Popular Post Superdog Posted December 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2014 Pic stolen from FB . Is this one of your old ones,Ron? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 No it isn't Mike,I took a double take too when I saw the"S" on the grille guard!Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Thinking it might be one of Alex C. Smith's old Brocks,from Akron,N.Y.. Have an old HDT from 6/72 with a nice write up on him and his fleet of Brockways. One picture of an early one,has that same S in the grille. 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 The letters on the Brockway cowcatchers were very common. Almost think they were a factory option.. I know Ithacs Delivery had ID on theirs. There was some discussion about this on the Brockway site a while back and Tom Millard had looked into some one reproducing them. Maybe Joe D. can help shed some light on the subject.. Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 39 Baby Mack Posted December 2, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2014 They did come installed from Brockway, I always thought they were installed as a favor to their customers.This picture was taken at the factory branch Erie and Castor Ave. Philadelphia, PAMr. Charles Horner Sr. and my father Ralph G. Smith Jr. taking delivery of a new 260 in 1951Take note of the other Brockways in the background!Ron 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Almost any decent metal fab shop could burn those out on a laser or plasma table at a very minimal cost. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 From what I was told by an ex-Brockway factory branch sales rep., they were an extra cost factory option (the grille guards) I have one I saved from a junkyard in South Jersey with "PN" on it (Port Norris Express- Port Norris,NJ) I always admired the craftsmanship on the grille guards,not many things like that made anymore........................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 The cowcatcher grille guard may have been an extra cost option, but I think Ron might be right, If you bought a grille guard it came with the letters on it.. 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 From what I was told by an ex-Brockway factory branch sales rep., they were an extra cost factory option (the grille guards) I have one I saved from a junkyard in South Jersey with "PN" on it (Port Norris Express- Port Norris,NJ) I always admired the craftsmanship on the grille guards,not many things like that made anymore........................................MarkAin't that the truth Mark, they way a friggin' ton!Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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