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Been out of trucking 5 years now and decided I wanted a play toy. So just bought a 1980 Ford L9000 with a 6V92TA Detroit Diesel and Allison transmission. Truck has 162,000 KM on odo but has way less in reality because when the PTO/pumps are engaged it runs the speedo at around 10 MPH. My intent was to pull the body off and put a flatbed on it to haul my 1967 Ford tractor on it to the shows and use it as basically my pickup truck. But it's in such good shape and so many people have shown interest in preserving it as a fire truck, I'm going to keep it as is for now. That 6V92TA seems to be pretty good on fuel. It's no big expense to drive around. And boy does it sound sweet! It's been oil sprayed every year, so the rims and everything are black right now, I haven't washed it all off yet.

Hi all,Iv been meaning to do this for a few weeks now but just been too busy.The transformation of our Cruiseliner to how we want it began about 8 weeks ago.We got the use of a machinery shed on a farm through a friend of a friend and work on the truck is going on at a break neck speed.We working every hour we have to spare on the truck.....So what have we done??? So far we have reconditioned the rad and Intercooler,new wheel seals,checked over the brakes,steering,removed a homemade hitch off the rear and remade the frame to original lenth,rebuit the 5th wheel,striped the frame back to bare metal and repainted it along with a thousand other small parts and painted the engine and gearbox and fitted new alternator.....My brother who is retired,my son and myself are exhausted!!!!! We have use of the shed for another few weeks and hope to get the cab painted and chase down a few electrical faults....Heres a few pics... Paul

I would like to thank everyone for the support and comments during the restoration of my Coca Cola LJ , it’s pretty much done except for maybe some rear fenders,, My goal at 66; years old was to relax for a bit, finish repairs on my shop from the flood damage and enjoy some truck and car shows. But with the encouragement of my 10 year old Grandson ( And some friends that know what a Freedom Mack is) I’m going to try to restore Our 87 Freedom. Probably not to the extent that I did the LJ , but hopefully it will make a nice truck to pull a lowboy if I want to haul the LJ ,LTH or C Model to a show. I actually bought this truck about 10 years ago to use, not really knowing what a Freedom was. And I have used it, I’ve had it to every Dam in Western North Carolina on the TVA system, I bought it because I needed a day cab for the rough places. I have talked to a couple people who have Freedoms , I have read some old posts on here about them, If anyone has any information I would appreciate it, I would love to know how many are left. This truck has had the hood replaced with a aftermarket hood and repainted a lighter grey ,my goal is to get it back to the original color and decals. thanks again for all the support.

Oil cooler rebuilt and hanging on the block. I won't torque it down until I get the water pump housing installed so I can line up the holes. Will get water pump cleaned up next and get housing put in block. The pile of parts is decreasing at a steady rate. Whew......

Good chilly evening forum members! We had -10 degrees this morning. I got the cab lights on and working! I had to do some wiring and planning but it all finally came together. It's nice to have a warm place to work in the shop. As Always Best Regards.....Frank

Hi all,We got more paint on the Cruiseliner after a damp day or two.It is really starting to look how we want it to.We hope to shoot clear coat tomorrow and then get her back together.We would like your thoughts.Happy thanksgiving day... Paul

I got Raleigh Signs to make some decals for the doors on the CH. Not only does it look much better with something on the doors- in my opinion anyway- they cover up the old "Grand Home Furnishings" that you could still read. There's so many scratches under those signs that you'd think somebody took the old lettering off with an axe. I'm making some beef jerky today. Got the idea and recipe from Hippy, 70mackMB. Looking pretty good. It's done, as far as being cooked, I eat a piece of it every time I add wood to the fire, but I want it completely dried- I guess, I've never made jerky before. It's been smoking since 10am, at about 150 degrees. I've got black pepper strips on top, teriyaki on the bottom. Looks like that top rack was cooking much fast than the bottom, so I moved some around. When I tasted the pepper jerky that's all I could taste- black pepper. But the teriyaki was really good.

Put Lanova engine into the NR chassis of Friday. The chassis was completed 12 years ago and the engine first started 8 years ago. The 2nd story was untold due to shortage of time. Now the things look more promising than before but still damn amount of tinkering ahead.

