Green Dash Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 IH used that cab for several years on everything from pickups to class 8 tractors.I've always preferred the look of the 2 headlight configuration on the older models. 1 Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-169397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck P Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 It looks like wipers were optional for the lower glass sections. 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/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-169426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 That sightliner is a real Rube Goldberg of a truck. Strange how they take a cab from one model and mold it into something else. Like the Ford Two story Falcon, the Highbinder, and likely a few others I can't say right now. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-169624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 That sightliner is a real Rube Goldberg of a truck. Strange how they take a cab from one model and mold it into something else. Like the Ford Two story Falcon, the Highbinder, and likely a few others I can't say right now.Freightrain, You make a good point. The Mack N series and Ford shared the same coe Budd built cab. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-169627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The H model mack used the L cab and stuck it on stilts. The H model Ford used the Budd cab on stilts. The RD highbinder put an "R" cab on stilts. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-169632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 The H model mack used the L cab and stuck it on stilts. The H model Ford used the Budd cab on stilts. The RD highbinder put an "R" cab on stilts.Interesting and now the old Chevy and Ford 1 to 2 ton COE trucks from the 50's are getting pretty collectable to the car enthusiast. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-169633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Ya, back before I got my B I was looking to build a COE or such to pull my trailer. Like they to today, maybe not as fancy as some of the guys do, but workable. I ended up with the B instead. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-169639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 Your B is very nice and you don't see many pulling a trailer so I think it was a good choice. Here is a MR my friend just picked up1984 with a 237 and 5 speed factory air and air ride. Going to pull his camper and the bikes go in the box. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-169645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phase 1 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 That sightliner is a real Rube Goldberg of a truck. Strange how they take a cab from one model and mold it into something else. Like the Ford Two story Falcon, the Highbinder, and likely a few others I can't say right now.It was fairly common to use a conventional cab for a COE, and many of the early ones (1930's - 40's) were made that way.In addition to Ford doing it with the H model, the International Emeryville "floor over axle" high COE also used a cab that had begun life as a low-tilt COE model. Hendrickson also did it using the same cab, which was originally a Diamond T cab. What was unusual was that International then used that cab to make a conventional truck with a cab from a COE. The Emeryville COE cab was used on the Emeryville 400 conventional series - and it looks unusual too. The long hood version is referred to as the Donald Duck because that is what it looks like. The only other one I can think of was when GM used a Titan/Astro COE cab to make the General/Bison conventionals in the late 70's - although it had changes for conventional use, including smaller windshields. Dodge used a cab from a conventional on the cab-forward C series, which was normal, but then stopped using it on conventionals. Then in later years the cab was moved back to the conventional position on the CN and CNT models. Dodge also made an unusual move when it used the cab from the A100 pickup on the low-tilt COE, model L.An Emeryville conventional:http://www.flickr.com/photos/hayestrucks/6285324952/ Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-171330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yes at a friends yard. He will not part with it.Why part with a rare piece of trucking history so someone can restore it when you can let it rot to the ground and be gone forever! People like that tick me off, if your gonna let it rust sell it to someone that will try to repair it. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-171340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Why part with a rare piece of trucking history so someone can restore it when you can let it rot to the ground and be gone forever! People like that tick me off, if your gonna let it rust sell it to someone that will try to repair it.84superdog, I know what your saying...there are a lot of folks that hang on to equipment and I have in the past like many others here been able to get equipment from these folks but a friendship is involved. It would be great to save such a rare piece and it maybe possible along the way. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30190-sight-liner-sighted/page/2/#findComment-171342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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