bullhusk

We had a few stores on the east coast as well, W.T. Grants,Two Guys,Jamesway etc. i still have corded drill from Grants, prolly 50 years old, that works like a champ! we always looked forward to the Sears catalog too,it was a great big thing back then! last i saw a "print" catalog,it was maybe 20 pages long,with next to nothing usefull in it. The closest Sears to us growing up is the oldest one in Jersey,and is still in existance,i had a childhood friend who's father started working there in 1947,and just recently retired! they had a "kenmore" refridgerator with a "forever" warranty on it,that Sears had a shit-fit when they has to replace it for free a year or two ago!...........................P.S. bet Bullhusk remembers Two Guys!.................Mark

They actually started 1 town over from me, in Harrison and there name was Two Guys From Harrison. There first big store was in my home town of Kearny NJ.. Vornado Fan.......Leeds Fox trucking

BULLHUSK

I remember as a kid my Mom would get the Sears Catalog every year, just last week I saw on TV that Sears was in trouble, so the TV guy was askin shoppers about there thoughts and just about all of the Sears shoppers said the same thing......Years ago you could depend on a Sears product, like there power tools as well as there work benches and hand tools an tool boxs, but today it's all made in China and it is real shit! Even some of there Craftsman tools are now made in China

A-hemmm...maybe in '62, but by 1970 there was a new king of the road, eh?

I beleive 1970 was the rebirth of the Barracuda 'CUDA' as in HEMI CUDA and HEMI CHALLENGER and also the 6-PACK 440 cars A-hemmmm

LOL Ernie DS........ PS I think the only one that went head to head with the HEMI CUDA was in fact the Buick Stage 1- 455 Grand Sport, I must say that I would not pass up one of those 70 Chevelles if I came across one at the right price! They were cool lookin cars!!

i was sitting at a traffic light,minding my own business,when a car load of young,angry muslims pulled up next to me,shouting anit-american profanity,and making obscene gestures.

When the light turned green,they squealed tires and drove away,pulled out in front of an eighteen-wheeler,which crashed into them,crushing the car,and killing them all instantly.

I took the time to gather my thoughts,and reflected "man,that coulda been me"

Very next day,i took a job as a truckdriver......................................

NOW DHATS FUNNY!!!!

Then came another one in 71, fastest street legal production car (factory stock) ever! dont get me wrong i am a muscle car man from day one,and see some good i like in all makes and models,but back when (when they had their shit together) GM was king of the hill at the time!........................Mark

WOW, almost forgot about those!! stage1-455's.....Was it in 1977 that Dodge had the fastest production veh.?? The Little Red Express Truck??

Ernie DS

Ya know guys, I Sarted this post a while back cause when I was a kid in the early 60's I hung around with my Dad an his brouthers (he had 11 of them & 2 sisters yeah! 15 kids!) Well my uncle Frank had the landfill in No Arlington NJ back in 60's and I used to get up @4.30 am to go to my cousin Pat's to meet him on a Sat. Morning to go to the dump with him, (about 12 or 13 years old) I did that just to get a chance to drive a TD24 or a TD14 International Bullbozer..Crazy Right!!.. I also hunk around the the trucking terminals that my other uncles worked at, as well as the trucking garages that my dad and my uncles worked at!. I have always loved trucks and heavy equipment!! So as a kid.. I had a GREAT GREAT childhood!! mostly around trucks! So I think about those times often with great pride!! And the memories, well those memories........ for me as a KID and I will never forget them!!... So.................. What A Time It Was!!

Thanks for listen, BULLHUSK

Bought a truck, well what kind of power ya want up front? Mack, Cummins Detroit, Cat, AC maybe?? What A Time It Was!! Really... No DEF, no fancy mufflers,...NO NOTHIN!!!!

What A Time It Is!!!... No more Cat, No more Mack (it's Volvo) AC Oh Well!! Thank GOD we still got Cummins an Detroit USA !! I went to dinner tonight with an old friend of mine that worked for Detroit Diesel when Penski owned it back in the 80's an 90's, he was my sales person as well as my PSR guy. So we talked about the trucking stuff and all the other stuff..AH SHIT!! now I Know even more why I want Newt to be Pres (he wants to do away with the DEP)

BULLHUSK

Yes, the Superbird, the Daytona Charger, the Ford Talledaga were all banned to keep track speeds from exceeding 200mph.

