Terry T

http://hankstruckforum.com/htforum/index.php?topic=63446.0 From 2012 & 2013. In there somewhere it's mentioned that at that point UPS had purchased 112.

Sold as the Mack Freedom in the U.S.

Can't have a Pete pulling a dog outta the ditch....

I snagged the below from a thread on ATHS addressing this issue. At the ATHS.ORG HOME page, Hit the ATHS Online tab. you will see a list, at the bottom of the list is the ATHS forums button.

I had that morning a few years ago except that I learned it while I was 90 miles from home working a race. Got up Sunday a.m. logged into FB to send her a "good morning" message & found that the spot reserved for "married to or in a relationship with" was blank. Came home that night to an empty house. You are going into a very rough period but in the end it will work out for the best.

This is the unit I drove when I was still with the race team before coming to "the dark side". Always parked inside excpet when at the race track and the one time I brought it home which is where the profile pic was taken. Drove like a dream, topped out at 87 mph, and depending on how heavy my foot was the MPG was between 9 & 14 loaded with all our gear, 1 or 2 racecars, food & drink for a 2 day show.

Nope, not at South Bend. I would have remembered that...

Unless you lock your power divider in it probably won't move without the inter-axle drive shaft.

From almost a year ago.... http://www.wearegreenbay.com/1fulltext-news/d/story/update-names-released-of-victims-in-deadly-truck-e/28916/3sZEYR4R-kiOo9xq11pBlQ If I remember correctly they were moving a forklift, not secured in the truck, and it rolled forward through the front wall of the box and the fork(s) punctured the tank.

Fires inside of refuse trucks are not uncommon. I can think of 3 in Ft Wayne, IN over the past 20 years that made the news & I can think of one more that I seen the driver noticed it quickly and took action. That one was a front loader in the days of vertical exhaust and some of the trash laid on top of the packer then fell down between the cab & packer onto the exhaust stack. They usually make the news because they disrupt traffic because normally the only way to fight the fire is for the driver to dump the load where ever he might be which disrupts traffic and, of course, makes a big mess. In this story the news account I seen even mentioned that a driver will normally dump the trash but he was concerned because of overhead power lines so he didn't. Which made me think, Why not just move the damned thing?

I don't think Mike has ever been east of Churubusco, IN....

The only time I seen this paint scheme was on the 1979 (I believe) Mack calendar. They used the scheme on the Valueliner (pictured), Cruiseliner & Superliner. The 3 of them were together on the Jan page & each was seen throughout the year. I'm not saying the scheme was not availble for order but it was a very sharp scheme to never show up anyplace else. Not that this info helps you but if I had to guess I'd say the scheme went across the back just as it is or may have ended several inches after turning around the back panel as some others did. Got me thinking... I believe it was the 1978, not 1979 calendar. I didn't think about it when you mentioned 78 in your initial post.

I worked as a service writer for the local Nissan & Infinity dealership for about a year. That's all the longer it took me to be sold on what great product they offer. Numerous customers with 200k, 300k and at least one with over 400k on their Nissan's. Had I not landed the great deal I did on the the Jag XJ8 I would have bought an Infinity eventually and probably still will at some point. A very nice thing you did finding his glasses and taking the time to take them to him as well.

That happened in IA didn't it Mike? Your neck of the woods by chance? When I 1st seen the story the 1st person I thought of was Mikey.

Congratulations Mike!!! I had no idea. I guess it's been quite some time since I've called you....

The "Status Update" I did just a few minutes before checking in here.... I AM DONE! I am done being quite. I am done being on the fence accepting the banter of jackwagons saying derogetory things about basic human beings who have chosen to protect all of us. The men and women who are called friends, yet are hated by the white, black, hispanic, etc people who think of them as less than rodents. Those of you who want to, should go ahead & unfriend me now because it's gonna get bad.... A Black man claiming to defend black criminals yesterday killed two cops, one of latino decent & one of asian decent. One of the black criminals he was defending died in a choke hold at the hands of a white cop as directed by his BLACK female SGT. The other black crimial died at the hands of a white cop when he attacked same cop after strong arm robbing an Asian small business owner. Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Bill DeBlasio, Eric Holder and our nations "Main Stream" media all jumped on a band wagon calling for people to put an end to treating criminals like criminals by defying cops. Yesterday two innocent men (one of Hispanic decent, one of Asian decent), who's job it was to protect us, the public, were assassinated, YES ASSASSINATED, while eating lunch by a black man who claims in a note that he was getting retaliation against the (white) cops for the deaths of 2 black (thugs) men. When NYC Mayor DeBlasio made his appearance at the hospital to create a few "sound bites' the NYPD made their stand by, in unison, turning their backs on the spineless piece of shit. GOOD FOR YOU NYPD!!!! If you are still with me all I can say is if you don't want to deal with cops in THEIR professional world then don't do stupid things. Don't tint your windows too dark, don't speed, don't play your music too loud, don't rob people, don't kill people, don't steal, don't antagonize the cops. If you think that a law that is being enforced is wrong, don't bitch at the cop, take it to the LAW MAKER, who, by the way, is the one who MADE THE LAW and have a conversations with him/her. No one is complained about more than a cop. He ain't doing his job.... he thinks he is God and can do what ever he wants, etc..... This "Rant" isn't done and if you post derogatory comments about cops on your page, I will be there so you might as well un-friend me now. Good night & God bless.

The car that was sold at auction was Burt's personal car. There were only 3 T/A's provided by GM for the original movie and all 3 were either destroyed durning filming or were not worth repairing by the end of filming. The bridge jump was done early in produciton & that car was destroyed filming the sequence and was then used as a parts car to keep the other two running for the remainder of production. There is a really good interview with Hal Needham about the filming of the orginal movie that I have on DVD which is where I got this info about the movie cars. Ironically GM was relunctant to be involved in a movie with such highway hijix prior to the release of the movie but afterwards the movie was credited with causing the hugh sales numbers of Pontiac's Trans Am. Personally, I have owned two 1978 T/A's. One black with an automatic & one gold with a 4 speed. Both VERY fun to drive.

Trent, Bill Johnson is no longer with ATHS Some of the RVP's, Kevin Black, Rick Knox included, are trying to get the forum back up and running again like it use to. Many of us who moved to Eddy's Just Old Trucks are in wait & see mode. The JOT has close to as much traffic as the old ATHS forums did but I don't think the two combined have as much as this one does. This is JOT: http://forums.justoldtrucks.com T.

I'd like to see the air intake on the right side where it belongs.... Just sayin' that all 26 (includeing the 1 V8) Cruiseliners that we had, the air intake was on the right side interior to the exhaust stack.

Well, by now Wendy has seen them. Has she packed her bags yet?

All taken in 1994. Columbia SC, Charlotte NC, N. Myrtle Beach SC & Nashville TN.

I ran across this pic on Norm's page. Norm is an owner/driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

I can't remember if it was Mikey or the trailer that clobbered me....

I didn't have any trouble getting in or out...

Dang it Mike, I often wish I had hung onto Thumper...