Shawn Barrett

Welcome aboard! Throw that R in the for sale section!

Haha love the name. Awesome truck

Very nice, both of them. It has been years since I've seen the Ramcharger like that. There was one in the St. Louis area I remember but I only seen it a couple of times. I had repaired a few of them when popular but they were all full doors with a very heavy fiberglass top.

The only "E" body Chrysler I owned was a 70 "AAR" Barracuda. It was all original and I put a rt. 1/4, original Chrysler hood, (warped) and straightened the rt. door. I did grind the valves but that was about it and sold the car. If I still had balls I'd certainly be kicking them myself right now. The other Mopar I wish I'd kept in hindsight was a 70 Road Runner "Superbird". This car has a 440 "Super Commando" and four speed, (A833) but for some reason was not built with a Dana rear axle. It had the 8.75 Chrysler rear with a 3.91 gear. loved the car due to the tuxedo interior with the bench seat. Nice car but a real tank to negotiate traffic with given the nose hangover.

Rob

Rob

Yea thats regrettable..... a '70 AAR 'Cuda AND a '70 Superbird. Holy sh*t!

You'd be right about rough-riding. Between sitting ahead/ over the steer axle and a short wheelbase, no room for an air-ride seat, and airbags nowhere on the truck it could slap pretty hard going over the bumps and potholes.

USPS has a fair number, at least around here, operating as tractors, mostly single-drive tractors, but a number of tandems, as well.

Troy.

Around here Ive never seen these used for anything other than garbage trucks. In Philly and New York city they use these as a garbage truck/ snowplow in the winter.

Hey lookin good! So how much of a pain in the ass is it to get those cars positioned juuuuust right so they don't crack into eachother going down the road?

There were evidently several different versions of the B Flagship cab based on the model to be used on.The CA212 would have had a doghouse,where a CA21 didn't need one.The CA27 cab was the concave cab used on the B61.The sleeper cabs for a B61 were the CAS25 for the early side window version and CAS28 for the later vent style.Anyone wanting to know any more versions,I can look them up,then maybe somebody with more time & talent can make a list or something.

Thats great information Mike thank you. We should really try to get that info readily available around here like you said. I thought at first the CA21 you mentioned was a type error......never thought about the doghouse being the variable....how bout that.

To show my dunce ability's I'm gonna chance and say I thinks it was the CA 27 option that was a sleeper cab.

Rob

I can neither confirm or deny as my B67 info. is all I have and it tells me CA 32 (concave) is standard equipment and the CA 212 (straight) was optional.

Damn good lookin trucks

The CA 32 cab was the concave cab used for the B67.The CA212 cab was the flatback cab for the B67.The CA 21 was the most used standard cab,used on the B-61.

Thanks for that clarification Mike....so is there a difference between the CA 212 and CA 21?

Holy Cow I've never EVER seen one of those MRs all decked out. They are falling out of the trees out here but they are all just garbage trucks and vocational vehicles that are used and abused and thrown away when done with. That is a first for me!

Welcome aboard Troy. If you like Mack trucks this is the place to be... You do photoshoots....we like pictures around here. This could be the start of a beautiful relationship haha.

flexi van truck rental ordered 21 u models all at one time, and mine was the 18th. so since flexi van ordered them they must have had them shipped to warwick and then flexi van came and picked them up.

There you go....thats sounds very possible.

Looks like someone kept the inside looking good. Maybe some 320 grit on the body and repaint with same color to get the shine back and she would be ready for anything ya wanted to do. Glad you saved another Mack.

mike

Hell no just take a buffer and rubbing compound to that baby.....It'll come back trust me.

Great info. That's pretty neat that it came from a classic LTL carrier. Did you know that it had come from Hall's?

I thought so too Jim. And no I did not know that Halls owned it at one time. For me the classic carrier that matters will always be Barrett Trucking Inc. My fathers company and the fact that he owned and operated this truck and quite a damn few others like it. But the fact that it also has history with Halls prior to his ownership of the truck makes the cool factor even better.....

