mrsmackpaul Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I received a Australian vintage truck magazine yesterday and in one of the stories it had this photo Thought of KS straight away A bloke who seems pretty fond of both makes and might end up torn between the two LOL Back in the day Scania ran a whole series of adds about the benefits of their trucks as they were trying pretty hard to get a good size bite of the Australian market And in their adds they featured trucks with teeth painted on them as you can see in the lower half of the photo Mack was really well known for first it's Thermodyne and of course then the Maxidyne but when the coolpower was released onto the Australian market it was a game changer for Mack I feel the Mack Coolpowers were really what you felt like a Mack should be, they had balls and could out pull a 400 bigcam Crummins and do it for less fuel and also for millions of km This photo is all about the Econodyne which marked the end of the Coolpowered Macks out here Then again on this site Im no doubt preaching to the converted as we say out Anyway have laugh I know I did Seeya Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51710-the-toothless-scania/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macks in nigeria Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 The grudge between the scandinavian trucks and Mack started a couple of decades ago. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51710-the-toothless-scania/#findComment-385163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 U.S. had Scania powered R400 Macks and isn't the Scania V8 Mack based design? 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/51710-the-toothless-scania/#findComment-385166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macks in nigeria Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I saw those small engines years ago in some Trucks here and thought it was someone's creativity as transplanting engines was a common practice here,till date most single axle Rs are running with MAN rear axles. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51710-the-toothless-scania/#findComment-385171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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