Green Dash

The bumper looks great. I'm looking forward to following your progress. Is he the guy that owns the silver and red R models?

That's quite a classic, It may be quite a bit of work, but your not going to find too many like it sitting in a field somewhere, especially with it's own drive axle.

I think I woke everyone up when I fell out of my chair! Great work, abso-friggin-lutely hilarious! :clap: :clap:

Got it.

Assuming it's the original engine, Mack used 73 as the last 2 digits for models with 8V71's. A V8 Detroit would be noticebly smaller and I believe in those years it would have Detroit Diesel stamped into the valve covers.

Nice Buttugly truck. The cop probably took one look at the truck and figured it was a good time to rest his shooting arm. It certainly doesn't look llike it can do 65 mph, I guess the 2 spd rear deserves the credit. Best of Luck with it.

Better not put the aisle on the right and the seats on the left. Fred Flinstone learned the importance of proper weight distribution the hard way.

If she's butterface, I'll wipe my toast on her. If she's a buttface, there's a makeover kit available at a store near you.

It's the same procedure at every check-up. He's concerned that my baby teeth haven't come in yet and keeps telling me I have bad breath. It may be time to find a new Dentist.

Those colors look great together.

My Dentist likes to play Spaceship when giving the exam. He'll say "Apollo 1 ready to penetrate the atmosphere of Uranus." He used to pretend to use Space Shuttles, but the wings would bind on the way out. What were we taliking about? Oh yeah......Good Job, Ben!

The artist's name was Morris Albert, so save a cheek for him. And thanks for putting that song in my head..NOT!

Apparently you and I go to the same Dentist.

They look tough no matter what size the body is. Very nice.

We'll never let you down.

PSSA's and the Dentist. I wanna party with you guys. I wish you both high scores and zero cavities.

i thought in the Tip Turbine days 612 was the 300+ Thermodyne and the 686 was the 285 Maxidyne?

According to Spot's theory, you wouldn't need a photo of his face. Can you turn this upside down and downsize it?

My sincerest apologies. It was naive of me to think that bus would not have been previously spotted in Daingerfield.

I remember seeing seemingly hundreds of single axle White 7400's and RC's, Astro's, Transtar A's and B's, Fords and probably some others pulling for NA, all white with blue frames. I believe they were all lease-purchase trucks as NA was pushing the idea pretty hard back then.

You're probably familiar with the 13 mile 6% grade on eb I-68 between Frostburg and Cumberland, MD. With 30k or more in the box, I'd like to be able to drop into 9th (direct on my od 10 speed) and let the jake do most of the work since 9th will have me around 49 mph (45 mph limit) at 1600 rpm. Since 8th gear is too slow, I simply have to apply the brakes as I would without a jake. The Pinnacles are a different story. They are geared faster, 1420 rpm @65 mph vs 1500 rpm @ 65 mph in the Sterling. On the same hill with a similar load however, I can drop to 9th, turn on the engine brake, and count on one hand how many times I have to apply the foot brake to maintain 45-50 mph. The EM6 in the R model in my avatar had a Dynatard that worked well. Granted, we never grossed over 45k, but it could almost put you into the windshield on a 10% grade if you weren't careful. When I first drove the truck, the brake was cutting out around 1700. I wrote it up and the mechanic adjusted it to where it was still somewhat effective all the way down to 1400. That truck would just about stall if I forgot to turn off the brake and tried to float a gear.

Vinny, sometimes exceptions are made for "special" members. I won't go into details on Olive's situation, lets just say that this is the bus he rode to school....

I call it the trial and error/smelly brakes/change of underwear method of learning.

I was told go downhill one gear than you went up lower because of today's aerodynamics. You brought up a great point about todays higher hp/torque engines but the problem I see with with the "same gear" method is there's no guarantee that the downhill side has the same degree of incline as the uphill side. I just choose whatever gear will keep me at a suitable speed and rpm that will require the least amount of braking. The lamest Jake Brake I've seen is the one in the Sterling I currently drive. If it weren't for the sound I'd have a hard time telling whether or not it was on. Limited effectiveness above 1600 rpm and all but worthless below that. I don't think the Maxicruise engine brakes were much better but the ones in the MP7 Pinnacles work very well.

Brockway had some radical color and striping options in their final years. I think I saw one 761 on the road with one of the new designs.