Popular Post Superdog Posted December 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2014 Since I decided the little non sleeper WS was too nice to be a parts donor for Mikey's,decided to start rounding up stuff to get it more presentable. Got the drivers door panel off my old parts cab,that's as far as I got. Why is it something that sounds so simple can turn into an all afternoon procedure??Then I went to install it and came to a standstill,all the blindnuts but 2 were gone so I couldn't attach inner panel.not having any that small to replace them,I had to throw in the towel on this project ,I did test fit the padded panel,it's going to look alot better . I haven't measured the wheelbase yet,but man is it short. 10 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Slap that visor on there thatd look sweet! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superdog Posted December 14, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2014 Slap that visor on there thatd look sweet!I'm going too Vinny. I want to get the interior done first. This is going to be a pretty low budget deal,luckily the paint is decent,I'm going to put a stripe of some kind to break up the white,put aluminum wheels on the back,chrome stack and call it good. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 you know this post reminds me of my cruiseliner...i had 30 years ago,,,,really liked it but those doors,,,you had to slam the piss outa them,,to get them to shut....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Looks Good!Bet it turns on a dime. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superdog Posted December 14, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2014 some better pics of the truck.This horn button was out of my parts truck,anybody ever heard of Save-Rite,Inc. ?? 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Google search brought up Save Rite as a discount grocery store owned by Winn Dixie Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Looks good.The more you talk about this truck makes me want to cry Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Looks good.The more you talk about this truck makes me want to cryTrade you it for a '78 Superliner.did you get the pics of the sleeper? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Google search brought up Save Rite as a discount grocery store owned by Winn DixieI figured it musta been something like that,are they still in business? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I'd like to see the air intake on the right side where it belongs....Just sayin' that all 26 (includeing the 1 V8) Cruiseliners that we had, the air intake was on the right side interior to the exhaust stack. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 MikeWinn-Dixie in the Greenville SC area has closed up. Thinking they were originally out of Florida and do not know if they are still around south of here.. Last trucks the ran here were Brigadeeres with 6V71 or 6V92's in them. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Oh they are still big in Fl Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I figured it musta been something like that,are they still in business?Save Rite as a name is gone. The WD parent corporation converted them into Winn Dixie's Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY-B61 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 What is the red truck in the first set, third picture down, to the left and partially obscured by the door? Great looking project pictures! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977vega Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 H63? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Well Mike since the National Finals Rodeo ended last night, I think you should advertise the cruseliner in Rodeo News,.......with a wheelbase like it has it should easily double as a rough stock trainer!......... just a thought. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 What is the red truck in the first set, third picture down, to the left and partially obscured by the door? Great looking project pictures!This one? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superdog Posted December 14, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2014 Well Mike since the National Finals Rodeo ended last night, I think you should advertise the cruseliner in Rodeo News,.......with a wheelbase like it has it should easily double as a rough stock trainer!......... just a thought. That's kinda funny you should say that. Back when it didn't hurt so damn much to recover,me and some of my buddies would usually spend too much time in one of several local taverns on Sat. nites . One nite we were swapping tall tales,probably trying to impress some girls,everybody usually got a kick out of my trucking stories,true or otherwise,so I asked them if I'd ever told them about the time I rode the mechanical bull at Gilley's in Pasadena,TX. Told them,I walked in there and they were having a bullriding contest,and I sat there while it threw everybody that climbed on. I said I'll have a try,so climbed on the mechanical bull,they turned it on and kept turning it up a notch at a time,all the while I just sat there,calmly drinking a beer,then took a dip of Skoal,finally after 10 minutes they turned it off. The guy at the switch said"that's amazing,you never even spilled a drop of beer or even a fleck of Skoal,you must be a real professional bull rider." Nope,I replied,I drive a F model Mack. 8 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 That's kinda funny you should say that. Back when it didn't hurt so damn much to recover,me and some of my buddies would usually spend too much time in one of several local taverns on Sat. nites . One nite we were swapping tall tales,probably trying to impress some girls,everybody usually got a kick out of my trucking stories,true or otherwise,so I asked them if I'd ever told them about the time I rode the mechanical bull at Gilley's in Pasadena,TX. Told them,I walked in there and they were having a bullriding contest,and I sat there while it threw everybody that climbed on. I said I'll have a try,so climbed on the mechanical bull,they turned it on and kept turning it up a notch at a time,all the while I just sat there,calmly drinking a beer,then took a dip of Skoal,finally after 10 minutes they turned it off. The guy at the switch said"that's amazing,you never even spilled a drop of beer or even a fleck of Skoal,you must be a real professional bull rider." Nope,I replied,I drive a F model Mack. LOL that was a good one Mike 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY-B61 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 This one? 001.JPGYes and thanks! Great looking piece of history, too bad my stable is full. What I wouldn't give.... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Stable full? impossible! Macks are like Jell-O theres always room for one more Lol!......................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vision386 Posted December 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2014 That's a good one Mike! kinda like one my Grandad used to tell me.......................3 old time truckdrivers are sitting in a bar,discussing who drives and who makes the best truck,so they decide to go outside for a side by side comparison. First guy takes out a bottle of champagne,breaks it over the hood of a new Pete, " I christen thee George Washington,cause you're the first new truck I've driven"!! Second guy does likewise.on a new KW " I christen thee Abraham Lincoln,cause the KW salesman was the first honest guy I ever dealt with"!!!!!! 3rd guy cracks open a can of beer,dumps it on the hood of an R-Model " I christen thee Teddy Roosevelt,cause you are one rough ridin' son of a bitch"!!!.........................................Mark 7 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38094-cruiseliner-from-co/#findComment-270435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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