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  1. i really liked my motorola smart phone was my favorite one android bob
  2. hell i think i completely missed this,,,amazing job thanks for that,,bob
  3. chicken of the sea used to be san diego.....but that doesnt mean thailand doesnt own them,,,,i dont feel comfortable buying imported food,,,,since example china,,,doesnt care if they poison thier own babys,and think absolutely nothing of it,,,thats just scary...ohhh i just started changing the subect,,,,
  4. i heard the m drive was having issues,,,,but i was driving petes and kenworth at fedex ,,and they were both also having issues with the automatics and alotta AC issues,,,with both models,,bob
  5. Even though I’m not into imports I did like the looks of both UD and hino
  6. i have adjusted timing for years without a timing light,,,good luck,,bob
  7. looks to be well worth it,,hell a paint job and new rubber,,,ready for truck shows
  8. wow that thing looks ready to work,,,price doesnt sound bad for what your getting,,,thanks for that,,bob
  9. especially if there was nothing wrong with it pryer to the issue
  10. as geoff said im sure its a problem to be addressed from under the top cover,,,might be an easy fix just keep working that top cover,im sure that's all you will need to replace parts good luck,,bob
  11. you know years ago,an old timer told me,way back they had invented all this amazing high tech machine equipment,before they really had anything to use them on,,,bob
  12. wow,,,that was way cool,,,,,i was just checking out AC mack the other day,,,,and brought me back,to when i broke into trucks,,,all most everyone around me started on solid rubber tires and chain drives,seems back around 75,,i was the only kid,everyone around me was old,,,,seems now thier all kids,,lol.,,bob
  13. oh ya the gps is god sent,,,i never could have found my way around macungie and where do you find maps nowdays i was just in verizen store a few weeks ago and they offered a couple of flips i think for a while they were trying to force the stupid phones to everyone even if you didnt want one..bob
  14. there is only so much we can do with keeping everything original,i think mine are also brass tubing,,,its been 30 years since i messed with it,,bob
  15. my god that burger is huge,,,,we had a place in las vegas,,,Barcelona casino with oversized burgers,,,but no where near that big,,,wow
  16. heh you know tj,,,i kicked and screamed when my wife forced me to get the first one but,,,they do come in right handy sometimes especially when we need to call dispatch for some reason ,,,i remember freezing my ass off one night 101 just north of santa maria ca,,payphone just to give them a dolly number,exceptionally handy with airplane flights,bob
  17. oh by the way,,,the only thing i didnt care for was the bubbled windshield and the new grille,,looking at it with an open mind,,,i wanted to see the inside but the doors were locked
  18. well thanks for all your input,,,,mack trucks have most of us very impressed for many years,,with very appealing,,body styles,,,many thanks for many years of eye candy,i understand they are trying to compete,,,with new and exciting ideas,,,and the new body,is not the worse thing ive ever seen,,,,so best of luck to them,,,and hope they make a great impression on the younger generation,,,and catch on to big fleets and sell many of them,,,i took a good look at a pioneer at the museum saturday and i think they will catch on soon,,,as i mentioned...best of luck to the cooperation,,,,afterall they put out the new volvo ,that i thought was the ugliest thing i ever saw,,,and thier still selling tons of them to this day,,,,bob
  19. pm double clutching weasel,,,i think he might be able to help he atleast has many info sheets on macks good luck,,bob
  20. those of you that know him,,i talked to him on the phone yesterday,,,he is doing fine ,,85,and still plugging along...he doesnt have much left for parts,,,and he doesnt really sell anymore,,,,his wife died,,christmas eve and he is still having trouble getting over this,,,but he still has the restored R model...and his N model and an AC chain drive he messes with,,,strangest thing,,i was gassing up my rental car yesterday and my cellphone battery was dying,and raining all over me,,when his contact started ringing me,,,i just ignored it,ill call him when i get it plugged in at the airport,,,,and when i reached him,he said he never called me,,,these phones do wierd stuff sometimes,,,bob
  21. derrico thats better,,,sorry about that,,lolbob
  22. haha,,,im doing my best to follow along,,,,at 69 im starting to wonder if mine will ever make it out of the yard,,,but ill certainly keep plugging along,,,,be tearing into my steering box,,,very soon and hoping to atleast complete the nose this year,,,right now gericco is a huge inpiration dont know if i spelled that right,,,,and matt,,,many hats off,to you..bob
  23. thats what i tell the wife about child molesters,,,,set up the flatbed right in the town square selling t shirts and beer with a DJ,,,announcer
  24. ya i was planning on walking around entire day saturday as well...i used to walk around with a name tag,,,myself im usually pretty easy to spot always in Hawaiian shirts and wearing greasy kid stuff,lol..im sure ill be there next year this year i stayed though sunday to explore down down allen town,rained entire day,,,,one thing i didnt figure on,,,airport in chicago was a major mess flight delayed 4 hours to reno,,on account of very busy,im assuming it was due to fathers day my poor wife wound up picking me up at 130 in the morning and had to be up for work at 430,,,,but she jumped in bed at 600 and got up at 1215 to get me then went back to bed,,all in all i still had a blast,,bob well if you attend,,expect to stay 2 days,,,between all the bullshitten and trying to see everything ,thats what it takes,,,,somebody told me that,,before i went the first time,,,,everybody want to talk,,,bob
  25. Wow, excellent job on the floor. Thanks for that Matt. Sorry I missed you. There was also a guy with an R model. green one all chopped down, nice and neat last I saw the information booth said there was 960 trucks showed up this year. Last year was a record well over 1000.
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