msm618

This is quite a thread. The detailed information makes for some great reading and it appears some valuable contacts have been made. Excellent.

I needed a "lift" today! Big Red Owner, thanks!!!!

Really, he has everything. Is still on ok shape? I used to think that was Charlie boyajians truck in his yard.

If Boyajian's truck still exists, I'd love to know where. Grew up watching the beautiful truck work its azz off!

Twin cooling fans on the BT - great engineering. Locally, Boston Elevated Rwy. was an early user of the BT. Thanks for posting!

The way they represent themselves looks like they are only interested in exportation.

15 grand is a lot of scratch for some third-world buyer. Most of the export stuff I've seen is totally clapped out, rusted out million+ mile units sold "as is". And they are pretty cheap. Third world mechanics must be pretty good to coax more miles out of some of the rigs I've seen.

We've tried. Oh we've tried. Rumor has it an exporter offered him 7 grand for it and he said no. We asked him and he says it belongs to the family and we'd have to go through all the family and a buncha bullshit so its not for sale. I'd love to save it. It's really rough but that doesn't matter. Prolly be there until it becomes topsoil.

Topsoil. Priceless, Vinny!

That CL Mack is waaaay too old - built in the 10th century, A.D,?! Prolly has stone tyres...........lol. I love Craigslist "experts"!

Found this photo of Boyajian i scanned, taken by Merk (possibly at the Hudson truck show)

Just a beautiful rig.

Blue DM800 belonged to PT Watts in Sutton. Watts is a Mack service/parts dealer.

The early B model of Frangioso is at Joseph Equipment in NH.

Jim

Boyajian lived in E.Saugus, MA. I grew up watching this rig earn a living. Ended up in N.Hampton, NH on a sales lot (though I asked and was told it wasn't for sale lol) in the early 90's.

My father tells me great stories about Charlie boyajian, he hauled out of Boston sand. My father would ride in that truck, there was a long road that ran to the plant. This was late 60's.

Boyajian lived in E. Saugus, MA. That LJSWX was a beautiful rig. Ended up at Mel Clark's lot in Hampton, NH. No idea where it went after the auction (early 90's).

Gordon Vivace was another trucker out of my town. Had a sweet red Ford 10-whl dump, set-back front axle.

Can't afford a water sprayer truck? Next best thing is any DD ! And a 6-110 found very few automotive applications (too d-m big!). The 6-110 was used in every Budd Rail Diesel Car (100's built) in the 40's and 50's. They did a great job coating the rail tracks...."look Ma, no weeds" lol.

Saw my first U, thot it was just an R built on a Monday or Friday.......................

Would be nice if Mack made a custom bus that looked like that!!!

BULLHUSK

There's a guy in Florida who has a RV-converted 1959 C-50 Mack. He makes a lot of the shows down there.

Neat U-boat, but $14K? Ok, low miles, interior the best I've seen, esp. for the year.

What say you guys on price?

The bus looks like a ACF "Metropolitan" street-car (as they called it at the time. Dam things were built like battleships. Mack vs. ACF would have been a pretty even match, IMHO. Boston drivers.................lol

Did you see the real rusted non runners? I am thinking those. I need a Fist full of dead presidents and a Landoll to haul away new toys. Neither of which I have access to at this point in time.

You and me both, brother!

Olive

The tabs on the front bumper may also be plow frame attachments??

Brocky

They look like anticlimbers to me. Extra protection for the nose and radiator. Well worth it, as well.

That 57 Dodge PW looks minty.

Wonder what $2K will buy?

I was on the fence about the Superliner daycab, but I re-read the ad and saw he'd throw in the CB antennas.....deal!!!!!!!!!! LOL, not.

Love CL ads!

Mike, whatta catch!

BTW, anyone know what happened to Dick Kemp's G?

Offered it to me, as a runner, for $1500.00 about 5 years ago. (Insert head beating against wall sound here)

Sure hope it went to a good home. I've only seen 3 G's in my 45 years in the hobby.

Thanks for sharing.

I also remember seeing that B while cutting under the railroad tracks to get to the Field House.

The Durham-UNH Fire Station was next to the incinerator plant that provided steam for the campus. Hmmm......how was that for planning.

Many days I would walk by as Appleyards was dumping a trailer load of bunker oil for use in the plant. Also, every garbage truck in the seacoast area was dumping their loads to be burned up and a CAT loader was running almost non stop packing it in.

Appleyards ran some semi-rough looking R models and some gypsies would also pull their trailers.

Memories from a couple of days ago for sure.

Jim

Jim, I grew up in Saugus, MA, and remember seeing Appleyard's rigs on Rt.1 all the time. Great memories!

I saw R608F10-1015 sitting in a junkyard in Gill, MA. in September, 2011. It was still lettered for Indian Ford Fire Department.

bulldogboy

That rig is about 10 miles west of me. The guy runs a HD truck repair business, and usually has a few old Macks on the lot. I stopped and chatted with him awhile back, and he seemed friendly but businesslike, He had a late-production Mack C-50 transit bus/RV there for awhile. First conversion of a C-bus I've (40+ year Mack guy) ever seen.

2 trucks with over 350k on the odometers. "Performance Counts" all right!

The Motor Bus Society reprinted a history of mack buses done by Mack in the 1970's. You could contact MBS, and of course troll ebay as well. There are several dealers who sell MBS and other bus magazines. I have dealt both as seller and buyer with "4509bus", he's one of the god guys.

I am a long-time Mack bus fan, and may be able to help with some of your questions. My copy of the MBS Mack history is packed away "someplace safe" lol.