Stitch117 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hi guys working through some ideas on my grandfather's old Mack Restore, should I just sandblast, paint and repair this rear? Or option 2; find a wrecked late model Pinnacle and cut the rear frame, off and weld it to the old girl? Has anyone done this to a Mack? I know EZrider on YT did it with his "Old Red 359" rebuild. Overall, for a 30-year-old truck it's in pretty good shape, just in dire need of some TLC. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/68990-replace-the-whole-rear/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex g Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I'd sandblast and paint. It looks decent in pics and your gonna have to paint whatever you put in to replace anyway 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/68990-replace-the-whole-rear/#findComment-486155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Sand blast and paint, it's in pretty neat condition from what I can see It's air ride so your not gunna achieve a huge amount of improvement no matter what you do Paul 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/68990-replace-the-whole-rear/#findComment-486159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Unless you find a rust free cut off, you'll be blasting and painting that.....so I agree just clean up what you have. It only looks like surface scale. 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/68990-replace-the-whole-rear/#findComment-486169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.E.D Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 11 hours ago, Stitch117 said: Hi guys working through some ideas on my grandfather's old Mack Restore, should I just sandblast, paint and repair this rear? Or option 2; find a wrecked late model Pinnacle and cut the rear frame, off and weld it to the old girl? Has anyone done this to a Mack? I know EZrider on YT did it with his "Old Red 359" rebuild. Overall, for a 30-year-old truck it's in pretty good shape, just in dire need of some TLC. Ezra , aka ezrider359 did an amazing job on that old Pete. Phillip from the flannel Phillip YT channel also did it to his old kw w900.but fortunately yours looks good 👍 and can be brought back with blasting, painting and a little bit of tlc. Red 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/68990-replace-the-whole-rear/#findComment-486176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch117 Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Thanks all for your comments. It’s greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/68990-replace-the-whole-rear/#findComment-486178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 I'd disassemble the entire thing, sandblast and paint each individual component and slap it back together with new bolts. Rust sets in between every layer and pushes things apart. There will be rust cancer hiding behind suspension brackets. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/68990-replace-the-whole-rear/#findComment-486710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch117 Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Thanks Joe Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/68990-replace-the-whole-rear/#findComment-486992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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