Been logged off for a few Months and lost all my login crap .......... Had to reregister a few pix of what is go n down First time catn this beast .. wasn't sure if it would fit length wise so we ran the dolly (jo dog 2 U lot) incase there was no clearance behind cab Me steerin the KW T659 (big Spec) dragn the expando Low Loader (lo boy 2 U lot) that we bilt a few years ago Jnr in Mack Titan carting the boring mob Jnr cartn Material handler just a little of what the Swish and crew have been upto cya

Surgery went well. We decided to take both the tumor and the kidney just to be on safe side. I spent 3 days in the hospital, and now I'm at my mother's condo recuperating. and I'll probably be here for about a week because there's no stairs here, just a wheelchair ramp to get in the unit and then flat 1 floor. overall I feel good pain is manageable and just have to wait now for the biopsy results but doctor feels everything went good and he's like 90% sure that it is not bad cancer.

Bought it in 1992, all original 289ci/spd OD. Turned into racecar in1995 and have run it ever since. Still a stick shift. 427 FE, 5 spd. Has gone 10.15@130 mph. This picture is the track I started at, Magnolia dragway. The name is a take off from a fellow years ago that ran an original 1964 R code galaxie called "Galactic Warrior". Liberty Equalizer 5 spd, same transmission they run in Pro stock today. The badasses you can buy. It's like jewelry on the inside!

Tadaaaaa, We had a hammer ready but they slipped in effortlessly. Nice. Onto piston and rods.

Well its taken me along time to give an update. But here we go .Sorry for the wait 😀 I did lots of polishing , some painting and some fixing . Can you believe that it needed a lower rad hose and the International dealer could still look up the part number and FIND it . I couldn't believe it . I've had it to some shows and was able to find one of the previous owners . He had it in the 90's and had a fertilizer tender on it . Thats why it had a hydraulic tank and pump. I still don't know who bought it originally . So its still a mystery why it was spec'd the way it was . The trans works good and the transmission retarder works amazing. Thanks again to everyone that helped me figure it out . Other than keep history alive it doesn't really have a purpose. But I love starting it up and cruising around a bit in it . Takes me back to a very simple time.

Run, run Rudolpf, Santa has to make it to town.....

Looks brand new! Can't wait to bolt it back in.

Hello Forum members! I have some updates on the B-Model restoration today. I have new steer tires and rims. My wife did not want me to try and use the old rims, (hazard) so I went to Schierl tire and purchased new rims and tires. I also did not like the stained boards; I painted them white while the tires and rims were being mounted. The brakes are now working! It had a leak that I fixed, turn signals and brake lights are installed and working. It's starting to look like a truck again! Best Regards.....Frank

Busy, busy with the B73 this weekend!! Spent Saturday morning cleaning it up from Lititz for an event Sunday. Then Saturday evening my wife and I were in our Tahoe enroute to a family event, when a brake issue left us stranded. Rescued it with the B73. Then out all day Sunday at the “Back the Blue” motorcycle ride and car show, hauling vehicles for the State Police Museum. Another great event and weekend with the truck!!

I've been apart of your group for way too long now without a Mack truck, that is until today. I got a 1972 RS700L with a 283 Tipturbine, twin stick 5+2, and a grain box on the back. The owner extended the frame and swapped out the original V8 due to leaking liners and no parts (the door tags are gone so I have no way to confirm this for sure). The 283 engine runs very strong with no blow by and plenty of power! couldn't be happier! Never driven a twin stick so I'm still getting used to that, I just left it in direct the whole drive home but I'd imagine with 750 bushels on the back I'll need em. She drives like a dream! No squeaks or rattles, just smooth even unloaded. I've got lots of questions though! Much more to come!

Haven’t posted in a while.Here’s a update.Just picked up the cab.Mickey Delia did a fantastic job.Thank you.

Made a two hour run up to Foxboro, MA yesterday to the Springbrook show put on by D. Rounds Trucking and G. Greene Construction. It wasn't on any of my lists of up coming shows, but timing wise it worked out with my schedule. It was held at their facilities which are adjacent to each other. Started out leaving the house about 6AM in heavy fog and drizzle, but by afternoon cleared up for a great ride home by 5PM. Lots of local trucks from the greater Boston area and a chance to see G. Greene's collection of restored trucks in a special built garage just to hold them. I'm so envious of that facility. My brother lives about a half hour away from there, so we got to spend the day together along with my nephew for a little while. Truck ran great and had no issues at all with it. It is very loud when you're in it for that long of a trip. It's going to get a muffler at some point. Still amazes me to see it in one piece and restored. other than the exhaust noise, it's so comfortable to drive with that big, roomy L cab. Another greatshow and day with the B73

Finally got it back from the paint shop.I think it looks great,now the fun starts.

