steve s.

I installed a Garwood winch, the same model as Swishy's, on my B61. My transmission is a Quadruplex and I used a PTO with forward and reverse to drive the winch. An extra gear was needed to reach in to the pto drive gear in the transmission. The pto drives two # 80 chains to the winch. It could have been a fairly easy job, but I got carried away and made the whole thing more complicated than it needed to be. One of the things I didn't like was that the pto shifter, if mounted straight up through the floor, would have been right where a passenger's leg would be. I spent quite a few evenings making linkages to move that pto shifter over next to the 5-speed stick. I have not yet run the truck; it is still a work in progress. Steve

Truck has been sold. Thanks for looking.

DC Weasel, I have a 1966 B61 that was built with a 673C engine. It has a rotary injection pump and a pressed steel intake manifold. There are many differences in this late production B model compared to earlier B's I have noticed.

For sale: 1974 R model single axle tractor. 237, 5 speed. Good mechanical condition, Good paint, very presentable. Barn kept. Has not been used much in recent years. Located in Nicholson, PA. Asking $8500. Call Steve 570-222-4478 Trailer not for sale

The Quadruplex weighs 815 pounds.

Anthracite Auto Parts in Scranton PA has an L model with the 510 for sale. It is a straight truck with a long wheelbase and an oil tanker body. Pretty complete and worth saving.

Thank you MrsMackPaul. It's very nice of you to recognize our nation's birthday from the other side of the world ! Steve

It looks like you found a nice old Mack. Hope you have fun with it. Attached is a picture of a 1949 EQT that I took this weekend at the ATCA show in Macungie. It was originally a tractor and might be one again in the future.

It would help to know what type of suspension your truck has, and what kind of road surface you were driving on. An unloaded Hendrickson walking beam on a concrete road will give the ride you describe. It's hard to imagine that tires with flat spots would perform any better at a higher speed. Good luck.

Nice find. It appears to be a knock off, not a real Mack bulldog. Cheap reproductions used to be fairly popular. Remember the ones with eyes that lit up?

Brian is correct. I would add that if your truck still has the 12/24-volt system and you are going to buy batteries, you can use 2 -12 volt batteries instead of the 4- 6 volts.

Your truck is coming together really nicely. I especially like your idea of the zippers on the shifter boot. If you don't mind, I'd like to borrow that design for my H63. It would be a big improvement over the rubber floor mat I have over that hot and noisy hole now.

Just to keep the facts straight: Brockway became a division of Mack Trucks in 1956. Brockway went out of business in 1977.

You can guess, or you can pay someone to figure it out, but there is a great source of information regarding speedometer ratio adapters not far away: Tom has done a great job of explaining the math for those who want to tackle it. I have just figured out what adapter I need to make the speedometer right after a rear axle change, thanks to Tom.

You're doing a great job, truck looks excellent. Would you be willing to share the part numbers for the cab jack repair parts? My H 63 jack is bad, and I haven't been able to identify it. You might have noticed in the Mack owners manual that it states that the cab should be supported by something other than the hydraulic system when working under it. I usually stick a 4x4 underneath for that purpose. It fits nicely into a small slightly dented area under the cab, where I guess others before me did the same thing. It would be a shame to scratch up your nice new paint that way, but maybe you could come up with a better idea.

Thanks for taking us along on your trip Vlad. Enjoyed you pictures and story. Nice truck. Cruiseliners are not seen too often in my area of Pennsylvania. Yours looks to have a very nice floor. hopefully the rest of the cab is good and solid. I especially like the picture of the Pobeda. I have a Polish version, the Warszawa. Both are very rare in the USA. Steve

The Endless Mountains Antique Truck Show and Flea Market scheduled for Sept. 5th, 2020 has been cancelled . This would have been our 30th annual show at the Harford Fairgrounds in Harford PA. We appreciate all of the support you have given us in the past. The Northeastern PA Chapter , ATCA hopes that you can join us on labor Day Sunday 2021. Steve

I like the International with the backhoe . That must have been a fairly popular idea in the fifties, I have a similar setup on a Dodge chassis.

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You did a great job, looks very sharp. Did you have any issues mating the Cummins to the transmission? Is it a Mack built transmission? What did you use for a clutch? Thanks, Steve

The green and black truck in the picture belongs fo a friend of mine. It is an LJ. He has had it for many years. The hard nose radiator may not be original, but it was on there when he got it. The truck has an early Cummins with a quadruplex. It was built as a single axle with a big 29,000 lb rear. Later the frame was stretched and a dead axle was added. Currently the truck has a newer set of Mack rears on a camleback suspension. The LJ doesn't get driven too much, another friend usually tows it to shows. The H model was made using the L sleeper cab. They are basically the same, but the windshield height is different.

Here is the picture of Dave's B model at the Northeastern PA Chapter ATCA Endless Mountains Antique Truck Show, Harford PA Fairgrounds.

I have a Mack H61T Parts List, #2185, Dated May, 1953. It lists engine parts for the END673, and the Cummins NHB 600, 743 cid, 200 HP.

There will be a two part story on the Australian Mack R800RSX trucks beginning in the January /February issue of Double Clutch magazine. Part two will cover the restoration of Tony Champion's "Iron Horse" seen above. Steve