Popular Post j hancock Posted April 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2014 The last Mack B model rolled off the assembly line on April 28, 1966. Thankfully, Mack had released excellent replacements in the form of the R, U and DM models prior to to this date.Here is an old ad that claims to be the last unit. I never checked into the number to see what is know about it or its whereabouts.Long live the B model! 9 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
1957B61Vt Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yes!Long live the B model ! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustydog Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 :SMOKIE-RT: :SMOKIE-RT: AMEN TO THAT :SMOKIE-RT: :SMOKIE-RT: Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Wonder where the truck in the ad is now. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogmack58 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 YEAH THE "B" WAS A GREAT TRUCK, AN ICON! ALONG WITH ALL THAT CAME BEFORE IT AND DURING IT'S LIFE TIME AND IT'S BIGGER LITTLE BROTHER, THE "R" WELL THAT'S ANOTHER STORY! THAT WAS JUST MACK THOUGH, THEY JUST BUILT TOUGH TRUCKS NOT CRAP, UNLIKE SOME OF TODAY'S EXAMPLES! LONG LIVE THE MACK OF OLD, LEGEND! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogmack58 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 HEY VINNY, YEAH MATE, GOOD QUESTION! THAT IS ONE MACK THAT SHOULD BE SAVED! IF IT CAN BE FOUND THAT IS. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog2 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 1964 New York World's Fair Mack had their first triaxle mixer on display and Beard concrete of Milford CT bought it needless to say the frame broke on both sides and took out of service and Matthew Flanagan bought it aka Agra transport.It was white Quote Ed Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 68MackR Posted April 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2014 This may be it.It was shown at the Ohio Vintage Truck Jamboree, Ashland Ohio in 2012.Dan Aldrich photo.Jeff 7 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 The last one looked mighty Every thing has its end.Sometimes it's changed into a better one.As long we live as seldom it happens.. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Interesting looking grill. Don't see any shutters. Looks like a better setup.mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 has the B53 style grille with no shutters in it. could be the truck and someone added shutters and a turbo air cleaner? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 The Last One was in the Wooster area.If that is Last, it is looking pretty good with some upgrades and a new coat of paint. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Ike Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 The article mentions +/- 2000 forward control and CKD B model units that I'm not sure I'm aware of. Anyone have photos and/or descriptions? Quote Ed Smith1957 B85F 1242 "The General Ike" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackmb212 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 My friends grandfather was a parts runner at mack he started there in 66 he remembers there being about 20 b models sitting there and he said it was after production stopped. He asked why they were there and he was told some guy refused to buy any r models so they made them last b's for him. I'm sure this story is not 100% correct but imcsure it's close. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 The article mentions +/- 2000 forward control and CKD B model units that I'm not sure I'm aware of. Anyone have photos and/or descriptions?CKD means Complete Knock Down truck. It was a complete truck that was sent somewhere as a big kit and built at the destination.I am not sure on the Forward Control but might be the term for something like a bus chassis where you got the drivetrain and the front sheetmetal with a cowl and a school bus body was then built on it. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansas farmer Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 That is a mean looking b. I remember when they made the last run of rb's. Two of the last ones made came to our shop and I got to go over the check list before they got delivered to the customer I don't think I'll ever forget that 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_martell Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 This may be it.It was shown at the Ohio Vintage Truck Jamboree, Ashland Ohio in 2012.Dan Aldrich photo.JeffThat's one mean lookin b.....tri drive and front floaters.......sweet Quote Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Still don't know if it is the official Last One, but the truck in the ad and the red dump truck door both are using the last name of DeChant. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 excellent ...thanks for sharing...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
markpwhit Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Just might be - as j hancock is correct and area code 419 is the Toledo Ohio area. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phase 1 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 CKD means Complete Knock Down truck. It was a complete truck that was sent somewhere as a big kit and built at the destination.I am not sure on the Forward Control but might be the term for something like a bus chassis where you got the drivetrain and the front sheetmetal with a cowl and a school bus body was then built on it.I have read about CKD units and thought that they were all for export as that was the way it was sometimes done. There are pictures of trucks that were shipped overseas with the parts all packed in large boxes. I remember a parts man at a Mack dealer showing my father a new truck - I think it was an F model, all in parts at a Mack dealer and I thought that it was a complete truck but was young then and afterward thought that it might have been a glider kit. Were CKD units sold to U.S. dealers that way? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby j Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Thanks for sharing that little bit of mack history as I'm a 'b' model man myself..........bobby j. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmolitor Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Can't say I ever saw a B with floats on front. Makes me want one. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 57 bcr Posted May 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2014 How about this one,momack? This one belonged to my first boss,Rick Leach. The floaters DO look cool on a B! 1 3 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/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 wow look at that air cleaner Al. what I would give for that B model curve chrome stack. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35547-a-very-solemn-day-april-281966/#findComment-243898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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