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I figured it was around 1960 because I have some pictures of Dad taken in 1961 with Late 60s Mack’s with small mirrors , I wonder if Mack Made any or was they after market.

The mirrors that were on it ( from the 60s I would assume) had 3 bolts in the top bracket, they are in good shape but the chrome is pitting, I have seen some top brackets that curve towards the front of the door frame. I’ve used these R style bracket kits on my H & LTH . Most of these old trucks have had a couple different sets through the years since they didn’t come out with “ West Coast “:mirrors . ( I’m unsure when and what brand of mirrors were offered when the West Coast mirrors got popular on the east coast? ) So since I’ve got 2 Superliner parts trucks I had plenty to choose from.

A little more progress today.

Fenders are still at the blast shop, Got hood back, repairing some cracks.

It definitely is a unique color scheme,, it’s going to be the way I remember It going by my house in the early 70s before I had drivers license,, Now it will have a shine vs the old faded and chipped look.

I’m still trying to 100% confirm who was the first owner was , not getting much out of the NC DMV . The old timers around here said it was Coca Cola bottling of Asheville, Biltmore Dairy Farms here used a color close to that, and Howard Johnson was close. All I can confirm is it was delivered 10 miles from me in September 1951 , And Pioneer Welding Company owed it from 1963 -69 , they never charged the color,

A little more progress today,, hug the doors, now I have to redo all the guts for them.

I seen a Nice LT out west that they put a Cat in,,, Very Cool!

I just sanded the old chrome off and polished the brass, that looks good to me. I’ll try to hang the doors this weekend,,,, Baseball will be over Saturday and my mechanic will be back on the job !

I got another one coming along, He’s not much help yet,, kinda like Herding Cats,, but the older one keeps him pretty straight.

My Mechanic works pretty cheap, Generally a waffle from Waffle House will satisfy him! He should be a LJ expert in a few years, he’s been pretty much in the middle of this project for about 4 years.

I have seen some older log trucks with the bumper painted like that, unsure, I just painted it back the way it was in the 70s . Hopefully I can put the doors on in the next few days.

Here’s a picture of it setting in our neighborhood in 1979 , note the diamonds on the bumper.

No that was our LTH at Spencer, this is the Coca Cola LJ that I’ve been working on over half my life. Hopefully I can make Spencer next year with this one.

The first time I ever saw this LJ was in the early 70s , The fella I got it from used it to tow trucks for several of the NC trucking companies, McLean, Hennis, Akers were his main customers, since Dad drove for Hennis from 1961 through the late 70s I saw the LJ a lot, plus the fella lived in our neighborhood ( I started working for him when I got out of high school) It’s was the same color as I’m repainting it , all faded out of corse the paint was original , the bumper and grill guard was always white with red diamonds painted on,, I’m trying to match it as close to the way it was. I see pictures of old trucks with diamonds painted on the bumper,, must be old school from the 50s and 60s .

Thank You, I think it will be different, I haven’t seen this color combo on it since I was 18 ( 1978) and it was terrible faded and chipped then .my chrome was flaking off the Mack emblem and Bulldog mount , so I sanded it off and polished it . I think Gold plating is cheaper than chrome around here! I’ll touch up on the black in the Mack letters when I have more black mixed. Probably done for the weekend,,, All Star Games are wide open for my Helper.

Plugging along.

I would still be interested in seeing the pictures if they are L Fenders.

I think these will speed up things, I’m also going to prime my old ones because I have them down to bare metal, and like you said I’ll put them up for extras .

Yes I had talked to the guy about them a while back and had even looked at the right one about a year ago, but he didn’t want to sell the left one at the time, So I asked him again last week and we made a deal, they were not to far away and not to expensive, so I’ll do some work on them and try to keep moving on this 47 year project. ( the shop Cat gave them a look over)

My Grandson and Me went on a “ Last Ditch “ Fender Search yesterday, they were only a couple hours away, got a pretty good left one and a fairly decent right, ( has rust at rear) but both are way better than mine. I’ll get them blasted this week and see how they look.

I heard about the Trooper , Totally Heartbreaking, Then finding out what a Scum did it ,,,, Then that craphole town would not even fly a thin blue line flag 1/2 mask for him. We may have gone off topic, but GOOD People are going to have to Stay on topic or we won’t have a Country .

Very Nice!

Thanks for the info Steve, I’ll give him a call, I got my shutters and the inside of the doors painted today, so if I can stay focused I’ll be ready for some fenders ( or repair mine) by the end of summer.