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[img][/img] Amazon sez Convoy: The Comprehensive Yet Untold Story: A detailed history of Sam Peckinpah's 1978 film Convoy, its influence and its legacy Starting as a 1975 pop-culture song amid America's fascination with truckers and CB radios, C.W. McCall's song Convoy was turned into a feature length film by EMI Films in 1977 under the direction of the legendary Sam Peckinpah. What started as light movie based off of a thin script turned into an out-of-control production that became legendary for its disfunction and cost overruns. The cast of Convoy were strong enough to deliver solid performances despite the weak script and the magnificent talents of both Peckinpah and Harry Stradling Jr. were able to capture iconic imagery of 1970's trucking amid the breathtaking New Mexico landscape. Although EMI eventually removed Sam Peckinpah from the project, the film retained his name and became the highest grossing film of his career. Despite being panned by most critics, the film managed to turn quite a decent profit. In the 45 years since it was released, the film has maintained a high degree of popularity, particularly among the trucking community worldwide. This book tells the complete story of Convoy, from the historical events that led to the 1970's fascination with trucking and the song all the way through to the legacy the film has created. Using thousands of pages of historical records and over six-thousand behind-the-scenes photos to reconstruct the history, the book details the process of turning the song into the movie and documents the activities on set day-by-day. With the goal of being the most comprehensive collection of facts about the film, this book is not only the most authoritative work on the film to date, it also provides a glimpse into the madness and genius of Sam Peckinpah so late in his career. This book is a must-have for any fan of Convoy, American trucking or Sam Peckinpah

Think n back in History I coulda lived with th@ flip out fenders etc

Mrs m80 Mack did not offer the Mack 'B' model in RHD short cab 89" BBC me thinks but may B a cuple escaped to OZ from the U.S.  cya

Don't think we ever got off set cabs unless a private import as Left hand drive guess n tooo hard to off set the cab to suit RHD from Mack Au cya

Th@ Mack Flintstone may have not been available in Australia looks like a 90" BBC would have been a a real killer and in demand as we had short length laws way back when cya

Mrs gudday m8 Jnr drives the Mack Titan now (me in Kenny) I drove it for the first 12 Months to do a shake down etc and appreciate the creature comforts any suspension good ...you feel every bump in the road when empty travel this then tends to keep U a wake LOL we have only replaced the 'V' bar on top off diff (torque rod doo dadd) the CH Mack has Air suspension not happy with it it lifts a wheel going round a roundabout and loose traction off the bitch u man Still nutn wrong with camel back LOL cya

It is a presise operation to mount PTO with the correct thickness of gaskets you need to get a bit of backlash play when tightend up 1st you mount the PTO adapter then mount the PTO to adapter feeeling for a bit of backlash when fiddling with the gears or you gunna get a bit of noise when in use one PTO we mounted had to have one of the gears in the adapter ground away to make it fit I can't remember if it was a Mack box or RR cya

wot eye notice brake backing plate welded to axle May B 15" not 16.1/2" drum & shoes to suit or taller rubber & rims cya

No guarantee the Australian V: will exactly fit the U.S.V: unless the Au V: has U.S. markings on the glass Best-O-luck O cya

gr8 find ADKAT thanx 4 th@ tiz a gr8 goer for a 350HP I n joy drive n it with the 12 speed OD box gives out 105/110 kph by 2days standards .......... it is lackin creature comforts Jus found a few UToobs burried in the hard drive LOL cya

L@@ks like a picture hanging in the Post Office 'AMERICANS MOST WANTED' LOL good shot cya

Many moons ago we had a 1978 Mack with positive ground it was a PIA ... mainly with our 2 way radio system (old valve Sets) ran seperated wires from battery with reverse polarity (negative to 2 way radio earh) lucky the 2Way was mounted on a fibre glass cab the reason they told us why positve earth was to try and stop battery terminals from corroding ....... Not sure if it worked as we had air start etc What Sez U? cya

Thanx guys for your replys ...... great info I was hoping thar the seal could be replaced from the out side I don't feel confident in strippin the Sheppard down model Sheppard M110 P1 cya

I have a 1998 CH Mack and the shepard steering box is leaking badly where the pitman arm is fiited to the output shaft of the box how to I go about replacing the seal etc on the output shaft thinking may be driver used the wrong oil any links to 'how to' Please thanks in advance

Welldun Mrs nothing like a bit of Push Shove Grunt n Groan LOL cya

Mrs Gudday m8 Gr8 project bit hard 4 me to give advice not see n wotz go n on etc fold the float down with the back bumper @ the end of the lump of trailer to haul back the R model all the way up the float till the rear roller of the Mack is just over the RSend of the float dangle the rope down and winch it up ........ then drive forward till it's @ the disired position .. dump it down lift the float up n all over red rover LOL Either the mack will lift th@ end ....... or go back to plan A cya

Mack Muster 2014 @ Kyabram cya

We do have some windy twisty bits .. 1.1/2 hour drive North East of Melboure Better known As Maroondah hwy travelling the Black Spur heresa clip I did in the Kenworth 1/2 truck rturning from the Alexandra Truck Sho 2017 cya

Twazn't able to make the Mack Muster this year The 1st Mack Muster in Colac 2010 a 150 km drive south west of melbourne so here b my Utoob from way back when cya

Now U can have a choice Jo-Dog or Kwik Loc Dolly cya

RE: Jo Dog we have 2 Nik named Taddy ( as in flyin tadpole) We able to use the taddys under all our trailers all set up to use the folding gooseneckk low loaders with ramps and rollers normally with Oversize loads under permit we get 18.5t on a tandem drive and 25t on the drive dolly group using the Taddy We use the truck winch rope to hook the taddy up etc cya

We tried a pre owned ballrace turn table once it was well worn so we put new balls in. the local bearing place had 3/4" balls @ 75cents each ... or 20mm balls (near enuff same size) @ $1.90 each. now we stamdarised on a Quick Realease Turntable with a greasy plate underneath ... the main 12" diameter bronze bush is $150 to replace se we went to the UBute plastics shop and purchased 10' of waist belt size ( 10' x 2" x 1/4" ) @ $35 ... when we winch our trailers up to the QRTT with a mechanical driven winch behind truck cab there is th@ much gearing and momentom th@ we would crush the balls in a ball race turn table cya

IDK Have U ruled out Mack Lanova cya

Q:? eye,m use to seein the trolley valve under the steerin wheel but why nother ( looks like ) trolly valve mounted on the dash with a PSI gage? Anybody Thanx in advance cya

Ask Tylden for a price to mail the bit U want? http://www.tyldenheritage.com.au/parts-catalogue.html cya