1958 F.W.D.

My wife's family is hungarian (the country, not the mental/physical sensation) and I get this kind of stuff force-fed to me at most major holidays- Halumpkies (the cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef/rice/onions with seasonings) and cooked in a tomato-based sauce is my favorite. My father in law also makes stuffed peppers in the same pot of sauce, so the flavor from the peppers gets into the sauce and it is awesome. Pierogies are also a family favorite, potato/cheese fried with onions in lard, served with sour cream on the side.....mmmmmmmmm

I think I just threw up in my mouth

I am a firm believer in Term limits for all Politicians (local, state and federal).........One term in office........one term in jail.

I think the term in jail should be double that of the term served in office. And no time off for good behavior or probation.

Hey George, if you ever call out to FWD/Seagrave for info/factory files on your truck, you will be connected to a woman named Molly in the parts department. She is a cranky old carmudgeon of a bitch. I envision her as a 300 pound load who has to sit on 2 desk chairs and any attempt to get her off of them (and the four doughnuts out of her mouth); like a request for her to pull your factory file will only result in her becoming annoyed that she has to drag her fat ass off of those two chairs. But I could be wrong, I am stereotyping but thats what she sounds like on the phone. She will give you any and all excuses to get you to stop bothering her and removing her from more important work (presumably studying menus from local take-out places for todays lunch order.....) Her greatest ploy which she has pulled on several people that I know will be to tell you she needs the factory sales order number- because thats how the files are stored. I happen to know for a fact that is wrong. She will also tell you that you have to send in $75.00 before she will pull the file- yes FWD/Seagrave does advertise a $75 cost for your file, but I am told that they will tell you first what is in it before they will reproduce it- which she will not tell you- she tells you that you have to send the money before she pulls the file- even if the only thing in your file is moths and dust.

Just a heads up. Good luck!!!

Gregg, D & W Clutch in Baltimore, Md. was able to help me out with a clutch for my 1965 B Model. Great people - had the unit ready in one day.

http://www.dwclutch....%202/index.html

401-235-8829

Mack458 are you sure you didnt mean to say the area code was 410????

Gregg, D & W Clutch in Baltimore, Md. was able to help me out with a clutch for my 1965 B Model. Great people - had the unit ready in one day.

http://www.dwclutch....%202/index.html

401-235-8829

YES!!!! THIS IS THE PLACE THAT DID MINE!!!! All I had to do was drop it off at their Wilmington, De. shop and they did the rest. If I remember right it was $350 to fully rebuild/balance a 15" single plate Lipe-Brown Clutch. I highly recommend them.

I see you are in Bangor Pa. I am down here in Hellertown- I had great luck with a place in Baltimore for the Lipe-Brown cluch in my 1958 FWD. I cant remember the name of the place for the life of me though- but I do remember they had a place in Wilmington, Delaware which is where they had me drop it off at and pick it up, and they trucked to and from their shop in Baltimore which is where they do the actual work. Really nice folks, very knowledgeable. I will look up their name in my book out in the garage later tonight or tomorrow and get back to you. I probably wrote down the phone number too.

Macungie is only about 20 miles from the house, so I will be there with my 1958 F.W,D, Firetruck

I want more U models so bad it hurts. I want them cause there awesome.

Wait till you discover girls, especially redheads. "U model? whats a u model?"

Why were the Ahrens Fox so sought after then and now?

Olive: back then they were the Caddy, or Mercedes-Benz of firetrucks, built like brick shithouses with pride and love. They built their own engines, drivelines, pumps, bodies, etc and everything was QUALITY. There are many stories of AF's that have pumped water onto huge conflagrations for days on end with refuelings and occasional shut-downs to check oil levels. Nowadays they are highly sought as they are pretty rare. Anyone who finds one though better have deep pockets, due to the fact that they built all their own parts, which of course are now hard to find.

