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Yes ! It’s only 25 years, it will go by fast! I already told Dawson that’s his Responsibility, he’ll be 35 !

Thank you, yes my Grandson told a lot of people about it surviving the flood and showed them all the pictures in his album. Hopefully he will stay interested with it to take it to shows when Mack turns 150 !

My Grandson and Me had a great time at Mack Trucks 125 celebration at Truist Point Stadium in High Point,NC last night, Many Thanks for all the people who put it together, and all the employees of Mack who showed up with their families .It was a honor to bring the LJ and be a part of it. I think my Grandson or Me must have talked to about all the 5,000 people that showed up, and the hundreds of kids that had their picture taken behind the wheel of the LJ ,, Hopefully great memories! Here are some pictures of the journey and the fun event. Great talking with Stephen Roy , Mack Truck President,Global ( Pictured with us ) And Jonathan Randall ,President of Mack North America and Many more Mack Engineers and employees about some of the years of change between the LJ and the Pioneer.

I’ll PM you. Thank you

That all depends on how much money they want to spend, and how “ Nice “ they want the end result. It’s very labor intensive and a lot different restoring a 56 Mack vs a 56 Chevy. But it can be done, and there are shops out there that can provide that service.

It’s back on the ground! I drove it a little ( I only had 2 gallons of fuel) too see how deep it turned, everything seems fine for now. I really don’t have time but since I have this thing down this much I’m going to paint it, it’s never been painted, it still has the warning decals on the cab over the battery box . Is faded pretty much.

I had the steering gear rebuilt, put it back on this evening, I turned the drag link over , I think it will be level when the axle has weight on it, so far it’s going smooth.

Yes I had a 35 Diesel,, you are correct! Poor start below 30,. I sold it. Hopefully they took it South!

I looked it up they made about 500, it’s early,I might have Freedom Superliner on the mind! I sent a video, hopefully it will load IMG_6387.mov

We have a 98 Massey Ferguson, I think they only built 200 ( I looked all this up when I bought it,, but forgot some details) A friend of mine bought one in the late 90s in Iowa and brought it back to WNC , I always liked it, a few years ago A fellow we know came across one in the mid west and gave my son a call so that is how we got it, they were pretty rare, story goes 1959/60 They had a fire at the Massey plant, they contracted Oliver to build a 100HP tractor, They used a 99GM ,, Massey supplied the sheet metal. Ours still has some green showing through the MF metallic gray ; they merely painted the entire chassis, painted the fenders red, put MF hood and grill on it and called it “98” , Moline did the same for Massey until they got their plant repaired , called it “97 “ it was a big 6 cylinder gas . Keystone is the BEST Museum ! There’s are perfect! Ours came straight out of the field .

That’s a pretty good Dream,, It would be different that’s for sure! I’ll probably leave it like Dad used it, Then the next generation can drive it and know What the GREATEST GENERATION went through.

I think so, but I can’t remember seeing him in a long time, There was also a fellow from North Georgia , his last name was Turpin,he had some older Mack’s , I called him about some parts years ago.

Brocky , Thanks for sending me this old picture from 2011 in Cherokee NC , I think we were getting ready for a parade. I figured I’d share your picture of Dads C Model,, Every time I go up I75 I think about Dad Running Cincinnati from Spartanburg in this truck, I won’t even drive it to Cherokee, I haul it!!! It rides Terrible! He was A Old School Trucker for Sure.

I think you might be correct, Him and My Dad were friends, I’ve been to his place in Ball Ground years ago. It’s a sweet B73 . His Superliner is nice also.

I’m in Western NC but I know of several guys in Georgia with some Nice Mack’s , When we have a truck show in Cherokee NC it’s fairly close to a lot of people in Northern Georgia, So I’ve gotten to know a few, And I have some distant relatives down in Augusta that started with B Models in the 60s , I actually bought my first Mack from Charles Davis , Now Davis Aggregates/ Augusta Ready Mix . Hopefully more might be on this site, hopefully if they see this they will post some pictures. I only have 3 pics of Georgia trucks , My Grandson standing in front of Randle Howell’s ,From Ball Ground GA , B73 and SuperLiner at a show in WNC. This B Dump sets in Augusta , one of Charlie Davis’s That he ran in the 60s . And a Superliner we bought in Toccoa GA a few months ago. Hopefully you can get some more interest on your topic, There have been many more Mack fans down your way , maybe some will see this.

Thank you, Yes so far everything has gone smoothly, I got some new U bolts and my Son had already purchased a new drag-link for it and I have already tried the joint and they are the same size, when I install it I’m hoping flipping it over will keep it level from the pitman arm .

Finally got a chance to install the 18,000 Axle, waiting on my steering box to be rebuilt. Hopefully I can finish the front axle project next week, I removed the chrome visor, I really didn’t like it, I had another parts Superliner with a Lund visor, I’m going to paint it and put it on.Hoping to get this one back on the road soon, I’m itching to start on the Freedom.

Beautiful Truck!

Yes Brocky we were Blessed to all come through the Hurricane safely. Lucky my photo album was at my house and most of my Dads pictures were hanging high on the wall, I had a few LJ manuals get wet, and a whole cabinet full of Mack , Cat , Cummins, Detroit manuals 40 years of collecting, swept completely away,,, God knew I needed to stop working on trucks and just enjoy them and life .

Y’all got me thinking about my old office phone, I found a picture of it, just to show how tough they were, the flood washed my desk through the wall, I kept the old phone setting on top just for sentimental value, if you look closely it never moved!, I brought it to my shed during the cleaning. and just to stay on topic, my ash tray full of Dogs , long ear and a couple short ears.

lol, We had that same phone, with that same green! We had a 3 party line until 1982 ,, Teenagers would go nuts today. YES ,, You Could slam that receiver down and it made you feel good when you were mad! .. I would love to see a picture of that Mack Receive cover.

One thing leads to another,,, Steering Box was leaking,, and I’m sure it has a ton of miles on it so while the axle was out I figured I would go ahead and replace it also.

Hopefully it got restored! Ashamed to let grow up in the weeds. I would love to have one.

A guy I worked with years ago had a set of Salt and Pepper shakers ( Bulldogs) with Mack on their collar, he showed them to me, said his Uncle bought some Mack cement mixers years ago and the dealership gave them to his Aunt. I’ve never seen any since.

I’m not sure, I have some old issues but I can’t remember, Might trying contacting them. They still have some old ones in stock .