1958 F.W.D.

Nice looking Hayward F-Model at the bottom........I'm getting moist........

Wow.....hey that's pretty cool!!!!!!!

I just swapped emails with Harvey right before Christmas, I am sure he will be amused to know that he is supposed to be pushing up daisies. Hey joemac, I see that you are in SE Pa. I am originally from Montgomery County. I have a sneaking suspicion I know where you were and who the self-proclaimed "expert" was......I am dying to know.....Care to share with us? Or you could even private message me.......Inquiring minds want to know!!!!

I've hit "quote" a couple of times for slpwlkr's comment above but it's not working for some reason- so here's a cut and paste quote and reply: Slpwlkr: "Been to the Pete forum and just felt dirty afterwards." Shit if I went onto the Pete forum I would have to run over my computer with the FWD, smash the remaining pieces with a sledge hammer, then burn that with a torch, and then dump the ashes into the river. Let's not even discuss driving a pete..........

Momack thanks for the reply, I will give them all a looksee. I'm not too concerned with performance, I want MPG's. Right now I all I am getting on average is 13.5 to 14.5 or 15 if my right foot behaves. I do have about 300 lbs in sandbags over the drive axle for winter traction. Would love to see 16-17, anything over that is BONUS!!!! I was toying around with the idea of one of these cold air intake kits but have had more than one person (yourself included) tell me not to, and instead invest in something like a MagnaFlow Super 40 Cat Back exhaust kit. Do you have any experience with this or something similar?

Funny you mention that.....I just joined a Chevy Silverado forum and started asking questions about an aftermarket air intake and dual exhaust........and yeah I feel like I'm an intruder.

Anyone running a Chevy 1500 Silverado 4WD with the 5.3L engine? Or something similar? Looking at installing a K & N or a GreenFilter cold air intake kit in order to gain some MPG's and was looking for an evaluation or opinion. Anyone? Anyone??

Union made in Canton, Mississippi. Sure it may be a foreign brand but thousands of Americans work there. Same as with my Kia Sedona- Union made in West Point, Georgia. If American manufacturers want my support, they need to come out with standard options, warranties, prices and dependability that go above the "other guy." Because I got a boatload of standard options on that Kia that would have been options on the other brands, she's just about bomb-proof, and the price was wayyyyy better than anything comparable from the "Big Three."

I'm waiting for one of the 2014 Nissan Titan's with the new small-block V8 Cummins 5.0L

Junior- Does Mommy and Daddy know you are on the computer again when you should be doing your homework? The man needs an engine for a truck, not a goddamn lawn mower. Go away!

Doug is correct, The CF Series custom fire cab was based on the F-Series highway tractor. Much of the sheet metal is the same, except for certain features like the front of course. Doors are one in the same for example, and the forward part of the cab as well. Good luck trying to find an intact CF cab as they are heavily sought out by fire guys. The few of them that are out there have either been used or are rotted out and have had the usable sheet metal already cut out.

Every time it snows here, the same people always ask me "Why don't you run that FWD in this!! It was made for it!!!" And my reply is always the same: "I know you're not as intelligent as you appear so let me break it down for you: 55 year old truck in pretty damn close to original condition.....Would YOU run it on the roads that have four inches of salt and brine on them?"

Here is their patch:

Darren and I have been friends for several years- He's been here in the States and Eastern Pa, although never for Father's Day Weekend in June......He desperately needs to come here THEN!!!!

G'Day Mate!!! I was wondering when you would wander in here!!!!!

Thats him. I sent him a facebook message to stop in here and see this thread.

Turbopower and Albert- Mike Martinelli has quite an extensive registry of Mack apparatus. He's a member here, I'll tell him to check out this thread. Turbo I'm a member of Bryn Athyn and have their old 1958 FWD.

I just saw Billy a month or so ago. I still volunteer down at the Bryn Athyn Fire Company and get down there occasionally- took one of the pumpers down there for fuel. Tell him Randy Yardumian said hello. I live on Durham Street, at the 5 point intersection of Durham/Penn/Delaware. If you know where Ricardo's Tavern House is on Main Street, right up from there, but before you get to the Firehouse and Dimmick Park.

Then you probably remember my gradparent's place- Cold Spring Farm, 2314 Valley Road, directly across the street from Tinari's. I pumped gas for Billy when I was 16/17 for 2 days a week after school from 4pm-9pm and Sundays from 9am-4pm with Vic Pietro. We live in town, right near the fire station and Dimmick Park

My apologies, I cannot recall.......Whats yer last name and where in the Valley did you live??? Are you a product of Lower Moreland??? I learned all about life towing with my Dad for Chuck Hale (Chuck's Gulf...) and my first job was pumping gas at Ferrari's Sunoco. Do you remember the F-Model Macks that used to park at Chucks? Those were my fathers.

MikeD where in the City are you? I was born and raised in Huntingdon Valley within sight of the Far Northeast and then when I was trying to get hired onto Philly Fire I owned a house in Castor Gardens near Castor & Cottman.

Mike, maybe it's the wrinkles, too???? JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!

The Leithsville (company 61) and Se-Wy-Co (company 18) was supposed to be a friendly merger. The fire took place 2 days after the administrative paperwork was signed by all parties. The Chief of Se Wy Co used it as an opportunity to drive the members of Leithsville out, replaced the entire board (which was supposed to have been made up from members of both organizations) with his own people, and basically swallowed up what was remaining of Leithsville. It got pretty ugly there for a while, so much so that the new station could not even get built due to court battles involving who would get the insurance money and how it would be spent. That all got hammered out, and the new station is just NOW finally getting towards the completion phase. Too bad there are no members of Leithsville left to staff it.

bulldog you forgot to include that it's really for Leithsville which Se Wy Co swallowed in a hostile takeover.

Barry has Chat all fixed. A whole bunch of us were in and out tonight, having a good old time telling lies. THANKS BARRY!!!! Maybe we could start something up.....Let's shoot for this coming Sunday at 8 or 9pm EST......