Popular Post rsb502 Posted March 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2014 Well she's home, 72 model MB, Overnite 11527 I believe its crusty but I think I can clean it up ok. 14 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/35140-got-the-mb-home/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 That's awesome!!!! You don't see many MB's anymore. What engine/tranny? Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 More pics, 673 non turbo, duplex trans with a Mack single rear axle. The passenger seat looks brand new, gotta get a drivers seat to match. 2 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/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nice MB!That other truck is nice too. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 wow like the stoolpigeon used to run one in the 70,s.lol.an MB and a tattletale....good luck with it...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 That's great to see a "irregular" truck being saved. On Ebay someone has a "new" cab for one of these. Thanks for saving a piece of history Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 That thing is sweet man! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nice save! an MB is a damn good truck! most likely an aftermarket seat on the pass. side,as most MB's didn't have one. All the MB's APA had didn't,we carried our handtrucks on the pass.side.............looks like old home week! especially with the tachograph.............Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Definitely not a "Cookie Cutter". It is running 2200RPM with the key off,I"ll bet she will really roll once off the trailer. Good Luck. Joe D. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nice MB! That other truck is nice too. with comments like that makes you glad he's not an enemy don't it! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just out of curiosity, what is the height of the highest point on the cab (which is obviously the air horns or the marker lights) not including the stack?And what is the total length??? Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
russoniellov Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just great. Amazing how one changes through one's lifetime, as a kid I thought the MB was just plain ugly, now at fifty I wish I could have one, love it...... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just out of curiosity, what is the height of the highest point on the cab (which is obviously the air horns or the marker lights) not including the stack?And what is the total length???The MB? 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/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Measured just for shits n grins when I loaded it, was 10'6", my stacks are 12'6" on the RW, the MB is about 16' long, just a little guy. I think the lowboy is 24" high so figure 8'6" for the truck. 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/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just got back from a drive in the MB, the shifters are sticky but they're soaking in kroil so they'll get better and I can turn it around in one lane of a two lane road. The sound reminds me of a CF pumper we had on the vfd here years ago, it runs awful good for as long as it has sat. I can tell this is gonna be one of those things I spend way too much time playing with. 2 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/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 8'6....dammit.....too high for my garage by 3"........Plenty of length though. That's exactly what I would be looking for if I had some extra money- a simple single screw MB, R, or U with a 237 and a 5-speed, but under 8'3"....LOL. Have fun with it, sounds like you got a nice new toy!!! You need to bring that and the superdog to Macungie! Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 1958F.W.D. You could put 9:00-20 rubber on it or new metric size equilavent would most likely lower it by 3".Let some air out of tires. Joe D. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 you could always C notch the frame like the hotrod guys to FWD ...... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Its sitting on 11r22.5's so low pros would drop you about 1.5", of course you could always build a bigger garage, or just get a bigger door! 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/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Good luck with the project,love those MB's! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 8'6....dammit.....too high for my garage by 3"........Plenty of length though. That's exactly what I would be looking for if I had some extra money- a simple single screw MB, R, or U with a 237 and a 5-speed, but under 8'3"....LOL. Have fun with it, sounds like you got a nice new toy!!! You need to bring that and the superdog to Macungie!The MB with a 238 2cy Detroit exactly 4'' shorter so it just might work for ya? Just give me the OK and I'll send my feelers out!BULLHUSK 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Its sitting on 11r22.5's so low pros would drop you about 1.5", of course you could always build a bigger garage, or just get a bigger door!I already put a higher header and this commercial roll-up style steel door on for the FWD.....Old header height was 6'8" I increased it to 8'3" (as high as the ceiling joists would allow....) It used to have a standard 3-section fiberglass door. And yes, there is plenty of room next to the FWD for another toy. 1 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Nice MB!That other truck is nice too.with comments like that makes you glad he's not an enemy don't it!Don't worry, he knows his Super is a fine set of wheels. Got to give him some grief once in a while though. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-238998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 The MB with a 238 2cy Detroit exactly 4'' shorter so it just might work for ya? Just give me the OK and I'll send my feelers out!BULLHUSKWhy thank you I appreciate that but no. I have enough 2-strokes in the garage already. Let's see- a weed wacker, a chainsaw, a hedge trimmer (those are for giving Slpwlkr his haircuts) The snowblower is also 2 stroke.....You know, shit that should actually BE 2-stroke. 1 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-239020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Thanks goodness I had 10ft ceilings in my garage. I had to cut the small door out and build a barn door to get the B in there. Door on the left was typical for this end. Luckily they just framed in the short header so I could cut it out and use the 10ft one.Had to cut the pipes down on the truck to get them to just clear(by like 2"). Have to pull the left mirror in also to get it to squeeze in the narrow opening. I'm thinking it is 9ft wide. The bunk is 8ft, gives you 6" on each side. The mirrors stick out a bit more then that. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35140-got-the-mb-home/#findComment-239027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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