Uboat

I agree that anyone is free to build whatever their time, money and tastes desire. As I said, I've seen a few very nicely done "little big trucks". I just am choosing to go a different direction and build a full class 7/8 truck. I also agree that "coming down the road", it is impossible to mistake a "B" for anything but a Mack, but at a closer look, those 16" wheels look kind of lonely in those big wheel wells. That's me, seeing it differently doesn't make you a bad person. A couple of pics of the project to date. It doesn't look like much, but everything there is clean and either new or rebuilt. Drive friendly.

Please allow me to introduce myself (If you can identify that quote, you're giving away your age) I've been a street rod / bike builder for too many years - a couple of years back at a cruise night, we were talking about what it would take to be "unique" any more - as 3 beautiful pro street rods idled in and took their place in the pro street area between the kit Cobras and the choppers, across from the Camaros and Hummers. My answer came to be a Model B pickup. Not the wanabe type with a truck cab on a 3/4 ton frame, but a real, honest-to-God class 7, air brakes, 22.5 wheels and all. Right now I'm 2+ years into it, it looks good for paint this summer. I know that this is probably an insult to all the purists out there, but I can assure you that all the "genuine Mack" parts used were beyond hope for a restoration. It has a Freightliner chassis, a Cat3208AT engine and an Allison MT634 transmission. A true mutt, but it's going together nicely, 'glass tilt nose and all. I'm curious if anyone else has done this sort of thing - I've seen a couple of "pickup"s that are basically a bed bolted to the back of an otherwise intact truck, and a few woosie little light truck chassied (some very nicely done, but still light trucks) machines, but never a true class 7/8 custom pickup. Any thoughts / suggestions?