Vladislav

3 axles for tandem is how we count it here. And in Europe also. Diffirent L's had some different hanger styles along the years but they looked similar in general. All the LT's I was able to put my nose close to looked like an almost different truck about the chassis. I checked out no less than 10 vehicles. For instance the well known blue example at Mahan's has the front springs wich look much more as a R-model 3 leaf setup. Although I'm just not shure it was from the factory.

Yes, he does.

I"m not a firetruck specialist but from what said I agree on the matter of "something simple". Those shop guys seem "too high cualified diesel techs" to not be able figure out a gasser issue or as was mentioned above have no much interest in bringing the truck to life. Too might be the both reasons. I'd try to take a look to a common mechanic who just used to deal with old Camaro's or other big carb gas cars. That sure is truck and with a complicated engine but the general princips are almost the same. I'd do it right at the yard it is now for first, to not spend cash on towing. By the word from your point that it was running and and then didn't start after some storage while it might be just a gas quality issue. And would say it's a nice looking truck, I too hope you'll not have to sell it. Vlad

3 axle mean 3 drive axles?

I put muself down on my knees with a camera many times to look underneeth of LJ's and LT's and was every time surprized by seeing almost different spring hangers, side step brackets and so on on LT's. It looked like someone rebuilt them with newer or different truck's components but to the moment I met no exception.

As far as i remember they both were chain driven and were described as the two unique the first and the last of the same serie. I might be wrong since was almost brain stormed being there. But almost close to those two trucks one more exotic unit was parked - a chain driven FP with a E-serie cab. So it looked like Gary Mahan put them all in the order.

Jim, is your answer related to all 2V's or except EM6's?

Happy New Year BMT!

These two are in generally original condition or might just get some freshening up during the years. If I understood correctly they were the very first and the last trucks of the serie.

41chevy, on 01 Jan 2016 - 04:57 AM, said:

Hope they will afford the production of that new model. Or better to say just have enough orders for. Looks like many foreign componets are used including cab and engine. KraZ has difficult times for many years. Together with all Ukrainian economy. By the word KrAZ factory has historical museum with some restored trucks. You can see the most of them here. Sorry, looks like no version in English http://mirtransporta.ru/fun/694-zavodskaya-kollekciya-muzey-kraza.html

Your point about using as much parts off a shelf makes sence.

On my mind it was the best offer on a AC I ever heard. It had the most or all of the original paint.

Mike, is that tandem or a single axle? I'm close to promise to myself to not drool over purchasing any more trucks until I end up with at least one completely restored but sometimes it's difficult to withstand.

Harrybarbon, thanks again for the detailed answer. With that lot of info and advices to use the Lizard Skin crue should send you a bonus set of their product to cover the advertizement work Sure just kidding. I will try to get and test it. Just difficult to imagine the fry pan effect. Our world is full of frustrations but from what you said it must be a great stuff.

That's cool you continue to track down the progress in the same tread. Congrats on the purchase! Nice looking truck. On my mind it might be kept in dark blue (or darker than now) to keep its originalyty and match the fleet with a little exception. And welcome to the forum! Vlad

Did you brows the Bart's book recently? Forgot to let you know. My Dutch friend has very sharp memory along that book. He pointed me out to one interesting fact. If you check out the page 138, at the top right you can see the picture of Mack NR with a crane in Canada dated 1988. That's exactly the one of those 3 trucks wich Mike Yarnall showed out as "3 for Vlad" a couple weeks back. NR1 is a cool looking truck. Along my research I came to conclusion NR's had the same front axle as pre-war B-series Macks. Probably many other components off there either. That very early one with the old style cab doesn't have anything in common with L-model. At least from its look. I've never heard about any one survived.

I didn't have time enough to walk all over that threasure planet. If I saw that thing I might hang up there for some long while and not shure I'd go off without the deal done. Seems too rough though.

Drool! I wish I could afford it. Western Mack with V8 and a freshened up one seems to me damn attractive for the cost. Suppose it's about the worth spent to get it look like it now does.

As I remember there was a very good DUNN AC offered for sale on here for 10 grand. I might be wrong, it was some while back, maybe 3 years. As for H65 and H69 I would say you well Mack-qualified folks kept a lot of silence - I have newer heard anything on this matter being on here for whole 5 years. And what is more strange, keeping my very attention to anything H-model related. And I may add, I don't smoke and so on...

Paul, I though you're trained well getting alotta bright sunny days... I mean getting no heart attack watching such high polished top point beauty

One thing is for sure - if someone don't want to do a dirty or just "dusty" job it means he can avoid it and be lucky at the same time. So it means he has some clean job or has income enough with no job at all. Observing that fact we get the conclusion the world became different and no need of a hard labour nowadays. Hope it will change further to force those lazy assholes to move their points they use to be sitting on. Plenty of them overhere either and more and more every year.

And happy New Year!

Ufff... Intersting was EN464 Thermodyne? Hope it was too late for a flat head gasser. And what such a misterious ENDL673 could be? A lightweight version with lots of aluminium components for the West coast?? And how can you determine H65 looking the picture???

Aren't they PAI ones the longer ones for a R-model?