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  1. Thanks for the info guys, really appreciate it. I actually just searched and there is a guy in New Hampshire that has one that is 11 numbers off from mine. Wonder if his has the same options.
  2. No I have not, I went to the Mack registry and seen a serial number that was 75 numbers behind mine and it was a '62. Anyone have the info on contacting them to request a copy?
  3. Hey guys, sorry about the delay in response to everyones inquiry of the story of getting the truck. Its been a long fall, harvest lasted forever and I'm just now getting back to getting some time to reply. Heres the story..... I work for a leading Seed corn and Soybean seed production Company. I work in production and thats a fancy term for working on the farm and planting and harvesting and everything in between. I started 3 years ago come this spring. While I was out spraying a field one day I was going around a woods on a neighboring farm that sits approx. 1/2 mile off a road. It was around June or July and the foliage was pretty thick, but In the midst of the green cover I seen a white stripe on what seemed to be some red metal of some sort. I never thought about it much and continued on my way. So, Come fall, I was back there again spreading some lime and again rounded the corner and began along the side of the woods. I then saw that what I saw before was an old truck of some sort. Again, I just thought...."Hmmm" and contiuned on my way. When I got back to work I asked my boss about the truck. He said that he was back there about 20yrs ago when he started working there and had taken the air horn off of it for one of the spreader trucks but he didnt know what it was for sure........ Last winter I decided to begin the process of gathering parts to build a Diesel Rat Rod. I had bought a '92 Dodge Ram dually with a Cummins. My plans were to remove the Ram body and put a 41-46 Chevy or GMC truck body on it. After looking online for a body and realizing that to find a good one I was gonna have quite a bit of money in it, I decided to scrap the idea and sell the truck and not do it. While I was looking at trucks online I came across a few B Model's and It got me wanting one in a bad, bad way since I have always wanted one. Well, last spring I was spraying burndown on weeds on that farm, again I seen the red mass of steel sitting in the woods. Still did not know what it was from all the brush, trees and vines hanging all over it. From the field It looked like it may be an old White or REO. I stopped the sprayer and marched in the woods. Im not a guy that just goes marching in someones woods to look at stuff and I was actually quite scared to, but I had to find out what this truck was. As soon as I rounded some trees and got on the east side of it where there were no vines or brush I noticed the shine of a Mack emblem on the hood and realized my dream of owning a B Model Mack just may be in sight. Sure enough, according to the serial number a 1962 B61 Mack with a 673 END and a Duplex trans!!. As soon as I gave it a quick look over I started getting brave and sticking my head in the doors and windows. After sitting for some time I was worried that some "thing" had probably made it thier home......and boy was I right. Careful as I was, I slowly lifted the drivers side hood skirt and a damn raccoon was looking right at me just as I opened it! I jumped back and actually threw my back out cause I had moved so fast before my arm could follow my body. Damn raccoons....... So, as soon as I got back to work I went to my boss and told him what I had found and insisted to him that we had to figure out who owned this truck. So, we have this nifty program that we can look on the computer and get tax identification information on any piece of property in that county and also shows the owner of the property. As soon as we found the owner we tried to look his name up but there was no phone number to be found. But as we searched, a few other names showed up that could possibly next of kin to the individual. I tried calling them and the phone number had been disconnected. So, as I hang with doubt about getting in touch with the rightful owner I did a search on the person who would have been possibly the man's daughter. No number was listed but it showed that she had a son, who showed to be 25yrs old. In this day of age, its pretty uncommon to find any 25yr old boy/girl who is not up on the social media. So, with me having an account on a popular social media site I began to search his name....and low and behold I found him. I sent him a message and told him who I was explaining that I was interested in the truck to restore and was wondering if there were any plans for it. With anticipation I was hoping for an answer and never got one that evening. Then I noticed something, he was a truck driver........"Oh No!" I thought. If he is a truck driver, theres no way in hell he will let this go if it truly is his family that owns it!.......Well, the next day I got my answer. He messaged me back and told me that the truck was his grandpa's (who owns the property and farm ground that the truck rests in) who was 92yrs old and suffering from severe Dementia. He said he didnt know much about it but the truck had been there all his life. He said that he was pretty certain that there was no title for the truck to be found as they had tried to find it prior to me asking about the truck. He also said the family had no plans for the truck and that they would entertain an offer to sell it.....YESSSS!! I thought. So, I told him to talk to his family and ask what they thought a fair price would be to sell the truck. He got back with me a couple days later and told me that they did not have a title so to them taking it to the scrap yard without cutting it into pieces wasnt even an option for them. He claimed (and I concur) that the truck weighed roughly 10,000-12,000lbs. And with scrap price right around $300/ton that would equate out to about $1500-1800. He said that since I was saving the truck from sure rapture and that they did not have a title that they asked if I would pay $800. I gladly obliged So, I had a buddy of mine bring his backhoe and drop deck trailer and we rolled it out of the woods. I had to cut one tree out that was growing between the frame rails and one tree right at the corner of the bumper. The two front tires still did and does have air in them. Once we got it out of the foot deep ruts it came right out. The parking brake had been on all this time and is froze to the drum. So I removed the front drivers side rear axle and rolled it on the trailer. Im still ecstatic that I own a B Model, even though I havent had time to get it running yet. That will be first thing on this coming Spring's to do list!! Hopefully with a lot of the expertise from this forum I will be able to learn and accomplish all that I wish to do! Thanks for the warm welcome guys, feels great to own an old Bulldog! On a sad note, the Grandpa passed away this summer....God rest his soul.
  4. Hey all, joined in May hoping to gather some more knowledge of the B Models. I have purchased (from serial number info) a 1962 B61 that has been sitting in a woods for over 20yrs. Getting the truck bought is a story in itself which I can tell if someone is interested. But here is a few pics of it in its resting spot, and some after I got it out. Plans are to gradually find all the parts needed to do a full restoration on it. Ive wanted a B Model ever since I was 12yrs old and when I knew that this was In the woods I knew I had to get it. I dont care if it rusts away in my barn but I wasnt gonna let it rot away in that woods.
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