Terry T

That was in Columbia SC. These were in N Myrtle Beach, SC, Charlotte, NC and Nashville, TN

I was tired last night (tonight too!) as I read your question and missed the most important part of the question. For the CL7XX trucks, there was an exterior Elite trim package too. I believe it was an "Elite" badge on the grille, and a black oval with the Bulldog for each side of the hood. I think any level interior trim package was available with the CL7XX Elite trucks. Not positive about this anymore. My CRS is kicking in again! T.

I am getting kinda old so memory is fading a bit. I cannot remember what the 1st & 2nd trim levels were when the CH & CL were 1st introduced, but the 3rd trim level was Elite. In the CH and I believe the CL6XX highway tractors in the interior you had a choice of either silver (gray) or maroon cloth & leather with Cherry dash inserts, choice of Panasonic or Alpine stereo system with 2 6X9's speakers in rear corners of cab, 2 each 4 inch speakers in ceiling of cab above driver and passenger seats and 2 6 inch speakers in sleeper. Also in sleeper a clock with alarm. Back in the cab an overhead console, leather wrapped steering wheel, tilt & telescopic steering, carpet throughout, Bostrom or National seats with dual arm rests, and Bulldog embroidered into the sides and "Mack" on the back, the Bulldog was also embroidered on the leather shifter boot. map lights above driver and passenger door and 3 way entry light above both doors and in console. There was also a map pouch at the base of the center section of the dash and permit holders on both doors, with a vent in the left door and a spot window in the right. Power windows and locks were an option but not part of the Elite trim. I drove two CH613's with Elite trim, a 91 and a 93. Both were the silver trim and were very comfortable and rather driver friendly.

I did all of the above today and I also thanked a few Vets today, including the one I am married to.

Only partially by choice, funny how it leaves your forehead and goes down your back towards your as.........

I was just noticing that it has been nearly 4 years since we switched over to this forum from the old one. Maybe it is just me getting older, but it doesn't seem like it has been that long.

Really looks good Rick.

This is all that remains of this truck. The rest was cut up and scrapped some time ago.

Glad to hear it fired up for you Trent. Hey Jocko, I notice you have a 1975 A-car, but you use a pic of Dean Ashby's '74 A-car for your avatar. Why not put up a pic of your own A-car?

Long time baseball fans will remember Mark "The Bird" Fidrych as the pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. After retiring due to injuries he moved back home to Mass and bought a dump truck and trucked the rest of his life. There was an artical in Bulldog about him back in the late '90's. I believe he was working on "The Big Dig" at the time. It appears he died while working on his dump truck at home.

where in IN is it? I am in the Ft Wayne area. If your friend has trouble getting past it and it is near me I would be able to help you out with pictures.

Your flirtin' with disaster paintin' it Cat yellow!!! A few years back when Shawn and I were putting together the engine for the motorhome, Genie came down and decided to paint the engine for his street stock that was setting in Shawns garage, grabbed a can of Cat yellow and said this will work, I looked at him and said I wouldn't paint it Cat yellow unless you don't want to finish the 1st race of the season. Guess what, he exploded the left side of the engine right off 10 laps into the 1st race!!! I have never seen an engine do that, other than top fuel stuff. We of course, to this day, blame the Cat yellow.

Larry, That would be a conestoga wagon. The "curtain sides" have a solid roof, front and swing rear doors with soft sides and a removable support on each side. You can load and unload with an overhead crane on a conestoga, but not on a "curtain side". These are taughtliners or "curtain sides". I couldn't find any pics on line of conestogas. T.

Rob, A company I use to work for had a customer that required dock loading in northern Indiana, but their customer required side unloading in Texas so we utilized taught-liners (curtain sides) for this customer. The driver swung the doors, backed into the dock and customer loaded trailer, Driver would then pull out, loosen the curtains at the bottom and secured the load with 4 inch straps just as you would a flat bed, then re-secure the bottom of the curtains. These trailers keep water out just as well as a very good tarp job. Many lumber operations used the taught-liners (still do) but the Conastogas have been utilized now with lumber operations as well as a lot of steel haulers using them too. T.

Some friends lost their son to SIDS a few years back. That one day each year is very hard on them. We are thinking about you. Terry & Kim

Well.... probably not woth much, but I am feeling generous today and I would give you $100.00. Seriously, I would really like to see pic's of this truck. Must be a beaut! I would not even begin to guess what to ask for it. The market is so depressed right now that it would be difficult to sell. Did you ever see the '84 (I think 84) R Model S/A with only about 35 miles on it that was for sale every place for mid 5 figures? It did finally sell, but not sure what it brought. I hope you can post some pic's soon. Probably looks a little better than my F.

Don't worry about the Astro, I was just kidding about that.

Then haul an Astro from IA back to IN? got the loading and unloading covered in the IN side, I bet Mike can handle the loading and unloading on the IA side......

I had that info posted at the ATHS website, but it was deleted as the thread turned very political and apparently there was some "mudslinging" among some of the posters. Personally I oppose any "Clunker" legislation as (as has been mentioned) they tend to be misguided attempts to make for a better enviroment.

No, that is a frame mounted tow hook, the fender bracket is at the bottom of the frame rails. I had to look a couple times too. Makes for a great optical illusion considering where the bracket is for the mud flat that is no longer there.

It is a fine line between BRAVE and STUPID.... Fire was mostly out, worse part was wading in the 5 or so inches of water that was on the floor of the barn, That's why I always carry my fire boots, which kept my feed dry, but I had to strip down to a tee shirt when I bent under the truck to hook so I wouldn't get my other shirts, & jacket wet. Easier to dry off my arms then it is 3 layers of clothes.

My choice would be

Kinda reminds me of this recovery too. Smelly job....

Barry, The fire compromised all of the valves and did create some small leaks. Was unable to pump off the propane so I was asked to move it to a shop owned by a volunteer FF from a neighboring dept, and park it out in his field to let it leak off. It was about a 4 1/2 mile trip. The truck had gotten very hot and the propane was nearly boiling inside. It was after dark when I moved it and it still had steam coming off of it as the outside air cooled the tank. when I pulled into Jerry's drive I notice that the "steam" was getting rather thick, and realized that it wasn't just steam, but the truck had rekindled during the trip, I called county dispatch, then dropped the truck and pulled away, I knew the tank would not bleve, but I also knew that if that cloud of propane made contact with the fire source (somewhere in or under the cab) we would have a nice little flash fire. The crushing of the back of the cab was done when Jerry brought around his backhoe to "tilt" the cab so the FF's could get to the fire. It set there the better part of the winter, but it did finally leak off all of the propane.