Rob

Rob,

Did not Ford- Fixed Or Repaired Daily make a big stink about the Daytona because thay said they were to fast, even before the Talledaga came out?? cause after the Talledaga they still couldn't catch the Daytona's...... Let's not forget the S/S Dodge & Plymouth 426 Stage III Wedge Motor (one of my favorites) with aluminum front ends and trunk lid an bumpers plus radio delete plexi side windows, no window gear (they used seat belts under the plexie-glass to lift the window and hook it to a fastener on the door) they were and still are the king of the 1/4 mile 11.5 factory cars in 1962 and how about the Hurst Cuda's..... You Shevy an Ford guys just can't touch us MO-tor PA-rts guys

Ernie DS

Very nice rig, good luck with er

BULLHUSK

I don't know of many 6.0 Ford diesl owners, or the ones with the funny gas job spark plugs out there that are too happy?............... Why does John Force run a Chrysler HEMI in his Mustang Funny car? The term Funny Car comes from Dodges AFX or Altered 65 Dodges>>>> OK you Ford an Shevy don't come a lookin for me it's all in good fun LOL

Ernie DS

This was on the news today. Poor pond , now its got a Frieghtliner in it..

http://news.yahoo.co...k-27801003.html

A semi went off road on Interstate 94 near Monticello Friday morning and broke through the ice of a pond, sinking up to its windshield, authorities said (2:00).

Icr road truckers ?.......BULLHUSK

MB's are (were) damn good trucks,i drove an MB straight truck for APA trucking early on,before they went under,only thing it was missing for the city was power steering! hard to put a legit price on something like this (in my opinion) as there is not all that much interest in MB's even from Mack enthusiasts. When i was a kid,thats all you saw in local/city delivery trucks on the east coast,i've often wondered where they all went! just a stab in the dark,but personally were this truck mine,and i had to sell it,i think i'd start somewhere in the $1200.00 area........................................Mark

Were did they all went!! How about all the garbage trucks with the Leach 2R packers we had in Jersey?? Hundreds, maybe thousands ??

Ernie DS

I saw him on TV last night, Ican't beleive what comes out of this guys mouth! He's selling he same BS that he sold 3 and a half years ago!! Only this time the tax payers are paying for it!! and the worst part about it is there are people out there still buying it, what the hell is wrong with people today?? I think if some of these same people were at the horse races, they would still want to put money on the horse that just lost the race!!

BULLHUSK

Oh ok thanks bullhusk.

umodelnut,

I talked to an old-timer yesterday, who was a good friend of my dad's, I asked him about the Dodge / Mack P-U's ( I'm sort of secound guessin myself). What he told me is this, back in the 60's Dodge built some trucks for Macks Firetruck Div, they were heavy 3/4 ton with 9.5' step-side bodies, Mack took them an made them into, sorta like the forest fire trucks that we see in the States and shipped them overseas somewhere, they came in two colors Red or white. Now this was 47 years ago and I do remember the ones I seen were red, and I don't remember what was in the body (they were behind a fence about 10 or 20 yds from us), but I do know they were step side Dodges with Macks name on them, he also said that hey had Bulldog's on the hood, but that I do not remember.Maybe some of our Firetruck members know somethin about them?

Thanks BULLHUSK

Wait... So dodge made trucks and just put the Mack name on them?

Yes that is what I saw, I remember my dad bought a new Chrysler 300 in 1965 and we were talkin to the owner of dealership about it (thats how I remember around what year was) he said he never heard of anything like that? Well a couple of days later he called my dad an said he had to take a ride down to see for himself an thats what they were, trucks built by Dodge with Macks name on them, also the same dock would have the Fargo the Canada Dodge for export. The company my dad did work for back then had warehouse's in the port so I would be down there 3 or 4 times a week, I never saw them again all you would see back then was VW Beatles an VW Buses comin in an Dodges an Fargo's goin out

BULLHUSK

Yes I remember them. The 291 had a hard time getting moving as it had so much iron to it and so little power. Never was around the 265 at all. The 331, and the 354 "Red Ram" were fantastic engines as far as torque but didn't like to rev very good. The 392 if built and balanced good would stay together all day at 7500 rpm and earned it's reputation at the drags, and the track. These were very good engines. Now the 426? It, and it's later offspring, there still ain't nothing better out there IMO. The 340, and 440 are still my favorite "wedge" engines to this day.

Rob

Right on Brother Rob!! Now your talkin!! 440+6 = 1350cfm's of gasoline and all the guy in the car next to you will see is your tail lights! (thats in third gear if your in fourth gear he'll see NO lights!!)

Ernie DS Super big MOPAR FAN!!

In New Ringold Pa at the EZ pull and save u pull it yard, there is whats left of a B421 with a cummins v8 transplant, 5 +2 trans ( im hopping to get a pass side fender off of it but just in case i dont get to it in time i hope someone else gets it. The cab is very solid with a few dents. and a R model with a mopar v8 in it. Cab ruff hood looks usable yet lots of parts left in it.

Dodgeman, The R400 looks like the ones that Pabst Blue Ribbon had at there Newark NJ BR.(it looks like there color blue) they had 6yd dump bodies with the 413 Chrysler 5 speed + 2 in the rear I think they had 2 of them prob. mid to late 60's

BULLHUSK

"The President has very little to do with this issue" ???????????????????

Who decides on building the Keystone Pipeline?

Who shut down drilling in the Gulf?

Why arn't we drilling off shore in the Southeast?

Why arn't we drilling on the North Slope?

Who lent three billion dollars to George Soros companies in Brazil?

Who has pissed away billions on loan guarantees to solar companies?

