Terry T

If you don't already do it, I would recommend an oil analysis. Because of this little scare perhaps do it half way through the oil change cycle then again at oil change. I do them a couple times a year on my pick up truck. Appears that I have a leaky (hopefully) intake manifold gasket again. All metals are well within normal limits.

I just did sloppy joe's. I like to brown up 1 lb of ground chuck, then chop up onion & banana peppers and add in while browing as well has a handful of shreaded cheese, crumble up some bacon then add a generic type of sloppy joe sauce. Let simmer for about 20-25 minutes and it's ready to go. Also had fried potato's that I fixed up a few days ago. I slice up the potatos, add chopped onion, seasoning salt & pepper then shake it all up in a container and fry them up in bacon grease.

You just described Hot Rodding prior to the aftermarket. Today we just call JEG'S or Summit and order exactly what we want and when we are done, we all have the same thing just in different colors. Prior to the aftermarket we went to the bone yard, found something that was close to what we needed then cut, torched, banged, bent and welded it until it worked. This thing really isn't my style but I'd be one who would look it over from front to back just because of the time and thought that went into it. The last "hot rod" that I can think of was a '78 Ford F150 4X4 that a friend of mine built in the late 1980's. He built the coil spring front and rear suspension with a Dana 60 out back and a Dana 44 up front running 40" mudders with a 504cid Chevy big block and a Ford top-loader 4 speed transmission and it ran the 1/8 mile in the mid 6's. He worked, fab'd and massaged almost every inch of that truck during the years he owned it. Another friend of mine now owns a V8 Powered S10 4X4 that use to belong to the same guy. Truck started out as an S10 standard cab/long bed but now is an extended cab/shortbed with a 10 inch extention in front of the firewall on a custom square tube front clip. I still love to see people think on their own and create their own fun instead of ordering from a catalog.

when I ran heavy wrecker I had to go onto the mound at the area landfill several times to get refuse trucks that broke down with various issues. I was always amazed at how much that entire mound moved around! By my 3rd time on it I was use to it but it's still an odd sensation, like being stuck in traffic on the G.W.

Obviously this is from decades earlier but perhaps this is close to the correct info.

You might contact ATHS HQ in Kansas CIty.Bryan Webster wrote a story about Tucker for the May/June 2011 issue of Wheels of TIme. there are no pictures of trucks with the info that you seek but perhaps Mr. Webster has more info on the company than was printed in the article.

I don't have any pictures of Tucker equipment as Tucker closed their operation on the Friday prior to me starting to work at Brothers Express (I started the following Monday). Brothers Express at the time was a cartage agent in Ft Wayne and we did the local P & D for Tucker. I just checked through my memorabilia and have nothing that has Tucker's operating authorities on it....

Chose Tucker out of South Bend, IN for your scale model's company, I like that. Someone with more knowledge than I can chime in here but I believe that is the oil reservoir for the power steering. I'm not sure as my B Model does not have power steering and doesn't have such a reservoir.

Our local "Occupational Health" clinics all do DOT physicals for around 75.00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fidrych

The air horns would create too much drag, The Ford wouldn't be able to maintain highway speed...

Mike, If the truck is simply being "parked", He should contact Mack and see if there is a place for it at the museum. He could loan it to them and that would be a win/win. He has it stored in doors and Mack has a tribute to how well they built (built) trucks. Obviously this would be best if he has some type of documentation although it is difficult to document a lack of needed service.

The 359 was built from 1967 until 1987 when Peterbilt replaced it with the 379. The 379 was built from 1987 until 2007.

This was one of the 1st three Cruiseliners that Parrish Leasing bought. Unit 350 was a V8/5speed and 360 (this unit) and 361 were a matched set with 250hp/5speeds.

The farmer that I help at harvest use to have a 4450 (I think it was a 50...) with front wheel assist. Really enjoyed running that tractor with the grain cart. He had to upgrade (spend money) a few years back so it and the 825 cart went and was replaced with a 8410 and a 950 J&M cart. He has an 8300 and the 8410 and they are really nice units.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5f_1361768463 There might be someone on this board who can translate some of the disccusions but the video kinda speaks for its self.

My, I mean Mike's, 1970 F795 interiro shot.

