Popular Post Superdog Posted May 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2015 I've had this awhile just got it home today,got it from a friend's estate. '68 R607ST,END673P,15 speed Triplex,4:76 rears on Camelback. Was a lowboy tractor for my home county for many,many years,then for a local contractor,then my friend ended up with it and was going to make a dump truck,but never got it done,been sitting 12 yrs.,and not started since he died a couple years ago.I put new batteries in it,checked it over,pumped the hand primer,and it only rolled over twice before it was running.Cab is really solid other than the bad patch job on the bottom back,worst part is someone put a newer dash in it,that's definitely getting changed.The last owner before Jim had the Mack dealer put hydraulic power steering on it,runs,drives and shifts great. 13 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nice. Are you going to use tachographs or the standard speedo and tach? Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nice. Are you going to use tachographs or the standard speedo and tach?The only old style dash I have to put back it in is a standard one. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maint1 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I like the truck. The roll back is worth it's weight in gold! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 what a honey Mike. I have a pretty cherry cab for that old girl...... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 I like the truck. The roll back is worth it's weight in gold!it sure is Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 what a honey Mike. I have a pretty cherry cab for that old girl......I'd really hate to switch cabs no more than is wrong with this one. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianDzimitrowiczJr Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I've seen a few early R's with those bezels under the gauges to angle them towards the driver. Was that a Mack accessory or something from Stewart Warner? Quote Brian1959 B61T Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 I've seen a few early R's with those bezels under the gauges to angle them towards the driver. Was that a Mack accessory or something from Stewart Warner?Actually those aren't bezels,thats the way the dash is molded,it was an option,evidently 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff M Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Love the angled gauges, haven't seem those for a very long time. You've sure gotten good usage out of that rollback. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Hinged at the bottom, two screws and panel swung out for easy access. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nice truck with good specs.A lot of freight outfits in the Northeast ran them like that Oneida,Fowler+Williams and others 673-711 with a tri-plex. Joe D. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nice truck with good specs.A lot of freight outfits in the Northeast ran them like that Oneida,Fowler+Williams and others 673-711 with a tri-plex. Joe D.I'm anxious to find out who this truck was built for,I know Louisa County bought it used,that's as far back as I've gotten. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 That will look cool with all those gauges, even if some are redundant. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 My first boss had a '69 R-700 with the standard speedo & tach set up along with the angled guage panel. The big hole all the way to the right was where the pyrometer sat. 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/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The only dash like that that I'd seen in person was in a '68 R685T when I was a kid. It had the angled gauges and dual tachographs. It was also a darker color, possibly the olive drab if it were available as an option at the time. Having only seen the standard, mint green dashboards up to that point, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The dash reminds me of the 66 model we had.Tough old girl. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Always thought those angled gauges were cool, only saw a few over the years. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/40042-1968-r607st/#findComment-290278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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