bulldogin

Im looking for info on R-model pick-up truck conversions.....pics and info

i got a ticket last year in my 83 rd with a 285 and no puff eliminator in brooklyn by enviormental control board.....then in my 88 by state DEC....just put a thicker shim in the puffer.......macks run like a rapped ape with no puffer

autos burn more fuel than a standard trans....i own a fleet of garbage trucks in NYC....half auto half manual....they burn aprox.10 to 15% more and go thru brakes twice as fast a jake does nothing for it...im lookining into a brake saver that goes on the driveshaft and has electromagnets inside..when you relese the accelorator it slows the truck

what i thought was cool about that truck is that it was right hand drive...and what was even cooler something all R models should have come with dual air breathers!!!!

i have found that doors off fire trucks are the cleanest .....most fire trucks are garaged all their live......just the mirror mounting is diffrent than a Rmodel....but the same as a F,DM and U model

is it a 6 speed low hole? (2 stick) or a 2060?

take the stops out on the axel....i had a 2 DM's..one woud turn great the other like crap....i took the stops out and they were the same

heres a websitehttp://www.stlouisdumptrucks.com/convoy9-04b_001.htm

RS is a value liner with a steel frame RL is aluminum frame ...before the value liner it was a mack western

R is road...RD is road/dump

DM is dump/mixer

RW is a super liner

try a junkyard and look for an old mack fire truck.....they have them inside the cab between the front and back half of the cab.....i already used 1 and it will fit

YES...i did this conversion.....you need the radatior,front cross member,fenders,support rods for radatior,hood and the back of the fenders......if your truck has the flat type bumper you will need to change the bumper to the heavy duty style like on the DM.....GOOD LUCK....if you have any questions you can e-mail me at jony2toes@aol.com

your 84 is black.....the name plate is the color of the truck......mack started this in 78....befor then it was all body color

Try virgo fleet supplys in brooklyn NY........http://www.virgofleet.com/. he will have them.....call and ask for dave....tell them jack from D&D Carting gave you the #