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Da vinci with a nailgun? who'da thunk it!...mark

My wife found this during an internet search,e-mailed it to me, thought somebody on here would get a kick out of it! - mark

Welcome to the site! thats a great looking outfit,always been a big fan of the RS/RL series trucks,sure looks to be in great shape, always been kind of a dream of mine to build something similar and travel the counrty, see the things a was never able to visit while driving a truck for a living. you have come to the right place for info and ideas concerning macks,there is a vast array of knowledge available to you on here for the asking!...best wishes, mark

Always been a big fan of "stormin' norman" being that i was born and raised in jersey,great leader and stratagist, always put me in mind of george s. patton (without the inflated ego)...not many people know his father was commandant of the new jersey state police, and oversaw the investigation of the lindberg babies kidnapping back in the 1930's....mark

In my opinion, this superliner is well worth 15-$20k,it surely could not be duplicated for that price,and a truck in this kind of shape is an excellent candidate for restoration or to work. I have had good experiences with the mack 350, think its a damn good engine,have owned 2 so far with very few problems if any,my 1988 MH that i sold over 12 years ago is still running everyday with 1.4 million miles and has only ever had the head off once.Personally, agree with some of the other opinions posted,as i would just freshen things up a bit,but leave it pretty much as-is, of course you must remeber its YOUR truck,and should do as you please should you go ahead and buy it,if not as was already stated you will have no problem finding a buyer on here!....mark

not sure if this is really considered a 'Mack Truck' but it certainly is a Big Mack Truck

This is the last time I'm going to try this...hope it works. Enjoy

AW hell, i'm having fun doin' what i'm doin' ya' know? seems to be a lot of like minded people on here, thats what i was looking for someone to talk macks and shoot the @hit with i'm having fun!...mark

I agree, i know i'm still a "FNG" on here, just dont want to step on anyones toes......mark

LMAO! thats a good one!....mark

I did say "average" did'nt mean to lunp anybody into a catagory, i know there are guys who do know about the old school ways of trucking, and i am proud to associate with those guys...did'nt mean any offense.......mark

Will do, now just need to find my notebook with the info. the RL was a single axle, with a holmes sling-type body, so i would guess it is not used all that often, as most wreckers now are the "undereach" type, but i will look into it and see what i come up with- im a big fan of the RL-series as well..mark

I would imagine this was the same G-model i saw being towed by an RL-700 wrecker approx. 3 months ago in southwest va. was not able to contact the wrecker driver on the CB, but made note of the towing company, maybe i can get in contact with them, see what the story with it is. The truck i saw was also bright yellow, looked to be partially restored, it was coming from mcguire trucking in drakes branch, VA was northbound on route 360....i will see what i can find out, and post the results- mark

AAHHH! the golden years of trucking! doans pills,preparation H..........lol! A+ on the 2 story falcon btw!

I agree, want to try something funny?,ask your average 20-something "trucker" to define the following terms and see what the answers are....EMERYVILLE, CRACKERBOX, 2 STORY FALCON, JAPANESE FREIGHTLINER, etc. its always good for a few laughs! greybeard trucking is getting to be a more exclusive club everyday, there are so many younger drivers that have done more than me,faster, better, and with time to spare it makes me think i have done something wrong the last 30 years!...mark PROPAGATION strikes again!

According to my information there were 47,459 B-61's made between 1953 and 1966, B-75 production was 1,619 between 1955 and 1966, major differences as already stated were basically engine/trans options,and of course cooling capacity, plus the availability of aluminum components...hope this helps, mark

You have good taste in trucks! the 361 series brockway was one hell of a truck! never drove a V-12 powered one,but one of the first trucks i ever drove was a 1972 361T,have a lot of great memories of that one. once upon a time they were a real common sight here on the east coast, miss those days...mark

The MB series was a great truck in my opinion,i drove one in new jersey for a local cartage company for quite a while,lacked power steering however,gave me arms like popeye!

I like YUENGLING LAGER as well, have for years, was really glad to find it down here when we moved to virginia from new jersey...another good beer i've found thats regional to the wisconsin area is leinenkugel red, reall good stuff!

No problem, that sounds like what i was talking about, i was looking for pictures of the seat in our w-series, but as of yet have not had any luck. it puts me in mind of a bostrom seat, just the one we had had some "goofy" controls, but as i remember it was pretty comfortable...shame the rest of truck was junk! lol!...mark

RE: air rde seat- Rob, without seeing it cant be sure, but i believe the seat in question was manufactured by sears roebuck inc. (no kidding) they were sold under the "levelmaster" and "ridemaster" brands, these were primarily found in ford heavy/medium duty trucks in the late sixties early seventies. they are pretty obscure,but we had a w-series ford C.O.E in the 70's that had a seat very much like what you describe......mark