h67st Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 15 hours ago, 1961H67 said: It got warm enough today that I put a coat of primer on my inside door panels, hoping to paint them soon and install the windows . Making progress on the bridge to the shop, cement poured, hopefully we can set beams next week. It will be SO NICE to get back in our shop! Is it for your personal shop, or a business? Glad to see progress being made. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Over the years, I've seen a lot of guys do some pretty impresive stuff on this site. No disrespect to any of them, but man.... you blow them all away. God bless you. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted January 31 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 31 Took the forms down today, we are going to let it cure for a week or so, before we start setting the beams. I bought a complete bridge and hauled it in ( it was a NC state road bridge) . The shop is for our business, we occasionally work on customers trucks, but mostly ours that we haul equipment with.and usually there’s an antique project in the corner. Thanks for the compliments , I’ve learned a lot from some of the guys on this site and have personally seen some of their work that’s amazing! 8 3 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted February 5 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 5 A nice warm day, one step closer . 4 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Day Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Excellent I hope everything comes together and looks great 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted February 5 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 5 Thank You, when I get my door panels on and the window glass in I’ll be ready to install the headliner i got from you, I showed it to a friend of mine who has a upholstery shop, he’s going to help me with the trim, I also painted the corner vent slides and the metal trim for the center of the roof. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1961H67 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 I installed my left window glass in the LJ Friday, nice weather for February. Then early Saturday morning 7 volunteers from an organization called Hope Mill showed up and helped My Son and Me set the beams and flooring for our bridge to our shop! A LOT of work in one day! Great group of volunteers! I have some pictures but for some reasons it keeps showing files are too big??? 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Nice going but panels look brand new good luck with the bridge bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 We have the same problem with weather Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 1/30/2025 at 9:04 PM, 1961H67 said: Took the forms down today, we are going to let it cure for a week or so, before we start setting the beams. I bought a complete bridge and hauled it in ( it was a NC state road bridge) . The shop is for our business, we occasionally work on customers trucks, but mostly ours that we haul equipment with.and usually there’s an antique project in the corner. Thanks for the compliments , I’ve learned a lot from some of the guys on this site and have personally seen some of their work that’s amazing! Very nice..just curious-how far below grade are piers.? Rebar? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution 1961H67 Posted February 11 Author Solution Share Posted February 11 The bottom of the footing is about 4 feet below water level, with rebar tied up to the abutments, we channeled the water down as deep as we could and used pumps to keep the water from seeping in . 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-568998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted Saturday at 01:01 PM Author Popular Post Share Posted Saturday at 01:01 PM I finally got some NOS headlights, I took them apart to paint them, it was like looking in a Time Machine, cloth wiring, perfect! I have the door panels on and the window glass in and working, hopefully I can get it ready to make the show at the NC Transportation Museum on May 10th . ( I can’t post any pictures, it tells me the file exceeds 26.44 kb , I’ve tried to reduce the size but it still says it’s too big? Any suggestions? ) 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-570938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted Saturday at 02:19 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:19 PM I have to send them to email then split the screen on the computer and slide them over to BMT. Good luck. also nice going on the progress hats off both of you. Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-570942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted Saturday at 09:02 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:02 PM Excellent, great progress and you're closing up on having it done. If you can't post pictures from you're computer, try making a post then editing it from your phone and adding them from there. I've had to do that numerous times to post pictures. I don't know if it's a formatting issue or something. Also, I've waited a few days after taking pictures to post them then dropping them in and they go, no file size issues then. No idea why that happens , I didn't reduce the file size. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-570955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseliner64 Posted Saturday at 11:34 PM Share Posted Saturday at 11:34 PM 10 hours ago, 1961H67 said: I finally got some NOS headlights, I took them apart to paint them, it was like looking in a Time Machine, cloth wiring, perfect! I have the door panels on and the window glass in and working, hopefully I can get it ready to make the show at the NC Transportation Museum on May 10th . ( I can’t post any pictures, it tells me the file exceeds 26.44 kb , I’ve tried to reduce the size but it still says it’s too big? Any suggestions? ) Great to hear the progress your makeing with the truck and the bridge after the horror story you have been through.Upwards and onwards is the only way to go.Good luck..... Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-570961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted Sunday at 01:15 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:15 AM Good News!!! You have been busy!!! I pray the wildfires have not affected your area??? Hope to see you with one of your trucks at the Dark Corner Show.. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-570983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted Sunday at 02:15 AM Author Popular Post Share Posted Sunday at 02:15 AM Ok I’ll give the pictures a try, Thankfully the wild fires haven’t been close to us, I hauled some equipment down to the NC/TN line Where I 40 is washed out Monday and the side of the mountain was burning, it rained Wednesday so hopefully that helps. I’m going to try to bring something to the Dark Corner Show, we are making some progress,warm weather will help! 2 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-570986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago I just tried to crop the pictures myself just now to see if I could post them and it doesn’t even give me a choice to crop them. You might have the same issue. Good luck. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-571134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Bob, Copy your picture in the album then take the copy to Paint.com then you can crop it there and save it back to the album. That is what I have to do to put them in my newsletter. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/69289-coca-cola-lj-mack-colors/page/40/#findComment-571140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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