Popular Post 39 Baby Mack Posted February 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2013 Anybody ever hear of a Brinton Truck?,Made in PhiladelphiaTruck at the bottom I believe is a Pierce ArrowRon 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 excellant,,,thanks for sharing,,,i really dig those old rigs...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 forgot to mention,,,my pop started off on a rig like that,,in 1932 delivering ice...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 39 Baby Mack Posted February 7, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2013 Here's some more.... 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks for sharing those,which was the first Mack in the fleet?? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 36 is a beautiful rig!That was my grandfather's truck it was a BMFather's truck was #35Funny story:Grandfather wanted to buy two more trucks he thought they should both be BM's a little cheaper with a smaller motor.Father thought they should both be BX's a little more expensive but with a bigger motor.This was how they compromised-----#35 was a BX and #36 was a BM!Supposedly #35 was always used to haul War Admiral the horse that lost to Seabiscuit in the great match race.Ironically the trainer of Seabiscuit was a man by the name Tom Smith which is also the name of one of my brothers.Ron 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks for sharing those,which was the first Mack in the fleet??Thank's MikeTo be honest with you I don't really know.Unfortunately I don't think there's anybody around who would.I think Father said that we used to have some AB's but I can't ever remember seeing pictures of them?Ron Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 isn't that one pictured in the 2nd to last pic a AB? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Mike,Your'e right !It is, I believe it's an AB bus chassis.Sorry about that, was thinking of plain AB's.Ron Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 They are all beautiful trucks,bet you wish they would have tucked one or 2 away in the barn years ago. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Sweet. I like that story you told , Ron of the girls in the park, and the air start H models. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck P Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Excellent pics! Thanks for sharing those. Quote "If it's all the sime to you... I'll droyve that tankah" Max Rockatansky (The Road Warrior) Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Where is the story about the air start H models? I'd love to read that. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Excellant post and pictures Ron! i have always been interested in the history of your families company,i really liked the color scheme and paint on the trucks,the red,tan, and white very distinctive and eye-catching! if possible,i would like to see some of the trucks with the "horse shoe" surrounding the grille,i bought an old calendar at a yard sale in Jersey before we moved,had a great picture of an F-model,loading horses,kinda parked on an angle,but have since lost it!....................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 39 Baby Mack Posted February 7, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2013 Excellant post and pictures Ron! i have always been interested in the history of your families company,i really liked the color scheme and paint on the trucks,the red,tan, and white very distinctive and eye-catching! if possible,i would like to see some of the trucks with the "horse shoe" surrounding the grille,i bought an old calendar at a yard sale in Jersey before we moved,had a great picture of an F-model,loading horses,kinda parked on an angle,but have since lost it!....................................MarkHere you go MarkA couple of Brockways too.Ron 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Is that a recabbed BM or BX tractor hooked to the milk trailer?Very interesting truck. Would you mind if I posted the Brockway pics on the Brockway site? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thank you! great pictures the F-model in the last row,left side, is very similar to the one i remember,except it was pulling the older style van (like the one behind the Brockway) looks like the same setting/background maybe the calendar pictures were taken at the same place/time? wish i still had it (the calendar) that picture was destined for the wall in my toy room!...................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Is that a recabbed BM or BX tractor hooked to the milk trailer?Very interesting truck. Would you mind if I posted the Brockway pics on the Brockway site?That Brockway kinda reminds me of your wrecker.................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Is that a recabbed BM or BX tractor hooked to the milk trailer?Very interesting truck. Would you mind if I posted the Brockway pics on the Brockway site?Good eye MikeI was wondering if anyone was going to pick up on that !As for posting the Brockways on the Brockway site, let me check with my lawyer first!!!We talked it over and thought it would be alright to do it just this once!!!RonP.S. I know I don't have to say this because I think we all have common sense on here but that last part was a joke! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Where is the story about the air start H models? I'd love to read that.Look in topic-- Roadway U Model---- on 2nd page near bottomRon Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Very nice pictures & story,Ron! Very distinctive colors and the famous "horseshoe" on front! Talked to a former horse carrier here in N. Illinois, and he remembered the "Ralph G. Smith" trucks. Thanks for sharing with us! Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 pretty unique E or A model cab on that one with the cast radiator. must be a re cabbed BX Mike. i kinda like it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks for sharing your photos with us. Those had to be some of the best looking trucks in the east back then, and you could spot them a mile way. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck P Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Growing up in the heart of horse country in New Jersey (imagine that) I fondly remember the F-models with the horseshoe grille. It seemed that every horse pullman was a Ralph G. Smith or a Brook Ledge from Oley. Quote "If it's all the sime to you... I'll droyve that tankah" Max Rockatansky (The Road Warrior) Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Nice pics and story. Thanks Ron! Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/29832-old-ralph-g-smith-photos/#findComment-162754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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