The Fireman

They had both custom built,the new one took just about a year to complete, all good things take time The depertment has bought the last few trucks custom bilt on Mack chasies, the only exection is the lader truck. They wanted to go with a pete, but it didnt have the ground clearance that they need to get back on some of the back roads in town, Personally I prefer the Mack

When I was in college I ran with the fire department in town. Just before I graduated they bought a new pumper and man the pictures dont do it justice Just a sweet truck. Now they have 2 mack pumpers One R modle and the new one they surre look seewt side by side

I rode in the back of this truck a couple times, sure was a nice ride. This is the truck that I learned how to pump on it sure ad a nice sound under load

They got this 2 weeks before I left, the closest I got to a ride was sitting in the drivers seat to discuss how the mirrors were blocked by the oficer seat I;m sure they have put a few miles on her by now, just wish I were still there to see it

I am going to put up a lean-to between a few trees for my A, I dont like tarps either unless they're kept off the truck and have at least on end open like a big tent. Even then you get more condensation than one would like but fot this winter thats what I'll have to do as I cant get the Mack through the garrage doors I knew the barn should have been bigger

Before I got my auxilry tranny working my A ran 1/4 mile on 1/2 a gallon fed from a lawn mower tank straped to the mirror on the passenger side of the truck Got to remember though she was stuck in high range and running in 3rd at about 15mph so she was pulling pretty hard. Now that the tranny shifts right she dose a lot better. I also got the 50 gallon tank cleaned out and hooked up an electric fuel pump so now all I have to do is turn the key and go, no more 1/2 gallon tank on the mirror for me

Definatly going to need at least a 9 foot door, we have 7 foot doors on our shop, (dont ask me what dad was thinking when he ordered those) but my A lacks about 10 inches with out stacks and some day I hope to have some tall straight pipes on her I'm sure I'll end up with a ticket for a loud muffler but I dont care I love the way she sounds and cant bear the thought of quieting her down, 2 4 inchers ought to do it, about 7 foot tall

Going after stuff thats done is cheaper in the long run, but that takes a lot of the fun out of it. I could be a little crazy too, all of my tractors, exept my Mack were siezed up when I bought them, now most of them run I just enjoy a good chalenge. It all depends on how much time you want to invest and how patient you are, if you do get that old girl I can gaurentee you will learn a lot

During WWII the chrome had to be painted over if it even made it on the truck at all. We have a 42 Dodge Fire engine also and all of the chrome was painted and still has the the original pin stripping on it also. Cant blame you fro wanting it to be chrome though

I'm no expert either, I can make an old Farmall look good with a few coats of enamal, but I think I'll be considering somthing a little better for the mack. I'll definatly do the work myself, I dont want it to be so nice that I am afraid to hitch up a flat bed and haul a few old tractors to the local shows.

If she looks good going down the road I can live with a few little in perfections up close, but perfect would be nice also

Very nice, hope my A comes out half that good. What kind of paint did you use, and did you have to do a wet sand on it to get that great shine? Keep up the good work.

Oh I should add I did get a floor in mine last weekend, so I am making some progress but I have the same time problems that you mentioned But with out the job theres no money to play with

thanks for the tip, I'll take it the seat was origanally a metal base, mine has been replaced by a wood box that will be being re-built at least or replaced, but the tag probly went with the original seat I'm not sure if the frame has been cut or not, the back has had some welding done but I dont think it was a 10 wheeler as I can see where the 5th wheel was mounted before it was cut off for the dump box so I'll have to look real close and hope for the best

Thanks for posting that Lmackattack, I am going to have to get that figured out

Thanks Superdog, The sun must have been reflecting off the lense of the camra. I stoped to the Mack dealer today and they told me I would need the serial # to find any parts, my problem is I cant find a tag any where on this truck. The parts man told me to look on the frame for a stamped number but I dont see anything. Is it just me or am I looking in the wrong place?

Another question I have is where can I find reprint manuals for this truck? I checked with the dealer and they said they couldent get them so I am back to the drawing board as it were.

I did manage to get quite a bit of the old grease and dirt off tonight, I am going to go get some 3?4 inch plywood to re-build the floor tommarow, then I'll change all the fluids and she should be ready to drive

Guess the pic didnt work any advice would be great I do better with the old stuff

This is my first time on here, I went an bought an A series mack this weekend. The owner told me it ran and drove good and only wanted 600 for the old girl. Well I went up friday and looked her over real good and it did run when we dumped some gas in the carb so I offered 550 for it and he took it

We went up today, loaded her on and draged her home. When we got it here we pulled the carb as it wouldent run ot its own and cleaned everything in there. The only thing that is wrong is the acceleration pump is siezed up but now it runs like a champ as long as you dont get on it hard. Any ideas wher I can find a rebuild kit for the carb? The bigest surprise was when I looked at the air gauge and it was at 20PSI and climbing, everyone was shocked when I honked the horns for the first time. In the end the relief valve poped off at 85 PSI. I have never worked on air breaks before but I do know that 120 is normal for a newer truck, dose anyone have any idea what is normal on somthing of this vintage? The breaks work real good and it dose drive and shift nice also, I am real happy with it so far,I'll have a lot of work to get her ready for shows but compared to everything els I have brought home this is in great shape I have been loking for a 50's era Mack for the past 2 or 3 years and this one finally found me, its a good day.

I'll try a pic here, if it turns out this is just as I honked the horn at 20PSI and surprised everyone in the yard