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Here's a few pictures from a photo album that I hadn't seen in several years. Possibly because it was on Zina's desk under one of her computer monitors to raise it up a little. Here's a big Mack water truck, up at the old shop at F.L.M. Here's a Cruise liner in Roanoke that I used to pass going to and from the concrete pipe getting place. There used to be 3 of them sitting there with "For Sale" signs in the window, but 2 of them must have finally been sold. I stopped and looked at them and they all had V8s in them and 10 speed Mack transmissions. I saw this Mack a mile from where I used to live, it came from the same place my old mixer did- Concrete Ready Mixed in Roanoke.And this A-40 was sitting in a field in Moneta, VA. just up the road a little ways from where we used to load treated lumber. I don't know what ever happened to it, it was there for a while, then it wasn't.

For anyone in the Northern Nevada area our local ATHS chapter is having a truck show Sept. 20 at 75 Hudson Aurora Rd. in Smith, NV. Usually have several nice old Macks along with the usual mix of old iron. Lunch and a raffle also.

the fire station around the corner from me asked me to move a small shed from the church to the station. It went well. I had a Presidential escort.

Alright guys, I went ahead and installed new cups and injectors. The truck now sounds a little quieter and isn’t quite as strong as before. It’s not slow by any means and I believe it pulls about as strong as our other trucks, but there was a noticeable power decrease right after the injectors. My theory is that maybe the injectors it had on before were off a d13 with larger nozzles? I have no idea, but I’m happy with the results. I will be giving an update in a couple of weeks when the truck works for a bit and let y’all know if this healed the oil level rising problem.

Latest issue of Double Clutch is out. Big write up on the Macungie show AND..... a little paragraph and photo of my truck!! That was so much fun to do the drive and participate in that show. The only downer was Saturday's rain.

These are some pictures that I just posted to Flickr. I don't think I posted them before, but I might have. They were all in photo albums and I took them out and scanned them all, that's what i've been busy doing. And I sure did take some crappy pictures then!

Well I now own a 1998 Mack MD-200. I found it a shop a buddy of mine told me about after the one shop I had gone to since 2008 to do my inspections on all my vehicles closed, the owner retiring and selling the building in 30 days. So with a name and directions I found this place. And while they are doing the Inspection on my 08 GMC HD3500 diesel I see this thing across their lot dejected in the corner. And from a distance I thought is was a Volvo, so I asked it they minded If I went and looked at it and once I got close the Bulldogs on the mirrors gave it away. But it was weird, and being a combat vet, a paratrooper my whole carrier I guess I'm a but weird too so it was perfect. I look it over but its locked, so I ask "what's the deal with this thing and do they have keys"? So the old dude take me to the office and I meet the owner and we hit it off so he hands me the keys saying "Its been sitting there for almost 5 years... So I already going, going to need batteries, pull all the filters, add fresh fuel, prime yada yada" in my head. I go out to the truck and open the side door tot he box, its lined and insulated it about 100 degrees in the sun about 80 inside that box. Got cabinets and shelves built in and a Mack Coleman Heat and AC unit on the roof. Stuck on the wall above the desk is a Gaston County Bomb Squad sticker... Well my 1st job in the Army was a 12B Combat Engineer and we blew stuff up and I'm the reason you cant do a controlled detonation of more that 250 pounds of explosives anymore after I did a 850 pound cratering charge a long time ago.... So I was this is a sign.... I unlock the cab and its clean, some trash but clean. For shits and grins I put the key in the ignition push in the clutch and she started right up! Another sign, this is supposed to happen and it's like she was waiting for me to find her.... I was shocked, she built pressure, the clutch feels good the breaks released and its got 111k miles on her. So the deal was struck. Doing a quick search online this forum came up with posts about this model so that's why I'm here. She is a weird duck a Renault/Mack and well its Effing French so yeah it's gonna be weird. SO I may need to pick your guys brains. 26000 pound GVW so below CDL and has the 6.2 Diesel inline 6 with a Eaton 6 speed manual tranny Millennial anti theft device factory and what appears to be a aftermarket installed AC unit over the floor hump and under the dashboard. My plan is on making her into a RV after a bunch of TLC. But I need to find a windshield 1st and I can see that maybe a task.... And yes my truck is a Schrodinger's Mack It is and is not a Mack truck being a Renault import... And it's ok I've had rocks thrown at me before in Albania, Iraq, Kosovo and Haiti so I'm used to it, and I expect a few from Mack purist's... But I know what real Mack's are, being form Canton CT, and Canton Village Construction's fleet of Mack trucks were my across the street neighbor's.

