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AussiChris: Just curious are you saying that the volvo D 16 and the cummins signature are the same or similar engines. How are they the same and what is the relationship between Cummins and volvo. Good day

Just curious was there any other mack models or info at the show.

I believe the 673 went from 170 HP to 187 HP when they changed the intake manifold. It was changed from a straight manifold feeding six cylinders to a split manifold feeding 3 cylinders each. I am not sure if there were pump or injector changes. They then turbo charged it and it went to 205 HP. The turbo took away the Mack exhust rap but it was a real smooth sweet sounding engine. Meyer Materials had 5 or six 6 of these at there Wheeling Illinois plant. They were twin screw B63's pulling dump trailers.

Try the old macks are us web site. They have all the engines listed horsepower and torque. Engine curves you would might be able to get at the Mack museum.

In looking at the Mack cavalcade in Australia it looks like the superliner and trident are the same truck. It looks like they can have the Mack logo in the middle of the grill or the top of the grill. Both have round tanks. The Titan has ugly square tanks but probably higher capacity. Also shown is a granite with a sleeper. They are bringing the Titan over to the US. I wonder if the Trident or Superliner will follow.

I know that the MP 10 is in the family and will be a fine engine, but I think they should offer cummins and cat. This will be a popular truck and broadening the engine base should broaden sales. People buy tucks for different reasons. Some by price, some by name brand, some by dealer, some buy warantee and service and yes many by engine manufacturer. Here in Connecticut mack has lagged due to the big power (Cummins & Cat) in the Petes and Kw's. Mack look at what works and compete. Long live Mack. Stop all this Volvo/New Mack bashing. Macks are still made in America by Americans. They are still made of steal, cast iron, aluminum. Still use lube oil and diesel fuel. Still have dedicated design and engineering people, and they still have one thing no other truck has and never will, the MACK NAME.

The 50's IH cab was used on IH, Diamond-T, Hendrickson,available & FWD. Mack B cabs were very similar to REO Military, IH KB. The LT LJ cab is similar to the H model. A model macks were similar to wc whites. While the F model cab was bigger than the R you can see that it was the similar in style

Cardi out of Rhode Island still runs many aqua blue DM 800's dumps. Not fast on the highway but steady and reliable.

Does anybody know if the CL replacement will come out when the MP10 engine is introduced? Will there be a new mack line up that looks like the Australian line up? Will mack get a COE like the Volvo twin in Australia. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Ingersoll Rand is not dead they just sold one of there divisions. However there goes another chunk of our industrial base