AF's were known world-wide for their polished chrome "Pressure Equalization Sphere"or the "giant chrome ball." Due to the physics of piston pumpers, the hoselines can pulsate as the pistons slam up and down. AF developed and patented the spheres- the water would be first pumped into the sphere, (I am not sure of the physics of how it works) which would absorb the pulses, the water would then go to the separate discharges and into the hoselines.

For you 2-Strokers out there....(with emphasis on "strokers") here is a 1927 AF that had the original straight-8 AF gas engine pulled sometime in the 1950's and replaced with a lawn-boy.

Here is a picture I took at the Fire Museum of Maryland's "Gathering of Ahrens Fox Fire Apparatus" held last May 21, 2011. It was the largest (known) gathering of Ahrens Fox apparatus.

The Ahrens Fox appears to be about a 1922-1924 maybe an R-K-4. Agreed, yes they were certainly the "caddy" of fire apparatus back in their day.

The Tiller is a 700 Series American Lafrance, and the pumper is an Anniversary Series Seagrave.

HA!!!!!!! I was just flipping thinking that would happen when I read the title of this thread!!! HA!!!! He might have made a good choice, but what if she is a butterface? Ewww.

Son, later in life, when you are a little older and a bit wiser, you will learn what is called "get behind her." Perfect situation for butterfaces. That and turning out the lights.

Thank you. Im always thinking about Macks and U model Macks the most. By the way, do you guys like my new signature?

I can see when this kid hits puberty he's going to want to see sidewinders wearing miniskirts.......

It is CF719F1012.

Mike- My Mack expert is puzzled by this number and asked for you to confirm. He stated the "719" is unusual, and he asked if it maybe has an 8V71, as the number 719 may refer to another vendor's power plant. He is not sure, and is double checking.

Where is it? I'll be glad to do lunch with you and anyone else who wants to join.

The Allentown TK is on Lehigh Street just off I78. If you are familiar it is the same exit you would use for the (newly moved) Mack Trucks Museum, located at what used to be Mack's Research & Development Facility near Queen City Airport.

Here is a pic from a few weeks ago, the young man pictured is a friend of mine who is active duty USAF and had just arrived back in the USA from his 2-year hitch in Rheinland-Pfaltz Germany. He stopped in to visit with the wife and I for 2 days while enroute to Malmstrom AFB Montana. This was our welcome home dinner for him. The ladies were all over him when they found out he was active duty and overseas for 2 years.

In memory of the 1,514 souls who perished exactly 100 years ago tonight and the early morning hours of April 15, 1912. The RMS Titanic was due to arrive at pier 59 in New York City but instead met her fate at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in some 12,000+ feet of water approximately 338 miles east of Newfoundland.

Anyone headed to the Spring Melt next weekend in Allentown, PA? I'll be there Saturday and Sunday this year.

Considering it's only 15 mins from the house.....I'll be there!!!! And I strongly suggest The Tilted Kilt for lunch!!!!

Does anyone know what size V8 a Cf619 has in it. I am looking at a 1972 with an automatic.

Thanks

Mike

Mike give me the SN and I will have my Mack expert translate it.

their is a video on you tube a step van on fire, f.d. pulls up in front ,lines off, gas tank starts leaking , stream of flaming fuel going down the street, truck starts rolling down the street into the fire truck, ACKWARD!!!

You know what I did see this, I guess that is a situation where chocks should have been used. But also, the ECO and ECC need to think next time about parkng downhill from a working vehicle fire.

I usually get torqued off when someone cuts a fire truck, but in this case I think he did very well. Sort of keeps the fire truck, but makes it a unique rod. I'd rather have someone do this than let the truck sit out in a field and rust away the way some "collectors" do. Besides, an E model if far from rare.

Yeah I sort of agree with this.....I guess its better than rusting away, but the guy has to understand that the "average" firetruck collector will not even be able to begin to think about touching that thing for that price- he may as well call Jay Leno to see if he is interested.

Anyone ever see the 1926 International Quad Firetruck that someone butchered into a "Monster Truck?" I'd like to kick that guy in the balls, too.