james j neiweem

I remember when I was a kid seeing an H model in the shop with the engine on a slant as I remember.

The original H model H-60/61 (cherry picker) had a flat floor I believe. The H-63 had the height dropped a bit. I think the floor was on two levels (driver side lower to allow for the dog house. Was the engine on a slant toward the passenger side. Was the H-63 floor the same as the H-67 or a flat floor. Why no H-65?

There still some bones there that can be worked with the right individual!

Remember seeing a lot of Cx's for them and Zumstein thereafter.

Remember the Akers Mack H's and F's well. I never saw any thing other than Mack's for them-may be a White 7000 or two. Surprised to see the IH's towards the end. I remember reading somewhere that Akers was not big on maintenance. If a truck broke down they might just abandon it and replace it with a spare. May be a rumor not sure. Breakdown maintenance and the buy low bid new tractors.

You betcha!

I just recently read somewhere that it was Chicago cab. Ma bee they built some. My one brain cell can't remember where I heard this. Could have been AI or face book BS. Us old timers with trucking history and knowledge have to laugh at this AI BS. I almost do not want to correct AI as it will keep getting smarter and smarter. There is a logging website on face book that takes parts and pieces from Mack E's and B's, IH KB's, White WC's and A-Cars and conjeur up a truck. They blow it on engine models and years installed routinely. I'll stick with my historical head knowledge and that of others over AI BS for now. I guess in the end they will get it right. Yeah looking up Chicago Cab gives you a lot of info on yellow and checker cab rabbit holes!

Just turned 80 myself. I grew up in Chicago land with the B-61's(Celli, Palumbo, Vulcan), IH R-230's, White 9000 coup cabs(Material Service), A-cars and Big Henries. Got out of the Navy in 69. Moved to Ct. saw my first B-81 in person rather than pictures. Truck spotting in Ct was just as good as Illinois thanks to the building of the Interstates. Was a big fan of Tomasso and O&G until they went Paccar! I do like the looks of the KW 900 B's though I must say.

I believe the Comfo Vision Cab was built by Chicago Cab now defunct I guess?

What garage is open one to two days per week?

Can somebody copy and paste the face book Scania/Mack article to BMT?

Terry I solved the problem with the END 707. It seems that the END 711 had 707 cu. in displacement. Thus no END 707. This is how we got sidetracked I guess. May be Mack wanted to further differentiate it from the EN 707. I am wondering if the END 711 problems were finally worked out before the END 675C and Maxidyne ran it out of town.🙂

The origin of the 672/673 block belongs to Mack with heads for the 672 coming from Lanova and heads from the 673 coming from Scania. So one mystery is the origin of the Mack/Scania V-8 block. Mack or Scania? The heads took two different paths -individuals for Scania and four heads for Mack; There may be other differences also such as crank shafts camshafts pistons etc.

Kennedy for president- Capitol idea!

fjh- Maybee somebody with computer smarts can copy and paste the article from Faceplant to Watts!