Vladislav

Wow, good work Not too much of the original stuff in it but would be cool to save anyway. Putting a stock L-model cab and END engine might bring it back to life as good old Mack chassis truck.

Great pics, increadable interesting to see Nice old iron and beautiful scenaries! Thank you for sharing with us.

It's always nice to look over tough components of an old school machine building. Haven't you had more pics of the ass area drive tandem setup? Not much is shared around the net on this matter.

Sounds like a plan. The only thing want to note about those shiny inserts is they must be done of plates of a good thikness. And absolutely flat originally. Otherwise you will not see a mirror but just a play of sun beams on a deformed surface. I don't want you to direct to a steel shop for 2 mm polished SS sheets right now (I would do that myself) but just make one plate by the way you've planned, fit on the body and see how it's actually pretty.

Impressive

Too interesting, thank you for posting.

Alex, that would be cool. I prefere to keep seats original in my R688ST but want to go black along the interior since I need to refresh it the most and keep the truck color light green. Some strange way to combine green with amber strips and dark blue interior. The seats I have are of the "buttom" style with high back. Like on the right side on the pic.

Tom, I read in some book the other day that at the temperatures about the freezing point the loss of bodie's heat through a head might be up to 80%. Head is the most important part on organizm's mind so it uses to supply it with all the best. This way wearing a hat in the cold is a good practice. Shure not a tin foil one

I'd say good start on that bed. And those torch cut holes seem pretty round on my display. Good luck on the project and keep your feet warm

Looks wicked.

Alex, Sorry, not my cup of tee. I need them cloth seat covers and all four because my ones are dark blue and I'd like to go dark gray if play that game.

Out of likes, congrats

Cruising the net I met about 10 different books of that serie including L-model fire trucks. Collected 'em all. Have never seen a R-model one. Vlad

I would like to buy all 4 gray (black with dark gray) covers although backs exist of different higth's. Both my seats have high backs.

James, all those Macks were offered for sale on here by Jettertrucks. F-model: http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/34814-1966-mack-f/

The first shot worth to be printed and put on the wall... together with the Pinnacle!! And that DOT inspector - have you had a bit of time to ask her how the EH was mechanically asound? If the memory serves it's the first time I lust a EH seeing Winfall scenaries

I recognized many specialities wich are difficult to swap and especially to collect together with no special need. Front spring hangers, clamp brackets, the air tank (removed from the right rail to the left). That's nice the power take off shaft on the transfer case still has the gear wheel for the chain drive to original winch. For example if you look at the left rail where the cross member is attached to you can recon this place with the six rivet heads and the four bolts in the middle. Here was the cargo bed mounting bracket. That big X-shaped cross member just above the bogie is original also. Bridge type rear cab support (red one, not brown) carried NM closed cab many years back... I would say that was too early and rare NM chassis. I checked out the book (wich is quite big) and my NM production record for the matter of rear axle markings but found out neither usable excepting they were 7.33. You can find those figures stamped on the axles you photographed.

It seems it made some river cruising before converted into an anchor. We used to say overhere "As better a Jeep as longer to walk for a traktor..."

Tim, fantastic scenaries! As for the river I was going to say it's a highway until I saw Toyota. So I changed my mind and would say "too attractive area to off-road" Those Nissans Safary/Patrol were tough cars. My favorit model of all Patrols ever made.

Yes, any varnish or penetrating treatment?

Hmmm... Paul, from what I see the chassis is off Mack NM. Stretched up and reworked but still with many original components. That front axle is shure Timken but differs of the one I have in the NM. It took me for some while scratching my head until I figured it out. It was used on very early NM's of 1940-41 and the similar one is present on this Sterling. So the youngest possible birth year of that Flintstone chassis is 1945 If you're near watch out the chassis number on the left hand rail above the front axle beam.

That's the head light bracket. Or more correct to say it's lower half. The kind of NR although LF or LJ. Not a BX one. Any access to this truck? Would be tooooo interesting to clear off dust from the chassis number.

Best wishes!!

We have talks about that one in "Trucks for sale" http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/38502-b615-lst-1001/

All the NR's had double reduction Mack SWD (#44000-?) bogie. I see no NR components excepting the air tank on the right rail wich is common. The cab and the sides of the bonnet are quite similar to early NM. Although those sides look much longer, maybe off a Cummins powered L. The fenders are a mistery. They aren't from NM, NR or LT. Looking at the last shot I'd risk to say BX. From the Mack military record book there were NM's with Timken axles although in early 40's two small bunches of Mack EXBX were built, EXBX and EXBX-2. The last ones (50 trucks) had Timken axles. Those trucks had the wheel base long enough and had hood sides with louvres. If you look on the front side wiev you might note some especial head light brackets. What are they from? BX-?