I had my Watt's Mack shirt on at the Stonewall show. Zina's dad asked me when when my hair started turning white, and I said "I don't know, probably about 20 years ago."

I have seen one of the Farmall M's converted to a grader at Stew Paquette's museum in Leesburg FL where he used to host the ATCA Vintage Trucks of Florida winter show.

I scanned the tractor pictures today, I had some from the Stonewall Antique Power Show, dated anywhere from 2002 until 2007, some were from the Appomattox Railroad Festival parade, and some were from an ATHS show in Troutman, N.C. I'm going to put the rest in the "Tractors and Equipment" category after I put them on Flickr, but these were kind of interesting. These were in the antique tractor pull at the Stonewall show. I didn't know what to expect out of this little Oliver crawler tractor, but I do remember that I expected it to do a little better than it did. I think it pulled the sled about 2 feet and it was done. This is another one that I thought would have done better. A rare piece of equipment, only one i've ever seen. It was owned by the late Bobby Moore. It barely moved the sled either. But this Super M on the other hand... This is not the M that was in the pull off with the 830 John Deere, but it did make a full pull. And you talk about a beautiful tractor! I'd never seen such- the paint and detail was outstanding. This picture is 20 or more years old and doesnt do it justice, but it was really nice. Even all the bolt heads were painted.

I like them. I love the sound of a spread bore when the secondaries open... My C-30 will pull hard in 2nd. I pulled the turbo 350 and put a GM T-4 granny gear box in it years ago. It is my local driver, and work horse when needed.

I know I had posted some of these, but I added some more. They might be from a different year...but they might not, I don't know anymore. Hard to tell about some pictures, when I didn't write any notes on the back. They didn't even have a date for when they were developed.

But wait, there's more-

I was the Battalion Staff Duty NCO for 2/505 Parachute Infantry Regiment Ft Bragg NC. Taking the Red Line Message from the 82nd Airborne Div HQ and alerting the Chain of Command on what had happened. That was the longest and shortest 24 hour Duty I ever had. I don't think I ever got the chance to sit down that day. Few year later the Renovation of that Battalion's area I talked to contractors, explained I had served there and when. They pulled up and give me the Battalion HQ's flag pole I still have it as a tribute to the buddies I lost in the Invasion of Iraq and following GWoT. I was part of the Invasion, was just a different Brigade then in the 82nd. And was also part of the Surge later on I have almost 3 year boots on ground in Iraq.

Nothing like having a go yourself.We are painting our Cruiseliner ourselves at the moment...... Paul

I don't think anyone is going to "slap your hand " for being in wrong category !LOL most important idea is to keep progress on the BMT site.

