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Good to see people appreciating the sacrifices instead of playing. My pop was in the 3rd ID from Libya to Bergesgarten. Never talked much either. After he died last year ,I found his medals and a certificate from Israel, seems his unit liberated Dachu at the end of the war. We lost and uncle on the Oklahoma at pearl, an other at Polesti in a B-24 and another crossing the Elbe River. Pop opened up a litle when I came home from nam in 1972 but not alot. They wereand always will be my heros. Paul

A friend send me this info... You' re all correct. Paul MACK Trucks(Great Britain)Ltd,Barking Essex. The company was in business from 1952 to 1964,built freight lorries,mobile cranes and special vehicles. Apparently Mack GB had no connection with the North American Mack company. Mack refurbished and modified ex- British War Department military Mack NM 6x6 Lorries into Snowploughs,Heavy Recovery Vehicles,possibly Showmans Diesel Road Locomotives,etc. Some,if not all of them,were fitted with Leyland Super Beaver/Super Hippo normal control cabs and a variety of AEC,Hercules,Leyland and Perkins diesel engines were fitted.But I think most of them were fitted with AEC 11.3,AV690,2AV690 and AV691 Diesel Engines and,in some cases,they were also fitted with AEC gearboxes.

Came across British Mack ads and am curious about no Dog but a Gorilla. Any one know why??

Our local combined dealer, Mack,Pete and Volvo( used to have K.W. til last week) is now an adventure. Went to buy some filters. I walked out with nothing. But actually enjoyed the time wasted.The "highly trained parts marketing proffessional" was to busy texting and had to ask 4 times what it was I wanted. As I was leaving the "service dept greeter" told me to come back soon. Only when I need a good laugh I said.

Well I'm offended!!! I wanted his ass dragged throught the street of my town! The Moosies are up set?? Boo Hoo too bad. Our people in power and the media are offended? tough!!! They are the people who spit on me when I came home from over seas in 1972 and now worry about us being the evil Americans. Got a flood or famine? tuff sh*t Got pirates? oh well to bad. Pakistan wants us out Good! give the money we give them to our people. Palastine joins up with hamas....Cut them loose too. The damn country here run like a kids T Ball game. Everybody gets a hit , every body gets an award and nobody gets offended. Work for it like I do, you fail...start over. Sorry for the rant but being lowered from the "Ugly American" as we were know in the 50's and 60's to now being known as the "poor stupid offencive American" just galls me. Paul

3 , an AC crane carrier under going a resto. a B with a Rex mixer (full of 1972 vintage redi mix) and my DM 800 working rig.

Thanks for brightening my day! Paul

WOW missed the little leg on the letter.

Craig Morgan - Brockway Specialist Address: 855 South Street Chenango Forks, NY 13746 Phone: 607-692-4218 Email: lmcm72@aol.com

God Bless the people in the south! This is as close as I want to be. This is Mount Sinai ,Long Island Sound Last fall. ! mile away and that was close enough!!! Paul

And yet the chinnese symbol says "fresh cat"

We were given a choice today, a 32 hour 4 day week or layoffs to cover the cost of fuel. I see a choice this winter, gas, food and mortgage or heating oil and electricty. My wife jokes and said we had better look for a good box, I told her it had better be filled with 45ACP Our HNIC is pushing electric cars, my question is the power to charge them comes from oil or natural gas power plants. More electic cars , more demand for power , more emmisions from power plants..... so what is the gain? seems that it will increase emissions when you include the manufacture of the vehicle and the batteries. I see no boat this summer for fishing, our 55 chevy parked and me extremely p.o.ed , hell I'm alread driving a damn Focus! I take my truck to D C to protest, but he's probley away on vacation or bowing to some A rab. Yea, I am bitter!! Paul

There are a few photos including a side shot with a trailer in Bart Vanderveen's book called " A Record of Military Mack in the Services and Beyond." If you can't find the info I can probbly scan the photos and send them to you. The partclar one in your photo is in the Israeli Army's museum on the outskirts of Tel Aviv at the old YAFO railway station, here is their e mail Etzel48_museum@mod.gov.il The IDF sleeper / commnd units ranged from Fiberglass to Aluminun and Blown plastic. The width is close to the cab door width. PM me if you want me to try a scan. Paul

He said it best.......Kuwait sells oil for $112 a barrel. We sell them wheat a $7.00 a bushel raise it to $112 a bushel.....can' t afford it? eat your oil.

2 Great posts....AMEN! Paul

I had a full R cab less seats on 2x6 saw horses with out a problem, weighs in around 500 / 600 lbs I would think. 4 of us picked it up and put it on the chassis. I originally ook it off the chassis with a 1000lb engine hoist with no strain. Paul

Seems almost every dealer is out for the $ since they became part of the volvo group. The Mack Family attitude is gone. We had Mineola Mack here that would help you no matter what year you had. Now Gabraldi only cares about new and service..... parts changers and excuses..... Sad.. Paul

Glad to see you got there all right. Miss seeing your rigs around Shirley/Brookhavn thougfh. What did yopu do with the old stuff? . Paul

Lets not forget the newest lie. When the budge "deal" was made, 'o' agreed to get rid of 4 czars, now he feels he does not need to follow his agreement (which became law when he signed the budget). Now he's backing the UN to give mother earth human rights! A rock,grass , ant and animal have the same right a us and the green nuts can sue in their behalf. Maybe you would be vice pres for Trump! God Bless ya Ernie! Paul

It's always going to be a problem, I slippied of the tank step and landed square on my back. I just have to live with it now. On the bright side I have an out on the honey do list. Paul

Got this if it helps.

I worked for Pratts, forgot about those gens. They are still needed to power some of the schools equipment. I recall they are A C too. Paul

Yeah Mark, this winter was murder on me, spent most of it in and out of the doctors office with serious back problems. Paul

The things I know: All people in politics lie and steal, from the dog catcher to the H.N.I.C. We have the largest supply of crude and natural gas in the Dakotas to make us energy independant to the year 2300 something .but DC won't let us get it out of the ground. The Electoral Colledge elects the president by THEIR choice not generally by the popular vote. I'm almost paying $4.50 a gal for fuel and no end in sight as some speculators make up a crisis. One more scary thing...Long Island K.W. is closing the doors because sales have dropped of a cliff. Our hope seems to be congress and senate to change direction or Smith and Wesson