Vladislav

I didn't note you said it was straight 6 4.0L. Only later series XJS had straight 6. That's why I thoufght it had V12 5.3.

Are you sure your service brake lights (at the rear end of the truck) are working? I can tell you a small switch on the firewall just behing the engine rear head is what activates the service brakes light. And they light on when the parking brake is applied either. Sorry can't tell about the particular switch you're asking about. From my memories it is attached to one of the dash brake valves behind the dash face panel. But I'm not 100% sure at the moment, didn't tinker with.

Those Western battery box bottoms don't suit Eastern covers, no matter aluminium or steel. Two batteries would be quite enough to start and drive your truck, especially in your warm region. I have two batteries installed in one Eastern box which looks smaller than yours. The only and important thing you should insulate the terminals in the other box very well. Otherwise some inside the box welding or a blast in the other inside might happen. No ideas on the matter of the device atop of the filter. Pretty sure it's an aftermarket thing. Could be a water sensor if the filter is a fuel one. The location of the filter itself doesn't seem familiar to me either.

Do you currently have some V8 under the hood in place of original V12?

Nice looking R and the crane/flatbed combo is sure always handy. Is that a Hayward built unit?

Yes, the bear was very strong and pissed off. And too probably shocked. The guy who was telling about a knife was too probably shocked either and didn't know WHAT he was actually going to do. At least it seemed to me that way. Don't know where those folks drunk or not. Maybe not, just too much emotions hitted them. And I'm pretty sure the event took place in a far and low-habitated area of the country. Bears along with much other wild life are scarce in the areas people live. Too much of illegal hunting took place in the distant past.

Yes, they were. Honestly I had expectations on what I will hear but have to state I'm not ready to type everything of their speach on here. The start words with 2 or 3 repeats were "We must kill him right now". Than "give me a knife and I'll do that". Than later woman's voice starts screaming "the bear is about to get out, guys come into the car ASAP." Needless to say 60% of the speach is "what the f***ing hell" and so on.

Or for the actual part. Need a part# for the rubber gasket/seal for the R-model left side cowl vent.

All those crews are sure great looking but seem dangerous and I wouldn't like such visitors at my back yard. The pics are excellent.

Yes, I agree on what you think on the matter. With the cost dance of one hundred plus-minus you have much more spending in time and attention. I know what it is, also have an idea to reproduce Superliner fender turn lights in bronze. i suppose it could be made here in Russia for nearly $100 apiece if order 4-10 castings. Haven't worked it out because no actual need at the moment - no Superliner.

Tom, thank you for the deeper excursion. Interesting thoughts floated up in my mind. Here in Russia you can find many really old and ancient memorial objects such as churches, kremlins, monasteries and so on.Some of them are dated as 10 hundreds years old or so. But on the other hand much newer but either vintage artifacts of for example industrial kind are quite scarce.Being in Netherlands I once noted a really old riveted roof structure above a railroad platform. It was in a small city and a local station. But the roof looked vintage, well-cared and solid. In Russia you can seldom see anything really old in service. The most things get redone every 5-15-30 years and many are poor-made structures. Maybe excepting some really large railroad bridges made of steel. And what I dislike nobody estimate such objects as any historical value. Everything working must work and that's all. Sure there's a reason of shortage of old buildings and so due to the WW2 which took a really large part of the country. Actually you can easily recognize the area of German occupation and non-occuped just be the number of old churches. But The Netherlands were occupied either. And Dutches have those vintage railroad staitions/ Russians - don't. P.S. The said above has direct relation to old trucks either.

The Autocar - I'm in love!! looks great at the picture.

Yes, as said above. The boot tops on the pan and than you put sheet metal frame on top of it and secure with machine screws. My R has a carpet from the factory but now its condition doesn't allow to judge it was atop of the boot retainer originally or below. More looks like 1st case. The boots itself are a mystery to me. There are two styles of them (both avalible from PAI). One is a small rectangular shape and another is elliptic on its sides. And twice larger. The 1st one is what I have in the R. The 2nd one is installed in MH but I saw some pics of Superliners (and R's ?) with that big one either.

I like that covered bridge no less than red R-model. Could you drive through that one? No, I don't mean with the R-model

I would take one valve cover bulldog. No real need in a set in the distant future but I'd like to have at least a sample. Of silver it could be possible to make a shell shaped part, not a solid casting as original bronze is. I suppose not a hell of job to correct the 3D object for. Just have no idea of how the casting machine works with thin forms.

Good job Swishy. And with your comments nobody will argue where the pics were taken as for that Dutch Mack N-series.

Welcome to the forum and I'm one more to ask for pics!! Vlad

Do you consider $85-90 apiece including chrome-plating or a brass casting only? Suppose plating itself would take about that worth or at least a half of. As for the size decrease due to brass (oh, bronze, sorry) shrinkage I see two ways to go. The 1st and more clear one is copying the existing parts with silicone compound. Than further as I know guys cast wax or steorine into the silicone and than make a form of gyps over the wax model. Further they melt the wax out and cast bronze into the gyps. Cracking the latter after the metal is cold you get what you want. Maybe with some size decrease, I honestly have no idea. Another more complicated way is to 3D scan the parts and than draw a 3D model which you can easily rescale to compensate any size decrease. Upps, you need to 3d print it first. Or there could be another option to make it of a piece of brass by computer-operated milling machine. Sure any of those ways is an entertainment.

Good find! And the phone did a good job either.

I like the look and the colors. Congrats!

Nasty...

Thank you for sharing these great show pics! Difficult to determine the favorite. To me it's that ancient FWD.

Seems to me guys you will ruin the market very soon with your wast offer of the TRUE stuff.

Is the one you have with those 3 dimples has 3 horisontal lines on the front wall istead of an "X" pressing? Looks like Canadian cover to me. I even have this one and I don't need it. So if you come pick it up I'd give you a cup of tea either P.S. As far as I know an American style "X" cover puts in place of that one as like it was there before for years.

Italian marks are in the competition with Britishes about rust. I think Lancia, FIAT or Alfa are relatively rare occupants on North American roads but here they used to sell some. Not many survivors down the road now taking to account the cars were sold not long ago. At the same time Russian Lada being a license production of FIAT (originally) showed its property during many years. Actually they just started showing holes after 5-6 years of all-year driving.