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b61fred you are quite correct. I forgot about the early ones. They largely disappeared around here partly because the wimpy frame and axle-mounted steering box weren't up to the pounding on the gravel roads. I think also that some buyers were skeptical about the E-9 and held off purchases as folks tend to do with new equipment. I remember several with Detroit two cycles and 3406 Cats. I think E-9's were in the first Superliners for about 5 years.

Greetings Clifton I believe your truck is a Superliner II which was brought out to take the E9 V8. Some people have put E9's in the first generation Superliner I/R700 frames. They weren't much of a frame up front compared to the second gen. These have the steering box back up on the front inside the left rail. If your V8 is an ENDT 866, the swap will be easy from a clearance standpoint as the E9 is physically huge, that is wide. They hang over the already splayed out frame rails and many of the old ones with pounded out motor mounts rest their exhaust manifolds on the top of the frame rail! Anyway it's a roomy engine compartment so you should have lots of space to mount everything. Also don't forget that the cabovers and Superliners from this era have virtually the same frame and layout, so if your at a wrecker some bits from a cabover might work. Good luck.

Greetings all, I'm Norman Merlo from Smithers, BC, Canada. I haul logs with my '89 Superliner, E9, 12 speed. My truck is somewhat unusual as it is a tri-drive. It's probably the only Superliner tri-drive around; Mack made lots of CLs and now Titans. I built it over a month using a cut-off from a KW that had burnt. My interests on this board will be anything concerning E9 V-8s, Superliners, and R models generally. I am fortunate to have a Mack/Volvo dealer in town. Even so, finding parts for working units is becoming a challenge. I recently needed a door for mine and was lucky to get a complete one from a friend two hours away. In my shop sits a '48 International KB cab that will become a rat rod, but that's for another board. Happy motoring.