GearheadGrrrl Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 It's an hour past midnight in Sweden, and the Volvo board meeting is just breaking up. This PR just came across the wire: Embargoed until April 1st, 2013 Goatburg, Sweden: Today Mack Family Investment Trust, LLC announces the repurchase for the sum of one Swedish Kroner of Mack Trucks from Volvo Trucks AB. Effective immediately, the Mack family will retake control of all Mack plants and assets and production of Mack components and trucks will continue apace. All Volvo signage, etc. is to be disposed of at the earliest opportunity. We will share more details of this exciting historic development at an April 1st celebration at the Mack Museum tomorrow. The backstory: Remember how Volvo forgot to trademark the "Stirling" name and let Daimler make off with it? That was just the tip of the iceberg in Goatburg- some Wall Street wiz kids at Volvo did a "leaseback" of Mack's plants, not realizing that they were selling the plants to and leasing them back from a front company for the Mack family. The lease ran out the first of the year and the family increased the rents but Volvo kept paying the previous amount, thus the eviction. Thoroughly embarrassed, Volvo Trucks was forced to surrender Mack back into the able custody of the Mack family. - 30 - Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Interesting and would like to hear more about this and it's to early for April fools. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuhlz Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 April Fools? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 pretty much Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 So does that mean mack is MACk again a great American owned company or am i missing something Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 its an early april fools joke..... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Yeah.......ok 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/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 well thats not something to joke around with Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bts-4120 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 its April 1st in europe about now isnt it Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 And soon to be April 1st at Allentown, Macungie, and Hagerstown... I hear crowds are gathering around the big Volvo signs, looking to tear them down like the Berlin Wall fell. But I suspect the Volvo signs are plastic... Should make for a heck of a bonfire! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Please be true, please be true... We need kscarbell to chime in on this one. Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Please be true, please be true... We need kscarbell to chime in on this one.WHY? 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/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 BTW, kscarbell could probably spend some light on this, but Scania's engine designs would be ideal candidates to replace Volvo's troublesome engines. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 BTW, kscarbell could probably spend some light on this, but Scania's engine designs would be ideal candidates to replace Volvo's troublesome engines.I couldn't agree more. Mack Trucks and Scania had a decades long history of cooperation, from 1950. Why do you think the early Scania and Mack V-8s have the same displacement? It would make perfect sense for Mack and Scania to work together once again on drivetrain development, mutually benefiting from economy of scale.It could even be a catalyst for Scania to successfully pull away from Volkswagen, ridding this impressive truckmaker of their German headache. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 all the "girls in Winfall" pictures are real too. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 can you say "bull $hit"? Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicello122 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 It's an hour past midnight in Sweden, and the Volvo board meeting is just breaking up. This PR just came across the wire:Embargoed until April 1st, 2013Goatburg, Sweden: Today Mack Family Investment Trust, LLC announces the repurchase for the sum of one Swedish Kroner of Mack Trucks from Volvo Trucks AB. Effective immediately, the Mack family will retake control of all Mack plants and assets and production of Mack components and trucks will continue apace. All Volvo signage, etc. is to be disposed of at the earliest opportunity.We will share more details of this exciting historic development at an April 1st celebration at the Mack Museum tomorrow.The backstory: Remember how Volvo forgot to trademark the "Stirling" name and let Daimler make off with it? That was just the tip of the iceberg in Goatburg- some Wall Street wiz kids at Volvo did a "leaseback" of Mack's plants, not realizing that they were selling the plants to and leasing them back from a front company for the Mack family. The lease ran out the first of the year and the family increased the rents but Volvo kept paying the previous amount, thus the eviction. Thoroughly embarrassed, Volvo Trucks was forced to surrender Mack back into the able custody of the Mack family.- 30 -is this shit true or what, not cool if not!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Of course it's true, it's April 1st! The "party in the plant"'s already begun in Hagerstown, the Bulldog is headed back to Allentown in the mayor's limo with a police escort, and the party kicks off at the museum with a performance by "The Boss" himself at noon. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Well that was a d$@k move. Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Could be true, I saw on Bloomberg News that Volvo just bought G.M. for 2 cups of Swiss Miss Cocoa 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/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Hell, too dramatic to read all that on Fool's day. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maddog13407 Posted April 2, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2013 funny we dont hear from Gerarheadgirl for weeks and when she does chime its about starting trouble or starting bullshit... 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I dont think its funny. Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 funny we dont hear from Gerarheadgirl for weeks and when she does chime its about starting trouble or starting bullshit...Noticed that same pattern myself............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 FISH ON!!!!Somebody threw a lure out there and she bitI read with amusement. 1 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30634-breaking-mack-breaks-free/#findComment-175785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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