Wobblin-Goblin

And now I've got a dilemma. Do I try to find pistons and rings and stuff? An entire 711 that runs? Do I put a 237 in it and mate it with the Quad? File pic:

If the engine is 100%, I may be interested.

Why is the engine out of a truck? Was it replaced because it failed in some way?

As far as the "antiques" comment, I still like R models and think they'd make nice tractors today with updated tech. Of course, they probably couldn't obtain the fuel economy of today's cookie-cutter cabs, so that'd be a deal breaker for many, if not most owners.

We don't own it. The ready-mix company does. We're just helping them fix up the truck.

Was this the B81 whose owner (college kid?) got all huffy with the membership here?

FYI, my uncle got the beast running a few weeks ago, but the transmission was frozen up. He drained it and replaced the oil, and last week drove it around the yard. Pics and video soon. I am on jackhammer detail (concrete in the drum).

Looking really good. The truck looks good, too.

It's actually a good thing. The family that owns the concrete plant that I've used to do a lot of the work on the two trucks bought the B81. It will stay local to me and they will finish refurbing it. On top of that, they can garage it, while I couldn't. It may sound weird, but I'm kind of happy it turned out this way. They agreed to offer it back to me first if they ever decide to sell it, so that's cool, too.

Truck is sold. Here's a video and a photo from the day I delivered it.

Niiiiice. What's the HP and TQ rating on that V-8?

Interesting topic with thoughtful responses.

So much for legendary Mack build quality. Bs, DMs, and Rs put Mack on a pedestal, now it appears as though that pedestal has been traded in for a toilet.

Agreed. Massachusetts and Rhode Island still allow ten-wheelers to carry heavy, but CT does not. It kinda stinks when there are plenty of safe, heavy spec ten wheelers available on the used market around here, but they are on the market because you can't legally carry sh** with them in my state.

...And your truck will have a smaller property tax bill annually, too. Not to mention no emissions equipment, making it more reliable and probably more fuel efficient. Great job.

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Story time again: Couple years ago, I found this website while helping my uncle refurbish a 1958 B65LT that my dad owned in the '70s and '80s. In short, my dad sold it in '83 or so, then it was sold again, and eventually my uncle found it in someone's yard and bought it for scrap price. After helping him on the B65, I got the bug and bought 'Mater, a 1964 B61SX and my dad and uncles helped me refurb it. Last winter, I bought another one, a '64 B81SX and am in the process of refurbing that, too. Well, the concrete company that my father used to drive for back in the '60s and '70s recently found a cement mixer that they used to own and bought it back. My father used to drive this truck for them until the early '70s. It is called "Old Noah" and it is a 1958 B81SX with a 673 and a Quad. Here are a few pics and a vid (hope it works) of the truck. To load it and bring it home, they actually lifted the truck up in the air and backed the lowbed under it. My dad is the gentleman in the reddish-tan hat and blue suspenders. Enjoy. KVID0286.mp4.html

I am not a fan of box frames and "through-welded" cross members. Give me a rugged C-channel frame and bolted/riveted cross members, thank you.

Nice looking truck.

Interesting topic and thanks for sharing. This past winter I had one hood latch that completely failed on my B81 project. After looking at it with my uncle and father, I decided to save time by simply buying four new DM style latches. Not knowing exactly what would be involved with repairing the innards, I figured if I replaced all of them with new, they'd be a matched set and be 100% ready to install (re: new and painted) when I got to that part of the project. Also, buying new would give me four original B model latches in reserve (three that were functional and one that I could repair in the future). Now I know what to do with that one latch.

The hood support arms themselves can be found on different types of trucks from the '50s to the '70s. I got a set of arms off a '70s vintage International Loadstar, cut them down to length, re-drilled them, and then made my own hardware.

I've always been a Ford guy, but if I was in the market for a new pickup truck, I'd probably go with a Dodge Ram this time around. I think their styling, interior, and Cummins diesel is better than what Ford has, with everything else being about equal. Then again, with new truck prices being as high as they are, I shudder at the though of buying new.

In the Australian ad, they didn't seem to play the SJW (social justice warrior), touchy-feely "everybody gets a trophy" game, they just told you the story of Mack trucks as it pertained to their market. The US ad? I'm surprised we didn't see a transgender truck stop in it, because it had just about everything else, except for prominently placed Mack trucks.

My dad drove mixers for years. He said they tried out a Mack front discharge, but having the engine and radiator in the front really was a bad design.

Yes it did. Nice score. If you don't mind me asking, what did you pay for it?