Good evening, so I bought this beautiful R model off of hicrop10 last September. The truck was shipped to me and it was everything that he said it was. I’ve put some new parts on it, rear fenders, new roof lights and horns, new mirrors, new steps/toolbox, front bumper and grill guard, muffler and stack, rear plate for brake lights and backup lights, mudflaps, and a few more things to do. But the purpose of this post is to say that my dad drove truck, he LOVED Mack trucks. Tonight I was installing the grill guard, I finished and took a picture like we all do. After I took the picture I looked at it and realized that in the reflection, was a picture of my dad, nephew, and I, along with a Mack sign that is hanging on the side of the bathroom wall in the barn. It wasn’t planned, it just happened that way. My dad passed away in 2018. I know he was here tonight while I was working on the truck. Just a cool story I wanted to share. I’m sure many of you have similar stories, I’d love to hear them. Have a great night guys!

I cleaned up the water pump housing and got it bolted on. The lower water hole was previously rusted out and a helicoil was installed. It seems ok and torqued down to 55ft/lb ok. I was concerned about my water pump and wanted to look at putting bearings in it. It didn't leak but when spun it had a looseness to it and you could hear a faint rumble from old bearings. The Mack manual shows how to rebuild it but takes a special puller to get vanes off the shaft. I played around but figured it would be better just to replace it. I googled and found a 673 version. The 300 is about 1/2" shorter shaft and no keyway for pulley. I am going to call on the reman version and have a known good pump. I'm taking crank hub to shop Sat to press it apart and machine it. Assemble the heads and get them home so I can get them set on. I made a list of silicone hoses to replace all the old lines that hook stuff together. Water manifold, intake, oil cooler, turbo. $100 at Summit racing. I did the same for the 237. Things should really come together this coming week.

It has been 8 days now and all is going very well. Only pain now is when I sneeze or cough and that is more an annoyance then pain. I go on Wednesday the 25th for post op doctor visit. I no longer "run out of gas" moving around the house. I have not ventured outside yet as weather has been uncooperative, either Temps in the teens, snowing, or raining. The warden is fattening me up, I am up 4 pounds since Friday morning to 184 pounds

Cab is back on.

Took the heads to the shop this afternoon and washed them up. Knocked the valves out and got them a quick clean up grind. Intakes were still nice, exhausts had about a .010 wear ring in them. They look new now, picking up new valve stem seals tomorrow and will be assembling them Saturday. Dropped injectors off at diesel shop and should see them in a couple weeks. More baby steps.

I finished the bumper today. All it needs is the school bus yellow paint. I'm happy with the way it turned out. Here are some pictures. With respect, Frank

Peterbilt??? Probably 5 ft tall and a glitter ball on the end.....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Good evening everyone and thanks for having me! I have already asked a few question's but wanted to post on here and introduce myself. My father and had a 1966 Mack R600 twin stick when I was younger and that's what I learned to drive truck in. Since then we have sold that truck and have had a few trucks since then and nothing really compared to that old R600. Well I finally pulled the trigger and found a nice sold superliner( 1986, RW613, E6 350, 9 speed, Neway rear air) that seems to Have good bones and cab. Few mechanical issues but for the price I can fix that. Need and little inspiration on what direction (looks) I want to go because I will be painting the cab and frame. I like more of the classic look with some 24.5 talls. So lets see the restored Superliners!! Thanks Again!

Santa came early..... One day delivery. Not bad. Didn't expect it until maybe tomorrow but got a call this afternoon and ran down and got it.

Thought I’d share a couple pictures of my 865 powered CF running like a sewing machine in this years parade.

Hi all,well we finally we got a break in the weather...ye gods it hasnt rained in 2 days!!!! After spending our time doing small jobs like bolting up air/fuel pipes and electrical cables with new P clamps and a hundred other things we got some paint on the cab.We are happy with it so far.....heres a look at our progress. Paul

Oh, the new Zinamobile- almost forgot 😁. It's got a 351M and C4 transmission out of a '78 Mercury Cougar in it. Runs great, her only issue is the lack of power steering but I think she can get used to it. If not we'll have to look into some sort of aftermarket power steering setup.

Since we didn't have any pictures taken at our wedding, my wife wanted to have some buffessional type pictures taken of us. We went to this farm just a couple of miles from here and had some taken Sunday afternoon. The pictures came out good, but I'm a bit peed off- I don't understand why she cropped me out of the pictures and put this old fat guy in them- all of them! I'm gonna give her a piece of my mind when it's time to pay her for them! That doesn't make any sense, i'm just gonna- oh,..wait a second...I figured it out...never mind.