WOW!! Thank You Mr. David.... For A minute there I thought I was alone on an island LOL

Ernie DS

The 331, 354, and 392 "hemi" was not that great in stock trim, (very heavy) and not the powerhouse synonymous with the 426 "hemi" Chrysler power. Rare and collectible, sure. I've worked on several in cars and trucks. Good engines for their times.

Rob

Rob,

Chrysler '53-56' had a 291 HEMI and I think Dodge had a 265 HEMI they too were heavy and very weak and problematic untill the 331 thru 392's came along, also do any of you guys remember Dodge putting Macks name on there PU trucks? When I was a kid back in the mid 60's, 65,66 some where around there, there were hundreds of them parked in Port Newark ready to be exported, all with Macks name on the hood and across the tailgate, they were all fender body trucks anyone ever see one??

It is my impresson that what we are exporting is refined products like gasoline, not unrefined products, like crude oil, which we import.

If you want to make this more difficult, go ahead. It will put more Americans out of jobs when that work moves offshore, and may end up costing even more jobs if it turns out to be cheaper refining the products elsewhere where the laws are more lax, and shipping it here. This will also leave us more exposed to other countries jerking us around.

As for other countries selling things like gas for subsidized prices, there are actually a lot of countries what do this aside from Venezuela. They include Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and until recently, Libya. None of them are famous for their civil liberities, nor are any of them considered stable countries.

All things considered, I prefer things the way they are.

Stev,

If you go back and read my post it says nothing about crude oil that the USA is importing and refining, (we are taking in more then we are using an selling off the rest, good business!) Natural Gas is being shipped out, and those jobs aren't goin nowhere, as a matter of fact the state of PA stands to gain hundreds of thousands of jobs related to the NG drilling. Now what I said is if the drill baby drill people get there own way and the United States starts producing more crude then we need, then we as Americans should not be put into the OPEC pricing game, the crude oil is comming from us. Now I know thats not the way it works today but if we become one of the leading producers of crude oil in the world within the next ten years or so, do you think that the American people shouldn't benefit from it or should the oil co's get all the gravy? If you prefer things the way they are then thats what's going to happen. Stev I'm with you 110% on the propaganda machine of Venezuela and Russia and all the rest of the countries that you listed in your post and Joe Kennedy telling us what a nice guy Chavez is (he has since changed that now It's 'the people of Venezuela' but don't you think the US oil co's should help some of our people? and not a bum like Chavez! Also the reason I brought politics into my post is that some of the laws have to be changed, like some of these speculators that drive up the price of oil and the list goes on an on (I guess we could write a book on that) LOL Oh well!! Anyway good post Stev

Regards BULLHUSK

Oh yea, they are great people never said they weren't. Yea those cut aways have been there for awhile. Maybe 2 yrs? Never got close enough to see if the engines or trans are still there... Nice pieces to add air ride too!!!

Tom

Tom, It' all Good! I'm goin over there tomorrow to look at a couple of A-Cars low mil. old style with the big rad in front, I'll check out the B's an I also know he has a couple of B-81's that he did not want to sell, but that was yesterday LOL!!

Ernie DS

If you can lay your hands on the Maintenance and Lubrication manuals for your truck they will be a huge help. I know they have come in handy more than once over the past few years that I have owned my CX-613. Keep a spare for every light In the truck including Head lights, Stop, turn and Marker and for the dash, an extra 30/30 brake chamber, pan cakes, oil, coolant,fan belt, and anything else that your gut tells you to have handy. Shops charge up to $120.00 an hour these days and doing it yourself (If you can) beats the heck out of letting the truck stop guys have it. Extra fuel filters, Filter Wrench and Nitrile gloves are a must also. Oh and FORGET getting your MACK serviced at a TA they NEVER have all the filters...NEVER!. Petro or Speedco or a GOOD dealer are much better choices. Best of luck to you.

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Matt,

Thats the best advice ever, when I had my 89 Superliner I kept a spare fan clutch in the side box! Maintenance records are a must now a days, when I bought a couple of trucks from Penski 3 years ago they both had less then 100,000 mi on them but they had all the records on line!! It's all Good!!

BULLHUSK

All nice great pictures...WOW!!!!

BULLHUSK

Are they blue? Ive driven by there a few times and he's got an b model complete in awesome shape.

Tom

Tom,

I think thay are blue? some times he throws out some crazy numbers today, but if he sits on stuff,tomorrow It's an entirely different number. I bought a 67 Brockway of of them last year and what he wanted for it an what he took was a different story. I will say this for those people at Devinos they are honest about what they sell, I have bought a engine or two from them with good results! Last year he had a nice R700 V8 for 6,000 bucks, well I hemmed&hawed and some one else bought it and it went to So America

Ernie DS PS If any you guys ever want me to stop by and look at anything there just let me know, he's only about 15mi away from my JC garage

I see a lot of guys lookin for B parts Devinos in Newark NJ just got two nice B61 cut-off's a couple of weeks ago the nose is off one already nice solid B's

Ernie DS