mrsmackpaul

That looks incredibly neat and tidy, well done and glad you got it home ok

Paul 

3 hours ago, tjc transport said:

don't drive drunk, don't have problems with police.

simple to understand............unless you are to stupid to use common sense. 

Yes, be a good person and the police leave you alone

Very unusual how that seems to work 

Not saying I have never had a runnin with the law, by and large they just leave me alone

Paul 

10 hours ago, Maxidyne said:

It's not illegal to be drunk when standing in a parking lot. The arresting officers created and escalated the conflict and bear responsibility for the outcome.

You best explain this, law can't be that much different in the U.S. than Australia

The copper was polite even while he was putting the handcuffs on

And the criminal was also going ok and then he made one foolish decision 

I doubt in Australia there would have been a shooting as it never would of got this far , unfortunately for the criminal he wasn't in Australia were Australian police never would have taken his crap at the start

Funny how quick things can get out of hand even when your just doing your job

Paul

Stumbled across this the other day again and dont recall if it's already been shared here or not 

Paul

Depends on what you call building them

Most trucks came to Australia in a knocked down form and only had a body built back to the fire wall and cowl

The rest was built in body building shops in all big cities around Australia 

This applied to all trucks and buses pretty much from all countries around the world

Australia was very big on been Australian made and high Australian content, we had tariffs in place to help our industries grow

Macks started having a high Australian content in the late 50's early 60's

The fire truck you talk of would of been no different 

Paul

Chassis numbers in Australia are stamped on RHS chassis rail behind first drive axle 

Dunno about the rest of the world

Oh and the numbers are about a inch high

Paul

I was doing some reading and you might be surprised at the fuel economy you will get out of that Mack motor

I would think if you swapped the diff ratio to get closer to what you are chasing as in speed wise you might get between 10 - 14 MPG when your zipping around empty

I have a article on a Holden FJ or FX ( which wont mean a thing to ) Holden was the Australian arm of GM  and the GM brand in Australia 

Anyway, this fella did modifications to the grey motor (the Holden equivalent of a Blue Flame Chev 6 cylinder) and could easily get 20 - 25 MPG on unleaded fuel

I think with modern throttle body fuel injection kits and a electronic dizzy you would be able to get even better

I have a couple of petrol Macks I need to pick up after this Covid 19 debacle finishes and this is the route I think I'll take with them 

Not saying it's gunna be simple but hopefully will keep them fairly original and reliable so I can use them for fun

Paul

Welcome aboard Les 

Always good to hear stories and view photos from other parts of the Mack world

Paul

And diff ratio is easy to find out if you aren't sure just ask and plenty of help will be forth coming 

Paul

As Vlad had said, your truck your rules

Since your asking I'll offer some thoughts, not instructions, thoughts 

In Australia and I'm guessing the rest of the world is similar, more trucks, cars, bikes etc are wrecked and end up in the scrap bin by well meaning people who are gunna do heaps but it all in bits and life and lack of motivation or the enormity of it all takes over and several years later it goes up on a buy swap and sell site as a started project but ultimately ends up in the scrap

The advice given out pretty often in Australia is, get it running and useable and enjoy it

When this happens it is believed we are far more likely to keep it going and enjoy it and do small mods and improvements 

As for ride, drop some leafs out of the spring packs and reduce tyre pressure to say 50 psi max and you will find it will ride like a Cadillac or better 

Power steering, you will find if you have little weight on and a well lubed front end it will be fine for driving but heavy for tight maneuvering 

Speed is going to be a issue but until you find out what your diff ratio is and what options are available that will remain a unknown 

If your plans are  for driving everyday a 5.9 with a overdrive box might get what you need 

Caster angle was reduced in Australia on the front axle of trucks from new to help when no power steering was about

This has the negitive effect of making the trucks quite hard to keep in a straight line at speed but is fixed fairly easy with wedges in the springs

Good luck and please dont think I'm been negitive or rude, just offering some thoughts 

Keep us posted

Paul 

I rarely get involved in political discussions 

I was sent this last night

Before you click on the link I ask you did you know that some years ago a white Australian womam was killed by a black American police officer?

She had zero criminal record

Anyway click on this link and see how dumb people are in Australia as well when interviewed about black lives matter protest in Australia 

https://www.tr.news/blm-melbourne/

I hope the link works 

Paul

At a guess a lot of people have had a go at this idea as they are all different bonnets/hoods

Paul 

Blocked oil gallery or crook O ring

1 hour ago, j hancock said:

I might have the number?  I will look. 

Last I knew, it will be all for naught.  Alcoa didn't get enough interest for the retro 5 hand hole wheel and discontinued production.

It is all good, war dog has sent me the number

I hope they do them, if not I will come up with a fresh plan

Paul

So who has a part number for those wheels ? 

Paul 

Very cool stuff

Looked high and low for motor parts for those small bore Cummins motors years ago (before the internet) and couldnt find any so replaced a HB Cummins with a 6 71, no vintage truck movement back then, have kept the motor just encase parts ever became available

Love them wheels as well

Paul 

17 hours ago, Maddog13407 said:

you sure that's Australia?? looks a lot like the back lot of the test center in Allentown?? and the steering wheel is def on the left

 

Can only go on the information provided 

A few questions that come to mind are

Why would Mack in the U.S. or Australia even muck around with this as the R model would have been well on the way by then

I agree the steering wheel looks to be on the left as I  cant see no shaft or box or linkage on the picture 

The exhaust is on the right which most in Australia are on the left with a  ertical exhaust

As far as I know all the B models from new in Australia had a under slung side exiting exhaust 

Even the first 5 years or so of R models were like this 

I don't know either way but find it interesting  just the same, I had never heard of this before

Paul 

Very cool stuff Vlad, thanks for the details 

Paul

I'll watch this space 😄

Paul 

Ok just done a quick Google and found this old add on fleabay 

Took a screen shot as the link no longer works

Gather this was the one you spotted Quickfarms ?

Paul

5 hours ago, Quickfarms said:

A while back the molds for a tilt front end were on eBay

Did they still look like a B model, the ones in the link ks shared dont really look the same as a B model 

Paul

Be thinking for use on a potatoe farm for picking spud bins