period??a B475 with a hemi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 pictures do it justice let me tell ya haha. worked on it for hours to get the taillights workin before headin out at 10 at night.he overuses it i think. needs some tlc. id like to find one of my own eventually or even a tandem axle trailer, preferably a Fruehauf but the scrappers seem to have gobbled them up lately.ona side note when i was in Georgia and Fla and south carolina a few years ago, those old short sincle axle trailers seem to be all over the place just sittin. take a lot of money to get them back to Ny tho. a true rebel trip in a historic vehicle across state lines with a low GVW haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 A rare model well worth saving. Good luck with it bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Looks good Matt!!!! I wish I coulda went with ya!!! But I talked to you at the begginning and end. What about, those, uh, "fenders" Matt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 what fenders?? haha yea the trip cost me BOTH stainless fenders, the left worse than the right, guess the trailer is NOT means for those fenders to clear the gooseneck. got them both hung up when i was playin Supertrucker haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 what fenders?? haha yea the trip cost me BOTH stainless fenders, the left worse than the right, guess the trailer is NOT means for those fenders to clear the gooseneck. got them both hung up when i was playin Supertrucker hahaHahahaha, sorry I had to ask. No pictures of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Nice find and save. Great pics. Glad you made it in and out of PA without any issues. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackmb212 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Looks good Matt,must have been a fun ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Good luck. Is this the first fire truck you have done?I'm pretty sure this is the truck that was used at Lorton Reformatory, DC's former prison. The inmates and guards staffed the truck as a first aid device. The station where I was a driver was first due at the prison and I vaguely remember the truck being there in the early seventies.If you are ever on I-95 through VA the prison is a couple of miles off of the interstate. I'm pretty sure the old station where the piece was housed was preserved at the work house site. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Nice save!Glad you got that all as an adventure.Vlad Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 wow that thing looks excellant,,,have a ball with it.bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 wow that thing looks excellant,,,have a ball with it.bobDo you mean the ball that rolling?Just an interest for the phrase. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 yup, factory Chrysler Industrial 354 Hemi and Dodge front axle and rear end. has a spicer 5 speed. must be the Navy was runnin Dodges back then and wanted parts that were universal? also appears to have been ordered with tubeless radials on the front axle and bias ply on the rear... the guy gave me the two original front rims with radials mounted on them.yup, factory Chrysler Industrial 354 Hemi and Dodge front axle and rear end. has a spicer 5 speed. must be the Navy was runnin Dodges back then and wanted parts that were universal? also appears to have been ordered with tubeless radials on the front axle and bias ply on the rear... the guy gave me the two original front rims with radials mounted on them.It seems in the 50's everything military and Civil defense was Hemi powered including a bunch of air raid sirens.http://www.victorysiren.com/x/index.htm 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I went to an auction a couple weeks ago and the was a Hemi engine out of a car,bolted to a transmission,motor had been sitting in a shed for 30 some years,stuck tight,it brought $1000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 yup, first fire truck i have done, not first B model. hopefully wont be too challenging although every piece of fire equipment has been stripped off of it except the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I went to an auction a couple weeks ago and the was a Hemi engine out of a car,bolted to a transmission,motor had been sitting in a shed for 30 some years,stuck tight,it brought $1000.We race fire trucks in N.Y. about 20 years ago the rules changed and every team was dumping 392 Hemis and 426 Wedges motor to go to big block Chevies. My partner and I were getting complete engines for 2 /300 dollars each. Now I,ve sold OEM Valve covers for that. Here's my home town C rig from the early 70's. 2 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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