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Example of Doggie secured to the top of the brass radiator cap for the alloy radiators. Only the base of the rear legs are mounted onto the brass cap and Doggie's body sits above the clip securing the cap.

Thanks for the information Vlad. 👍

I know this very well. 12 yrs ago I had stopped first car waiting for lights to change at 1 am one cold night I was in my Toyota Prado to turn left onto a major Melbourne Rd. I saw a Toyota Land Cruiser towing a loaded tandem axle car trailer coming thru the intersection going in the same direction I was turning into, he was doing at about 50 mph and I notice the left rear wheel missing as it passed me. Within 1-2 seconds I heard this massive bang to my right side. The wheel hit my right front door just behind the mirror, smashed the window and bounced off. Had I been 6-10 inches forward it would have hit my right side and head. My fear, shock and adrenaline kicked in so fast, I was chasing the wagon and trailer, I flashed my lights hand on the horn but the bastards speed away. I chased them and they turned into side streets like the movies, I dont know how they didnt roll with the trailer and there were no cars around in the dead of night. I eventually forced them to stop. I went off my head my ex was in the car with a friend they said I was crazy. They were 4towel heads going to clean factories etc doing cleaning jobs. I got their details photo of the car and tralier plates. I reported to the police and I did track down the owner of the business. The police did ZERO. The owner paid all costs to repair and apologised. Karma I found out. About 12 months later I was in the country and I happened to meet a guy I knew, he was the uncle of the owner and he told me that the owners wife and daughter were stopped at pedestrian lights in a country town named Swan Hill, waiting to cross the road, out of nowhere a big truck wheel came flying towards them and just scrapped them. A few inches forward and both would have been dead. I asked my guy to pass on a message to his nephew about Karma, get serious about his vehicle service and the sh..heads he employs.

Agreed. No air ride seats, solid springs, armstrong special steering, bench seat with home pillows, air conditioning was windows wild open, steel cab with no insulation - 120 in summer and ice cold in winter, the cab was the sleeper cab (in the S model KW could barely lay sideways or legs out the window, engine noise was entertainment ............ When my dad got their first Mercedes Benz the 1418 and 1924 conventional cabs late 1960's, it was like stepping into a new world -excellent power steering at slow movement (could turn with 1 finger) and gradually stiffened with higher speed and direct, quieter motors, big cab and cooler (but no air con).

Vlad, with your experience and knowledge do you think some of the mid 1990's and later gearboxes be suitable to retro-fit to the Mack E6 - 2 and 4 valve motors? I know that the 10 and 12 spd preferably overdrive are the natural gearboxes for these motors, but I am thinking of possibilities for a potential Mack project I have in mind.

I might ask Gary Richards ex Mack Aust about this. Lets not forget the Leader trucks in Australia which had the F model copy cab, it was fibreglass.

Dean I can understand the hard ride, my B model was nasty bobtail. The C model for the non purist could be modified into an interesting drive. Similar to the early S model KW. I think the C model is a better looking unit than the early S model KW, the KW cab was like a dog kennel. C model has the LT cab and being lifted the vision would be pretty good. Extend the frame, air bag rears, 4.17 or better diffs, one of those unpainted aluminium Mercury period sleepers, a Mack E6 2 or 4 valve with Mack 12 spd and upgraded brakes and a classy period paint job with some scrolls, anyway just a dream for now. Actually, there is a C model sitting in a shed over here that maybe I could be tempted and then my dream 😀

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Thanks, that is is my recollection. I think I read that possibly 50% came to Australia, but this may be wrong. The 864 V8 was not an overly successful motor in Australia.

Now I recall the Army engineers believed the side water intercooler was cooler for the trucks in the outback/desert conditions.

My error engines were EM6 - 285 HP. Yes there were E6 / 2 valve - 350 HP motors with tip-turbine in Australia. A few pictures of the Army Macks. Originally supplied with Mack camel back rears and later converted to Neway airbag suspension

Yes the Australian Army had a mostly R Mack fleet for many years plus Inters. The R models were mainly 6 wheel drive, with the steel checker plate guards and high mounted. A former Mack mechanic told me that the Army ordered the R models E6/2valve - 300 and 350 HP with the tip-turbine and inter-cooler mounted on the side of the engine, the Army engineers did not want the . I cannot remember the reason why. I understand that the tip-turbine system cannot be fitted to the E6/4 valve engine.

A 1964 Australian B615, notice the raised cross member

B615, with the raised air cleaner and pipe thru the cab, Mack V8 - 864 motor, not a big number built compared to other B models. I have to check the Mack book, I think production was 1962 - 1964. The cab was raised about 4 inches higher than B - 43, 61 73 and 75 with the same cab. The cross member at the back of the B615 cab had about a 4 in rise, shaped similar to the front engine cross member but turned upwards. Ross power steering was an option for the B615 and it was located below the firewall not at front of the frame.

