2 STICK PUPPY Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Ok the old argument of Mack taking the superliner from Brockway..... Well heres proof of them using the design of what the 1978 Brockway would of been..... its an RB style from down under 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2 STICK PUPPY Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 ok one more time to make it straight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DailyDiesel Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Brockway, a victim of its own sucess? Quote www.dailydieseldose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 STICK PUPPY Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 A wildcat labor strike actually killed Brockway .... Mack told them they would close the plant but the union thought it was a bluff ..... Mack closed the plant and liquidated it with in a month ..... plus Brockway was having a hard time getting engines and other components.... Brockway had an order to fill for Iran so they shipped all the parts to Miami for final assembly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2 STICK PUPPY Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 I would love that nose for my RB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 STICK PUPPY Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 I hate my cell phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 All I can is Wow . im learning more about Brockway by the day . Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Rumor has it that Peter Grimm from Albany has the last of two prototypes. Peter Grimm has a very vast collection of Brockways. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
761 Brock Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 If you have or seen the Dec 1977issue of Overdrive mag, they did a roadtest/evaluation of the Superliner (preproduction) and said "Actually, the new Super-Liner cab incorporates many of the features of the late, great Brockway, the division of mack killed by corporate manipulation early this year; so for those brockway lovers, perhaps you can still get your thrills admiring and driving the spiritual brother of "the most rugged truck in the world."Also the lo pro coe in Australia uses or used the Huskiteer (550) series cab for production there also..... But one word for that blue truck from Australia- what a beautiful truck!! Love to have a hood like to convert my Cromwell 761 into a tile like that!!!Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 But one word for that blue truck from Australia- what a beautiful truck!! Love to have a hood like to convert my Cromwell 761 into a tile like that!!!ClayWould that be Cromwell Concrete of Cromwell, CT? i noticed your picture. Quote Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 We've discussed the 1978 Brockway 760 Super-Liner prototype and the Mack (New Zealand) RB before (Only NZ had this model).http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/19327-interesting-new-trucks/page-9Mack Trucks had provided Brockway with a modified R-model cab (altered front firewall and front side panels).The wildcat strike killed Brockway. Mack's acquisition of Brockway gave the small truckmakers a second chance. They didn't have the money to design much-needed new cabs and Mack could provide. But in the end, with the wildcat strike, the death was self-inflicted.Mack used that modified R-model cab as the basis for the RWL/RWS Super-Liner. But of course, the RWL/RWS had an entirely different lightweight west coast chassis. Every component from the hood on was completely different. I'm fond of Brockway, but the only common part between the 1978 Brockway 760 Super-Liner prototype and the RWL/RWS Super-Liner was the Mack-sourced modified R-model CA49 cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Macks ownership of Brockway goes back to 1956. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
761 Brock Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 2stack, yes it is from Cromwell Concrete.Have had it since Aug 2002. The 761 in my avatar pic was owned by Bob "Oakey" Oakliff of Portland, Ct, (who found the Cromwell 761 for me), and is what it looked like when my brother drove it for 2 years for him back in the early 80's. it is what it will look like when she is done....... I do have a regualr tilt nose which i want to install on the Cromwell along with a factory sleeper off another tilt nose....(40 in sit in)Clay...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
761 Brock Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Oooops, my mistake I couldn't post the pic of Oakey's 761, so i used the Cromwell, just noticed that , duh!!!Sorry for the confusion... Anyway I bought his truck back in Nov 2011, after a friend of mine Mike Doucette of Glastonbury found it in Farmington back in 2007, 25 years after Oakey sold it.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
761 Brock Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Actually the cabs for Brockway and Mack were proced by Shellar Globe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Heres anotherP1170589.JPGI think this could be a hood replacement for a sloped-nose RD! 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Actually the cabs for Brockway and Mack were proced by Shellar GlobeYes, the Mack-designed R-U-DM cabs were produced under contract by Sheller-Globe.CA36 (pre 1973 R-model)CA361 (pre 1973 U-DM)CA363 (post 73-81 U-model)CA49 (post 73 R/RD/RS/RL - fiberglass and steel hood)CA491 (post 73 DM - fiberglass hood / 81' on U-model)CA492 (post 73 DM - steel hood)CA494 (RWI600/700 Super-Liner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifth wheel Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I have an article on the development of the Brockway's Superliner, which I can not locate at this time. It has to do with Brockway getting into the O/O market, with its engineering and design concepts , pictures and renderings of many styles of Brockway's Superliner and what Mack did with them. I will find it someday.FW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldspwr Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Here is a link to some additional pictures of the Brockway prototype...http://www.brockwaytrucks.org/messageboard/viewtopic.php?p=9481In the Brockway museum, on the upper level, there are a dozen sketches displayed of this prototype that were donated by the original artist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Excellent pictures and information! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 And now all the Macks are lookin like VOLVOS!! I guess there is a Brockway curse after all! Oh yah by the way,what kscarbel did not tell you in his post about the self-inflicted stuff is that the strike was called by there union rep and not voted on by the membership! Also the Brockway men were going back to work under a deal that they made with Mack I think it was April 29 or 30th but after the deal to sell Brock fell through mack walked away from there deal with the Brockway men! Also does anybody know who put the last batch of Brocks together tn Florida??????? ...... It was the loyal to the end Brockway guys! Yes the same ones that mack stuck it to!! Let the truth be told there Mr kscarbel it wasn't he union (and I have no love for unions) it was the fact that Brockway was starting to pass mack in the sales end and mack threw them to the curb and that my friends is why Brockway is no-more.......... Now lets see what Volvo has in store for mack?????....BULLHUSK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 STICK PUPPY Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 Volvo killed Autocar and now they have killed Mack in my book..... not everyone needs an over the road looking truck ..... even the MR is all plastic inside .... the new trucks are built like a volvo not bulit like a Mack truck!!!! And boy oh boy do I miss my Brockway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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