Hi, I'm sure it's been posted before on this sight, but how much$ does it cost and what is the contact info at Mack. Thanks,Steve

Here you go Steve and for anyone else interested. This is a shot of my cover letter with contact info and the facts about the cost at the bottom. This is a great service that they provide and I am planning on making a donation and writing back to personally thank the crew in the records department which I think may do what they do on a volunteer basis.

-Shawn

awesome!!! they gave me a nice little white book like that too, and the first class mail envolope. geat history on your truck too. my u model was built july 16th. also i have one question. it says "Upon completion, this truck was assigned to the Mack Trucks factory dealership, Uttal Mack Trucks Inc. of Norristown PA, and then delivered to Hall's Motor Transit Co on July 15, 1963." well my build sheets for the u say it was asigned too, and delivered too, something in worwick rhode island. what does that mean?

Well Vinny that simply means that it went to the Mack dealership right after it was built, mine went to Uttal's Mack in Norristown PA. Yours probably went to a Mack dealer somewhere up near Rhode Island. Then after being delivered to the Mack dealership, someone from Halls Motor Transit purchased it at the Mack dealership and it was then sent to Harrisburg where Hall's had a trucking terminal.

So after being built your U model was "assigned" "slated" "arrangements were made" for it to go to one of Macks dealerships...... Then when somebody finally bought the truck from Mack it was "delivered" also known as "sold" to that person or company.

The dates on mine indicate that it was probably ordered and built specifically for Halls and its stop at Uttals Mack was only for a day or two. So Halls probably bought a pile of trucks through Uttals and they were delivered as soon as they were built......My build sheet "Desired delivery date" section says "[Rush - Rush - Rush*]".

I received my packet from the Mack museum today in regards to my B67. Not too mention my Antique title and plate!!!!!!! All in the same day!!!!

Now it looks like I need to invest in the service manuals to decipher all of the codes. However this is the first piece of info. on my cover sheet. Very interesting....But blows my mind because I always thought this one was built in the Plainfield N.J. plant, being that it has the Plainfield plate on the door....

"Records indicate Mack Truck B67T 8964 was assembled in the Mack Trucks Inc. assembly plant in Allentown, Pa having a production line placement date of July 8,1963 and a finish date of July 13,1963. Upon completion, this truck was assigned to the Mack Trucks factory dealership, Uttal Mack Trucks Inc. of Norristown PA, and then delivered to Hall's Motor Transit Co on July 15, 1963."

The rest of the records indicate that it was delivered to Hall's Motor Transit in Harrisburg Pa.

Im thrilled to know this about Dads old truck...Still trying to figure out the cab though. Build sheet indicates that it was built with the CA32 cab. So now was the CA32 the concave or standard. The other option is a CA 212 designation. I have it here in black and white but still don't know the damn difference. Ha...

Also turns out it came from the factory with a set of the pretty round ALUMINUM tanks.....So now the search will be on for my passenger side tank....

I have a couple B model frames I am going to cut up. I can save you one. I might even have one one the shelf.

Mike

Cut up!? [GASP]!!.....

Smells a bit like Duel, eh?

Ha.........A little.....

Coool

Hmmmm where have I seen this before? Original.....NOT. And somebody should be SHOT for wrecking those truck.

I'd definitely go after that black one... I wouldn't give him 40 grand though

Hmmm.......good luck deciding buddy LOL

Didn't have a chance to climb under it to get any numbers,here's a pic of the gear shift tag.Any info/advice on this trans would be great.

Well there ya have it... Its a quadruplex. You'll be shifting the compound 4 times in every gear of the main...give or take. Probably not necessary empty. Theres a plethora of possibilities hahah. Theres enough gears in that or should I say torque multipliers too pull down the house! Good luck learning how to master that beast. Go and order this DVD that the old timers put together for us....It'll help.

http://www.longroadpro.com/2stick_frameset.htm

Thanks! Dont know how I missed this!

Let me know how it turns out...That would be awesome if thats the correct size for you too. I cant imagine its gonna be too different. But if your Mack dealer is anything like mine they should have a quite a few of these available to get you where you need to be.