Paul, the Mack tip-turbine was and continues to be a reliable performer, and with proper maintenance like coolant and clean water, those engines will keep on keeping. The chassis mounted inter-cooler sounds interesting to know more about where they are mounted and the boost performances. The Aust army R models apparently all had the tip-turbines, I was informed by a Mack mechanic, the army engineers did not want the inter-coolers.

2028 is a long time in politics. I hope they resolve the voting to allow only real US citizens. There is a lot of s..t that should be sorted 🤞🙏 before 2028. I think there will be many new positive reasons for the economy and generally to give the US people confidence the Republicans are far better than those latte lefties. Sadly here in Aus, our Australian preferential voting system is totally wrong, it keeps the current status quo of destructive left in power with only 36% of the vote, they crow that they won a landslide vote. We have hopeless imposters that recently won seats with a handful of preference votes, oxygen thieves, pulling big $'s and delivering verbal diarrhoea. Our govt owned media ABC accidently released FOI information that reveals our govt was told before the recent election that they would not meet their BS housing targets, should cut expenditure and raise more taxes to cover their overspending deficits. They did not reveal this to Aust people before the election.

We have 2 V - 350 same set up as your engine in our B75. It has the Mack box TRDL 1070 10 spd overdrive and 4.17 tandem rears, at 100klms per hour at 1800 revs. I have pushed it to 120klms/hr, but revs up. Pulling a tri-axle 43 foot trailer with a hay load maybe 15 tons, it held comfortably cruising at 1750-1800 depending on wind, motor did not lug and occasionally I had to drop down to 9th, but revs can drop to 1400 (even 1300) on the flat and it still pulls because of the torque. Little noise with exhaust stacks on each side of cab. We are limited to 100klms/hr, so a 3.7 diff would not be good for the engine. As you want lower revs, a Mack diff at 3.7 would match your motor very well. Alternatively a Mack 12 spd would also marry up perfectly to your motor and 3.7 diff. All the best with your rebuild.

Nice Aussie type bull bar you have leaning on the wall.

There were lots of B and R model Macks in Spain and possibly Portugal, with same motors. Is it worth a bit of Sherlock Holmes work to see if you can find anything there? Also maybe try contact Kevin Allmacks, he may have some suggestions becasue he has exported many trucks and parts.

This 1983 Superliner was sold by Paul Cootes on 30 June 2025 at auction for $AUS 342,650 / $US 266,150, including auction buy fee of 10%. Motor - EM V8/440, 12 spd gearbox and 4.64 rears on Mack spring suspension. The sleeper is a crawl through type. History is it was bought by a gent named Bromage, who carted fuel for Shell out of Melbourne for many years. His fleet was Mack for many years, the later years being all v8 Superliners. Bromage was one of the first Superliner owners. Bromage's trucks were painted, yellow, blue and red, possibly green as well. He may have owned about 20 trucks and tankers when sold to Ian Cootes. Paul Cootes father, Ian Cootes, bought Bromage's business and all his trucks and tankers around 1989. Ian started his transport business maybe around mid 1960's with 1 tray truck and built it to a successful major fuel transport operation across the eastern coast and inland. Ian ran a very high standard operation and excellent safety record. Cootes mainly carted all types of fuel and LPG for Shell. Cootes trucks were painted dark green (like the old International green) and white with scroll work. Ian sold his business many years back to another fuel operator, then private equity bought it and onsold to another operator who completely f...d it up, in every way possible. Cootes tanker business was liquidated about 4-5 years ago. When Ian was operating his business he had operators waiting to buy his trucks when he sold them for new replacements and he got top prices. Many of his trucks are working today still with the original green and white colours. Ian died about 18 months ago from dementia related illness. Ian sold this ex Bromage Superliner because he did not like the V8's, he sold all the V8 trucks and replaced with R model 600 series with E6 and E7 motors. Later he bought Freightliners and KW's, but most of his fleet was Mack. About 3 years ago Paul re-bought this Superliner and restored it.

An Aussie producer who worked on the Apprentice shows recently commented in a magazine article that Trump as a TV personality he is unique, has a photographic memory and was always very professional, he treated everyone very well, had great instincts about what works and what doesn't. They had a great working experience, they talked every day and Trump let him do his thing and did not meddle. Trump did not watch an episode until it went to air, meaning Trump watched the show as a viewer as the rest of America.

This has been the norm for 2,000 yrs plus and your comment is the reality of our lives today and before. My observation of recent events ..... are very interesting and informative. It is a bit like the master artists, they drew a painting and cleverly painter another over the first. Very few of us could/can see through the top painting. And that is what I am observing ....................................................! 😊🍀

You may notice this second model the cab was moved forward so the door could be made bigger and drop down around the set back guard. There was zero comfort with those fixed single seats, we had 1 or 2 bed cushions for comfort. The V8 petrol and Perkins motors were relatively quiet compared to the Cummins V8 - 555's. And little ventilation. Some had assisted power steering, but around corners it cut out, not fun.