james j neiweem

Why do we jump all over Mack for being a Volvo with a different cab and hood. Paccar has been doing this for years with Pete and KW. For now anyway you can still get Mack transmissions/rears and springs.

Would make a nice motor home

Nice work so far. Growing up in Illinois I never saw a B81. but I saw plenty of these brutes

Timmy B Great comment. Come on Log Trucker, we still like you.

I wonder if this will use the Diesel block or the reverse flow intake exhaust.

What no Macks

It looks like the IH DCO would be very difficult to see anything near the truck

I believe peening makes the weld area less brittle. Also make sure you use the proper weld wire or rod. Good luck.

The CL was a decent truck but shurly no replacement for the Superdogs. I wonder what a CH cab with a Superliner hood would look like. Any Rteests or photo choppers out there.

I don't think they offered Detroits in the L's. May bee in the fire service.

Hey Brocky. 71 also.

Were any of the last F's galvanized

Neat picture for sure.

Just a suggestion This thread needs to be split up. H-67 and IH.

Thanks for posting Mr. Hancock. Beautiful R's. I worked with an Ed Hancock in the Boiler Room at the Coast Guard Academy. Any relation?

The cherry picker was a unique looking rig. They were high because they had a flat floor. They didn't sell that well. I understood they had steering problems. However they had a good blood line in the H-63 and 67 as you can see above in the black and red one. If you look at the G model the light area appears to be the same as the H-67.

This is going to be one beautiful truck. Good job. What are the other Mack's in the fleet? I like that green one with the red trim.

Selling Mack would be a drop in the bucket compared to this.

Mack/Oskosh-Would have to establish coast to coast outlets Mack/Cat-They just dumped the engine and truck business Mack/Deere-Have Tier III engines and a dealer network Mack/Ford-Dealer network and ford could get back in with the big boys Mack/GM-same as Ford Mack/Paccar-Too much overlap of models Mack/Navistar-Model overlap but could follow the Paccar model Mack/Volvo-Mack needs more independence

Scania and Mack have a long history. It would be nice to keep it going. I can't see how VW would get entry into the US market. All of the Volvo/Mack outlets would probably be kept by Volvo. May bee they could use the Navistar outlets. It would be nice if Mack had some autonomy.

Interesting grill also I see a nice value liner on the right also

Daily Diesel or any member was there a different sound between a 673 and a 711?

If you look at the David Faust pictures of the Transcon U-models (ex Wilson Freight U's with 903's) they clearly are U-600's. After the founding brothers of St.Johnsbury sold out to Sun Oil the frieghtliners from a west coast buyout showed up in the St J fleet. Sun Oil also bought out Jones motor lines from South Carolina. I believe this is where the IH 2500 and Ford L9000 influence in the fleet came from. There last big purchase was Ford 9000's. There were a few R models in the fleet alsobut they may have been test tractors. It would have been neat if they had more R models . St. J went from L models to B models and then U models. After that IH's and fords. Dave 41's picture of the U could have been 903 powered or 673 inline. Also as I remember the 903 U's had downward exhaust(smoke eaters). If you view the transcon U's with 903's they are also downward exhausts.

Agree KS but I would change the grill somewhat

That's a good question R Horse. I don't believe they were U700's The ones I remember seeing were low hoods (600's) The Cummins 903 was a 90 degree V-8. The Detroits were 60 degree v-8's plus they had the supercharger up top Thus the Cummins was lower profile I believe