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Nice truck! You guys did a great job!

Check this out. A guy I know from another site does neon art.

The truck looks good!!! Congratulations!!! Here's a picture of the older style Bulldog. This one's off by 57 B model. I think it's the same as what your truck would have come with. The older Bulldog is just a little different from the newer one and I don't think the older style ones are available anymore. The newer Bulldogs don't look a whole lot different but I'm not sure if the mounting holes line up or not. I'm sure someone else will know.

You sure don't see many sleeper cab B models. It'll be a chore to get it road worthy but it should be really neat when it's done. Good luck and keep posting pictures.

Welcome to the site. It's great that you were able to track that truck down. It looks to be in good shape.

I see it sold for $2,200 I hope you got it! That thing is totaly cool.

How much trouble is it to get and maintain an IFTA account? rwmindy, thanks for the write up. I did some research a while back and came up with similar information. I did notice that one of the DOT guideline articles said that you could win trophies or even modest cash prizes with a race or show car and still be considered to be a non-commercial operation. They did say that if you have sponsors names advertised on your trailer, that would put you into the commercial category. I printed up some of the info and carry in the truck with me. I know it's probably best to stop at scales but I'm just driving on past with my little B model. If I had a larger looking truck I'd probably pull in.

Thanks for all the replies. We went to the local cruise night and the Mack was a real crowd pleaser. I've been driving some nice old cars for a long time now but nothing seems to get peoples attention like the old B model does. An old friend gave us a brass Mack emblem that he has had for years. We put it on the sun visor. I have no idea what year or model of Mack it came from. The truck's running great! We just got the air conditioning charged and it's blowing ice cold. Just in time, we're leaving on a trip of about 750 miles later this week. I'll try to get a few more pictures in the next few weeks. Jim

It'll be great to watch this project as it moves along.

Yes, it did get quite a bit of attention. We got a few thumbs up going through some of the small towns on the way to the track. Jim

We went to our first race with the Mack. The truck ran fine but it's a little noisier than I thought it would be. We still have some insulation to add though so I think it's going to be reasonably quiet when we're done. We had planed to do a wooden floor in the box but we used aluminum checker plate instead to save some time.

Great looking truck! I think it looks even better when you get rid of the modern trucks that were in the picture.

It's alive! We went for a little test drive today and the truck's working great! We've still got a few things to do but we're almost done. We backed it under the trailer to check for clearance and it looks like there's going to be no problem. Paul Lapp, the same guy that lettered our 55 Chevy race car did some lettering and striping on the Mack.

Congratulations! That's a lot of truck for the money. With a little work you should be able to get it running. Northing's impossible, if necessary you can cut the rusty frame off and weld on a rear section from another truck. You can just clean the truck up and paint it with a brush or give it a total restoration. Either way, it'll look great because it's a B model Mack.

Not yet. I'm hoping to get it ready to run over the weekend.

Yeah, I felt bad about using a fire engine. We were looking for a regular tractor but this truck came along. We got the LED lights from our local Western Star dealer. They're made by Maxxima but most of the major lighting companies make similar lights. http://www.maxxima.com/ Yep!!! June 4th, 5th and 6th!!! I'll be there for sure. I hope you can make it.

Well we finally got the box installed and pushed the truck out to wash it off. Winston likes the Bulldog logo on the door. We're only a few days away from having this thing ready to roll.

We painted the bumper and I think it looks pretty good. It would have been nice to get it chromed but that would have been too expensive. We added some aluminum checker plate to the top and installed a couple of fog lights. We also added a strip of metal to the bottom so that we could install some small LED clearance lights. We only had three lights but we'll pick more up tomorrow to fill the other holes.

I'm not sure if it will help but there's some info on Bosch pumps about half way down the page in this link. http://www.freewebs.com/nevrenufhp/

Here's a link that shows the various B models. http://www.oldmacksrus.com/Adobe_Pdf's/B-Model_Cabs.pdf

The new cab looks good. It should be a nice truck when you're done.

If you're running 11R 22.5 tires, with a direct drive 13 speed and 3.93 gears engine's turning 2,200 rpm @ 70 mph. My guess is you have an overdrive.

We got the bumper mounted today. The original plan was to mount the air to air intercooler behind the bumper but after looking it over we would have had to use a really wide bumper. We would have also had to have spaced the bumper out quite a bit and it would have had to have a large hole in the center for air flow. So, we went with plan B and decided to move the intercooler to a spot under the box. We'll use electric fans for air flow. We ended up using the bumper from the International bus we got for parts. It was too wide so we cot 4 1/2" out of the middle and welded it back together. We also filled all the fog light and tow hook holes to give it a smooth look. I'd love to chrome it but we'll settle for silver metallic paint.

Thanks for all the comments, it's nice to finally be putting this thing back together. I'll be out in the back 40 with the 348/409 group. I hope you make it to Thompson. I used to have an old Autocar with a 335 Cummins and no muffler. It was so noisy that I had to pull over to the side of the road to hear the CB radio.

We got the hood and fenders on.