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Hey Paul,don't know if it'll help you any,but I did take lots of H-model pictures at the Troutman,N.C. ATHS show.They're all posted on the diesel gypsy's site. And of course Hank's truck pictures has hundreds...no,thousands... maybe millions of pictures. Tom

Gee...Paul sorta took the words right outa my mouth!

I know what you mean,I made the same mistake in telling the body shop man " no hurry " one time.My mixer used to be solid red,and I wanted to get the fenders and top of the hood painted black. I parked it at the body shop in Appomattox right after the Railroad festival parade in October and it sat there outside the shop for weeks until I finally told him that I would like to have it done before Christmas parade,so he finally painted the fenders- the weekend before the parade.Never did get the hood painted.

I think the R and F-models might have been the last of the best of the bunch.That's why I like old trucks so much-they had "character". You used to be able to listen to a truck running and tell what engine it had-the cummins rattling,the cat knocking,detroits buzzing,and mack had a sound all it's own too.Now they all look and sound alike-not totally of course,but way more than they used to and they're all fiberglass and plastic.That's progress I guess.

Yeah it kind of snuck up on me, I didn't realize Thanksgiving was next week,thought I had another week to go for some reason.I just bought a turkey so I could smoke it,haven't done that since last year,and they're really good smoked.My Dad brought me a box of sweet potatos that he grew when he came up to the stew last weekend.I'll get some Captain Morgan's for flavoring and make some sweet potato pies. You guys are bad for my weight ! Sounds like work has picked up pretty well for you. That's good. Paul VS We're bad for my weight too! I'm 6 feet tall,and I got up to about 230 lbs. at one time,then after my wife passed away I lost down to under 200 but now I seem to be going the other direction again,at a rapid pace. A good sweet potato pie is hard to find anymore,so I make my own-they're real easy to make. I wouldn't give 5 cents for a punkin pie,but I love sweet potato pie.Some people say there's no difference,but there most certainly is.

Yeah it kind of snuck up on me, I didn't realize Thanksgiving was next week,thought I had another week to go for some reason.I just bought a turkey so I could smoke it,haven't done that since last year,and they're really good smoked.My Dad brought me a box of sweet potatos that he grew when he came up to the stew last weekend.I'll get some Captain Morgan's for flavoring and make some sweet potato pies.

sorry,I just read this today-are you still looking? I have some old ones in my truck,I use them for floor mats when it's muddy,so I always keep a few.

Yeah,there's no sound like a v8 Mack with a straight pipe-when I was hauling wood chips to Covington,Va. an owner operator had an F-model with a v8 and a short stack,just a little higher than the cab,and i'd roll my window down every time he passed me-which would be whenever he caught me.

Yep,that's what it looked like-it was blue too,little bit lighter shade,with dark blue lettering and fenders.Thanks for posting the picture,that's a sharp looking unit there!...and I missed the Winchester show this year.

You know,I was going to do that last weekend,and couldn't find the link with the instructions-I used to be there,but disappeared somewhere along the line.

I have a dog too-his name is "other dog"

I went to the eye Dr. Monday,and she said everything was looking good.I have to use eye drops every day for glaucoma. They put drops in my eyes and dilated my pupils,and shined that really bright light in them.Then I went to the shop and picked up a load of beams at the yard going to Export,Pa.It was almost dark when I left the Dr.'s office and I could see pretty good.By the time I chained my load down and left it was full dark,and everything was a little blurry,and every time I met a car their headlights looked like aircraft landing lights.So I made it up to Charmco,WV about 10 pm,decided to take a nap for a couple of hours,and woke up at 6 am. Still got to Export around lunch time.Then went to Macedonia,Oh. and loaded to Roanoke,then took a load of Kyanite to Chester,WV and back to Macedonia and Roanoke.I'm off until Monday morning when I have to go to Tightsqueeze,Va. and load a load of pipeline pipe going to Anderson,S.C. Stopped by Food Lion on the way home yesterday to pick up a few things,and the bill came to $92.22.Even got a turkey to smoke in the old smoker oven-haven't used that in a while.

yeah,I drove a '74 Transtar with a vt903,rated at 320 hp,and it wouldn't stay in the same county with a v8 325 Mack.Turn the fuel up on 'em and a 400 Cummins couldn't hang with them.

I don't think our H-63 was on Dennis Meahan's OldMacks site. I could be wrong though. There is a guy in North Carolina who has several H-61 and H-63 tractors. Brad Wike is his name. He has a good website, although it takes some time to download. (Lots of photos) www.bradsclassictrucks.com I think. The early Mack cabovers, other than the W series, seem to be concentrated on the East coast, and specifically in the Southeast. From what I see, there are not too many of these H-63's around. Appears to be more H-67 cabovers. We are pretty excited about this newest find. The trouble with getting another project truck is that I want to start that project, and I am not even close to finishing the one in the shop. Probably just like everybody else - what I really need is a lot of money, a huge shop and a very understanding wife. My shop is pretty good, and my wife is pretty understanding - I just don't have any money. Ah Well. How's your work doing - any busier? Hello Paul,i've looked at his site. I think some of the H-models at Troutman were his.A lot of companies around this area ran H-models,but I don't know the exact model no.I know they weren't the tall cherry picker cabs,I hadn't seen one of those until the first year I went to the Troutman antique show.They were a little before my time of course .Our work's been pretty steady lately,but i'm still in the same "ain't got no money" boat as you.

