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1 hour ago, Bullheaded said:

Where did you check the VIN? Is it possible to get the original specs of trucks still? I'd like to see the full specs of how these Mack's I have here at the mine were spec'd. They are pretty impressive.....E9 V8's, 65,000 Mack rears, etc.

Send your VIN(s) to the Mack Museum with a donation and they will send you the original build sheet plus a ton of other info on the units. 

I also use a few VIN decode web sites

It is the catalog pics  about 20 lines of photos down old bench top unit.

On 10/22/2020 at 11:55 AM, hurstscrambler said:

I hadn’t heard of that one, interesting story. Seems crazy to think a labor dispute could get that hostile only 50 years ago.  Andy

Late 1980's in L.I. and NYC the Carters union was burning garbage trucks and beating the owners and drivers who were non union. Even killed one owner in Northport L.I and burned down his shop.

I had it happen on my property in Virginia two years ago. Union "rep" confronted me, climbed on my tank and waved a knife at me and was met by me with Colt 1911. State Police arrested him, Union "rep" told the officer if he knows whats good for him, he'll let him go. didn't work out for the "rep"

DS is part of a transmission model call out. Fuller? Don't remember now.

No time to go but the Pete, Cat and milling machine would follow me home.

No DS listed as being produced by Mack, me thinks typo

On 10/21/2020 at 6:37 PM, mowerman said:

Well that 55 gasser and a 427 would look good on my premises...: if I had more money and time..: bob

Well you can have whats left. The 57 Ford rear is out now, clutch pedal and linkage is out, and front axle is off. 

On 10/19/2020 at 2:54 PM, doubleclutchinweasel said:

I like the problems you are having...trying to figure out which BB to use!  LOL! Awesome problem!  Awesome pile of parts there, too!

Back when the world was young, and so was I, we didn't get to hod-rod our Macks.  But, we got to play with the Chevys a lot.

I always liked the 427, IF the valve train was up to snuff.  The 427 could wind up pretty good, but the valve train needed serious pieces to stand the RPM.  Great HP potential.

I usually preferred the 454 in a street car.  The lower RPM range and the added torque felt better in the seat-of-the-pants dynamometer!  And, that lower RPM range put a lot less stress on the valve train.  I believe the 454s were externally balanced, right?

I have particularly fond memories of a 427-powered '70 Nova and of a 454-powered '69 Camaro that belonged to a couple of my friends.  Those guys went at each other all the time, and pretty much split the win/loss columns.  I fixed a LOT of broken parts for those 2 guys.

All the BBs have a coolness to them.  I look forward to seeing what happens.  Nomads are killer.  God luck, and happy motorin'!

I run rocker bridges and roller rockers 1:6 on exhaust and 1:7 on intakes. Full balance and all rotating assemblies cryo quinched. I ran everything over tyhe past 50+ years. Mopars, Chevies Fords and AMC's.  I still have a ton of  Mopar big blocks from 413 to hemis including my 392 fuel engine from my funnycar  we ran in 1972.  Best combo is Mopar chassis, Ford 9 inch and Chevy BB

On 10/16/2020 at 5:08 PM, Mark T said:

One of those big blocks would be just right for my corvette :-)  maybe not the 454

What are you looking for? I have a half dozen more BBC's most are 325 to 375 h.p. One 454 w/ZL1 aluminum heads and tri power but that was in my old Monte. All are standard across the board (bore, crank journals and cylinders) All are 1965 to 1970. The rack in the back ground of the engine on the stand has a couple of dozen sets of open chamber BB heads.

The BB for you Vette is the one from my old 55 chevy. 572, 11.6 to 1, AFR heads, 12/71 BDS blower and twin Dominator 1050 cfm  2 barrels set up for a 90/10 blend of Methanol and Benzine. Pinned the  hp/ torque on a 1500 h.p. dyno. pushed my 55 through the traps at 161.7 / 8:338.  Pretty good for a 1962 built gasser with only updates were roll cage and chute .

15 hours ago, mowerman said:

Well I guess we all figured the nomad doesn’t excite her... good luck Paul.... bob

She likes it alot! Her thought is she won't see another one but dislikes my plan for an auto trans. She want a 4 or 5 speed stick.

Here is her choices of big blocks, a 1970 454, a 1965 396 and a 1968 427 L88. I just need to pull a set of open chamber heads off the shelf(s) for the 427. They didn't sell at my auction so I'll use them up.

Depending if it is intake or exhaust valve is stuck, I'd pull either the intake or exhaust manifold soak the "stuck" valve with PB Blaster and free it up.  Couple of bucks for and intake or exhaust gasket is cheaper and easier the going into the top end on spec.

There was a post on the site from maybe Jarheadenterpirses  at his dealership of a 2019 Anthem with spiders direct from Mack. They were an option I was told by the Mack dealer near Portland ME

One member on here MADDOG13407  currently owns the first wrecker in the photo

6 hours ago, mowerman said:

I figured you had a plan you usually do we were all confused about all the sales though glad to hear you’re moving forward... bob 

I had the original dates, web address for the on line auction and it also had a a short video link of all the trucks, machines, cars motorcycles and  general view of the containers of parts. I was sent an notice that the post contained to many things other than trucks, which is the only purpose of BMT. So it got deleted. JOT left it up and sticky'd it  until the auction ran.

Still have coming up in the NYS yard, 2 tug boats with 2 spud barges and a small Bucryus crane on one barge, a 69 R model with 20 ton telescopic hydraulic crane, a 80 R tractor an extendable trailer and a 67 DM837SX with factory NH250 Cummins with an 80,000 lb Garwood drag winch to pull barges on shore at mid tides. But the NY auction won't be allowed to mid /late 2021.

1 hour ago, General Ike said:

What's your youtube handle and we can search for your  video that way

My pics and vids are on my computer, I link them through Fotki to post. I don't use  Utube for my things but do see interesting things for here.

4 hours ago, mowerman said:

hey welcome back,,,bud,we thought you fell off the earth,,,i havent been able to post photos off the computer,,,,for quite some time now...have to use my phone,,,not sure what happened,but no big deal,i simply use the cellphone its actually faster that way,since i take the photos with the phone to begin with....bob

Been on and off. Redoing my machine shop, welding shop, paint shop and assembly shop for hot rods and bikes. Breaking ground for a new self sufficant thermal house and scoping what we'll keep from our current house that was built is 1839 before I raze it.

I have a few videos of my auction and some photos of my tug boat /barge and crane combo for sale  and a few pics of my new Dodge Drag Pack but with the new forum settings can't post them or link them from Fotki or You Tube.

2 hours ago, JoeH said:

Oh, volvo......

OOOOOO SWIFT!

My auction went off this past friday through sunday in Va. Quite a few BMT members showed up and made some units and parts theirs Good to know those will be protected. Between on line and BMT people sold all my containers of parts, over 100 trucks and an even dozen cars and 2 original Indians. My 55 Chevy gasser and '71 Pinto Funnycar also went for stupid money. Kept my M114, 3 AM Generals and one trailer.