mrsmackpaul

Wow learning heaps here and yes I think a lot of the so could neutral countries back then were making a bucket load at expense of the lives lost When I was a kid at school we were taught the Hitler got into power on the promise of a loaf of bread for every person because of the armistice signed after WW1 Germany had to repay the cost of the war they couldnt but the Allies demanded that they did Germany lost all its territories around the world after WW1 and with that they lost the ability to repay the money owed the German people were starving in the streets and Hitler promised them a loaf of bread each if he was in power The thing that I remember most about learning that as a kid who was the worse, the ones allowed Hitler to have the opportunity to get into power by been unrealistic with their demands or Hitler him self ????? Whats that saying something about "Evil only triumphs when good people stand by and do nothing" Funny thing when my boy was learning about WW2 at school they dont mention any of this anymore it's almost like people are trying to change history his teachers werent happy with me let me tell ya when my boy questioned them about this sorry way off topic Paul

Yes Yes Yes and Yes again they will end up with the company they deserve the unfortunate part is when they really stuff the whole show and leave the workers are left to pick up the pieces Many years ago as a young lad I fixed lifts ( elevators ) in high rise buildings and a observation I made was every boss at the company was a lift mechanic and when the poo really hit the fan in a big way on a buildings lifts the big bosses would turn up and take their ties and jackets off and roll up their sleeves and help (they would actually do this) as we all worked together as one to fix the problem The effect that had on a customer was very apparent they felt they werent been fobbed off and fed a line of BS as the whole company was their doing their best to fix the problem . A customer watching this unfold in front of them even if we didnt sort the problem out that day they new we were all working to fix their problem and it always calmed the whole show down Step forward 10 years the Lift company gets sold to a Finnish company and they hired people like our blond friend above The new bosses answers were " well you boys keep on working away I'll take the customer out to lunch to try and smooth things over " It doesnt work the workers hate the boss because the boss has bailed and left them holding the baby the customer knows the boss is full of crap the company looses contracts because the customer is sick of the BS next thing the new boss bails takes a pay out and leaves behind un happy customers and workers So I guess what Im saying in a long winded way you are 100% correct with what you say Kevin Just one more thing way off topic but not really I hate this modern day BS when the appointed new boss says to the worker or the customer "we cant look back thats all in the past we have to focus on the future" what a fool statement is that if you have screwed up you need to look back to see when it was going right before you stuffed the show !!!!!! Its no rocket science yeah things change but the basics never do and if you stuff it well you gotta back to before it was stuffed and see what you did wrong Its like driving down the road and you make a wrong turn the further you keep going the wrong way the further you gotta back track to get going the right way Sorry way off topic but is it, if they really wanna sort their shit they need to look back to when it was going good see how stuffed the show rant over Paul

The XB GT was a pretty cool machine but the one that every Ford fan wanted was the phase three XY GT HO they were the fastest 4 door production in the world for many years right up till the 90's worth a fortune now The XB was a big car by Australian standards and we never had the big block V8's out here ( we like to go around corners fast ) the old XA, XB, and XC feel like your driving a beached whale they sought of float along down the road I remember driving one around a cattle station and we were coming up on a gully with water in it so I gunned it thinking with all the windows down the passanger would be drowned wound my window up hit the water doing about 80 kmh or 55 MPH nearly face planted the wind screen them big fat mud guards ( fenders ) swallowed so much water But check this out if you have some time to kill sought of explains a lot about a our love affairs with cars, trucks, bikes what ever not a bad little movie and a bad ass XB coupe as well Paul

In todays world the answer would be no BUT I think you may well be surprised how good you can get that cab to look with just blocks of wood and jacks and some time What ever you dont use a hammer you will stretch the steel and then it will be stuffed Paul

Well I know why you had to wait so long to get it, some buggers to it the pub down under must have pretty thirsty by the time they got to the pub I would be tempted to not even paint it just leave it as is and enjoy it but its your jigger you do what ever you want Paul

These amazing fuel figures they get in the US what are they and are they any better or are the manufactures just using the the emission rules to be a tight ass and cut costs ??? I just dont think they would be any better than out here our weights are lot heavier and we do travel a little slower but ?????????????? Paul

If I have read this right this is just for running around town rubbish truck cement mixers etc if so 190 hp would be plenty in the city I would think Paul

Well at least its a real photo and does look better than the KW job you put up a few days ago Paul

LOL yeah got it pretty spot on right the older Volvo's G88 and G89 and what ever those little bubble cabs were what got Volvo established out here and they are still going I dont think anywhere near as good as they once were I hardly see any new Volvo trucks around come to think of it I cant recall seeing any new Volvos for some time I would bung up some pics but the forum would have a melt down and the boys from the US would pull their Dirty Harry revolvers on me and fill me full of lead LOL Paul

Well they distracted you and me Swish LOL

Will have to track down the when the Truck and Bus magazine did a road test on the MCR and we can have a look might take me a while to find it though They did road tests on just about all Mack products thru that time frame the new Super liner 400 V 8 pulling cattle road trains fuel figures were shocking but thats double cattles crates for you LOL Paul

