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I’ll probably put it back on since it’s already got the brackets on it, it should have the construction type and they are pricey . This bull bar new is about $6,000 so I’ll make use of it. At one point I had a paint both near my house, I had a couple big fans and good lighting, I painted the C Model, 359 & 379 Pete, a couple pickups and a few tractors, now it’s full of a lot of stuff that we salvaged from the flood, I painted the LJ in pieces in a harbor freight car tent , inside my shop. I just wet the floor, opened the door, set a fan in front and painted the Superliner. Hopefully I can build me something better when I paint the Freedom, I’ll probably take the hood off and spend more time on it. I’m like a Lawyer when it comes to painting,,,, Still Practicing! I used a 5 gallon bucket to trace the hood pattern on my Pete’s

Great write up ,, Not only did it keep everyone updated on your journey,, It encouraged me to complete mine,, Heck I had so much momentum built up watching you,, it got me through the worst flood in North Carolina history! Thank You for sharing it all!

I’ve never had any except H 67s Dad Drove a H63 but I was too young to remember anything about it. Here’s the floor in my H67 ,, and the engine and transmission in the parts H67 ,, You can see how they lowered it so it doesn’t have a doghouse.

RW 753 progress

Steve is correct. I have a couple H-67 setting here, if I can remember tomorrow I’ll take a picture of the step up floor, The engine is straight up and riding low in the frame, the transmission is really noticeably lower than a B ,, I have a C with the engine mounted on a slant

I have used it before,, I had a R Fire truck and I think the paint was 1/4 inch thick on the hood and cracked down to the fiberglass, I had to use aircraft stripper on it ,, Then kept pressure washing it ,, make sure there isn’t any left in the seams.

Looks Great! You did a great job on that frame!

Take your time, have everything ready , don’t put too much on at once, send pictures! Just painted my working Superliner,came out pretty good for a work truck,I basically gave it a wash job with Ajax ! It needed striped completely down, but I needed it to be working, So I can get to my Freedom Edition Superliner .

A little more progress. Painting done.

Thanks again to everyone who helped out, it was a great show and I Greatly appreciate the award!

Had a great time at the Dacusville ,SC Show yesterday! Thanks Brocky for all your hard work!

I got my helper doing some tape removal, making some progress.

A little bit of progress on the RW 753 , I’m multitasking it seems lately, I’ve went to a few truck shows, hauling equipment, and trying to get this one back on the road, I got some time today to shoot the cab , hopefully I can get the hood painted next week, i don’t have a good place to paint, and I’m not a professional painter , So I kinda do it in steps, this is a work truck so I didn’t strip it down.

Thank You,, I’ll try to convince my body that when I’m trying to get out of the bed after a long day of trucking or sanding and working on these old Mack’s!

I’m unsure how many Cruiseliners Ryder had , They would by a fleet if a customer wanted them. Then some times they would just buy a bunch for the rental fleet. A lot of there trucks had no power steering when I started. And they were Big on Cummins. That’s actually how I got started with Ryder, I was working in the truck shop at our local Caterpillar dealer, Wilsonart moved some trucks here from there Texas fleet ( 1983 359 Pete’s , 3406As ) there were 12 , Leased through Ryder, they had no one or tools to work on them,so they brought them to Cat , after a year they offered me a job, I left Cat making $7.25 , went to Ryder for $7.35 ! Wilsonart ( kitchen counter tops ) increased their fleet, built a plant , warehouse. I stayed with Ryder 32 more years managing that fleet of trucks. Ryder and Wilsonart were good people. When I retired and decided to start hauling heavy equipment with my Son and a friend of his I had 2 retirement party’s , one at Ryder and one at Wilsonart. My son a few days old, 1990 , My wife and Me, Last Day 2017 . From a 1983 to a 2017 I saw a LOT of changes with those Red & White trucks!

Thank You,, I’ll do my best to keep him heading in the right direction.

That’s coming along nicely! Good pictures thanks for sharing

Congratulations on your Son’s success! Yes hopefully I’ll keep him interested in these older trucks, and hopefully he will get some experience with the newer vehicles. I retired from Ryder Transportation in 2017 after 32 years, When I started with them we had some Cruiseliners and a lot of changes in 32 years, the trucking industry went through drastic changes between 1984 and 2017 , from E6 Mack’s , Big Cam Cummins, 3406A Cats , 92 Detroits was the Top of the Line in 84 , I saw the very first 60 Series Detroit test engine, Ryder was always the first to get the latest technology, When I retired in 17 My last fleet of 16 trucks were DD15 with automatic transmissions and some D13 Volvos. There were days and days where you would not get a tool out of your box ,, it was all troubleshooting with a laptop. I tell my Grandson to learn both,, even if he runs his own trucks he will know how to work on them,,

Thank You, He should have some good memories helping me rebuild the LJ , it’s hard to believe it’s been 5 years since we pulled it out of the shed in pieces. He should be able to write a book when he’s older on the restoration of a LJ Mack . This was the first picture I took when we uncovered it and pushed it into the shop. March 2020 . 5 years old.

That’s been a while! Hang on to those Smudge Pots ,,,

Yep , I grew up around that same stuff, My Dad would always tell me the story of back when they hauled can vegetables from Bush brothers over near Newport TN ,, they ran H Models , his friends H Model froze up and quit, Dad went on and after a mechanic got the other one running a few hours later, Dad said he pulled in with his face all black where he had lite the smudge pots to stay warm… Yes they are period correct,, I have a picture standing on the fender of his truck,, I was 2 , 1961 ! Great find!

Mack’s had their own photographer at the 125th Celebration, They sent me these . 75 years from the LJ to the Pioneer , and Dawson with his photo album.

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.