sbrem Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I saw this nice R-400 at a show yesterday. I had heard that they made these with Chrysler gas power, but had never seen one until this one. I didn't see the owner to talk to so I thought I'd ask about it here. Does anyone know how many were made with the Chrysler engine? What transmissions were avalable? This one appeared to be a 2 stick, but I couldn't see into the cab to see exactly what it was. Very cool looking little Mack. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC51 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 (edited) Those were popular with municipalities,late 1960's -'70's.The 413 pretty much replaced the venerable 402 flathead.Those had TR-77 series behind them a lot and quite frequently the old 6 speed Allison MT,and probably Spicer 5 speeds.The R-400 came with a lot of different engine options,one's I've seen come through the shop are,the 465 Mack diesel,the Scania 475 in turbo and natural,Cummins V-555,3208 Cat Edited September 25, 2007 by RC51 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC51 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 (edited) . Edited September 25, 2007 by RC51 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 looks like a nice old dog i have only seen one of these in person and it was a mess of a truck. how popular were these? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC51 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Exact numbers,I don't know,but here in the northeast they were popular with cities and townships and some private local operators.The 400 series in all it's forms[R,U,DM,MB]were Macks "price" truck to help compete with I.H.,Ford and GMC thier weight class.Quite common to see an R/DM 400 with a 29K single rear,and double[X] frame rails,to find one as nice as the example shown is a rare one.Most town trucks around here spread salt in winter and the frames are rusted and swelled.Mack seems to have let that lower end municipal market go when the Mid-Liner came in,only to sell a gazillion Mid-Liners to leasing fleets. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Seay milling in Dillwyn,Va, had an R-400 tandem straight truck with a van body on it .Had a quadruplex trans. in it,not sure about the engine.As far as I know it's still sitting in the field behind their store in Dillwyn. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Those were popular with municipalities,late 1960's -'70's.The 413 pretty much replaced the venerable 402 flathead.Those had TR-77 series behind them a lot and quite frequently the old 6 speed Allison MT,and probably Spicer 5 speeds.The R-400 came with a lot of different engine options,one's I've seen come through the shop are,the 465 Mack diesel,the Scania 475 in turbo and natural,Cummins V-555,3208 CatI saw some cement mixers in the mid 60s with the 475 scanis the first engine that i ever saw with the centifuge oil filter and that little baby mack engine 465 i guess it always whanted to be a real engine when it growed up and some of the mixers had a 3208 with allison and a 3 speed spicer behind that .I dont remember if the 465 or 475 were turboed or not. that is the last ones i have seen. glenn Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waslucky Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I,m speachless ...THATis a Picture of beauty had no idea Mack built such creatures ...would jus love to hear it run , would be similar i guess to performance an sound as my (was ) International ACCO ( only Aust built cab over ) that was powered by a 392 IHI petrol ( gas to u guys over there )Great sound with twin 5ins stacks on straight thru mufflers . Swapped it out for a International 6cyl diesel which i added a turbo to give it a little more grunt ,would be interested to find out what some thing like a C model or similar would cost over there as i would jus Love to have one to add to fleet Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrem Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Thanks for the replys everyone Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Wow...someone put ALOT of time into that restoration. Simply beautiful.That lil gas'r just looks lost under all that hood! Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/2895-r-400/#findComment-14157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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