Ever heard of two sisters or brothers that grew up together than went separate ways, one settling down and starting a family and the other taking off to seek fame and fortune? ,, this story takes a lot of twists and turns. About the same time I talked to Wayne Hyatt about his Father’s truck and the missing picture, I remembered reading the great article in Wheels of Time magazine about the LTH log truck that Dan Thomas had purchased from the original owner’s family in Oregon ,I still knew very little about a LTH ( a guy about 20 miles away bought 2 LTLs from out west and would bring one to our show, but I never talked to him about it very much) . I remembered the build sheet showing the next truck after mine was sent to Medford OR. I didn’t know Dan but found a number for his company on the internet, I called and asked to speak with him, the lady asked me what the call was concerning,, I told her “ A Old Mack “ if I remember correctly he called me within a hour, I told him about the truck and was wondering about the truck after it on the build sheet, I gave him my vin number and immediately he said that’s the sister truck to his! I told him about talking to the original owners son , he said he would call me back, I think less than a hour he sent me a picture of my truck ( left ) when it was about a year old and the new 56 that Kay Hyatt had bought,, it was the picture at the Booneville fair in 1956 ! “ MACK DADDY “ is the Perfect nickname for him! So his unmolested LTH spent its whole life in the same area,,, the older sister is just getting started!

I’ve always appreciated old semis all the way back to my dad taking me to car shows. I never thought there would be a day that I’d find a unique truck for myself but after some unfortunate events, I stumbled across an old Mack and fell in love with it. I talked with the old man who owned it previously and offered to exchange tractor work on his property for the truck and he agreed. 4 months later and the title is in my hand! From my research and experience working on it so far, it has the END 864(I know it has issues, don’t be a stinker) and a quadruplex transmission. I’ve already done some work inside the cab to make preparations to drive it off the guys property and back to my house 5 miles away. I may be 19, but I’ve worked on engines since I could walk and have found a good connection to this truck already. Good thing I have the land to restore it. To my knowledge, there was 456 of these made, but that could just be a bunch of bull. Anybody have any fun facts a first time Mack owner should know about his truck?

Well guys,Work continues on the Cruiseliner but slower than we'd like.The good news is the guy who owns the farm we are on has told us he will NOT be putting us out of the shed untill shes finnished as he wants to see her done....Apart from some re assembly all mechanical work is done.When we removed the roof trim we discovered a 3in hole that was cut in the roof and then patched.Why it was cut we dont know but the centre rib was cut right through.We rebuilt the rib and patched the hole with fiberglass but it caused a big delay in the work.....Shes back on her wheels and starting to look good...we think so anyway....... Paul

Photo I found of a Yellow Transit Freight Lines EUHT in the Yellow Dallas shop mid 1940's. Little bit before my time at Yellow.

Thank you for the information, Unfortunately as for the interior of the Freedom is the best part of it , The worst part is the frame, it’s aluminum, the guys we bought it from installed a plate on the outside, and did a good job, but it’s corroded at every cross member, my thought would be unbolt it under the cab , only 4 bolts on each side attach it to the big steel frame , find a air ride cut off and start changing all the brackets, but I’ve been using it this way so that’s later down the road. I may replace the hood, my number one goal is to paint it back the original grey and red stripes, it’s still the original color on the fire wall . The E6 350 runs great, 10 speed trans . It has some slack in the front spring shackles but overall it’s still pretty sound .I saw a old post were one was hit in the front but I don’t think this is the same truck, I guess it was repainted when the hood was replaced, I bought this one in Gallipolis OH . I’ve had my Helper working on it some today.

Today was my Grandson,s last day of school for the summer, he wanted me to take him in something special,,,, Well I didn’t see any Soccer Moms driving a LJ Mack!

Saw this Gem delivering milk the other day.

I seem to need to make some adjustments as my front tires don't seem to be wearing out like they used to..... Muncie Dragway this past weekend.

Just about five months in storage. Brought the toys out of storage and home today. Weather sucked, but due to schedules and needing two drivers, it was the best time. B73 fired right up after about four turns. A little issue with a sticky starter on the B42, then she fired right off. Now to chase a bunch of gremlins on the Caddy and the '40 Ford, mostly from disuse over the last few years of concentrating on finishing up the B73.

That's two of us Dave. Yup, long standing girlfriend is behind all my hobbies and offers to buy stuff all the time. I don't let her very often but sometimes she'll insist. She enjoys riding in all the hot rods. She likes the attention, smiles, thumbs up, waves, pictures. It's like a constant parade whenever we go somewhere. Oh, got the last injector out tonight. Jeezus what a PITA this has been. Now to take them and have them gone over....if I haven't destroyed them too much.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the illegal aliens deported to prison in El Salvador can challenge their deportation. This is absurd. An illegal alien has no right to challenge anything. They committed a crime when they illegally entered this sovereign country.