Vladislav

Welcome on here! Your progress looks wery well. Any hopes to get it finished to Amsterdam show in the Autumn? Vlad

Too sorry to hear Tom. 82 sounds not bad although it can never be enough. Rest in peace.

It's called KrAZ. The Ukrainian truck nowadays. Has its roots from Mack.

Any ideas on what is under the hood now?

Yes, James, we have. Actually nobody here control you with the gun excepting police, like in the most other countries. There were lots of stupid regulations during Soviet times when you MUST have official employment (excepting women) and had no rights for any commercial property. A way you was making profits gets you in jail. In the 90's many such the things went off and there became a kind of anarchy. For now more and more new regulations are invented and many of them seem to me as an absolutely BS. Although not. They're not BS but well done principes to get money off folks straight to the govnt guys. As about BS it looks like there's a lot of in every country and is related to everybody. Just not a pleasure to be stepped on every once

Nice pics and the story Tom. The bugs are really stupid, don't like peppers and onions.

Cool pics and nice environment. Seeing that steep down hill I just felt myself to come there and run it along immeniately. Thank you for posting.

That's cool! Nice to see beauties from the past.

Glad to know you guys could meet each other. It's shure nice spending time when you are on the same wavelength.

Happy belated Birthday Guys!

That's a cool one! I have never seen it before. The background is of Normandy but the truck has British plates on.

Hey Ken, This time you was right. Those are true. That's the parade probably to the day of finishing police school (academy??). Usual thing but they collected girls off guys in the lines. Cool pic, just that type of chicks used to have a lot of attention from the other sex along a service.

Happy 4th of July American friends!

Mack N series trucks were specially designed army vehicles. There were mostly NR, NM and NO of different versions wich had many basic components of a L-model. Some early versions had L-model cabs. Although there were also different N's such as NJU or NB wich were different. NR, NM and NO have much of look in common but technically were different also. NR was 6x4 with a frame and chassis components of LF or LJ. NM had L-model hood and a cowl and cabs on early versions with Mack 707 and Mack 5-speed. But they were equipped with Timken-Detroit axles and a transfer case. A frame had "stepped" design, rails were higher under a hood and a cab than at rear to clear up a front wheel drive. NO was one more different beast. It had heavy rated Mack rears on Camelback with front axle like Paul described. 707 gasser under the hood (the same as in NM) with Mack 5-speed but integrated with a transfer case. The same style tranny was used in some heavy 6x6 B, something like B-813SX if I'm not wrong.

Best wishes! Hope you had a great day.

Sounds like not a good day indeed. Hope for a better turn out.

Have a great day!

Although all Europe drive them. And sometimes they go bobtailing. I remember the funny story when a friend of mine was going to make a trip to his willage house about 100 km and had no car, only a truck at the moment. Yes, it was 15 years ago. That day was raining and he finally resolved to hook up a trailer to.

Oo, that thing is clean! Nice looking truck, haven't seen them Diamond-T's so old. Thank you for posting gentlemen.

I missed the post some way but saw the truck in the other one. Glad to see nice pictures, she turned out pretty clean

Any truck might be military if you paint it correct Mike, there was another, "small" version with a hood shorter and a gasser. But that's a matter for a new thread indeed.

Ken, I'm afraid I don't cheer you up too much. This pic seems to me as somebodie's art. The lettering on their backs look correct although those stripped pins are used by road police overhere. Shoes also don't look like a service stuff. So don't be too fast with crime. I mean if you see anywhere a MH with a grill in a decent shape think twice before pull it off

I hope you guys don't brake me down for off-topic, here are some pics I have of the "big" diesel WW2 Diamond-T's. The color pic is of the fresh restored one I catched up in France this past D-Day selebration and the black'n white ones are those trucks in a civil service in Russia right after the war. Mike, it would be too interesting to get over your dad's service days. Paul, good luck on the deal with the Red monster.

Nice looking combo, I like them both. Congratulations on the prize.

Cool looking B! Welcome and keep the company. The lake in the background is that a one of the great lakes? I had been to Buffalo but only once. Vlad