H Model Restoration

[mrsmackpaul]

Ball race turn tables or fifth wheels would be by far the most common in Australia 

More stability, less movement and so on

All a matter of what your used to seeing I guess

 

Paul

[The Rubber Duck 006]

My Grandpa talked about Hennis. He worked at the old lima truck stop here in Lima,Ohio. He said you could always tell when there was an accident or mess on the highway if it was over 20mins and you didn't see a Hennis truck roll by.

[1961H67]

Yep ,, That was one of their main routes to Chicago, Hauling Cigarettes from Winston Salem, I remember  when the Silver Bridge fell , Dad knew one of the drivers, there was 2 Hennis trucks coming through, one got caught by a red light, the other was on the bridge, The driver in the sleeper didn’t make it, the driver swam out with a broken arm. I think they were in a F Model. I think I saw a picture somewhere of a Hennis fueling at the Lima truck stop,, One of the Hennis drivers wrote a song about that run from Winston to Chicago,, look it up it’s called “ Goosball Brown  “ 

 

[1961H67]

H Model Mack Days for sure! I got to thinking about it and looked him up, My Dad bought a record from him. ( I have Dad’s cap , on a shelf,, just like the one Lonnie has on. ) All great memories from my childhood! 

[mowerman]

Wow, thanks for that

[h67st]

I had the chassis that my cab and engine came off of, and the cab that came off my tandem chassis. I'm trying to get things sorted out and cleaned up, so I put the cab on the chassis. It goes a lot faster when you don't have to worry about scratching the paint! The cab structure is all rusted/broken so you can see the strap I put on the side of the cab to stiffen the steps. My wife wants to use it as yard art.

[mowerman]

Well, she is, sure way more understanding than mine is … bob

[mechohaulic]

On 8/12/2023 at 9:01 PM, 1961H67 said:

A friend of my Dad’s has been working on this H 67 for a few years, he’s actually got it in pretty good shape, says he may paint it someday, He drives it to local Truck and Car shows during the summer,, he had it out today , I’m going to show him some pictures of yours, maybe it will inspire him to paint it. ( I have looked at the 5th wheel plate for years and I’m not sure of the purpose of the circle plate, I’ve never seen another one like it.) 

while at Mack truck , I mounted several HD 5th wheels similar but a much updated version. they are osculating 5th wheels . purpose is to keep fifth wheel plate continuous contact with trailer. ones I mounted were being used by a fleet hauling extra heavy /long prestress concrete beams.  thing about a normal truck/trailer combo; on a 90 degree turn the fifth wheel has pressure on the ears of the wheel. osculating wheel wide part of table always has the weight distributed. this is a quick explanation. this truck may have been used  for HD loads based on the spacers under to raise height and two HD straps bolting it to frame. 

[Brocky]

If Dan Thomas(???)  of Medley ORE brings his Aussie Value Line to York PA next year take a good look at it... Mech your explanation goes along with Paul's statement about stability on Aussie road trains.. 

[mechohaulic]

at the brockway truck show  , there was a truck with a very unusual 5th wheel set up; super HD . talked with the owner , he didn't know what it was used for . unfortunately there wasn't a name or tag on it. and worst the fact I didn't take a picture , speaking of which I still have some to down load to this forum  of the brockway show . I don't get to excited about things ; sure hope to be around next yr to make the trip back to cortland , NY for next yrs show. 

[Brocky]

Mech, I will have to look for some pictures of Dan's Value Liner.. I saw it at both Lexington KY and Reno..

[mechohaulic]

don't want to go off topic ( ME !! - NO ). the osculating wheels I  installed had two pins on the 5th wheel plate which locked into  the table  holding the prestress. 4 or 6 in spacers under the wheel  mounted on DM chassis. wheel height was  shoulder height  to me  (  I was 6 ft tall then ).

[h67st]

Someone asked for interior photos, here you go.

I had the cushions reupholstered a couple of weeks ago, the guy called this "bus vinyl". He did a nice job, $800 for all 4 cushions. I found some vintage green seat belts on Jegs.com for $25 each, I like the look. You can see there's no horn button, I went to install it and the wheel is a little egg shaped so I'll have to do some reaming to fit the button.

I tried to get a mattress to fit the truck, but anything even close was $300 or more so I went on ebay and bought a piece of 6" thick upholstery foam for $90 and it fit snugly. I even got a green bed sheet for about $20 on ebay.

You'll notice the driver's seat is a Bostrom West Coaster, it came out of my Brockway. I knew I'd better have an air ride seat for this truck, even with that it still rides like a bucking bronc.

Edited August 21, 2023 by h67st

[mowerman]

That was me bud asking for the interior photos that looks amazing. Thank you for that I remember way back around 1971 riding on a school bus and the seats resembled the ones in my dad’s 1970 U model I would’ve sworn they were the same exact cushions and color and design and everything else  thank you so much for the photos that looks absolutely amazing interior as usual bud you are very inspirational for continuing on my DM …. Bob

[mowerman]

Also, hats off on your fabulous work, keep them coming by friend …. Bob 

[1961H67]

Thanks for the 5th wheel input on my friends H . And the interior of Your H is amazing! Great work! 

[mrsmackpaul]

Looks really good 

 

Paul 

[Vladislav]

The interior is awesome!

Everything in green including the belt!

Emporio Armani is of no competitors

[mowerman]

Not sure if I mentioned this but I have not even set in one except for one and a wrecking yard and my hometown they had a lot of big rigs. I was only around 15 years old 1971 or so even then I was thinking man this sucker is cool.  Even then the turnpikes were nothing but U R and  F model 

[mowerman]

Mostly freight trucks, so nobody really ran anything that old even then it was old ha ha… bob

[h67st]

I've had the H out for three 5 mile runs, the temp gauge gets up to 190 and shutters still closed. I have a spare stat, took it apart and everything looks good inside. I did a test with it, here's the youtube video. I put it in my truck and now the shutters open at 190. The Capital City Chrome truck show in Pataskala is Saturday, if it's not raining I plan to take my truck there.

 

[1961H67]

Great Video! I love old school Common Sense testing! No Laptops Allowed! Dang that is a Beautiful H Model! My Dad would have been very proud of you, he was a H Model guy for sure!