VaPatentman

Am I the only one that dislikes how EBay lets people post a bunch of crap that has nothing to do with Vintage Car and Truck Parts in that listing section? Most of the listings have nothing to do with Vintage anything are from vendors from China. I hate having to sort through page upon page of non-antique items. Wish there were more auction sites that let you narrow done your searches.

Enjoyed every minute we were at the Des Moines Show. 

Jim, Thanks for posting the price. I had been at the show in Des Moines with a friend and wasn't tracking it. I feel pretty good about what I paid for my DE last year. Over 1000 trucks at the show, the only ED I saw was the one with the tow body that was in Mass last fall. 

The garbage truck topic brings up old memories of hanging on the side of a tractor drawn ladder truck going down the road at 60+ and sometimes you would hear it peg on the governor @75 and not think a thing about it. It really scares me now, WHAT WAS I THINKING in my younger days.

Been to Iowa 80's Museum twice it is good.

i just knew we had visited truck museum in CT on our way to a convention in Waterbury and had forgotten the name. Oh well, the pics I posted are fine examples of old MACKS

50 minutes ago, fxfymn said:

Every builder seems to live on the financial edge. The only major builders that are still in business from when I started in the fire service are Seagrave and Pierce. A few like Quality and Ferrara were around then, but they were pretty much regional builders. Who's gone: Mack, ALF, Ward LF, Maxim, Pirsch, Hahn, Crown, 3-D, Buffalo, American and Imperial come to mind.

As I said I just don't keep up on what the builders are up to. Glad to hear E-One is back after being bought out. 

I agree with fxfymn most of the ones from my beginnings are gone. Being partial to Mack’s, even if they came back it wouldn’t be the same. Having operated pieces from some of the manufacturers (MACK, Pirsch, Hahn, and Young) fxfymn mentioned it is good to remanence. I liked the large gauges the on Imperials FAFX had. At first I wasn’t a fan of the Pirsch 100’ twist-o-flex ladder as it would blow in the wind.  Gone but not forgotten, they give old guys something to talk about. In earlier days each manufacturer had a distinct look/style. Not the cracker box look of today---however NFPA 1901 has made it much safer for all FF’s. Innovation is a good thing!

It only rained while we were driving to the show just outside of Richmond at the VFW in Mechanicsville. Sure glad I fabricated a new insert for the wiper blade the other day! Hope the rain didn’t ruin your day.

Thanks Jim, I will give that a try

It won't upload. I am disappointed, some members can post photos week after week of photos that border on being creepy but it won't allow one pic of my sign to be uploaded

Just returned from a successful trip to the Carlisle Spring collector classic car swap meet, neon MACK sign and new windshield frame. I have to thank Kevin Brown from N/C Industries Antique Auto Parts for a perfect windshield frame for my “DE” very nicely built. Every time I have been to Carlisle it has been rainy or cloudy but it has never rained on my spirit!

I agree with Jim, I have had several people want to argue about my truck being an ED rather than a DE of which both Jim and I own. I was talking with a guy a couple of months ago at the Keystone Tractor Museum about small Mack trucks and showed in a photo of mine and he told me it was a ED and was determined he was right. If you argue with ignorance you are whipped from the beginning 

Good Luck! Post pics as restoration unfolds.

Sorry to see your losses. Good luck with Sears,the last time I took a broken Craftsmen tool in I was told they didn't offer replacements anymore. 

I think the Diamond Reo Camper shown above is now part of the Keystone Antique Truck & Tractor Museum, one was in their shop when I was there in the spring. The fellow in the shop I was talking to said they had recently acquired it.

If anyone on this site has a GMC from this era you may want to check ALL your brake lines. I experienced a catastrophic failure last week. I had to slam on brakes like never before because of a moron making a U-turn in front of me. Brake pedal went clear to the floor. Turns out the brake line had rusted out where it runs over to the RF wheel and burst when I applied the brakes. Turns out this era of truck has had many brake line problems according to NHTSA. A thorough inspect may save your life.

In the 6-th pic it looks like a nice CF Mack Fire Truck to the right of your rig,  please get a pic of it if you are there again. 

Jim, You are right on that. I took quite a few. Always good to have for reference when I'm trying to figure out how to finish things.

I agree with the majority of the previous posts----TOO MUCH DRAMA on all of them. The Velocity Show I despise the most is Graveyard Carz, what an egotist that guys is—everybody is stupid but him. I got to meet Ralph from Chasing Classic Cars on Monday and he was a very interesting guy. He ask me what brought us to Ct. from Virginia, told him we had gone to Truck Show in Western Mass. I told him we have a 42’ Mack and he had plenty of questions and told me how he enjoyed working on old trucks. “They are simple and nearly everything can be re-built,” not thrown away like the new things of today. In fact he had to help a guy get an old AC Model running a couple of weeks ago. Magneto problem which he was able to rebuild.