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Yep. Right under you fingers. Easy to give a little "flick-flick" without taking your hands off the wheel. I always thought the early R models achieved "dashboard perfection"!!! LOL!!!

Okay, this one fits! "If you Photoshop your wife out of pictures of your truck..."

There's always the "Other Truck Makes" section! Don't need a Mack to post there!

There is a lot of good information out there on the interweb about proper phasing of yokes and about different ways to handle shaft angles. Like Jo-Jo said, straight in line is not a good thing. Equal angles on each end of a shaft are generally considered a good thing. I have also seen "equal and opposite" angles on each end of a shaft work. Plenty of good info out there about this. I'm sure it will all work out.

Oh. If you're trying to BUY it, they're not worth squat! Offer him $7,500 and work up from there! 😂

Suppose it's been swapped, or has a cutoff on the rear? I can't see the front of the carrier in the pictures to see if it's a Mack rear.

Check out this interview with Barry Weitz... https://www.itsabouttv.com/2016/05/interview-movin-on-with-co-producer.html

Technically, I think they had their Chauffeur's licenses, as CDLs were not a thing yet.

As I remember reading about it, Claude actually took to it like a duck to a pond. Frank was from NYC and didn't even have a driver's license when they started the show. Both of them got their CDLs so they could drive the truck. They say it was easy for Claude, but it took Frank a little while to get the hang of it. That might have been from the Movin' On website, or one of the other places I have tracked down about that show. I think Mark Stracener still owns the "Real" one, having bought it from Paul Sagehorn, but things change all the time without us knowing about it.

You tryin' to buy it or sell it?

Looks freakin' beautiful to me!

Sorry I missed your birthday, Dean. I was out of town. Hope you had a great day. I still need to get over to your place and see all the toys.

You'll have that thing started any time now.

"If you think "The Big Easy" is your sister-in-law..."

I'm gettin' excited...and it's not even my truck!!!

Here is a generic plumbing diagram.

Pretty much. Just have to put the double check valve in the right sequence so the foot brake and trolley valve work properly.

Here are a couple of other treadle valve brochures. Treadle Valves.pdfTreadle Valve Numbers.pdf

Here is the brochure on an E3 foot valve. I like the E3 better than the E2 because of the "2 stage" feel it delivers.E-3.pdfE-3.pdfE-3.pdf E-3.pdf

The indicator thing works really well to check what you're getting. Once the lock nut is tightened, it removes all the "slop" from the threads on the adjusting nut. So, depending on the pitch line clearance of the adjusting nut and the spindle, the lock nut will remove a different amount of clearance. 1.5 flats might be good on some. Might need more or less on another. I like to check for clearance with an indicator after the lock nut is tightened. But, in all reality, as long as there is a little clearance there, it's probably not all that critical. If there is no clearance at all, well, that could cause some issues. Too much clearance...yeah that could cause problems too. But the sweet spot is fairly generous.

Yeah, seems like Mack frames were slightly narrower than most.

Maybe do the cab in yellow and the fenders in the same green as the frame? Something like this?

I have seen rear tandem axle used as a single. Main thing is getting all the mounting brackets right. For instance, using a rear drive axle off a camelback spring will need different brackets to attach to a single axle arch spring.

Love the old steel dash trucks! My favorite paint job has always been the yellow with black fenders.

"If your yard sales have an adult section..."