Prowrench

On 6/7/2020 at 9:52 PM, Terry T said:

Where's the fuel tank? Good looking little truck. How long ago was it taken out of fire service?

Fuel tank is between the frame rails in back of the rear axle I don't know why they didn't use the regular fuel tanks 

I'm lost without the Mack Museum. Does any know where I can get wiring schematics for the Mack C model which was built between 1963-1965 I specifically am looking for wire colors. Thanks in advance.

52 minutes ago, Maxidyne said:

What is this "deep state" of which you speak?

https://www.govexec.com/feature/gov-exec-deconstructing-deep-state/

2 minutes ago, Maxidyne said:

What is this "deep state" of which you speak?

those in power and in bureaucracies that are planning and scheming behind the scenes to destroy AMERICA and turn OUR great nation into a dictatorship! 

On 5/17/2020 at 8:48 AM, storkmack said:

There were a lot of General Mixers around the Chicagoland area.  Pretty sure all the big players had a few, but Material Service had the bulk of them.   In my ignorance, I thought Material Service was a Chicagoland company.  

Material Service Corp. was a Chicago company started by Henry Crown he sold to General Dynamics but had held a majority interest in General Dynamics

On 5/16/2020 at 10:19 PM, Mack Technician said:

Power-drunk-lawyer politicians. 

Real drunk drivers, true functional alcoholics, the guy who could ride a 2-wheeled skateboard stone drunk, only end up getting caught after hundreds of successful drives home. Buncha politicians got into office by being good at what they do, being political power-drunks and covering their born-to-be-a-lawyer hiney’s 24/7 doing it and not being caught. How much of this stuff has never been disclosed, exposed or made to be held to account?

Friend from the U.P. told me they had a crazy lawyer in their town who was edgy. Multi talented. He use to do fly overs at the local football games. He’d dip one wing of his plane through the uprights. Like to raise Cain too. Cops wanted to catch him. One night he was pulled over after he left the bar. Once the lights went on he pulled over, hopped out of his car, opened the trunk, grabbed a case, started shotgunning beers in front of the cops dash cam,“Come and get me boys!!!!!”. Couldn’t be charged. That’s what these politician lawyers become with time. 

I asked a pastor once, “what’s the drive behind some of the crazy abuses you see in the ministry”. He told me “the more people trust, love and admire you the more the little voice of the untransformed sinner in your head tells you to take advantage of the opportunity”. I agree with KS in that it’s pervasive in politics.

Balances are healthy, totally critical, to keep our system in check. Push/pull. Crime/punishment. BUT! The left is a greater threat to the Republic right now because they lost that skill set and replaced it with systematic manipulation. You see it time and again, they don’t care about laws and the constitution and their course has to constantly be corrected by a higher state/federal court authority. Just saw it here last week with Democrat King Evers IV over reaching and the Supreme Court having to slap his hands. How many court cases has Trump now won against the Democrats. How many failed derailment attempts has the left made against his office and even the very Supreme Court? There’s a reason 8 of 10 convicted felons are democrat. 

 I agree 100%.Unfortunately for WE THE PEOPLE, the LEFT and the DEEP STATE are dug in like tics on every level and so they are gaining momentum. President Trump has been sent by GOD  because his love of OUR great nation is more valuable to him than power,or money and this is precisely why the LEFT and the DEEP STATE are working so hard to destroy him. It is clear that President Trump is trying to give this great nation and the control of it back to WE THE PEOPLE and to do that he has to destroy the DEEP STATE.

On 5/5/2020 at 6:40 PM, storkmack said:

I thought it would be neat as shit to run material out of the pit with it. 

It sure would turn some heads

I found this colossal truck in Downers Grove yesterday  

6 hours ago, storkmack said:

This is crazy, I was bidding on this truck awhile back.   Then to see you post pics of it that show that it ended up with a mutual acquaintance in our neighborhood.  Must be something in the water out here.    

I found it on truck paper I was always a fan of the MB

41 minutes ago, Quickfarms said:

 

 

Yes with yellow lettering

 

 

awesome a great reason for me to paint it blue

1 hour ago, Quickfarms said:

That looks like a military foil tag

 

The registration number 77B-1165 appears to be Air Force

 

77 is the year it was procured, ordered.

 

B indicates Commercial General Purpose

 

1165 indicates that it was the 1165 vehicle in the B class that was ordered in 1977

 

 

The blue paint is probably air force strata blue FS 15045

WOW thanks for the info! was the entire cab blue?

10 hours ago, General Ike said:

Didn't Overnight Express run these?

I know they had a ton of MB single axles

11 hours ago, Maxidyne said:

Probably not Postal Service, they had Maxidynes in their later MBs and naturally aspirated 673s with a 10 speed in the earlier ones. A USPS MB would also probably have the trailer raising "ramps" on the rear of the frame. BTW, saw a couple new MB tandems in Air Force colors and headed to the Air Force Reserve at the local Mack dealer back in '77, they looked to be the same spec as the USPS MBs except different color and markings. That was before my time at the Postal Service though, so I may have missed a few variants...

11 hours ago, Maxidyne said:

Probably not Postal Service, they had Maxidynes in their later MBs and naturally aspirated 673s with a 10 speed in the earlier ones. A USPS MB would also probably have the trailer raising "ramps" on the rear of the frame. BTW, saw a couple new MB tandems in Air Force colors and headed to the Air Force Reserve at the local Mack dealer back in '77, they looked to be the same spec as the USPS MBs except different color and markings. That was before my time at the Postal Service though, so I may have missed a few variants...

underneath the red is dark blue paint and this tag led me to believe it is a post office truck however I do acknowledge it could have belonged to anyone of numerous government agencies. When the Mack museum reopens I will request info from them. Unless the pick up ramps had been welded to the frame of the post office trucks they may have been removed there are extra holes back there indicating that there was formerly ramps that had been unbolted and removed.

5 minutes ago, 70mackMB said:

That's nice! lol  Any specs that you know of?  Sure looks to be in good shape, any inside pictures?   .....Hippy

sorry no inside pics it has a Mack ENDT672 225HP. with a road ranger 13spd and 38k Camelback

5 hours ago, mowerman said:

man that thing looks really clean,,,also looks older that 70.....have a ball with it,,,bob

The cab is in very poor condition and the wrecker body is in bad shape but the wrecker itself is in really good shape nothing worn out ,bent, broken or missing. I found a good one that's for sure

23 hours ago, carlotpilot said:

if you should come across a usable cab  for less than a small fortune that you don`nt need let me know will you? I have a really rough ac that I hope to do smething with--------- or parts of

I certainly will

20 hours ago, carlotpilot said:

that one should be a breeze 

Yah easy peasy no problem I got this haha the cab needs a lot of work the wrecker is all there and had been taken care of only needs the body repaired or  I might just make an entirely new  body I do have a line on a couple of cabs. but working on these old trucks of mine is always relaxing and enjoyable

On 4/17/2020 at 10:13 PM, carlotpilot said:

looks like a homer to me. what are your plans for it? AMAZING  A 1970 WITHOUT A BENT BUMPER OR BASHED UP FENDERS

restoration project

GLOBAL WARMING!!!!!!! If orange man didn't take us out of the paris climate accord there wouldn't be so much global warming that's why we had our first snow on Halloween and 2" on April 15 and 6" on April 17 because global warming causes snow 🙃

truly a project for someone with plenty of time available    Great find

On 4/3/2020 at 10:26 AM, j hancock said:

Could check with a pump shop for a recommendation.  Also check with Scheid. 

https://www.scheiddiesel.com/Custom-Bent-Fuel-Lines/

thanks for the link I will call them