mack mhe9 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Was at truck world in Hubbard oh, this was a pic hanging on the wall. That's all I know about it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 KooL!I like the mini dozer on the trailer. I think it is Struck ??? that is made in the Buffalo, NY area. Used to see them advertised in the back pages of Popular Mechanics magazine. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 KooL!I like the mini dozer on the trailer. I think it is Struck ??? that is made in the Buffalo, NY area. Used to see them advertised in the back pages of Popular Mechanics magazine.Yep,Jim.I think you're right on the Struck Kit! That truck was in OVERDRIVE several years ago.It might have been an April (Fools),Tractor of the Month feature. 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/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 When I was a kid back in the 70's we went to the Ohio State Fair and they had a miniature PIE tractor trailer. It was a daycab COE, about the same size as "Fuzzy's". I can still remember how awestruck I was to see that little truck...whoever built it did a fantastic job. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Ok so look at the roof line and the windshield.........that's a modified B model cab, pretty neat. 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/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Wasn't the PIE built by Freightliner? The CEO or such had it build fully to scale. I seem to remember pictures way back, or am I thinking of another one. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 as far as i know struck wasnt built in buffalo. i have two of them and all the lit. from 15 yrs. ago and they are built some were else.gg2 Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Yup, I trusted my memory once again....Not Buffalo like I thought but in Wisc.Gee, something actually made in the US! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 There were 2 PIE miniature KWs A Needle noses in the late 40's and at least 3 COE's one of which is in a museum in the Pacific Northwest. Google PIE Miniature trucks and it'll show photos from Hanks site. Heres a few others 1 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/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 That's another Crosley in the Pinto Air Freight photo.Last time I knew, Joseph Equipment owns the Mohawk tanker. I saw it one time in Hudson, MA.Interesting stuff. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I remember reading a story in Popular Mechanics I think back in the 80's when I was younger that had a couple miniature Freightliners that were built by Freightliner I think one of those is in a museum up northwest. 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/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I remember seeing pictures of a factory built KW pickup truck,that was given to the engineering CEO when he retired,it was a nice looking job,did'nt look "pieced together" like most i've seen,may have even been in Overdrive?...............i saw "mighty mite" (the P.I.E mini truck) at a show in Portland,OR some years ago,built right from factory specs in their own shop!..............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 This is the one i saw,every detail right down to the operational semaphore turnsignals!................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Freightrain, it could have been built by Freightliner. Here's one I found online, but not the one I remember. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I was thinking the one I saw was the silver with green/yellow/black stripes(something like that). Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Makes me sad to say but we don't have very many folks left in the US that could build those scale replicas. We have dumbed down the population so far being a nation of people that buy what they want no one wants to learn how to build anything. I remember when I was in high school they were starting the computer programmer age they actively tried to get kids to go into office work rarely teaching mechanical skills. We as a nation are one of the worst in the world for teaching and graduating mechanical crafts. If you look at the numbers there will soon be a major need for mechanically skilled workers. The railroad industry alone is looking at over 30,000 machinists and other skilled trades retiring in the next 5 years. 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/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Makes me sad to say but we don't have very many folks left in the US that could build those scale replicas. We have dumbed down the population so far being a nation of people that buy what they want no one wants to learn how to build anything. I remember when I was in high school they were starting the computer programmer age they actively tried to get kids to go into office work rarely teaching mechanical skills. We as a nation are one of the worst in the world for teaching and graduating mechanical crafts. If you look at the numbers there will soon be a major need for mechanically skilled workers. The railroad industry alone is looking at over 30,000 machinists and other skilled trades retiring in the next 5 years.My engineering/automotive teacher was saying the same thing. He wants to start a class at our high school that teaches just every day skills like changing light switches, minor fixes, etc. just to get kids to realize that you can do stuff yourself. This was his first year there and he improved all the classes he teaches a lot by doing a lot more hands on stuff where as the other guy did everything out of a book. Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 These minature trucks, could they be driven or just big models? Quote RONCETTI Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 These minature trucks, could they be driven or just big models?Paul,the one i saw could be driven,it had a four cylinder Perkins Diesel engine in it,the tiny cab was cramped,but the guy backed it down off a trailer under its own power!.............................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 I saw this video a while ago,this ones kinda neat,looks like either a KW or Marmon double bunk C.O.E,guy did a nice job on it!...........................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 the front wheels look like gm vega style. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul roncetti Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 THANKS MARK, THAT ANSWERES THAT........PAUL Quote RONCETTI Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-173966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenlunberg Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 There were 2 PIE miniature KWs A Needle noses in the late 40's and at least 3 COE's one of which is in a museum in the Pacific Northwest. Google PIE Miniature trucks and it'll show photos from Hanks site. Heres a few othersPintoAirFreightCrosley_700.jpg5047521129_2d61294e43.jpg5047521129_2d61294e43.jpgHey. This looks awesome. They're look like father and son. Quote Heavy Hauling Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30480-minnie-mack/#findComment-197605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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