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Joey, you are in a perfect position to make a worthwhile investment that will pay for itself in a short time. The new world technology is now available to buy. I think that within 3 months you should be able to buy the Strike Technology retro fit kit in USA. Sales have commenced by the Thailand licence holder, Plasmoid Power Ltd @ $US 647 plus delivery. PP is a subsidiary of a UK parent company that has the licences for Thailand, Malaysia and Nigeria and all the electric power plants (coal and gas) in India.. The technology runs on very little fuel, eliminates all pollutants and the exhaust outlet produces 99% oxygen at 19 degrees celcius and a clean engine because there is no carbon in the motor. Reduces engine service and extends oil life in the motor plus extra 70% engine power. You can run a pipe from the exhaust into your home and that will be your air con service, near pure at at 19 degrees. That is healthy air to breathe. So you can remove 1 a/c unit and all the issues with the a/c unit. You cannot adjust the oxygen temp, that is how it comes out. Maybe the inventor will come up with a way to convert the oxygen into a warmer temp in the future so it can heat in the winter months. For you, being a mechanic you should be able to retro fit the kit to your genset unit in 2-3 hours and then go. Anyone who has a decent working older reliable genset can become independent of the power grid and save big $'s. A guy in Nth Carolina has fitted the system onto his 6cyl 1956 Chevy and it works very well. There will be more world news about this new technology soon, watch this space.

No this was not their B model. The B80 was stored somewhere else.

Joey, I learnt to drive in my dad's K3, ex army truck, dual rear wheels and box tray body. During the grape season, dad loaded 4 tonnes of wine grapes to deliver to the Italians for their home made vino. The springs were so bent that the tray floor was just off scrubbing on the tyres and front pointed up, steering was so lite. Never could happen today. Dad stuck it into 1st gear to go down any steep roads because the brakes were useless. But never any accidents.

Hi Brocky, yes it is Ian's Chief. It is now owned by a guy in Brisbane who owns a major transport operation, another great guy and a gentleman. Ian was restoring the guy's B80 at the time of your visit. When the guy and his wife were at Ian's to see the B80 in progress, the wife saw Ian's chief, she asked if it was for sale and that afternoon they bought it. It is in an excellent home.

I understand why the European semi trucks are nearly all cab overs. During my recent visit to Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania and Ireland their cities are 100's of years old and the roads are all narrow, virtually made before motor vehicle times. Their trucks have to be short wheel base, small and tight turning circles. Their trucks/tractors are short wheel base and mostly single drive, no tag axles, trailers are about 40 feet or bit longer and the trailer tandem or triaxles are close to the centre of the trailer to allow them to get around tight corners. I drove thru some towns in the Alps, these semis went around corners in the towns like cars with their relatively short turning circle. I watched many go thru the towns in awe of how easy the drivers cruised in and around the streets and corners and bends on their narrow roads with walls and buildings virtually by the curbside. They hardly moved over the other side of the roads and streets to go around corners. The same for their rigids. The US and Aussie conventional trucks with long trailers, axles at or near the rears would be impossible to drive in European towns and cities. And spread axle trailers, no way.

Does any member remember seeing this LTL with tilting hood?

Paul, I agree LTL's are the number 1 classic Mack and maybe of all classic trucks. Brocky, do you remember the Chief below, that Ian Lee, restored etc. The black coloured LTL was Ian's before he bought it from the US?

And Xmas greetings and a wonderful 2025 from Melbourne Australia 😄🎄🍾

D/T had the International petrol/gas motors and I think the same gearbox.

Same Cummins in Inter R200 with 10 spd R/Ranger O/Drive - 1965 model we owned some years ago. It was a US import to Australia.

Paul isn't NZ farmers that wear gum boots because it's always wet, maybe to keep the sleep feet warm😂

Thanks Brocky, have a wonderful day in the US of A 😄

Thank you Geoff

Thanks Brocky 😊

Correct name was Farley & Lewers. This is Readymix after repaint. I dont recall if Readymix painted its USA trucks pink and white.

Mack man Gary Richards and his former Mack Brisbane co-workers have all the build sheets for the Aust'n built trucks. Try contact Gary and he should be able to get the sheets for you. Your R looks like an ex Think Pink concrete and quarry company - Farley and Lewis or a Readymix truck. F&L was merged into Readymix Company in the early 1980's, during the R model build years. After the merger all the Readymix fleet including the permanent sub-contractors trucks were painted the pink and white colours like your Mack. R Macks were the majority of tipper and cement tanker trucks of the Readymix and F&L fleet during the 1980's. And same for Boral and Pioneer. Readymix, Boral and Pioneer had US and Canada concrete, quarrying and cement operations. Readymix became one of the largest USA operators and its USA operations now are part of the Mexican concrete, quarrying and cement companies.

Geoff please where did you buy the air mufflers? I would like to fit onto my B75.

Jimi's love the gears 😬

Looks like a B615, with alloy radiator and high mounted air cleaner, so it would be a 1962-64 model, being the years of the B615 with the V8 - 864

I recall maybe on here, a video of a working LTL towing a bull hauling trialer, it was pretty good too.

It is ultimately a question of time and $'s, what do you want or have to invest in your desires. For class and style, an LTL is the bees knees. With some modern additions maybe a Mack E9 V8, air con, power steer and air bag rears an LTL would be awesome. Otherwise a well kept R model would be a good choice, although the prices seem to have risen for good trucks. Have a look at Willard Goods attached LTL for some thinking.

Please what is the build year?

STUNNING

Hi Dean, this is photo shown on our local news. Is it in your local area? I hope govt services are working out for all you people. 🍀Best regards

It is a custom B 75 model with the E6 2 valve 350 and it has a Hydrogen producing unit, that only works when the engine is running. No hydrogen is stored. It uses a mass of negative power. The Hydrogen mixes with the diesel through the air intake pipe, which boosts torque and HP up to 25% and improves fuel economy between 20-25% depending on operation. hills or flat roads. No issues with the turbo from the hydrogen. Also keeps the pistons and valves clean. The unit was developed by a local Aussie and he has about 300 units installed in Aust. My unit has 2 X 1.5 litres stainless steel bottles of distilled water, 3 litres will produce hydrogen for 3000 klms, then easy just refill. There was a guy in Florida some 12 years ago that had a similar system fitted to his Peterbilt. Somewhere, I have a video of him demonstrating it at a truck show down south. He fitted it on the left side of the frame below the front of the cab. I tried for about 1 year to find him, just vanished. Originally I had planned to fit an LPGas tank and feed that into the intake pipe, the same set up that Mack had around mid 70's to early 80's. The local Mack engineers told me that the LPG caused many engine failures, burn't pistons and valves because drivers were not watching the turbo gauge and backing off when it got too hot. Ian Lee fitted it to his Princess Diana, Diamond T with a 250 Cummins engine. Ian's Diana with a loaded trailer kept pace with Tony Champion's Mack Superliner V8 - 500 across the outback flats, even up the hills, but it got hot so he had to ease off the pedal to cool it. The other practical issue is the LPG needs a big pressure tank to store it and outside of the cities most service stations do not store LPG. Plus the danger of LPG and insurance, so I dropped the LPG idea. Then I found the hydrogen system. Regular highway use, the hydrogen system cost is paid in 3 months, then the 20%+ fuel saving and less oil changes, 1 for 3 usual changes.