Vladislav

These are my favorites about colors. The last one looks like from the different neck of the woods though. The one you showed out seems to me beautiful. Although I'd go from black to dark olive fenders. Not almost Mack style but just my preference.

Tim, it looks like the time is not wasted. Too glad seing you there. Although there aren't pics of stuff we all lust to see.. NZ Macks !!

Best Birthday wishes Ray!

Awasome! I like the kind of the truck too.

Thank you for posting Paul.

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More for you from Macungie. Don't forget there are smaller ones on the fire trucks. LT/LTL are different. There's also a "special" kind for Cummins long hood with extension in the front end.

Here you go. Hope you'll be able to realize what is what. Vlad

Guy, That's all very interesting, thank you for the story. Does the truck now belong to some one or to any museum? Any hopes to restore it?

You're welcome Al although I'm a puppy teacher in relation to the most of you Mack guru's. It was interesting to me for a long time why NR's were equipped with that small 519 ci Lanova's instead of for example more powerful END-672 (wich was also Lanova). By the word ED Lanova (it was correctly called that way, not ED-519) was the first Mack own serial diesel engine. One of the facts wich can explain that is the first serie NR-1 trucks (first pic) look like the further development of the earlier militarized Mack EXBX (second pic). So NR might be basically built not like a L-model but BX (I have no ideas what EX Mack could be??). This way Mack used a diesel engine of the thirty's.

LJ integral sleeper cab was almost different than a day cab. It was very close to a H model one (like the front one on the trailer on the pic above). You can note the difference in heigth of the front windows and the area with water channels above them. The back wall was also much wider. Vlad

Al, I don't remember seeing that tread, it might be posted before when I got active on here. That's interesting note about the engines. Originally all NR's had ED (519) Lanova's. They were probably very close to END510, I'm just not familiar with the last ones. 510 Thermodyne gassers were used in the WW2 LMSW heavy wreckers and that seems to me as a source of such an engine if the truck was converted in Europe. Guy, the truck you posted the picture of has dual rear tyres, as seen. It belongs it to the late production series NR14 - NR-20. Wich covered about a half of the production total of 16548 units though. Those vehicles had many different destinations such as Great Britain, Middle East, India, Ceylon, North and South Africa, and Russia. So the one we're talking about could come straight from GB or from some closer area. The vehicles supplied to Australia all were of the earlier butches and that determined them as the ones with single (14.00-20) rear wheels. You're right about the one known, I checked out my pics and found out there was the same vehicle. I have a plan to visit Israel some day so keep that truck in my mind. Some one from Israel posted the photos of trucks from Taavura museum on here, I thought that NR was also there. Vlad

That makes sence. You can trust me

Many thanks for sharing. Nice scenaries. And those apples... are probably covered with snow now. Ehh, summer...

Hat, don't worry. It's not possible to roll off so far.

Al, thank you for posting this pic. I've never seen it before or heard about those two. Interesting, the one on the photo has shortened wb and splitted tanks.

Welcome!

Pretty shure it's NR-14 or 15 with the aftermarket body. 1944-45. Front bumper and head lights lowered seem as Austrian army after the war conversion. Mack L-model front shutters. The engine is too probably 673, the swap could be in 60's-70's-80's and very late years also. Very easy to, most the things match. If you look at the side of the left frame rail right above the front axle beam you'll find the chassis#. It must be NR4D-.....D. This would tell more. Where in Israel is the truck? I saw some pics of them on the net, there might be many in your country. Vlad

A red sky with a blue sky are awesome. Too like the yellow EHU and the paired one wich is not seen in that pic. The dog looks quite the same as Other dog, maybe just cleaned up wery well... I mean just a lighter colored one Sorry we have to loose teeth sometimes. Maybe we'll get back something other instead?

From the pics it doesn't seem so attractive to part with a big stack. At least they should take it outside in a sunny day to show the world its beauty. Thank you for posting.

Cool rig! Must be in very good condition. Don't know your plans about it, I had a thought to build a camper using a tanker body.

You can go from 22 tube wheels (split rims) to 24.5's. But you can not from 22.5 tubless'. Need larger hubs for. Alu's might be stud piloted (ball seat) and hub piloted. Have different # at least referring to Alcoa. For example 24.5' Alcoas are 983100 (101,102,103,120,121,122,123) for stud piloting and 983600 (601,602,620,621) for hub type. If you're going to convert to budds/Alu's you heed to swap the hubs. You must determine to buy hub-piloted hubs or stud-piloted. I'd go to the hub type, theyre newer and easier to get wheels. Don't forget about studs themself - they're longer for alu's than for steel budds. Stud nuts (and studs) in stud-piloted and hub-piloted styles have different size and thread. Vlad

Have a smooth fly Tim! Life must be good sometimes, we work too much to be it happened different. Enjoy the trip, warm weather, seeing your lovely kid, and sure NZ Macks !!!

Wow! Paul, I'm very surprized of your skills translating from Russian. Couldn't do it such good, my hats off

Happy Thanksgiving BMT!