j hancock Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Early Mack AB with just enough rust to make reading the serial number next to impossible. 2 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 yours? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 No, it isn't mine. It is owned by a fellow about 45 minutes away.The serial number looks to be AB XXX and it is stamped across the frame horn instead of running lengthwise with the frame rail. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 wow that is an early one then Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Maybe after some time with the museum folks, the exact number can be figured out. I looked at it for a while but the surface rust has certainly done its magic. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 the current oldest known AB is now at the Iowa 80 museum,it's a 1915 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Any idea what the serial number might be? Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Any idea what the serial number might be?I thought I had a pic of the sign in front of it,but I guess I don't and I can't remember what it was. There was an artical on this truck in Double Clutch awhile back if anyone remembers,that was before Iowa 80 bought it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Saw this on the intraweb. The Hillman collection was auctioned off years ago. Wonder where it is now?http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/05/28/from-the-archives-1915-mack-ab/ Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 http://www.ebay.com/itm/151000847267?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AITThis has been running on Ebay for a long time,if they need a radiator for it. Very hard to find. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 OK, I am not sure exactly what he has for spares. Don't believe he has ever thrown something away so there may be one in inventory already. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I thought I had a pic of the sign in front of it,but I guess I don't and I can't remember what it was. There was an artical on this truck in Double Clutch awhile back if anyone remembers,that was before Iowa 80 bought it. SERIAL #361 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Neat truck skeleton. I know where there are some Sterlings like that. Unfortunately not for sale. I'm still looking for AB parts if anyone has any. Mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Wonder what happened to the 1920 AB from Kemp's. Was pretty nice, set up like a speedster. Don't recall any bids on it. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Kemp 65 is living large in a collection in New England. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Kemp 65 is living large in a collection in New England.Glad it found a good home. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I borrowed this picture with permission from Gene Herman. This was at a show in Mass in 2013. It was at Macungie a few years back. There was a picture in Double Clutch and a mention that they couldn't get the number off the radiator. Mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermonster Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) I borrowed this picture with permission from Gene Herman. This was at a show in Mass in 2013. It was at Macungie a few years back. There was a picture in Double Clutch and a mention that they couldn't get the number off the radiator. Mikeimage.jpgMike ~ Thanx for leading me to this thread. I wondered what that ghost number on the radiator was and didn't recall ever seeing this truck at Kemp's. Now I know! ~ Gene Edited September 23, 2015 by vermonster Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermonster Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Another AB at the 2013 ATHS show in Hudson, MA. This one is a 1928 model and belonged to Joe Damigella from Holliston. MA Edited September 23, 2015 by vermonster Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_martell Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Early Mack AB with just enough rust to make reading the serial number next to impossible.Where's the chain drive?? Or were some set up chains and others right off the axle? Quote Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekennedy21 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 some were worm drive from the factory(most of the ones I have seen) and some were chain driven. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermonster Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) A real nice one I saw at Barrington, NH in 2008. Never got the owner's name on this one. Edited September 23, 2015 by vermonster 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermonster Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 And one more for the road from Barrington 2008. Front bumper said "9 Years of Therapy" 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermonster Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) A few more AB's from the 2012 ATHS Nationals in W. Springfield, MA....Dana Morse's 1929 flatbed, J.P. Noonan's 1925 tanker and John B. Haines IV 1930 dump.... Edited September 23, 2015 by vermonster 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/41863-mack-ab/#findComment-304927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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