Phase 1

On 10/7/2016 at 2:55 AM, Superdog said:

sounds like that guy had a hell of a sale. I'll have to hire those auctioneers for my sale.

That would be off-breeds only I hope.

On 10/13/2016 at 9:47 PM, 1941 ED said:

What is the best place to post pictures of my Restoration process ??

Right here in this thread. A step by step account of a restoration process with pictures is interesting.

Didn't Mack sell Chrysler's in a repower kit for B models?

Pictures?   Would like to see the Dodge's.

The trick here would be to separate the fact from the fiction - as surely there is some.

My guess is a DMM.

Vlad, it is only 55 miles across the Bering Strait.

15 hours ago, fxfymn said:

I never thought about it before, but I guess the "H" designation came from being halfway between the "C" and the "N" that the truck was the offspring of. Someone at Ford was pretty clever.

 The H came out in 1961 and the N came out in 1963. Maybe because the H was first, the next jump was to N.  But it is one letter off .

On 8/6/2016 at 11:40 AM, BillyT said:

The two H models and the B are all beautiful! Like the way Ford took the C cab and added the larger sleeper. Became a legitimate contender as an otr horse.Like Mowerman said were mostly " bug" haulers,but my friend hauled steel with one.The first commodity I ever hauled was bedbugs for an Allied Van Lines contractor in a"crackerbox Jimmy."

The C cab went "upstairs" on the H. I think the sleepers were the same.

In the For Sale section there is a 74 Dodge that comes with a wench.

Only has a picture of the truck though.

              Smokin !

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Corn Queen ?  

If they would sell that M model complete and without knowing what the rest of it looks like, it looks too good to scrap. The M was the heavy duty model. It became the Paystar.

Tom Warren in Texas has a restored WWII twin engine Ford tractor.

Several companies made twin engine trucks. Grico, Spangler, Eisenhauer, Merry-Neville were some.

It has been reported here that there has been some UPS trucks that have escaped and avoided execution.

When I was younger they were commonly still called steamrollers. I think you would even hear that today from some people.

2 hours ago, Firebuster said:

I got all the build information from the Mack Museum and I understand they don't track vehicles after they have been sold to the original owners. I did however get valuable information along with the serial number.

It was run by a police friend by searching their nationwide database that police regularly use. It came back still titled to Evans City Borough.

Whatever this may mean could be so many different reasons.

No sales tax would have ever been collected.

No Insurance has been on the vehicle since 1983.

It was never resold.

It could be parked in someones barn.

It could have been scrapped.

There was some internal strife at that time between the fire department and city council over the sale and we could have been lied to. Council members are all dead now.

Are you thinking they may have sold it for scrap? Or someone connected "received" it?

It is unusual that if it survives, it would not have been licensed in all these years. Possible of course.

Can you access the Council meeting minutes from that time? Or the treasurers records for a payment made on it? Those could lead you to a buyer.

They should have a file with vehicle titles, could it still be there?

There is/was a B model registry if you have not checked that. I don't know if it is available yet, I cannot get to it. It was on a site called Old Macks R Us, which now appears to be gone. 

Possibly someone here has a copy of the registry.

Here is a thread on it.

Very cool just the way it is. 

Googling Moellenbeck Transport shows one in St. Gregor, Saskatchewan

Sounds like a previous thread.  

It could turn into a long one - with a good outcome.

GMC General at abandoned house

On 3/17/2016 at 4:58 PM, hatcity said:

huh?...and here I thought this would have some music

18 hours ago, Swishy said:

Sort of remindz me

 

 

 

 

Wish I could do th@

 

    I would like to "do" that too.

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I didn't think there would have been many DM 400's.  But I looked it up and there were about 3800 of them built. The listed one is a DM-477, and there were 404 of those.

On 4/29/2016 at 6:19 PM, ekennedy21 said:

problem with the ceiling mounted units is if you bring in a truck or piece of equipment that has been out in the cold and you try to work under it, it blocks the ceiling unit. you end up under the truck that is radiating cold down on you while you work. Floor heat heats primary the first 6-8 feet and thats where I work. As for cost, its a lot more. In the 6k sq. ft building I am putting up it was like 8,500 for ceiling tubes or 39,000 for in the floor heat. I went in floor because I believe it is that much better.

I talked to a guy about radiant heat who said he had worked in a shop that had it. He said if you are working where the radiant heat does not hit you, you are cold. If you are where it does hit you, it is too hot.

Have they done an autopsy on it Mike? What was the cause?

Does Mack still do the rebuilding? Companies farm out almost everything these days, and I think it is common to have another company do the rebuilding.