ranchhopper Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I have been driving mack trucks from my teenage days which by the way is a LONG time ago I have been restoring and customizing military trucks for a while and I restore and drive early to mid seventys chevy trucks. Time to move on to the next level I want to find a decent B model or a 66-71 R model to restore and use in the many parades I do for the veterans. The last military truck I customized which I still own is used to do parades with the vets the older guys who cant march anymore are loaded into the back and ride along waving to appreciative crowds I included a couple pics the truck went from a really beat up fire dept brush truck to the finished shorter version on which I did my first digital camo paint job. I drove a nice 71 RS700L for an excavator years ago pulling a lowboy I would really like to have that tractor now the last two years I have been driving an RB model pulling a dump trailer until this spring I was moved to running a loader loading semis with gravel and other yard chores its nice to finally get out of the nasty traffic problem we have here. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Welcome!http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/36819-1970-r600-for-sale/ Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Thanks. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Maybe my '70 model would work for you? 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Welcome aboard Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 wow,,,right on man,,,and welcome aboard...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Im looking for a fixer upper not a basket case I need something with a decent running engine and good trans a ready to work truck is out of my budget I might sell the military truck to fund this project then I could buy a better starter truck. Im not afraid to dive into a project truck either I work at a company with 40 macks and we have a huge shop and the head mechanic is a good friend who looks forward to assisting me with any problem that may arise. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Again...check out the link to my '70. I drive it several times a week. And, a lot of work has gone into the mechanical side of it. Mainly, it needs the cosmetic work done to it to make it pretty. Engine and trans are great. Driveline is great. Drives great. Cab is better than most steel dash trucks. It's far from a basket case. 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Doubleclutchinweasel you misunderstood me your truck is great a bit out of my price line because you have done lots of improvements on it I read the ad you have you have a ready to work truck jump in and go needs nothing to improve it. I may see if the one I have pictured is for sale it needs a new cab its a 73 looks like it needs a bit of fiberglass work Im no stranger to that either but depending on price the cab may be a deal killer its local though and for the price of shipping one from another state it may pay to buy a cab.I will get rid of the box and hoist and just redo the cab and chassis it looked older than a 73 but it has a brown interior either way buy it or not I have begun the search the biggest problem with the local trucks is the rust jacking of the double frame rails. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I've got clean rails, too.Make me an offer? Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Your looking at a truck that needs a cab,glass work and has a rusty frame? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 That would definitely qualify it as a "project", wouldn't it? Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Here are a couple pics of the truck I was talking about in my previous post. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 "73 up.What engine? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Don't have any more information on it right now the owner was not present when the pics were taken and I didn't want my friend to open anything up with out them present they park in the same yard. He took the pics today when he got back in he said they have not moved in years there is two B models sitting there too one has a cummins in it and one is a gasser but they are true basket cases. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 A "B" with a Cummins is cool... Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superdog Posted October 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2014 I'm probably wrong as usual but if a truck is only ever going to be used as a parade truck,or to drive to shows and is never going to pull more than a empty trailer ,what really does it hurt that it has rust in the rails? Sandblast it the best you can,weld up any cracks and paint it. It ain't like you are going to work it everyday hauling 80,000 # loads. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 No Mike,i'd say you are correct on that aspect. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Being a six wheeler the hoists always leak and make the perfect frame oiler preserving the metal and here in northern Illinois most excavators do not work all winter after the big freeze up saving the truck not running on salted roads the thing that does bother me is the roof rusting out like it has. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Rusted roofs usually lead to rusted floors, rusted cab corners, and such.I wish Mack had discovered galvanized metal a few years earlier. Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchhopper Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 All that water goes down the roof pillars and after filling up the lower parts of the cab it freezes in the winter and splits the cab open in spots. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Ouch! Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Welcome to the jungle Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
85snowdog Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Good luck with your search.Keith Quote Keith Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Moody Jr Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Good Luck and welcome, keep us inform of your search. Couple miles from me there a place that have over 50 military trucks and I think they restore they for parades etc. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37259-hello-from-northern-il/#findComment-262153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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