Popular Post Superdog Posted April 16, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2013 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Sure wish i could go down and order one! i think Overdrive was usually pretty good to Mack with tractor reviews.....................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/#findComment-178263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 It was pretty well known that Mike Parkhurst liked Macks,but he wasn't afraid to criticize them in his reports. Anybody else notice they had the pic of the passenger side storage box upside down?? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/#findComment-178283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicello122 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I thought it looked weird ,it is upside down. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/#findComment-178308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Maybe it was just OVERDRIVE flipping the cab over,really testing its toughness!! 1 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/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/#findComment-178322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
607t1173 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I had an FS786L in '75 it was my first 300 and no driver with the biggest and baddest large car on the road today could be as proud as I was the day I took delivery of that beautiful and (for then) powerful truck.A lot of the older O/O's used to laughingly tell me that I was gonna rub the paint off of it because if I wasn't polishing it then it was being driven or I was sleeping in it. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/#findComment-178364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 It was pretty well known that Mike Parkhurst liked Macks,but he wasn't afraid to criticize them in his reports. Anybody else notice they had the pic of the passenger side storage box upside down??Yeah Mike I noticed that too!I also loved the picture of the pedals with the one on the extreme left being the windshield washer, the reservoir was a Trico plastic bag mounted on a bracket under the drivers seat with the hoses running under a plate screwed down over the driver's door threshold.This pedal wasn't just hooked to a switch you had to pump it like an old tire pump-----1st class to say the least!I often wondered this-- If you were going up Pike's Peak fully loaded in an "F" model with say a 255H.P. V-8 backed by a triplex and your windshield was constantly getting dirty would you be able keep your windshield clean and downshift at the same time??Sure would keep your feet busy!It's really funny when you look back on some of this stuff, but heck you didn't need a crystal ball to fix them then either and a lot can be said for that!!!Ron 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/#findComment-178367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 It was pretty well known that Mike Parkhurst liked Macks,but he wasn't afraid to criticize them in his reports. Anybody else notice they had the pic of the passenger side storage box upside down??Does anybody remember when they (Overdrive) reveiwed the new Marmon cabover? they had the famous basketball player Wilt Chaimberlan in the side-box,and he fit with room to spare!....................................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/#findComment-178447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I've got an Overdrive from the 70's which has a review of the new Freightliner Powerliner...they didn't have much good to say about that truck! I've got another issue with a tour of the Brockway factory in Cortland and they were impressed with how tough the Brockways were built. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30834-overdrives-report-on-the-70-western-f-model/#findComment-178594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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