Today was productive. Got all the cargo box clearance lights tail lights working today. The truck had been sitting for almost 5 years and the cab release was stuck, will got that freed up and the cab tiled forward after I cleaned out all the crap out of it. But I was able to find one of the Bomb Tech's business cards under the divers seat so that was cool. Cab clearance lights are now all working also, headlights high low all good but I do need to replace the left headlight all the reflective material has come off and the truck looks like it has a black eye. My issue is turn signals, got nothing I don't hear the flasher unit cycling but I also will have to find out where it is cause the fuse block for the truck is tiny, and will need to check fuses also. Will also have to check the AC compressor I don't hear it engaging so once gain I'll start with fuses and go from there. Will pick up fuel and air filters tomorrow cause they had to come from the Hub. The more she runs the happier she seems after sitting 4 plus years, I put 10 gallons with regular Lucas into the tank because the gauge was reading zero and Once on the road the gauge started working adding another 5 gallons to to the tank and a bottle of Lucas Stage 2 cleaner and she seems much happier I don't know how much old fuel was in the tank but after a 10 mile test run today she was much happier But 100% good fuel and new filters will also help.. Cab and engine got sprayed down with Simple Green, the cab also being scrubbed down with simple green and water in a bucket and just for a quick initial clean the cab looks much better. But Bruno was not much help he would not tell me if the break lights were working. He would just pant and look at me, but he did seem to enjoy chilling in the cargo box. Question: Where should I migrate future progress in the forum? Not sure if I would consider this a classic at 28 years old....

Pictures are from last year's show.

best part of retirement goes with what you stated : glad I don't HAVE to work anymore". going to work (on farm) based on I choose to makes the projects more fun. I take lot of sit down breaks now only due to have no choice when knees let me know it's break time. so a project which should be an hr may take two or more. what can happen ; I'm fired !!LOL

I know a man who used to own his own truck, used to build log trailers from the ground up, worked in H.H. Moore's shop for a while. One of the hardest working men I ever knew. If he was working on something at H.H's. and needed a tool or something that was on the other side of the shop he wouldn't just take a leisurely stroll across the shop to get it, he would run. The engine swapping made me think of him. He said when he was young he used to cut pulpwood. He had a Chevrolet pulpwood truck and a Camaro. He said he would cut pulpwood all week, then take the engine out of the truck and put it in the Camaro so he could cruise on the weekend. Then Sunday he would put the motor back in the pulpwood truck. Next weekend, same thing. I don't remember if he eventually got another pulpwood truck, another car, or another motor, but he did that for a while. Hearing that from most anybody else I would have thought "what a total B S. story, nobody did that". But coming from him I didn't doubt it at all.

i always had a soft spot in my heart for corbitts, they were so ugly they were beautiful...and i agree on the autocar.

Not done yet!

What amazes me... Is that Lib's and Dem's always want to get rid of guns..... But it is the gun that is used as their tool to destroy great people, and even their own.. and they hire the shooters to do their bidding.. It is disgusting, and it will continue .... How will we stop this madness ?

And while using said tool you need to watch were your hand and fingers are. Told to mention this by a friend. .....Hippy

Left side of the truck is likely left hand thread. From the picture, it appears the guy standing on the tool is going the wrong way for "off"

You blokes need one of these doohickies Most trucks with stud type of wheels carry these in Australia these days Guaranteed to bust any nut loose Paul

The H63 did have a higher floor on the passenger side, lower on the driver side. No dog house. The engine was not mounted on a slant but it was mounted lower in the frame rails than something like a B model. Working on the injection pump could be a real knuckle buster. There were quite a few different H models, from H 60 to H 81, including an H 65.

I watched his reels almost every day. Shared the same religious and political views. I was listening to talk radio on the front porch when I heard the news. It's just sad, I felt like I knew him.

Posting for a customer! 1958 Mack B615 with V8 Engine (Not sure of engine model) Engine seized from sitting No Title...bill of sale only Asking $7500 OBO Contact: Karl Dibble 914-598-7218 Hopewell Junction NY 12533

H-81

All good news. One thing to know, that i learned years ago. The wipers work with the key off. So when you are inside the dash, pull the wiper fuse. This way if you bump the wand for the wipers, you dont break your hand or lose a finger.. just sayin..

went back a few years and lot of pages to find these pictures

Basically saying ; I've have plenty of time for my list. LOL wait till RETIREMENT it gets worse.

Thats great news. It may take some time to get pictures for you. Im busy, but if you have a specific need, i will try to help.

