Superdog

waiting at the truck wash,took an old trailer to auction,hopefully the wash job will pay off. Took the lease truck today,not impressed with modern technology at all.

some of the trucks at the auction site,Standard Forwarding,Mack customer for many,many years,under new ownership,selling all there green non-sleeper Visions&CH's&R's,several on last 4 auctions or so,,this must be the last of them,23 on this sale1990 to 2006. Don't know the Rawhide,but it was needing some love.

Stopped at the Iowa Machine Shed for a late lunch

Had to get back to reality so took the EF ffor a ride when I got home,started to rain,though,need to get wipers fixed.

Got new window in the EF,they evidently thought I couldn't rememder which way to put it in.

A friend of mine wanted to trade working on my Autocar for a sleeper and some other parts he got from me for his White 9000,so he came and picked it up.

1st load of hogs since my knee surgery,sitting in line to unload. they have these big fans to park by to keep hogs cool.

Local Mack dealer had an open house for their 60th anniversary,had this M-drive demonstrator there,no I didn't drive it. Also had this B85,their '28 AB,and my EF.

Also attended a car show

Nothing like driving a governed truck.

12 hours ago, Maddog13407 said:

god I didn't know THAT was the wrecker you parted with Mike....

yep,it was a hard decision,but knowing what it would cost to have the work he's going to do to the Superliner,I think I'm coming out money ahead of selling it outright and paying to have truck redone. Plus,most of the scrap I traded for the wrecker I'd gotten cheap or free,so I didn't have much actual cash in it. It's a nice old truck,but it still needed alot,I hadn't even began to try the winches and controls to see what was froze up from sitting. I'd just got it running ,cleaned it up good,& did a little painting on bed. It will have a good home,& being only 8 miles away,I can visit it anytime.

in a way I hope he keeps the same paint scheme on the wrecker.

3 hours ago, hurstscrambler said:

What is the plan, paint job and a general clean-up?  Gonna change anything, color scheme or anything?  Andy

complete new Imron paint job original color,emerald green metallic just like it left factory,fix hood ,new sleeper vents,and fix a few dents on back of sleeper.

Just about 10 years ago, I bought back the '85 Superliner my Dad got new,he sold it in '97,causing the biggest fight we ever had,but thats another story. Any,it was in pretty sad shape when I got it back,we cleaned it up,worked it some,& slowly as time and money allowed started to fix things. Got the interior pretty well all done,new carpet,drivers seat,sleeper boot,heater/ac box,overhead console. It's kinda been on the back burner for awhile now until this weekend. Last week when I picked up the new window for my EF,the owner was there and he said he'd sure like to come out and look around,that I had the coolest spot in Louisa county by far,and that someday he'd like to fix up an old Mack and make it a wrecker. I told him I had one already set up with a 750 Holmes,it was in pretty good shape,just need some TLC from sitting,I'd already done alot of clean up and replaced some missing things on it and had it looking presentable. He stopped in and fell in love with it,so instead of selling it to him,I traded it for getting Dad's old truck redone. His Hot Rod/car restoration/body shop does really super work,so I can't wait to see how it turns out. 

Here it is almost new before we put bunk on

here it is 10 yrs ago shortly after I got it back

and here it is Sunday when we dropped it at the body shop

36 minutes ago, Kameno said:

You are correct. That Mack did belong to V. Ottilio & Sons. I am actually the grandson of Vito, which is Victor Ottilios son. Unfortunately he died long before I got here but the stories I heard where amazing and growing up running around the yard with all the trucks and cranes was something I'll never forget. The last I heard it was being stored in a warehouse, it's a shame.

If I were you I would go to Washington and load it up.Tell them your great grandfather didn't donate it to be stuck in a warehouse & forgotten.

6 hours ago, farmer52 said:

Mike,

You need to snag this one.  Not sure if it was originally a UPS truck (no roof faring and MACK on the grille).  I read in an article about the 4WD MH, the configuration was available for production.  Do you have a VIN?  The museum would be able to identify the original purchaser.  Would be interesting to know how many were built.

It has a custom built for UPS dashplaque