I think I'd better get one. Thanks, Paul VS I think it's money well spent,i've really enjoyed mine and gotten lots of use out of it,and it should last way longer than I will.

I have another favorite cooking tool in the back yard too-the outdoor electric smoker range. My best friend "Traveling Kid" ( he died of a heart attack a few years ago,while driving a truck. He was just past the scales on rt. 58 in Suffolk,Va.) told me how to make it,and it works great-if you don't mind an old electric range in your yard.I had mine in the shed in Appomattox,now i've got one out back behind a small metal shed,kind've out of sight. All you need is an old stove with a drawer in the bottom to store pots and pans.You remove all the wires,pull the insulation out of the bottom of the oven-leave the rest,on the sides and top-then drill some holes through the bottom.You'll have 2 bottoms with empty space in between when you pull the insulation out,and I drilled some holes from inside the oven,then turned it over and drilled some from the bottom-that way the holes aren't straight through,but the heat and smoke still get through to the oven but not flames.Then you just use the drawer for a fire box,using wood and/or charcoal and you've got a cheap smoker that works great.I've cooked turkeys in it,boston butts,chicken on a can,venison,and lots of other stuff.You can use a gas stove too,and they're already ready-you don't have to fool with getting the insulation out or drilling holes,because they've got a burner in the bottom,and you just put a fire in there and you're ready to smoke.

Oh well,I thought I didn't stick or burn anything because I knew what I was doing,but after I read all that info I found out it's because the pot is designed to be pretty much idiot-proof,just what I need! I think it was money well spent,good for large gatherings.I've made at least one stew in it every year since i've had it,usually more.That's all i've ever cooked in it except one year I made chili.

Hi Paul-I ordered that pot from Cabela's,probably 7 or 8 years ago...maybe more,I don't remember.I think it cost $179,but i'm not sure about that either. It's a 30 qt. pot,and at the time they had smaller ones and some bigger ones too,but the price jumped way up for the next bigger size which was a 36 qt. and I figured 30 qts. was big enough anyway,and it is for me.I don't know if they still carry them or not,I don't see them in their catalogs anymore. The pot has 3 legs on it that you can't see in the picture because it's sitting on the stand.I used to set the legs on some bricks or something and make a fire under it or around it and it was hard to regulate the heat,but a friend of mine made the stand for me so it's up off the ground high enough to work with it now.I closed the sides in on 2 sides and when I start I put the meat,potatos,and onions in first because that's all the raw ingredients,and let them boil 'til they're done.As the fire burns down I just put just enough wood on it to keep it going the rest of the way-i'll use long pieces of wood so I can pull them out if I need to,or as they burn off I can just push them in further.If the stew looks like it needs more liquid,i'll leave the liquid in the vegetables when I pour them in,if I want to thicken it up i'll just pour the liquid off first.I like to have it boiling when I put the first gallon of vegetables in,that cools it down some,and when it comes back to a boil I put the next gallon in.By the time I put the corn in ,which is always last,i'll have very little or no fire,and it'll stay hot all evening.If it was real cold i'd keep the fire going,but like it was Saturday I just let it go out and the stew was plenty hot enough to eat when I emptied the pot. My brother has a pot that'll make 3 or 4 of mine,but he uses a gas burner under it. You can read all about the pots here-I guess mine is the 29.8 qt. model. http://www.thecellarstore.com/potjiepot.html I just googled "potjie pots"

no , I unloaded in Roanoke Friday night,so I won't be leaving until tomorrow,or maybe Tuesday morning-got an appointment at the eye Dr. tomorrow at 3:45. There's hardly any stew left now-I had stew for lunch today,and stew for supper.

oh...I thought y'all were talking about one of those cannons like I saw on TV that shoots punkins across the field...never mind,my bad

thank you very much

I got that old stew pot all clean and ready for it's next mission.I really should have done it yesterday,but...you know how that goes! I sprayed it out with the hose and it came pretty clean,then I scrubbed it and rinsed it,then boiled it out again,dumped it and reseasoned it with Crisco while it was still hot and dry.All I gotta do now is let it cool and put it away.It probably doesn't need to be reseasoned every time,but it can't hurt,as it's used infrequently.That's probably why it cleans easy and i've never had any problem with anything sticking. Now I can finally sit around and relax,which is one of the things I do best,just don't get to do it very much so I need the practice. I need some ear plugs too,'til Jobyna gets done woofing about me using her good dish towel on the stew pot and getting it dirty.Geez,what's she expect me to wipe it down with? I thought that's what they were for! I know-next time i'll use a pillow case,just to show her who's boss around here. If y'all never hear from 'ol otherdog again,you'll know what happened.

thanks!-I don't know how to do that.

Hey Bulldog Man,this is off topic here,but I saw the best screamin' jimmy video i've seen yet ( for sound anyway ) on youtube yesterday.You might've already seen it,it was posted by tiety and called Shifting a 6-71,and Shifting a 6-71 Part 2