Vladislav

Yes, I got a point on my way, like to tell you about the progress I made since the New Year. About the end of 2012 I put the frame into warm shop to continue on it. Attached front cross members with bolts, they must not be riveted. Next started to assemble and fit front springs. Resolved to work over the front axle with the frame laying on its back. Had to press the springs into the housings by a chain winch fixing the clamps afterwards. Put the beam, tighten U bolts. Prepaired king pins. They were minor weared so I got them to a machine shop to grind over about 0.1 mm off. Bougt a piece of brass and ordered new bushings of it. Pressed them into the knuckles. Pins came in perfect with no play but with some resistance along the end. Put the knuckles on. By the way recieved the current portion of bolts and nuts from zink work.

Leon, it is really the great idea, I just haven't mind it! I think, if I go there at a right time I can cross that small water part on ice. Anyway I should go so far east in winter only when all Siberian swamps are frozen.

Any ideas of how to go with a truck overseas? I'm going to Utrecht (Amsterdam yet), don't know when though.

The power plant looks great! Hat off for 70 years of service.

You should put a pair of each one.

Welcome! I too like the apperiance of the army dump truck on the last photo. Hope you'll go to that condition, just you need an original dump bed.

Very nice to see the replica of the original kind but not a common concrete structure.

Everything ends up one day. What the point the X is attached by those clamps to? The gearbox?

Interesting pics, Tom. Looks like I'm the first who ask you about that bridge - hope you didn't run over it, didn't you? Good jacket to get for free although I better like the shirts

Great pics! The mountain looks beautiful.

Once I wisited my son's school, they gave a self made concert. And I saw there a pretty nice teacher by the role of a Snow queen. Next time I got exersizes for my son and learned that teacher is English/French teacher. So I asked about personal lessons (for me) and was answered "Yes, I do". After it I got 7 or 8 grammer lessons and was going to take her a lesson of car driving. But next I stopped myself. She was not tall enough and was not brown eyed but blue and somebody need to study my son English! Randy, nice pics, especially the s**t on the wind screen. Are those girls from Tilted kilt?

Good that lady stopped for the lunch but didn't eat when driving. It's usual in jam overhere though. I like the duck and the ugly omlette.

They are really great for 1/87! Looking the pics i might think they are 1/24. Thank you for the link.

Thank you Leslie, good edvice. I knew it but didn't keep on my mind. Going to take some wheels off so your mention is quite to the moment. And I might make a real crash - I have 1" socket set.

Nice looking Dodge Vinny but why the whells are so small? Hope you will concentrate yourself on Mack. Not so much to do over as looks from the pic. Should you be in school for only a month this year?

Rick, the book title is "De historie van Mack trucks in Nederland". Interesting and with good pictures. And you might enjoy the fact they have a rich the history indeed. It has been written in Dutch though. I understand it in general when reading because I speak German a bit. Those languages are close to each other.

Great pics, thanks again. I have never seen Macks in Germany excepting in Speyer museum. Have driven a couple of thousands km a year overthere.

Mark, you are right, it's T-34, the late version with a big turret. Too progressive tank ot those years with an alluminium V-12 and 4 valves per cylinder. Ryan, I think it's definitely nice idea but a pretty good way to jail. It's not too easy about guns overhere although I may keep as many unlicensed, uninshured and unplated trucks in my land as I can put on.

Dutch book tells it was originally DM800 and worked in some steel factory in Germany. Next they put Cruiseliner cab and 600hp Cummins on it. On the last photo there is Russian Volga car, probably the police one in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany or GDR).

Welcome!

Cool pics! I like long bridges over water. But when you look out from truck's cab riding along it - brrrrrr.....

I like the blonde, the burned out R-model, the huge load of posts... the girls in Winfall... But best of all I like to see SUMMER!

If I think correct, old Detroits have special air cover for emergency shut down. At least the Russian production ones have.

I like how it looks. Congrats.