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Y’all have fun, post some pictures, I’m looking forward to making it back to Macungie, my last time was with My Dad & Son in 2000 for the 100th anniversary.Hopefully I can get My Son and my Grandson ( My Sidekick) To make the trip in the next few years, As for now this time of year he’s right in the middle of All-Star Baseball.

Yep I may have bitten off more than I can chew right now, I do want to start restoring the Freedom Superliner when I get the shop back in order, I recently purchased the Black RW 753 from my Son , it has the worn axle, I’ve got to get it fixed before I start on another project,, Thanks for all the Birthday wishes! It’s been a fun day!

Yes I think a lot of people called them Liberty’s, all the Mack documents I have seen said Freedom, The Mack Museum sent me a letter confirming my truck was a Freedom, and some original sales brochures, I can’t remember seeing Any Liberty Name in them , But I could have overlooked something.

Thank Y’all ! Yes I’ve got plenty Summer projects.

Today was my Grandson,s last day of school for the summer, he wanted me to take him in something special,,,, Well I didn’t see any Soccer Moms driving a LJ Mack!

Yes MH Cabovers , I think most were RW Superliners but I’m not a expert on them, I actually didn’t know anything about them until I bought mine because they were not any around Western North Carolina, Mine came from Charleston WV , about 8 years ago. The one in the picture was in Morgantown WV ( your location) I’ve. Often wondered if it was the same truck, the original company might have the Vin number, Mine has been hit in the front and the hood replaced, and repainted a lighter color.

Same

I would love to see some of those restored, I have one that I would love to find time to restore, actually the interior (Red ) is in pretty good shape, Red carpet and all. I would be curious to know how many Freedoms survived? Also if Mack has information on the original decals. I used mine every day until a few months ago. The last picture is one that a guy I worked with took while visiting relatives in West Virginia back in the late 80s . He gave me the photo and it stayed on my toolbox for years the truck was only a few years old at the time,,, anyone recognize it?

Vald , Very good explanation! I could probably change the rear compound for a closer ratio, I think I have one in the parts H Model I bought for the door parts , but I’ll probably leave it alone. Yes back in early 80s I worked with a couple guys that taught me how to press the gears off of a Fuller 13 speed and make a Double Over, It was a good bit of finger mashing and a good press, I did a couple for some friends, it makes 3 &4 beside each other and 5th to the dash. They were pretty noisy also . Eaton came out with the X cap ( RTX I think) and it did what you were talking about putting the shift pattern back to normal.

Mark , I can’t find Revenuer , I was going to ask about a bumper, any suggestions? Thanks

Heinz , I ran across that picture looking at some old Hennis Freight Lines photos. If you look closely in the lower RH corner you can see it says DigitalForsyth , Where Hennis was from in Winston Salem. Crouch Brothers was a Construction Co and House Movers, they had a location in Asheville and Charlotte ( That LJ was used in Charlotte and sent up here , they were going to restore it because there Grandfather bought it new, but never did anything with it so the Grandson gave it to me, they said he ordered it for a dump truck but put a 5th wheel on it to move houses, it’s double framed with the biggest stack of springs I ever saw on a 1950 truck) , Anyway that Locomotive must have been moved down towards Winston Salem, Probably in the 60s , I can’t read the name, you might look at some Winston Salem historical pictures and find something.

I cleaned up the other side of my original axle, It looks like FAW538 ,, maybe someone can tell me what rating it is , thanks

That’s probably close to what I have, I’ll recheck that trans number, just for curiosity.

Steve that sounds like exactly what I have, I’m not going to change it because it’s still a overdrive, and the lowest gear is handy loading on a trailer when hauling it, I have another LJ parts truck that was a Diesel but was in the flood and the original was probably hauled off for scrap years ago, The number on it was the same as the line set record the Mack Museum sent me , 720 I think, but the rear auxiliary must be were the difference is . I have a photo of the LJ gas when it was in use here in North Carolina, I knew the original owner’s Grandson , he gave it to me for parts . Now we know what the Low Gear was for.

Yes it has that odd ball pattern. 1st is completely on the opposite side then 2nd , and the original one was the same, but the original could be split between main gears like the 10 speed, this one has a WIDE auxiliary ratio , and is super slow in 1st under drive, the only way I can drive it is leaving the auxiliary in direct and shift like a straight 5 speed. I’ve got 5 trucks with Dupex,s and this one is the only one that’s geared that way.