HarryS

That's a real prize. Hope you work it out.

Not sure about the speedo but you can get a SW temp gauge with compatable sending unit (if it's electric) from Summit Racing. I switched my B Model from pos to neg ground and had to change the temp & fuel gauge along with the sending units. The cost is pretty reasonable. Good Luck, Harry

Definately a cutie. It won't take long for him to win you over. Certainly not a replacement for Diesel but a new friend going forward.

Very nice!!!

RIP for Diesel, his pain and suffering is over. His memory will be comfort for you. Harry.

Very sad to hear. My heart goes out to you.

I belong to several antique car clubs and a lot of different cars are using the Petronix set up. I looked on their website also and it looks like they have a conversion for just about everything but Mack. I see they have a search where you can use your distributor number. Aren't the Mack distributors Delco? Maybe you can find it that way.. Be interesting to see if they have it. Good Luck.

Looks brand new, right off the showroom floor.

Way to go, glad you were able to put he deal together. It's in really nice shape for the age.

I saw this footage of the wind blowing a semi over on a brdige in Idaho. It was on the news today. Thank goodness the driver was not badly hurt. Defintely scary. http://www.kmvt.com/news/latest/Semi-Crash-Caught-On-Tape-250708701.html

Mike, I did not want to be too persistant for fear of owning another B Model. They are like mistresses you can only afford one. I did leave a message on the owner's voice mail Haven't heard back yet but if I do I'll pass the info on.

Saw a nice B. That truck's been sitting there a long time.There's an old Carolina Freight trailer there too. I followed up on the B Model in Worthington, Pa. The owner is out of town but the girl in the office said she is sure it is not for sale. She put me to his voice mail. I left a message to advise if he does want to sell.

Very nice ride. Colors really do it justice.

It's cool and looks like in not too bad shape.

I thought that looked familiar. He lives back that road about a mile or so on top of the hill behind the church. We go to a reunion every July so I will check it out if it's still there.

My cousin lives just off 422 at Worthington. Is the B located at the shop on the south side at the light? Love the pictures each week. Required reading for Sat morning. Harry

I have the B Model along with three cars with JC Taylor in NJ which insures through Foremost in Michigan (along with other companies). I just got my renewal policy back yesterday. Attached is one of the declaration pages which is interesting. It raises a lot questions which usually aren't asked until there is a problem.

I couldn't find the B Model but did find a R700 http://zanesville.craigslist.org/cto/4309780641.html

welcome. Pretty neat trucks maybe will see you at the CMIT show in Frederick May 3.

Oops! It was a 1961 B-60.

Here's a picture of a 1961 B 61 with a 540 gas and a duplex direct that I bought from a towing and storage auction about 20 years ago. Apparently it was being driven from NY (not sure if city or upstate) to Florida. The truck had over heating and a serious vibration and was towed from I 95 just south of Springfield, Va. I saw the truck sitting in the storage lot everyday on the way to work for about 3 months and finally called. The day I called was the day of the auction and no one had showed up. The lot owner agreed to sell the truck for his towing bill and also agreed to deliver it, a deal I couldn't refuse. The lot owner told me he had been told the truck had been a concrete mixer. The mechanical problems turned out to be a bad water pump and a bad pinion bearing on the front drive axle. Another problem that could not be easly corrected was the gas mileage whiclh was about 3 or 4. Top speed was about 55, not sure what rears it had. I kept the truck for a couple of years and sold it at the Winchester, Va auction to Donovan's Used Cars in Harrisonburg. He later sold and maybe it is still out there somewhere.

It looks like it should clean up nice. Lots of fun in store for you.

I don't know about the Rs but I just finished doing the wiring harness on my 60 B and there is a buzzer in schematic located on the driver side dash/steering column support. The air line sensor runs off the air manifold on the passenger side of the firewall. Good Luck, Harry

Happy Birthday. U got plenty of time to "git yur Mack on".

Welcome, That is about the nicest looking pickup I've seen. As far as shifting there is a lot of great advice on this forum about technique, rpms, etc. My experience when I first got the B-61 out this past summer with 9 speed overdrive was shifting from 3rd to 4th was almost impossible without grinding and when it would finally go in the loss of rpms was so bad you almost had to shift back down. Come to find out the shift from 3rd to 4th was an upside down U toward the seatand 5th was up toward the dash. It's has a TRD 720 in it and I'm not sure why it works that way but it is OK once you get used to it.