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That’s going to help a lot!! Looks really good and your helper seems proud of his work!!

It’s alive!!! Congratulations!!!

5 minutes ago, mowerman said:

Mighty fine bud!!!!!!! Excellent detail thanks for sharing.,, wasn’t aware you were doing power steering . I’m expecting you had to fabricate everything??????. Bob 

Not everything, just the flex lines and fittings. It’s a Garrison add on unit with the piston on the tie rod and the shuttle valve in the drag link. Good system, but not as good as a Sheppard box.

7 minutes ago, HarryS said:

How about Winchester, VA in late Sept or Gerhart's?

Gerhart’s might be possible, I’d need to put some miles on it before I’d trust it to go that far.

10 minutes ago, Red Horse said:

Matt...You won't need a body to get it to Lancaster Aug 27,28. And everyone would love to  see that "Louisville" frame and the rest of the chassis detail😎

I was trying to get to Lancaster, as it’s one of my favorite shows, but my employer has his annual charity fundraiser that weekend. I’m still going to try, but not sure if it’ll work.

9 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

have you mentally got  a road ready date ?  definitely waiting for the first appearance at local truck show. 

Not really. I’m thinking late summer for having it drivable and into the fall to set the body in it and get that working and a new wood deck on it.

It runs good, very clean idle, even when cold. I’ll see how it is once I get it on the road.

27 minutes ago, 1961H67 said:

Stack and support looks great,, the original stack on this LJ was bolted to the cab, I have a couple of parts Superliners with mounts similar to the one you used. Not sure which way I’ll mount it,, yours looks dang good ! 

Thanks. I wanted to isolate the stack to prevent any resonance to the cab. I’ve seen some attempts to do the same, but didn’t like how they came out. I think this came out pretty good. The stack has an insert muffler in it, so it should quiet things a little more, but should still have that great Cummins sound.

I would believe it. I’ve seen quite a few shade variations on original trucks over the years. I think the bottom line is if it’s what you like and is within your budget, then go for it. It’s your truck and efforts, make it how you want it and enjoy it.

WOW, looks absolutely fantastic!! Great job. Gotta be a lot of smiles in that shop today!

An extra set of hands is always helpful. I have the same issues trying to find stuff that I took off and stored 25 years ago or that was missing when I bought it.

1 hour ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Did you coat the inside of the tank to stop any oil seeping thru, I find these tanks are always wet and dusty unless this done

I have never done it myself, tanks I have that are coated are always nice and clean and those that arent are always dirty

 

Paul 

No, it was dry externally and at all the ports. Just pitted on the top and face. Solid otherwise.

One of my favorite things about these trucks. They look great!!

10 minutes ago, mowerman said:

Well if any of you fellas have a fancy idea to clean up stainless steel let me know I bought some nice straight grille moldings a few years back for my DM and one of them is tarnished and I really don’t know what to do with it bob

A buffing wheel and jeweler’s rouge can usually bring it back. There’s a whole series of wheels and compounds that work with stainless. Look at the Eastwood site and you’ll find what you need.

Stainless is a tough and forgiving metal. I’ve blended out some pretty deep scratches on some pieces I’ve fixed.

On my exposed hardware I replace a lot with bolts from Totally Stainless. I’ll file off the head markings then buff them out on a wheel. They’ll look like chrome and never tarnish.

Nice touch with the strip. Mine was aluminum, but heavily corroded. Replaced it with a steel one I got off the roof donor.

Well, sorry about the Superliner. But, WOW!!! Really looking nice in those colors. Great job!!

That looks great!!! It’s going to be very cool in it’s original colors. Really nice work!!

1 minute ago, terry said:

I had paper work on that B421 from new and it had the flathead.    terry

I'm probably off. From what I saw in a quick search I did, the 421 was a "cheap" version of the 42. No oil cooler and several other things deleted. I think I was mixing it up with the 422, which did have an overhead valve engine. There was a site from where the B model registry came from that had a lot of engine and transmission reference material from Mack posted on it. I can't seem to find it, so it may be gone.

Also, Magnadyne was the flathead and the Thermodyne was the overhead valve. Run some google searches, tons come up from this site, ATHS and others. There's an answer in there somewhere, I just haven't looked at that stuff in years since switching to diesels.

B42 had a EN 401/402 @ 150 HP. Minor differences and I believe an extra head stud. The B421 I thought was an overhead valve EN438. There’s also the B422. There’s a factory chart around the lines up the difference models and engines, just can’t put my hands on it.