Vladislav

Even the hood doesn't look bad and the thing is still complete. If it is. Happily I've got luck purchasing a hood a year back (with plenty efforts and headaches) and now looking for the cab mounts and a 5 or 6 feet long section of 600 series frame rails to add them to a MH chassis I have. Would be cool to use a solid RW frame and I even lean toward pulling a sock of pennies for the deal but such the thingy seems troubleful to ship to NJ guys who forward parts my way. If they still do...

I'm honestly about to but always keep hopes for any chance. Maybe warmer times will give you more possibilities to work on the truck.

Judging by the pic it's RS700 definitely made in Hayward not Eastern R700. Has straight frame rails front to end, fuel tanks with "stepped" shape of the bottoms and front end appearance as the Duck truck had. Actually it would look almost like Duck if put a sleeper and paint black. Interesting example definitely. Good luck on the project and we all waiting to see more pics. Vlad

Yup, shame on us! Happy B-day Mack Pro!

I would even consider purchasing a chassis with no rear bogie and engine/tranny. Depending on the rails condition. Seems easier than stretching out MH I bought for the project. It's doubtly an easy deal for me at the moment though having no possibility to show up in person.

I'm in strong interest on the front cab mounting brackets (off the chassis) and the central "two legged" bracket the hood brace attaches to (at the very 1st chassis crossmember). Maybe a few other things depending on complicity of remove and shipping to NJ. Unfortunately I'm no longer Facebook achievable so checking out the parts and getting contact info of the seller are very appreciated. Thanks for the post.

Best B-day wishes Joey! Have a great day and don't miss the evening! Seems like April goes on

As Bob said above. Not every step brings you closer to successfull result but only well done ones.

Interesting story and interesting truck. Pretty sure a short nose (600 series) R with a V8 is a rare beast. Even haven't kept in my mind such ones were ever produced. Congratulations on the successfull repurchase Vlad

No, no! No talks about funerals! Only positive points in this thread! Have a great B-day Bob! Many more to come! Remember you always have options to choose between make a big run or tinker with the DM a little bit.

Mike is no longer with us but he's on our minds. One of the longest time members on here I belive (did it much longer than I do) and had Birthday in April. My memory tells it's on the 6th of and the date the thread was started tells the same. To my understanding just a few persons in the world have so huge amount of Mack trucks collected together as he had. I mean a collection or a kind of it, not a commertially operating fleet. As many others I kept a plan or idea to go to Iowa and visit him some day. "Could" do that in 2019 if had more time and deeper pockets. But the things were different and later on became different with no way to get back. Rest In Peace Mike and Happy Birthday!

Wow, guys! Many thanks for all the wishes! April seems good for birthdays indeed. I even feel ashamed I didn't make any pics along the time to share as Tommy did. He's a professional though and I'm not competitive enough Had my parents visited me for barbequeing and observing the "state of disaster" of my truck collection. Than had a nice time in a restaurant in the evening accomanied by a nice and pleasant person of oppisite sex I should probably say sorry for replying on the next day only since the evening turned out getting toooo looong into the night

Happy belated B-day Tom! Best wishes! And yes, glad to see you spent the time really nice.

Did Superliners ever have gold dogs from the factory?? I think Maxidyne feature was long gone to the moment the 1st leaved the assembly line.

Thanks for clarifications. I didn't happen watching Western chassis components much. RS/RL chassis were shared on the forum from time to time but FS/FL seem as rare animals. Maybe it's just an East coast thing IDK. I think you're right about Australian chassis style. As we see Paul put a like to your post. I guess he'd put a dislike if you were wrong

I guess much larger displacement. The firetruck you mentioned had both rear and front hood extensions.

Joey, thank you for the offer. I have one interesting idea on how to modify T2090 on the ratios to better suit my needs. There seem some difficulties though. I need to play with shafts and gears a bit but that's not a deal of the day. I will make a post about that when able to get to the project.

I saw one on ebay a few days back. The condition wasn't perfect though. Not sure it was described as a F-model part. I might just requesting "Mack emblem".

...or send request to Mack Historical Museum for the VIN record.

Joey, I'm out of likes for today but would like to give my respect to you for that extensive sharing of info and tips on the transmission tools and repair. I have a general T200 overhaul manual but gladly saved the pics you posted on my 'puter. And now I can understand the way people fit the compound with a tranny on a truck. I was told by one of former drivers of my SGT R-models that they removed and put back the compound housing a few times. And had plenty of headaches especially for the first time. Two things I know for sure. They had the job done and they didn't have any special installation tools definitely

I belive one off a CF firetruck would work. But I doubt it would be notably easier to locate, sorry.

I don't have that code handy. But the matter was discussed on here many times. I'm sure the answer can be found in Exterior, Cab and Accessories forum on this site.

Too sorry to hear. Glenn always shared top skill advices. He definitely was invaluable when someone needed help resolving issue with an old Mack engine. Rest In Peace.

You would barely remove a few ten thousands of an inch polishing camshaft even with sand paper. I had experience "correcting" shape of journals of Mack shaft after "imperfect" grinding. It's a long story to tell right now. The matter is I needed to remove nearly 0.01mm at two opposit sides of a journal. Could not do anything notable with 220 (or so) grid paper. Had to use a diamond file and worked one journal for nearly 30 minutes one side. Than another than smoothing the scratches down with multiple papers lowering the grid. Ended with 800 or 1000 and the surface was a mirror. Sure all the job was well inspected by microgage. I could easily see 0.005mm (0,0002 inch). Those journals are damn hard, heat treated.

I like that diamond plate flooring. The truck is going to be as tough as a locomotive!