Tuesday morning at 9:16am a maroon Buick drove into our dealership, drove all the way around the building and pulled up between two service bay doors, the guy popped his trunk lid, got out and put 3 used brake drums in the trunk, and one in the front passenger seat. Closed the door, closed the trunk lid, got in the car and was out of the lot in less than 1.5 minutes. One of our parts runners seen him as he was getting back into his car (just 15 seconds too late). We had the entire thing on camera, I headed out down the road and seen a Buick that could have been it at TSC and so did a FWPD officer, we both set on it for a minute then deterimined it wasn't it. PD left and within 30 seconds stopped a 2nd Buick that was not it either. Unless you have a very expensive system that can zoom in a picture after it is recorded (which we do) to check a plate, if you get lucky enough to have a good shot at the plate you have little or no chance of having better results then not having cameras at all. Most of these people are rather brazen, have been doing it for some time and they scout out all there marks, watch them, see what is where and strike when they are ready. I might also add that at any given time there are 4 parts runners, 10 other parts salesman and counter guys, the warehouse manager and a number of mechanics coming and going through the area. These people don't care they just grab and run...

http://www.indianafiretrucks.com/Station.aspx?StationId=632

Most of our Cruiseliners became CH600's as did several R's.

I'll add to my comment about getting directions: I always ask to speak with the shipping/receiving departments due to once asking for directions from the receptionist/operator who answered my inquiry with "um.... I don't really think, um... I don't know how to tell you to get here...." My reasoning/experience is that these are the people who typically deal directly with the drivers coming into their facility and, as we all know, truck drivers will always give you their piece of mind if there is an issue with directions and it seems that the folks in these departments have the best knowledge of directions due to this. It is also good for verifying ship/recv hours, appointments, etc...

a bit of a timeline for Mack Trucks. As you can see, Mack hasn't been Mack since 1967 1967: Mack Trucks becomes a part of the Signal Oil and Gas Company. Later that year Signal changes its name to The Signal Companies, Inc. 1970: Mack moves into its new Allentown world headquarters. 1979: Renault buys 10% of Mack Trucks, Inc. 1982: Renault increases ownership stake to 20%, Signal lowers its stake to 10%. 1983: Mack Trucks conducts an IPO and issues 15.7 million shares of common stock. Renault increases holdings to 40%, while Signal reduces its stake to 10.3%. 1987: Renault reorganizes; Renault Véhicules Industriels buys Renault's Mack shares. 1990: Mack Trucks become a wholly owned subsidiary of Renault Véhicules Industriels 2001: Mack together with Renault Véhicules Industriels becomes part of Volvo AB of Sweden, the parent company Renault S. A. receives a 20% stake in the combined company. (In 2002 Renault Véhicules Industriels changes its name to Renault Trucks.) 2006: Mack has a record sale year. 2008: Mack announces relocation of corporate headquarters to Greensboro, North Carolina

The dropped coil is the responsibility of the towing company. The reason for the tow is the responsibility of the driver, not the GPS. I don't use GPS in my personal vehicles and I wouldn't use one in a truck. I will always call for directions because only a person familiar with the area can tell you about the "rouge" tree limb that the city won't do anything about or that 3 blocks of that one street that are strickly residentual, etc. At least once a week I see a truck someplace he has no business being and I can just about guarantee that the driver is following a GPS unit. A GPS unit will never replace an atlas and good old common sense.

Indiana got hit with it as well. At the time my dad was living in my cousin's apartment. The cousin was a captian with the Ft Wayne Fire Dept. Norm called dad and said the FWFD needed his snowmobiles and they would have a FF on a snowmobile there in an hour to get the keys to the building that the sleds were kept in. Fire & PD borrowed every sled available and the FD, PD and Street Dept went to every car dealership in town and took every 4X4 on every lot in town and pressed them into service as emergency vehicles. In 1978 there were not nearly as many snowmobiles, 4X4's 4X4's with blades, snowblowers... None of the things we pretty well take for granted today. I lived with my mom & step-dad on a dead end street that was 3 blocks long with no cross streets. Everyone pitched in and we all dug out, using 3 snowblowers and a whole lot of shovels and muscles, our driveways and the street in front of our homes. We could get to the next "major roadway" but that was it. It was two days before the city got it opened. In 1983, when I was 17 I bought my first 4X4 and have had one ever since with the exception of one winter.

I'm very suprised that no one has linked to this site. I had forgotten that I had this book marked until a few minutes ago. http://www.restoreevelrig.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=56