Popular Post 41chevy Posted January 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) 1937 MACK bus chassis. Note the long air intake tube. All dressed up. Edited January 14, 2019 by 41chevy 8 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/55295-1937-mack-bus-eye-candy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 It's got a Ram Air intake!! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55295-1937-mack-bus-eye-candy/#findComment-413235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryS Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I'm wondering about the shift connection. Is it air or mechanical? I remember riding on some of those old "pushers" and the driver having trouble with every shift. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55295-1937-mack-bus-eye-candy/#findComment-413323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 My guess is cable operated shifters. With age I'm sure they get stiff and sloppy. I'm betting around town they hardy got into 2nd gear? Looks like the clutch is cable also, but I'm thinking I've seen many with air clutch. I'm guessing it took plenty of finesse to drive it smoothly. I grew up with early GMC buses, most being automatics. Similar to this design: Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55295-1937-mack-bus-eye-candy/#findComment-413326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayhair Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 With those old GMC busses it seemed like the steering must have been about 20 turns lock to lock. Drivers really had to work to earn their pay. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55295-1937-mack-bus-eye-candy/#findComment-413327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 In 1985, the company I worked for bought a couple of K100E cabovers with cable shift...talk about stiff! I hated those things. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55295-1937-mack-bus-eye-candy/#findComment-413361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 10 hours ago, HarryS said: I'm wondering about the shift connection. Is it air or mechanical? I remember riding on some of those old "pushers" and the driver having trouble with every shift. All the info I've found is it is mechanical with flex joints ever section to bell cranks to shift rods to trans. The trans is a 3 speed so two rods make sense. 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/55295-1937-mack-bus-eye-candy/#findComment-413365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryS Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Those buses were still in the double clutch era. No wonder it was so hard to get the gears changed. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/55295-1937-mack-bus-eye-candy/#findComment-413420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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