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I have 85LS1101 delivered to Boyertown, PA. A neighbor has 85LS1100 delivered to Linfield, PA. George Kaiser has 85 LS1106, but it burned up in a fire a few years back. It was delivered to Collingdale, PA. They are all on the same sheet from the Mack archives. 85LS1107 was delivered to Ahsland, Mass on September 5, 1947. The spark plugs are Champion D16. We made our own wires. I don't remember what we did about caps, rotors and points, but bet we got them at Napa. I had the master cylinder and wheel cylinders rebuilt at White Post Restoration. I did not re-line the pads. I also did not have the brake booster done, but I might. It cost $500 to have the booster on my 405A rebuilt. Welcome to the forum. Lets see some more pictures. Here is mine. http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/gallery/image/10134-1947-mack-85ls-1951-mack-405a-1979-gmc-7000/ Mike

Cle Elum, Washington? Would I fly in to Seatle or Takoma? I'm going to have to do some truck scouting in the north west. Nice find. I am jealous. Mike

There are actually two of those paddy wagons. One is black with white fenders. The other is white with black fenders. The Comer's from Maryland provided the chassis and the cages. Gary Mahan and his crew did the restoration/build. I would assume since the picture was taken in Maryland that this is the one from the Comer Collection. Mike

I think you are missing a letter after the F. Mine is LFT1D10184. Since yours is 3575 it is much older than mine. Somewhere in the forties. Does is have a 707 gas in it? Mike

Do you know the serial number? I have a 1950 that is serial number 10184. Is it yours? Looks like a good project. And welcome to the forum. Mike

Hey Vinny, You better study up. The "S" means it is a tandem axle or six wheel even though it really had 10 wheels. And of course the serial numbers started at 1001, not 1. I know that is what you meant. That makes it the 32,815th made. Mike

If I found that for $1500 I would buy it immediately. Without seeing it in person $3000 is tough to say. Early B models are hard to come by. I would like one, but rather pay more and get one in better shape. Mike

He definitely did better with the black one. I like the white ones too. As for the SHO, they were very fast, but not the fasted in 1991. That is the only year the Syclone was made. Mike

I thought the Typhoon only came in red, white or black. I never saw a green one. My brother looked at them used to have a pair, but they were always a little more than he wanted to spend. My brother got his through a friend's step father who owned a Jeep dealership. That guy's buddy had a GM dealer and said there was one Syclone left in Detroit. It was shipped to the GM dealer and my brother and his buddy went for it. My brother looked the truck over while his buddy went in to talk to the dealer. The salesmen were talking amoungst themselves and said something like "look at that dirt ball". His buddy introduced himself and the guy responded "I guess you heard what I said". I only drove it a couple times, but man did it stick to the road. Definitely a quick little sports car. I think they cost in the low $20,000 when new. Mike

I believe it is a twin turbo V6. They only came with an automatic and all wheel drive and black. It was the fastest production vehicle in 1991. Faster than a Corvette. The payload is only 300 pounds if I remember correctly. It isn't worth what he paid for it. The Autocar looks good in pictures, but not too good up close. It is fun to drive with the cummins and no muffler and a 5 and a 2. Mike

It was a blast to drive when it was new and I was young. I probably wouldn't drive it like that any more. I put two more pictures of it in my gallery. http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/gallery/image/13602-1991-gmc-syclone/ The trailer is neat. It would need a lot of work to make it road legal. I don't know why it says "bubble ass" besides some shit head with a spray can. Mike

On Saturday we hooked an old Autocar to an old Fruehauf trailer to get the contents out. The contents was a 1991 GMC Syclone that my bother bought new. For reasons I don't remember, probably lack of storage, he decided to put it in this old reefer. That was in 2000. It had 8865 miles on it. Well we needed to move the trailer so we had to get the pick-up out. It needed a new fuel pump, but otherwise seems to have weathered the nap quite well. It seemed so neat back then. Now it looks dated. I'll try to post more pictures. Mike

That is a great plan. Tell him to call me when he gets sick of it. Mike

Rich Muys. Good guy. He is into V8 Macks. He bought the CF719 off oldmacktrucks.com. It is serial number 9 out of 14 made. It has a twin turbo 864 in it. He also has a CF795 or something like that with an 865 or 866 in it. He plans on using the motors in other projects eventually. Mike

It goes 50 mph, not problem. This time when I see the maroon pickup go by at 80 I'll know who it is. Mike

I'll be there with my 1979 GMC/E-One. It is yellow and hard to miss. Mike

Maybe she won't notice a couple extra Autocars.

2 hour 37 minute drive according to mapquest. That will have to wait until after the SPAAMFAA muster. I'll call first to make sure they will let me roam around. Looks like fun. Mike

That place looks great. I'm only a couple of hours from Hagerstown. I wonder if they allow picture takers. Maybe I'll make the trip in a couple weeks. Mike

I was told they were going to make a wrecker out of it and lost interest. It sat in a garage along a stone wall for a long time rusting. I had bought a B85 for parts and when I changed the title I asked the garage foreman who signed the title if they had any other macks around. He told me about that one. The chief had forgotten about it. The chief took me to see it and when we entered the garage he pointed to a Hamerly and told me I should buy that too so I did. The guys who are restoring it found out I bought the Mack and tried to buy it. I don't remember how, but they made me made and I didn't call them back for a while. When I did they had bought the ladder out of the junk yard and had bought the Lowell tractor that I am trying to sell. I traded them my tractor for their tractor. They got the better truck because it was more complete, less rusty and had a title, but I knew they were going to work on it. I haven't done anything with the Lowell tractor. I will have the AC and something else at Cherry Hill, but have not decided what. Mike

I'm the collector who owned that B85 breifly. If anyone wants a truck like it, I have one for sale and one not for sale. The MB from Pottstown was bought and donated to Pottstown Parks and Rec and is used to water trees. They tried to sell it to me, but I turned them down. Here are two Pennsylvania Macks from my gallery, the first from Steelton and the second from Haririsburg:http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/gallery/album/1041-my-macks/. And here are two more. Both originally served Boyertown and were sold separately to Summit Station. http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/gallery/image/10999-macungie-2012/. A 1951 405A and a 1947 LS85. Mike