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Took the LJ to our Church car Show today It was the one year anniversary of the hurricane, a lot of progress has been made and a lot has to be done . The LJ got 2nd place in the truck category, not bad since half the people have no clue what it was!

I’m going to try to bring the LJ over there,, I haven’t heard from you lately, hope you’re doing well.

It would be a great project,,, but as of now,, unless I win a lottery ( which I never play ) I’ll have to make it to 90 years old with what I have on my plate,, I keep telling myself the Freedom will be my last project.

Just saw this on Facebook marketplace, something different, interesting looking hood

I’ll take it off this week and measure when it’s relaxed, I’ll find a CH or RD and compare , I would say the hood on the Superliner is longer and uses a slightly different spring,, Probably just enough to have a different part number

I’m sure there are something out there that would work, Just a matter of finding the correct tension and mounting hooks, if they are close it would definitely be better than only one as it is now.

Great explanation Mark ! Thank You

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I remembered this older post,, I’m at a dirt track race below Charlotte NC ,,, I heard the water truck sounds different,, I went and looked,,, Factory 3208 !!!

It keeps the hood from bouncing on the stop cables when you tilt it over,, Also helps open it , they have tension on them when the hood is down also

Rolling along,, Got the wet line completed, Fuel tanks, front bumper ( herd bumper) still needs a lot of polishing yet to do. Any suggestions on a hood spring Mack isn’t showing it anymore. Maybe some one has a PAI number ? I haven’t taken it off and measured it with no load. ( One of mine is missing)

A great turnout for a good cause!!! The B73 is beautiful!!

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.