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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!!

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.

Great pics!! You’re getting it done now, though!!!

Really cool early find!! Are you doing a full restoration or just a preservation?

Excellent!! Glad your helper is available full time. Should be a great learning experience for him.

Very sad news. My condolences to his family. Bought some stuff from him a while back and always appreciated his comments on my progress on my truck. He will be missed.

I'm trying, so much to do!! Huge progress from this time last year, but it'll get done when it does. As much as I'm dying to drive it, you can't rush a good thing. So hard to not just start slapping things together, though!!

It is ALIVE!!! Started it up on diesel today, after fabricating the fuel lines between the pump and tank. Blew a little smoke, then cleaned right up and had a nice clean idle. Revved it up a few times and sounded really good with just a straight pipe. Another milestone in the books. I had a nice one minute video, but it was too large to post. IMG_3691.m4v IMG_3693.m4v

Looks great!! Minor concession and I agree with the others that it looks better.

Nothing beats laying down color to finish off your work! Looks great!

The digital format is amazing. Yeah, you can post it immediately, which in itself over the top. But being able to manipulate it, zoom in, adjust and the photos are so clear. It's just so easy document your work and disassembly sequences. When I bought this, I was still using a 35MM instamatic camera, which sucked. Not good resolution and a lot of detail was lost. Then all the developing and enlarging, if needed, only to find out it was blurry or a useless shot. I probably a have few thousand pictures I've taken that are digital. I had a 35MM small album of pictures I literally wore out referencing it for my work. Now, I have albums broken down by work area on all my devices, kind of my digital note book I use while I'm working, which is invaluable. Yesterday's and today's efforts, getting the right fender extension on so I can assemble the air filter and induction system. It's slow going getting all the hardware ready and trying not to scratch the paint.

It is about 4”s it seems. I never really thought there was such a difference between the two models.

The view out of the windshield has changed a little since 1998. Doing a little alignment to the cab and radiator. Both were slightly askew from where they need to be. Shouldn’t be too long before more assembly goes on. Going to get it running and moving soon.

I posted this pic on someone else’s post. Oops! But any way, there’s tons of room and really no chance of interference with the cab. The cab sits a lot higher that I recall. I put a seat in it today and when I raise and lower it, the gearshift’s are a lot lower than a standard B cab. Almost as if I need extensions on them. Moving right along, though, and so much to hook up yet!!

I’d love to!! Trying hard, but maybe Gerhart’s?

Everything is so nice and clean!!

Thanks for all the great comments. Today was a great day. It was a lot of work and working in the sun with the heat we had was exhausting. It went on pretty easily and the lift I had was invaluable. The thing that strikes me is how tall the truck is. I don't recall it being as high as it is. Much taller than the B-42 by a big margin. But it looks so amazing at this point, all that frustrating, hard work really paid off. I keep scrolling through the photos we took and some videos my wife took from the second floor of the house, while she watched us. So much to hook up and complete, now, but it's really moving along.

No problems at all with it passing through.

JEEZUS, I can't believe it!!!! We did it, it took all four of us to gently lift the cab and set it in place. A gigantic leap forward on getting this done. It really looks amazing, I can't tell you how happy I am to see it like this. It's way beyond how I thought it would look all those years ago.

Great progress, it's really starting to move along!!