Popular Post sodly Posted July 23, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) This truck has been a favorite of mine about as long as I can remember. I bought a VHS tape from ATCA back in the early 90s in which he describes the truck at Macungie. Iowa 80 owns it now. Does anyone have any hi-res photos of this BX? Would love to find some good photos but they seem to be few and far between. By the way, does anyone know what ever became of Tom's large Mack collection? Does anyone else have any of his Macungie videos from back in the 90s? I contacted ATCA about getting them on DVD but they acted like they'd never even heard of them before. Weird. Does Tom ever hang out here? Would love to see more of those old Macungie shows. Edited July 23, 2016 by sodly 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I had that video back in the "90's, lost it years ago... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Nice lookin ride..bob Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) That BX has been one of my favorite trucks since I first saw it. I only have pictures of it on film. Tom sold most of his stuff a bunch of years ago and moved to Florida. He has at least one truck because I have seen pictures of an AC belonging to him at shows in FL. His GMC from Proctor was also sold to Iowa 80. Gary Mahan ended up with some of his parts and trucks. I have parts of a B85 fire truck that went from Tom to Gary to someone else to me. My parents bought all those videos back in the 90's. We could get them redone if there is real interest. Maybe Doug Maney would know more about them. Mike Edited July 23, 2016 by yarnall 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Tom is active in the ATCA Vintage Trucks of Florida chapter.. He had several trucks at their show in Leesburg FL last Feb. You can probably contact them thru the chapters website: http://www.vintagetrucksfl.org/home.aspx Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodly Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 1 hour ago, yarnall said: That BX has been one of my favorite trucks since I first saw it. I only have pictures of it on film. Tom sold most of his stuff a bunch of years ago and moved to Florida. He has at least one truck because I have seen pictures of an AC belonging to him at shows in FL. His GMC from Proctor was also sold to Iowa 80. Gary Mahan ended up with some of his parts and trucks. I have parts of a B85 fire truck that went from Tom to Gary to someone else to me. My parents bought all those videos back in the 90's. We could get them redone if there is real interest. Maybe Doug Maney would know more about them. Mike I, for one, would enjoy seeing some of those old videos. Not sure about anyone else. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lakaszcyck Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Tom Spencer is alive and well and living in Port Jervis, New York. He retired from his truck restoration business several years ago and, as has been said, has sold most of his trucks. He spends the winters in Florida and is a member of our ATCA chapter, which is how I know him. Tom keeps his 1929 AC down here and brings it to local shows. By Tom's estimate he has restored over 80 trucks, most of them Macks. Besides owning his own shop, Tom worked for Gary Mahan for a numbers of years and did quite a few of Gary's trucks. Tom also had the honor of restoring AC serial number 0001, which is on display at the Iowa 80 museum. Despite restoring all those trucks, Tom's AC still sports it's original patina. He doesn't do computers, so the only way to reach him is by phone or at a show. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 10:17 PM, Jeff Lakaszcyck said: Tom Spencer is alive and well and living in Port Jervis, New York. He retired from his truck restoration business several years ago and, as has been said, has sold most of his trucks. He spends the winters in Florida and is a member of our ATCA chapter, which is how I know him. Tom keeps his 1929 AC down here and brings it to local shows. By Tom's estimate he has restored over 80 trucks, most of them Macks. Besides owning his own shop, Tom worked for Gary Mahan for a numbers of years and did quite a few of Gary's trucks. Tom also had the honor of restoring AC serial number 0001, which is on display at the Iowa 80 museum. Despite restoring all those trucks, Tom's AC still sports it's original patina. He doesn't do computers, so the only way to reach him is by phone or at a show. Thanks for sharing this photo. Tom is a great guy and one of the finest Mack men around. Have not seen him for some years now. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodly Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 Yeah, and that "original patina" AC ain't so bad, either. Wonder how old that paint is? Would love to know more about it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncFireman Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Like the BX very much. Looks like he did top notch restoration. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-340863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodly Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 On 7/23/2016 at 7:45 AM, yarnall said: That BX has been one of my favorite trucks since I first saw it. I only have pictures of it on film. Tom sold most of his stuff a bunch of years ago and moved to Florida. He has at least one truck because I have seen pictures of an AC belonging to him at shows in FL. His GMC from Proctor was also sold to Iowa 80. Gary Mahan ended up with some of his parts and trucks. I have parts of a B85 fire truck that went from Tom to Gary to someone else to me. My parents bought all those videos back in the 90's. We could get them redone if there is real interest. Maybe Doug Maney would know more about them. Mike Just wondering about those old ATCA videos you mentioned. Is Doug Maney still around here? When I emailed ATCA about those old videos they acted like they didn't even know what I was talking about. Do you know anything about them, Doug? Otherwise, I'd be interested in getting copies made, Mike, if you're interested in doing it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-343049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Because the videos weren't an ATCA deal. They were done by Lindsey Crawford. Try him here http://www.longroadpro.com/ Don't know if it is still a good address or not. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-343050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Blaylock Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 This one? 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-343197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodly Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 That's the one. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46175-tom-spencersiowa-80s-mack-bx-flatbed/#findComment-343256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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