Brocky

56 minutes ago, cruiseliner64 said:

Yes keep posting it'll keep you going at the restoration and help get through the days when nothing seems to be going well.as steve.s said you have the attention of old Mack fans around the world.keep up the good work you have started.

Paul

And add some more pictures!! Especially after you get the chassis uncovered, so we can see what your Dad has done.

You said your Dad had restored the Chassis.. Did he leave any records of what he had done??? Depending on how long it has sat you will probably want to pull the wheels and inspect the bearings. At the same time inspect the drums as there is a possibility your Dad has already crossed that bridge?? If it has air brakes you can inspect the drums with a jack and a flashlight.

James, I like your plan!!! I thought I saw some new black paint on the frame rails.. So you have a head start there.. It looks like you have a fair sized shop to work in. With no serious rust thru problems, and some help from a body man you can learn to do the majority of the work yourself, and be able to tell the people who are admiring the truck "I did that myself"!! With no fire body, when you get that point, you can then go with a flatbed, with stake sides, grain body, or even a roll back???

5 hours ago, tjc transport said:

you can keep that crap out there, we dont want none of it here in joisey!!!!

But it is better to have it in Nu Joisey than South Carolina!!!

Even though this was written and performed by an Australian, I believe this song exemplifies the feelings of all the great Americans who voted Trump into office.

If you need a complete engine Tom Millard may have the 401(??) he took out of his 1955 Brockway 154 when he repowered it with a 5.9 Cummins.

Yes I would start with the engine. Pull the plugs, Put a bar on the front and see if it is free. Do you already have  the pan off?? If you do not have a cylinder scope to go thru the plug holes, make sure you can get a rebuild gasket set, and pull the head and pan to see if it is rebuildable??? If not you may have to consider a repower???  At he same time set the cab on a pallet and inspect it close.. That will tell you what is involved in the body work necessary. Do you have the fire apparatus body??? If so do a good inspection of it. Then take a good appraisal of your body work skills. A lot of your decisions will be how much of the work you can do yourself versus your checkbook!!!

Steve, either Tom Millard or Stan Augustine had mentioned them on the old Brockway site several years ago.

James, either of the two mentioned above can help you with Continental engines. If you need their email addresses please email / PM me thru here.

Steve, Is that the outfit up by Chicago??? Wasn't there also a place in Utica NY which overhauled Continentals???

When I plowed with 2 wheel drive trucks our top  speed was about 30 MPH, But when we fired up the old Walters we were down to about a top speed of about 15 MPH.

Sorta off topic🤔.. Saturday I was talking with a man who is a lineman supervisor for Laurens Electric Coop here locally and he said this was the worst storm that he has seen in the 45 years he has worked for them. And we did not get it anywhere as bad as Dean's area did. Customer outage was 98% and it took the first 3-4 days to even get power back to the substations and those breakers replaced before they could go to work on the distribution lines.

Tom, Thanks for starting this topic... I too have run Calif a few times, but 52 west of Barstow to Bakersfield and 395 down from Reno to LA are about the only "back" roads. I heard the song about the Feather River Canyon on the radio the other day and told the wife that was one I never ran.

If the spring is broken or the cups wore out you can source them from places like McMaster-Carr, and other specialty houses. The pieces and contours should be standard so all you have to do is get the right diameter. 

41 minutes ago, cruiseliner64 said:

I dont know but i'd buy it anyway...your bound to get some numbers off the chassis or engine/gearbox that the guys could trace.once in a lifetime chance.im sure someone who knows/has an AC could tell you where to look.best of luck with it.

Paul

Contact Gary Mahan at the Mahan foundation in Basking Ridge NJ.  He and his people probably have the most information on AC Macks in the country. At least they can tell you where to look for more numbers. Once you have a serial number, then contact the Mack Museum in Allentown PA and they can likely send you more information about who originally bought it.

No Ideas on the gizmo!!!!! Does your air compressor feed from the intake manifold????  It looks like you could use either???

The Roo Bar just paid for its self!!!!!!!!!

On 11/5/2024 at 11:38 PM, blackdog2 said:

New trailer only needed a steel AR-450 TRAILER TO HAUL Rock's

Is this part of the railroad washouts somebody posted about a while ago?????

First try to find all the data plates you can.. Including both the chassis and whoever made the pump and body.. As FWD said with the serial number the Mack can provide a lot of info.. They are GREAT!!!! With the apparatus manufacturer and their data plates there are many sources for info and parts.