Well the Midliner has landed< I gave her a quick once over checking fluids, coolant and for leaks of anything and tire pressures and added 15 gallons of fresh diesel into the tank along with Lucas Fuel additive. Add with the plate secured on the back we set off with my buddy following behind in my HD3500 just in case we had some issues. But other than the tach & some lights not working and the the trip was uneventful. She ran fine rides surprisingly well, I think that body is heavy.... But not going to set any land speed records in this rig that's for sure... But I also don't know if maybe they have the throttle limited cause this used to be a County Truck. We shall see after I really start digging into her. But she does have some neat decals inside that will have to stay. But the wood shelves on the left side are the 1st to go... Might also see if I can rig up a (shore power) plug for the rear body. She has AC/heat in the back all wired in but I guess the Gen set was removed before she went up on auction but has plenty of lights and outlets already wired into the box. Which will reduce my workload to making her an RV. @Joey Mack Yes I'm in North Carolina still didn't stray too far from Ft Bragg after being medically retired in 2016. So any copies of anything from your manuals would be amazing and thank you for the offer.

A mine of info Joey..... Paul

Welcome to BMT.Cool Mack/Renault.It appears to be in great shape.There were lots of them over here in Ireland back in the day.Had a great name for being a great truck.Love the RV idea.Best of luck wth it... Paul

Well I did it!!! I traded my Beautiful Harley for a '76 C-10 with a factory 454... Now Ihave another truck to dial in..... and I'm tickled to death about it. He gave me $3k plus the truck. The 454 is hurt. but I shouild be able to re-buiuld it..

i was thinking the only good that might come out,,,is this assclown starts singing like a canary,,,,but then they probably got that covered also,,bob

Only in the U.S., in the rest of the world you can get the parts pretty easily, you just have to order them and ship them to the States, no big deal Paul

We found out on the 12th as due to time zones around the world it was already the next day, I was milking cows in the dairy and the Princess appeared with a cuppa A very unusual thing to happen that early in the morning and she told me about the news Not really knowing if it was true or not, it made no difference at all to me until I finally made it back inside the house a few hours later I sat there watching the T.V. a little gob smacked My old apprentice electrician from before dairy farming days called me to ask me if it was real or not Him and a mate were riding push bikes up Cape York, the pointy bit on the north east coast of Australia, very remote and very few people Him and his mate had got a bit shit faced the night before and the publican told them about the attacks when they finally awoke the next morning, he was convinced the pub owner was tricking him and called me because he knows I won't bull shit What a shock to the world it was and it changed the world forever I think people in Australia were possibly just as shocked as America I do remember that the news ran stories asking people to stop trying to enlist in the Armed forces in Australia as the Armed forces had no way of taking all the extra volunteers It was a nervous time for the world Paul

unless he commits clintoncide.

I’ll probably put it back on since it’s already got the brackets on it, it should have the construction type and they are pricey . This bull bar new is about $6,000 so I’ll make use of it. At one point I had a paint both near my house, I had a couple big fans and good lighting, I painted the C Model, 359 & 379 Pete, a couple pickups and a few tractors, now it’s full of a lot of stuff that we salvaged from the flood, I painted the LJ in pieces in a harbor freight car tent , inside my shop. I just wet the floor, opened the door, set a fan in front and painted the Superliner. Hopefully I can build me something better when I paint the Freedom, I’ll probably take the hood off and spend more time on it. I’m like a Lawyer when it comes to painting,,,, Still Practicing! I used a 5 gallon bucket to trace the hood pattern on my Pete’s

make libtards and demonrats illegal?

I’ve never had any except H 67s Dad Drove a H63 but I was too young to remember anything about it. Here’s the floor in my H67 ,, and the engine and transmission in the parts H67 ,, You can see how they lowered it so it doesn’t have a doghouse.

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^^^this^^^ i have many trucks with left hand thread on the drivers side. try "tightening" them instead. i bet they will pop loose.

Left hand threads.....

What happened today is disgusting.. I wont bore you with my anger......