jake Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Holy Mack truckaronie when they put that white X on houses out here in the Newark NJ area they wreck em!! BullhuskThat's what I thought too. Out there it must mean save em. There was an old Frieghtliner parked next to them that had the big white X too. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Nice,Jake. Tachographs & everything! What are the chances of finding 1 let alone 2 indentical F models in decent shape like that? You must be livin' right,Jake! Looks Good!Thanks guys. Just lucky I guess. Jake Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby j Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Could these be possible old Overnite tractors as it looks like some Overnite grey paint coming thru plus we had few that had old signalstat markers on the......are they 300's with a straight 5 speed and do they have tachograph clocks instead of speedometer..... 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Yes Bobby they sure must be. They are straight 5 speeds and I believe they are 300's. I haven't had the cabs up yet. Under the red paint I can see traces of grey with blue on the bottom. The horn button on one says, "Custom Built For Overnite Transportation Co. They are 1976 models and the guy I bought them from said they originally came from out east. Can you tell me anything about them? Jake Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Wow to bad they were painted red Overnite paint scheme was one of the best. I wonder why the CH's never caught on with overnite. I remember seeing one test rig that was real sharp Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby j Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Jake.... The tractors probably were sold out of Richmond va. Atlanta ga. Charlotte nc. All of the old f-model sleepers were team trucks. Not much room in them for two people I know. Best I remember they had 3.65 rears. They all had trans governor that engaged in fifth gear....you could ease gear stick outta fifth and then about half way back in to override the governor then they would run like a scalded ape. If you look at top of glass on tachograph you probably can see where drivers sanded them to put clock block in them to hold speedometer needle at 55mph. They all had weed burner exhaust, asf fifth wheel some of them had 237 but mostly 300's with the tip-turbine fan. Overnite got rid of all of them in the late eighty's to early nineties when they went to white conventuals. In my opinion some of the best tractors we had 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Nice save way better shape than my day cab f Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phase 1 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 The owner said they ran good but he bought them, drove them home and parked them. He told me that when we pick them up, plan on spending the day because he had lots to show us. He said he had over a hundred farm tractors in his collection.So what else did you see there ? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 So what else did you see there ?PZ1, He had a lot of stuff. Mostly older farm tractors, trucks, cars, and snowmobiles. I didn't see any more Macks. I walked around and took a few pictures. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 That top picture is an early Polaris Sno-Traveller. A family in our town of Crystal Falls,Mi. had one of these wooden-tracked machines. Super rare in my book. Cool pics,Jake! 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/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-240723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I know this is an old post and that he hasn't logged on in years, but has anyone heard from @jake or know if he ever did anything with these F Models? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-505228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Kind of weird lots of people just disappear for some reason or another frankly I think the political chat got a little too much for them… bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34449-f-models/page/3/#findComment-506437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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