Green Dash
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How can you joke when there are U models tipping over left and......left?! -
A very nice tribute.
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New York Macks 2
Green Dash replied to RFCDrum's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
The DM's must have been a sight to see. I don't remember those. -
Good deal. I hope we get at least one more, got 4 but could really use about 10. I know that ain't happening. There has been a rotating inventory of 6-7 at the Pittsburgh terminal for most of the year and then there were none. Then again, parking at that terminal isn't much better than what Transedge appears to have.
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my new R700 wrecker
Green Dash replied to beatngu's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Very nice. I think the 8V71 was the most common non-Mack engine found in the R/F 700's. Model # should be R773. -
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Green Dash replied to RFCDrum's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
I got my neighbors mixed up. The man I mentioned above was named Masiello(sp). Stasi's lived 2 houses down from him but they were related somehow. They were on Dickens St which dead-ended at the playground for Dryden St school, where I attended 1st & 2nd grade. Whole lotta truck traffic on that little street for a young boy to ogle. You were probably got a bit excited while discussing R700's with V8's. -
It was 55' at one time but I don't know the exact years or whether it was a federal or a state thing. A selling point of the 90" BBC's was that you could pull a 45' trailer and be within the 55' limit. The close gap between tractor and trailer is evident in some of the Jones pictures.
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Thanks. Its at 22k miles now and the MP7-395 is pulling very well. 672 cubes and a whole lotta torque-it's deja vu all over again.
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LOL, but a good looking "other make" nonetheless.
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Was this taken in the past week? I thought they were all delivered. The order was for 135, IIRC. You are a wise man, indeed! Meet my new partner in crime, #1790. The pic was taken outside the shop, waiting for a diagnosis on why the check engine light came on at 5000 miles. It was a bad egr sensor.
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New York Macks 2
Green Dash replied to RFCDrum's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
I drive through there I visit the island, lotta childhood memories and not much has changed overall. My Dad worked around the corner from Cross and Elm on Magnolia Ave. The shop is now an auto repair garage but at the time it was known as KenRoy Truck Leasing. They supplied the equipment for King Kullen in the 60's and 70's. -
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Green Dash replied to RFCDrum's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Stasi's lived across the street from us on Dryden and bought our house as an investment in 1970. He had an IH Loadstar dump truck that he would park in front of the house from time to time. -
Some brochures. http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/truck_brochures/diamond_reo/
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Another shot of my Dad's '70.
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Unless he needs a boat to get to his farm, I'd say this story has a happy ending.
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Happy Birthday!
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New York Macks 2
Green Dash replied to RFCDrum's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
The Westbury water tower is on Dryden St, which is where I lived from the ages of 3-8. If that's the approach to the Grand Blvd bridge over the LIRR in front of you, than that yard has you're picking up at has been there a very long time. Same goes for Jamaica Ash and Rubbish on the other side of the bridge. -
Thank you, thank you.
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It was the 1964-65 World's fair in Queens, NY. I remember seeing it but don't think I rode on it.
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Lotta good info here, maybe we need a Diamond Reo thread? I was wondering when Diamond T updated the styling to what eventually became the Diamond Reo cabover. The model number of my Dad's, which also was a '70, was 7864-78" cab and 6x4 drive. White's idea, I assume.
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In the later years the older engine codes were not included in the model number. I don't know what the 1 is for but the 3 is the designation for 3 axle. A 1989 RW712 would be a single axle but an early RW712 would have a 300+ engine and an "S" suffix would designate if it were a tandem axle (S is for Six wheel).
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Better brush up on my 3rd grade math. This would've been the 10th, maybe they skipped a number??
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Looks great, nice shade of green too. Maybe you shoulda kept the Volvo and towed it around to use as a decoy when you park? Best of Luck with the Mack.
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I don't know about the motor, but one site shows 9 R735's were built, which would be consistent with the serial #. This would be the last one off the line. Regardless, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay.
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For those of you that aren't involved in the industry or are too young to remember, here's an article from the Harvard Crimson that tells his story, up to 1974 at least. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1974/7/16/mike-parkhurst-leading-the-last-cowboys/?page=single
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