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Happy Birthday! I'll one-up J Hancock and put 2 ex. marks!!

I was looking at my old springs, under the part number they're stamped "SP 11 59". Since the truck is a 1960 model, I believe that is the date code. Pretty good quality parts to still be on the truck after 60 years! The ends of the short leaves have worn pretty good grooves in the longer leaves.

I hate to say it, but with that paint combo, wheels, and chrome it looks better than a '57 Ford or Chevy.

Looks like some beautiful scenery!

I found two NOS brake drums at Legacy Mack in Altoona; now if I can find two more I'll be in good shape. I called Air Brake in Moosic and I'm checking with Watts, does anyone know another place that might have old stuff on hand? The Mack number is 17QJ3176, Gunite 2210x or 8668x, Webb 63430F. It's for a 1960 SWDL56, 34,000 lb. tandem with spoke wheels and 16-1/2" x 6" brakes.

Nice Bronco! I like the blue/white color scheme.

It's an SWDL56, rated 34,000 lb. Pretty much all the used Mack springs off old trucks I've seen have been rusty or broken.

AZB, it looks like you have a beautiful building to keep a couple beautiful trucks in.

I happened upon a pair of NOS Mack rear leaf springs, paid $615 each which was the best price I could find. Stengel Bros. and Dendoff Springs were both in that price range but they were aftermarket parts and 1-2 month lead time. I got the insulators and trunnion bushings from PAI, price was good and quality looks good. I got the coil springs from McMaster-Carr.

If your tractor needs an IV, maybe it's time to say goodbye.

I sure do like that chrome grille! One of the best-looking pickup body styles ever made.

Yeah, and those USPS tractors had short wheelbases...I'd hate to try to stay in the driver's seat on one of those.

I didn't even know they made conventionals back then! That is one odd looking truck. I remember in the early 70's there was the "Big 4"...White, Freightliner, Autocar, and Western Star.

I bought a couple of camelback cutoffs, one reason being the brake spiders were angled down so you could get a larger brake chamber on it without hitting the frame rail. Once I got a wheel off, the spiders looked awful familiar...they're the same as mine, but they rotated them forward one bolt hole to get the chamber below the frame rail. Another reason I bought them was for the iron caps-mine are aluminum and 2 are broken. Mack recalled the aluminum caps in 1972 because they were failing; sounds like a wild ride if one of those caps broke on the highway. Lots of rust and crud built up over the years. I took all the camelback parts to the sandblaster and put a good coat of primer on them.

Back in the early 80's we had a delivery driver with a chassis mounted crane who forgot to lower the boom. He was listening to a Walkman player and took down two freeway signs before someone caught his attention to stop. Needless to say the company banned headphones after that. If you have a stereo cranked up it would have the same effect.

Thank you Matt and Ed!

I painted some of my parts last year with Nason epoxy primer (after sandblasting). When it comes time to put the color on, I will scuff the primer...should I put another coat of epoxy on before the color, or should I use regular primer? The guys at Axalta said if I use regular primer, I would have to sand before the color.

Pickup man is a great song!! Real country music.

If you have two flat tires, you better see your doctor.

My dad had one U model in his fleet, the thing got wrecked 3 or 4 times before he finally said "no more!" and junked it.

You could even call them a large SUV.

My truck has air start...I love it. Saves a lot on batteries, and easier to jump start (if you got another truck or an air compressor).

Sharp looking U model. The trailer next to it looks like a see-through display trailer with an old pickup in it. I don't believe I've ever seen one of those.