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That's a fine looking piece of Mack iron!

Restored Superliner

Vladislav, thanks for the great photos. We had a visitor from the "Dutch Mack Club" at the dealership a couple of months ago, seems to be lots of interest from the Netherlands.

Very interesting project. Keep us posted with the progress.

I agree, the Titan will never match the toughness of these trucks from the past!

Thanks for the great photos!

Great keepsakes! They obviously knew that truck was special to their Dad.

On ‎5‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 6:12 PM, grayhair said:

Ah, whenever I hear someone mention wing plows I am reminded of a fellow whose house was on a downhill stretch of a rural country road outside of Buffalo, NY.  The county plow truck drivers would sometimes come all the way down the hill without lifting the wing plow and clip off every mailbox along the way, post and all.  Just lazy and mean.  The mailboxes and their posts, thus sheared off, would flip end-over-end flying through the air.  I've seen it and quite a sight to see.  Well, this fellow got tired of replacing his mailbox.  His solution: Got a piece of railroad track, drilled a hole 8 feet deep, inserted the railroad track, back filled with concrete, and mounted his new mailbox on top.  Picture one big ass truck, V plow on the front, full load of salt in the box, getting up a head of steam downhill, really traveling now, air cloud of snow mist...  That mailbox ripped the wing plow right off the truck.  Payback at its finest.   

That reminded me of a friends Dad up here, who got tired of people running over his mailbox, he did a similar thing, 12 feet of steel pipe, with only 4 feet above ground and set in concrete, but with soil covering the concrete. one night a 4x4 with a big bush bumper tried to take it out as a prank. Surprise, truck stopped and barely marked the mailbox post. Ouch.

What a beauty! Thanks for the build photos, it's nice to see the start to finish.

That is impressive. My uncle hauled a lot of those from the Gulf Coast to Canada a number of tears ago. The heavy oversize stuff is always impressive, since so many challenges have to be overcome along the way. 

We used to have one of that breed,  as a shop dog at a place I worked at years ago. Great dogs. I just buried the family dog last Monday. You sure get attached to them, especially after 16 years.

OH My! That poor old GMC might demonstrate a runaway over-revving engine with that incentive!

That is one very sanitary looking ride! Beautiful.

On ‎3‎/‎21‎/‎2016 at 3:39 PM, Timmyb said:

In today's world I would of thought that so long as it didn't blow black smoke and the exhaust smelt like roses no one would of cared if it suffered complete steering loss?

I hope no accidents were caused due to this fault. 

There have been 4 accidents so far.

Thanks for the updates, this kind of thread is what keeps me coming back here, so interesting. 

I hope he realizes there is no cure for truckitis!

Great looking truck! What are your plans for it?

That is a very interesting project! Look forward to the future updates.

Anything before they put the emissions crap on! It won't let me vote, says I already have.

Thanks for posting this thread. I love learning the obscure history of Mack.

Wow, 94 years old. That's an accomplishment in itself. He sure provided a lot of laughs as Detective Fish.

I just found this thread, what an amazing transformation! Thanks for all the info and pics.