No doubt how good the Scania is they sold a bucket load out here and still are selling them and yeah I think they are all still running about Never seen one of those NZ ones with the axle forward And I didnt know the LK were a special still learning stuff Paul

I doubt the US ugly plastic looking trucks get better fuel efficiency than any Australian truck just think about few things our fuel costs a lot more our trucks cost a lot more we travel on a lot more sub standard roads So I reckon our trucks would be just as good on fuel as any US truck and they look a bucket load better as well its almost like the US truck industry is trying to go out of business !!!! The answers simple stop telling people what they want and start asking !!!! I guarantee it works every time Paul

well its taking some searching Im no good on this Face Book garbage but found some photos of the truck and Trans am (Hmmmmm that dont look like how you spell Trans am to me but I leave it for you blokes to sort out lol ) Yeah it's not same truck at all not even close but somebody has been having fun and I guess thats all that really matters Dunno about them hands in the picture on the taut liner looks like a five year old drew them LOL but hey its part of the fum of it all Do you blokes have taut liners in the US ???? cant say I have ever seen pictures of them over there ?? And a short video please excuse the dick heads you can hear in the back ground they are the reason I dont really go to shows to many knobs with a gut full of grog and a big mouth spoil the night for so many (wankers should stay at home or better still get a job and then they might actually appreciate what goes into these trucks and not make such stupid comments we are arent all dick heads like the ones you can hear out here ) Paul

nah dont grab my fancy at all sorry KW your loosing the plot Paul

Well it was mentioned out here in the land of OZ or as like to call it "This wide brown land " I had no idea what VJ day was had to Google it, we call it VP day Do gooders the world over are trying to get rid of of these days of importance stuff them I say if we forget history we are more likely to repeat the same mistake and to try and forget the men that gave us our freedom thats a disgrace If I remember I will share something I came across that a US pilot left a Australian pilot in New Guinea during WW2 the AIr Force in the Pacific was like no other fighting unit in any other theater of war before or since the allies shared the crews parts planes and worked as one whole unit there was officially the US air wing the RAAF RNZAF and the RAF and no doubt whole heap of others in the big mix but on the ground and in the air they all worked as one I dont think it has ever happened since In Australia we value our history of what our men and women did a lot higher I think than a lot of other countries ( I say I think I dont know but just what I read I tend to think we do) Theres a mob down Melbourne way fixing up a Liberator bomber and they had a open day to raise some funds I asked some questions about the US air wing in Europe as I new the losses were high due to day light bombing, if you dont know the US lost 79,000 air men in Europe alone I then I read on here how these types of things arent been taught at your schools thats a real shame I guess all I can say I hope you all teach your kids and grand kids all about what was given for the freedom at home as it appears from what I reading the government is not gunna teach them any of this at school such a shame to all the men that fought to free the world so that I can live in a free country thank you and to all the women who gave so much in so many different ways thank you as well Paul

Neo welcome mate A while ago a fella was on here asking for parts and Mack stuffed him around he gave us the part number and just punched it in and the parts were easy to come by over seas and in the US they are a great little truck I reckon Paul

yours doesnt have a hand primer on the side of the injector pump ????? Paul

Jack its a funny world we live in if I spoke about some thing my wife had like yours did about your float I would be the biggest a hole in the world but the sheilas they speak there mind about our toys and get away with it LOL I guess why they are picking on our toys we are still buying them Float has come up a treat mate should be proud hows the new shed coming along ??? Paul

You'll get your self in trouble with that one Timmy you will drag to many bargains and must have items home, I know I would Paul

They will be all 20 inch wheels because thats all we use out here Im thinking the old 711 as well but not enough there to know for sure Paul

To new for me to be of any help sorry Paul

You are right about them been a bit lite on for detail. And hows that US brochure 1 sheet of paper? You good onya. If people are gonna spend some decent coin, they wanna know what they are buying. Come on Mack USA get your act together. You are really letting the team you wanna convince truck drivers to give up the Road Ranger and Maxi Torque get off your bums Mack USA and go out there and show the drivers teach the drivers FFS pre school grade kids good do a better job of selling them Kevin, does Mack USA do a traveling Road Show like they do out here? Have a group of trucks that travel all over the country giving people drives of these new trucks or do they think people are gonna just roll in off the street and ask for something different? When the Maxidyne was released out here, they did the same style of thing and when Super-Liners and ..................... the list goes on. You want people to buy something, they have to know what it is and why. rant over Paul

That oil filter would tell someone smarter than the newest it could be dunno wont be any newer 71 or 72 as Mack had spin filters with extended service interval around that time Back axles if you can see the hubs should also give some hints as to how big the truck is , I cant see no turbo so if it 34 ass end it may have been a Power Pup, Mack turbos on these motors sort of sat forward of the oil filter if its non turbo I think it would be only around 150 hp maybe 160 at the most A whole lot of guessing going on from me Sorry Im not gunna be of much help here Paul