r686st Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Does anyone else thing that would be a neat name for a new generation Superliner? Maybe someone can post some photoshopped pics to give us an idea of what they think it would look like. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
b61mack Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Didn't Freightliner have a cabover with a big grille that was called a Powerliner. I think it had a v 12 Detroit or some large power plant. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Yes Freightliner did have a Powerliner. It had a very large grill to cool the Cummins KTA or V12 Detroit or the 3408 Cat 1 Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Powerliner...like this?BC Mack 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
r686st Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Haha I had no idea that they made that truck. I'm guessing no one cares for the name. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted March 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2014 Superliner III Big Dog Edition. Keep the tradition alive! Paul 1 3 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/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 My uncle drove a Powerliner with the standard NTA-400 in it. I really don't like using a competitors name but they already did that with the Titan (Chevy)!! Like it or not! 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/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 a local truck line had a powerliner with a kt450 the old drivers still talk about it. how about the name Retroliner? it would be a deeper cab and have more head room. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Indeed White-Freightliner marketed the "Powerliner" in 74/75 I believe,they were available with all the big power (for the day) 3408 Cat,KT-series Cummins,and the V-12 green leaker. My Dad looked at a new one around 75 I think with a KT-600 Cummins in it,but it was pretty pricey even by 1975 standards!................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 The one my uncle drove was a '77 if I recall,Mark.Had to be about the end of the line for them. I know of one in a collection that has an 8V-92 in it.After a while,they offered the big motors in a standard FLT. So who needed the FLP with it's taller windshields and oddball front end cab parts,not mention that bumper,yikes! They are cool to see at a show,though! Waylon Dorner sure had a nice one at South Bend,In. ATHS Conv. a few years back. Al 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/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 My uncle drove a Powerliner with the standard NTA-400 in it. I really don't like using a competitors name but they already did that with the Titan (Chevy)!! Like it or not!Um... Even worse, Nissan has a Titan pickup truck.... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 A guy from Mack told me that the "big six" was named the "Turbodyne"..... 1 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Al,i wasn't sure they ran that late (77) last one I remember seeing in person is now a sign! it's for either a truckstop or wrecking yard? if memory serves in the Pacific Northwest somewhere. A friend of my Dad's had one leased to NAVL,I ,never saw it in person,but my Dad said the owner said,it was the biggest P.O.S he ever owned!....................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Ha ha,Mark! The one my uncle drove had just the Freightliner name in the "coathanger" (as opposed to "White Freightliner"-deal with White ended in '77). Wasn't too bad of a truck after coming from a '74 4070B with a 318/13spd! Could have bought it a few years ago. Guess it was just too hard to find parts for. The dealer would have to special order just about everything that wasn't common to the FLT. Collector's item,for sure! 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/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Mark,That Powerliner was on top of a sign pole in a small valley on I-5 called Curtin. Between Roseburg and Eugene. It was lit up at night too. The powertrain was out of it so it was probably did not weigh much.it was taken down when the small fuel stop closed some years back. I never saw the Powerliner name actually on any of the FL's I looked at? only in the brochures. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Coors transport (Coors Beer) had those with the KTA Cummins and the N-400 hp Cummins, does anyone know if they still haul there own beer? I think it was OD or one a the mag. that had a big art about when they never let the beer get warm, cold from the vat to the store even the city trucks had to be ref.BULLHUSK Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thank You! I knew I had seen it somewhere! been a few years since I've been that far west,I do remember seeing it lit up at night too!......................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Ernie,I remember that story too. Yes, their beer had to stay refrigerated as it was not pasteurized like it is today.I don't think they have their own fleet anymore.Sure had some sharp ones back in the day! 2 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/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Nice Al! I spent many childhood summers riding with my Dad,and once we layed over in Boulder,CO (he did a lot of work for the local NAVL agent Cities Storage) I don't recall seeing many C.O.E's pulling Coors trailers,but I remember seeing a lot of conventional White-Freightliner daycabs with REALLY long wheelbases! the early ones with the "Peterbilt-like" headlight mounts. Some of the first truly western spec. trucks I ever saw in person,it was odd to me,because they were still pulling mostly 40' and 45' Hobbs reefers,some were still even "bellymounts"! we even went as far as taking the tour of the brewery,when done,Dad got a sample of "the good stuff" I was treated to a sample of "Rocky Mountain Spring Water"! early seventies I'm guessing,as Coors was still not for sale east of the Mississippi river..............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-239934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Hi all I ran into this post searching for something else and I drove a Freightliner Powerliner with a 450 KTA Cummins a few times when working out of the Teamsters line driver local 468 for Moore Business forms around the late 1970s. It was probably the nicest truck I ever drove and the power was wonderful. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-326222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DailyDiesel Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 If memory servers the Allis Chalmers OTR engine, "Big Al" found their way into one or two Powerliners. Quote www.dailydieseldose.com Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-326273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaican Bulldog Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Did the later Powerliner only have the 'Freightliner' name as opposed to ' White Freightliner'? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-472892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) The Name Freightliner opposed to White Frtlnr started in late 1977 with the 1978 model year., due to the removal of the White dealership contract due to White Motor going belly up... I do Not know exactly when the Powerliner came out??? Edited April 24, 2021 by Brocky Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-472899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 On 4/24/2021 at 7:39 PM, Brocky said: The Name Freightliner opposed to White Frtlnr started in late 1977 with the 1978 model year., due to the removal of the White dealership contract due to White Motor going belly up... I do Not know exactly when the Powerliner came out??? According to Freightliner, the Powerliner came out in 1973. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35169-mack-powerliner-it-just-sounds-cool/#findComment-472976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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