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Vlad - don't know how it compares to polyurethane undercoats - the 2 lizard skin products are water based and are applied after the base metal is prime coated with a traditional priming paint, which are usually an oil based product. Before prime painting good advice is to remove all surface rust. Best to go to the Lizard skin web site and read the technical information. If you need any further information send an email to the company and they will provide answers, I have emailed and called them, they have been very helpful when we had the problem applying the filler on top of the lizard skin on the engine side of the fire wall, it de-laminated the lizard skin off the fire wall, they resolved the problem telling us to add a flex additive to the filler and the green paint same as for painting the plastic curtain sides on tautliners. Has been on for 12 months all good and clean smooth finish on top coat as pictures show.

And I forgot to mention the lizard skin is flexible so it flows into all the cracks holes etc, especially the hard to get to places, it will go everywhere, the long flexible hose spray will go to all places especially the doors - so you won't have future problems with water penetration or air leaks it literally seals the cab - you can spray all inside the cab in under 30 minutes once prepared - let it dry and job finished, do the doors and they sound like alloy or fiberglass panels - tinny sound disappears

As J Hancock wrote - use the Lizard skin products - first use the sound proof then apply the original Lizrad skin. We have applied on 4 Mack truck projects and it works. Have applied to both sides of the fire wall, then when you paint the engine side of the fire wall you have to add paint flex into the paint colour if not the paint will peel off - we got the formula right on our B75 build and the fire wall paint finish is same as external panel finish and no peeling. Use the 2 products on all inside panels especially the doors, and both sides of cab floor, very easy to apply, more time to tape up to stop over spray. It is water based so easy non toxic clean up with water. Dont over spray to thick because it works with thin cover, must follow the instructions and dries real quick. Great insulation as well - the original owner / inventor Bob Call from Arizona used to to go to hot rod shows with lots of fry pans to do his fry pan demo - he applied lizard skin to the inside of the pan let it dry in a few minutes then heat up pan to 400 degrees and he then placed the palm of his hand on the inside base of the pan - no heat and no burning of his skin. We did the same to see if he was honest - and he was 100% correct - we did it in steps just in case, hard to believe yes he was right Here are some pictures, the fire wall has the sound proof and lizrad skin on it, hyfill on top and then the green paint over the top, other picture is the under side of the 2 infill panels next to the fenders .

This is tony's Mack Jr

send them by sea mail, longer time but lowest cost - UPS and the like are full price

I had our shutters cleaned by a soda blast shop, excellent clean and most important the rubbers were nopt damaged - I would suggest you apply a good rubber lubricant onto the rubbers before the soda blastlet it soak in thoroughly - after soda wash reapply the rubber lubricant onto the rubber before polishing the shutters.

Put a good penetrating rubber protect product onto the rubber strips that are at the back of each shutter blade, before you do anything on the shutters - try using a good quality liquid type product and you can apply with an old tooth brush so you get into the groves where the rubbers are set. Let the product penetrate and dry before you polish the shutter blades, and try avoid the aluminum polish getting onto the rubber strips. And then after you finish polishing apply another coat of rubber protection product. Avoid any harsh chemical washing products on the rubbers.

TNT was started in Australia after WW2 by Ken Thomas ( a returned soldier ) in Sydney Australia, trucks were orange and white. Many of it's drivers were former WW2 pilots who could not find work as pilots and the truck driving paid maybe 3 or 4 times what a commercial pilot was paid during late 1940's and 1950's. All senior TNT mangers were former truck drivers that progressed through the company, very few had formal education and they were good operators. TNT also operated Kwikasair and Comet Overnight in various countries. Over time during 1970's it became a world wide company, public listed on Australian Stock Exchange. TNT was Thomas National Transport. It got into trouble in the late 1980's under new management (wrongly Ken Thomas and his team were pushed out of the company) when it bought a fleet of BAE 46 jet aircraft to compete with the Dutch Post Office. TNT also owned Ansett Airlines with NEWS Corp (Rupert Murdoch) which ran into trouble because they bled the very profitable airline dry to fund their respective overseas expansions. Eventually Ansett was sold to Air New Zealand and it stopped operations around 2000. TNT failed, the Dutch post office bought most of TNT world wide, sold many unwanted parts. However Murdoch's NEWS Corp prospered. At least the name TNT continues - some 70 years. Who remembers the AC/DC ( also an Aussie rock band) song TNT!!!!!!

Are these the B models, I have tried to find out about the yellow B model with the LTL cab through the AHTS site but no information came through

Does anyone remember this yellow B75, this picture was taken at the Waupan Wisconsin 1991 show

Have you spoken to Ian Lee at Tylden Heritage Kyneton Victoria, if not he is an excellent person to get real practical and sensible ideas for custom Mack trucks and engines check his web site at tylden hertigae

For your rubber products, windows etc contact the guys at www.restorationspecilaties.com We have bought a number of rubber parts from them, including reproduction of the rubber base of the original cab marker lights and the felt for the glass lens or plastic lens - they fit perfectly They have a good product range, window rubbers, doors etc they may also have the cab mounts price is competitive and service is also very reliable, they travel to lots of shows it's a husband and wife operation however they always reply to emails or call them.

Vlad The grab handle in your picture is solid stainless steel, we have bought some sets of this handle from Watts. They are not the original B model handles. The original B model handles are chromed hollow steel plate and they were a standard accessory used on Kenworths Peterbilts and other trucks. If you want these original style used on the B models Courtland Truckworks in Courtland, California (they are old Peterbilt specilaists) supply reproductions of the originals, send an email to Mike, they sell/export around the world - we have bought a number of the original style handles for our B model they are good exact reproductions Mike's email is truck_works@yahoo.com They also have a web site you can find on goole under Courtland Truckworks

Apology re my comment I forgot to say that the E 7 - 400 hp / 4 valve motor is not set up to take the intercooler on top of engine, we wanted to fit an E 7 / 400 hp motor but were told by a Mack company man it can't be done - is this true, we had a good working E 6 / 350 so we used it

We have fitted a E 6 - 350 / 2 valve Econodyne motor into a B model. The motor came out of a 1982 - R686 which had the intercooler in front of the radiator and one air cleaner. We have converted the intercooler to an intercooler over the top of the engine as in our pictures. We have fitted 2 Donaldson dry air cleaners. We are told that the intercooler over the engine cannot be fitted to a 4 valve motor.