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harrybarbon

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  1. 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.

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  2. My dad had the early Acco with the same cab door as the Army version. Perkins diesel motor, five speed direct or overdrive with 2 speed diff, poor vacuum brakes about 18-20 foot tray with a tandem wheel pusher axle. They loaded them way beyond what the motor could pull. They were pricks to work on, had to remove the plastic dog box which barely fitted thru the cab doors. And it was laying over the seat to access the motor to do a service. Getting in and out was tricky. Getting out often caught our shoes/bare feet on the horizontal section next to the guard and caused us to fall out of the cab. Must have been a challenge for the army guys with their heavy boots.

    Inter redesigned the same square box cab door by modifying the guard and made the door bottom to follow the guard curve to the cab floor, removing the horizontal section the door front section was level with the floor and this made the world of improvement to get in or out and stop tripping out and falling.

    The early models had straight six petrol engines, 5 spd box and single spd diff. Then the 6 cyl Perkins, Inter 345 V8's and later Cummins V8 - 555 which was not successful, lot of owners lost money. Both of the early models were used extensively for concrete agitator work, single steer and later twin steer with 5 X 4 gears, vacuum brakes. Air brakes were introduced into the next model in the early 1970's.

    There was one positive of the early Acco's, being nearly 2.4M wide, using a roll up soft foam mattress made a great bed with a sleeping bag, during winter the engine heat helped to get to sleep, but it got very cold when the engine cooled.

     

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  3. Here are the 2 examples of the cab connections. The V shaped style is the Bicentennial and also John's Yellow Superliner, showing the V starting about 600 mm from the base, the rubber boot is fixed with aluminium strips. With John's set up there is no movement between the 2 cabs. This would be the better opening system for your cabs and in keeping with the system used at the time for Superliners and many Valueliners.

    The other 3 pictures are the V8 Valueliner sleeper connection being about 1450 mm wide and about 1200 mm high. 

    If you like I may be able to contact John and ask for the opening measurements.

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  4. I forgot to mention with the air bag system there is one separate frame (chassis) onto which the truck cab and the sleeper are mounted. The front of the frame pivots on the truck cab mounts at the front and at the back of the frame are the air bags and shockers. This system gives a great ride in combination with the truck cab air ride seat and you have the air bag rear suspension. With this set it will ride beautifully, bob tail or loaded. many Mack drivers who drove the V8 Valueliner with this separate air bag frame said it was the best Mack ride ever. The newer Macks have this set up. 

    I have also seen the set up of the usual truck cab mounting with the 2 shockers and the sleeper also with fixed rubber mountings at the front of the sleeper and 2 shockers at the back of the sleeper. The gap between the 2 cabs and the flexible rubber seal between the 2 cabs allows for adequate movement.

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  5. On 5/31/2025 at 5:09 AM, mrsmackpaul said:

    There's been plenty of trucks of different makes called the "the other woman"

    There was a series of mk II Superliners in Australia named after famous Australians

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    Back in the B model Mack days a lotta trucks had name's 

    Reportedly a lotta of the drivers couldn't read or right very well and the trucks in fleets in Australia were given names and if parts were needed the driver could get the message back that such and a truck needed what ever it was

    I dunno, to the  character of the truck sort of developes as it's life progresses

     

    Paul

     

    Eric Ballard's Macks. Many years ago we bought one of Eric's Macks, B61, Mary Anne, this was the name of Eric's wife. Mary Anne is now back with the Ballard family in Dalby QLD and being restored. It was a 1957 model with 38 gears - 3 stick job and was mostly original, with the original factory yellow paint and scroll work untouched. Eric's nephew bought Mary Anne from Eric to tow a low loader carting their Cat bull dozer, for their tank sinking work. The Mack motor cooked for lack of water and the nephew fitted a Cat motor, which also was cooked when we bought it. It was originally sold to a drilling or outback power company. The buyer reneged and Eric stepped in and grabbed it because new truck supply was limited, especially Macks. 

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  6. 9 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

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    Funny that yesterday on local Italian community radio chat the announcers were alluding to that he was doing her at his age 15 in the locker room or similar closed room, they would go missing for a time during classes or recess. Happens all the time, there were recent cases in US. If true, today that would be jail time. Why else would a young boy be soooooo glued to a woman 25 yrs older for soooo many years? With his looks he would pull many chicks. Does not add up to me! 

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