HeavyGunner

Thanks again Rhasler and Mike for the great info. I appreciate your sharing your info and putting up with my beginners questions that you guys have probably answered many times for many other beginners.

From one newbe to another welcome, in the past couple of days i have had more fun talking with people on this forum and gathering info.

John, the new member posted this picture in a different post,its the "flagship" B-model cab...................Mark

So at a quick glance at the above pic of the L model cab and comparing it to my pic it appears the L model cab is slightly bigger with more "squared off" door windows. Is this the difference? If not what is the difference? Any info is appreciated as I am just learning about these trucks.

Welcome to our parlor, now git us some pictures of that truck, or, or, or, we will turn "Other Dog" out of his cage on you,,,,randyp

Here are some poor pics that I took last week with my phone, next time I go to my Dad's I will get some better pics. I included a pic of the odometer which my grandpa claimed is original miles. I have no clue whether its right or not but its an interesting piece of this trucks history.

Welcome aboard! B-75's a good looking truck,i always liked the "L" cab on a B-75 or 73 we would all like to see pictures! what part of Montana are you? i have a good friend (retired truck driver) who lives in Great Falls...............Mark

I am only an hour and a half north of great falls on the hiline. I am going to try and get some pics up very soon.

B or L cab?

FW

I would think it would be a B cab because the truck is a B-75, does that sound right? I admit I am not real knowlegdable on all the different Mack stuff....yet.

Hey guys, I am from Montana and I own a 1957 Mack B 75 that is a complete running original truck. Dont let that fool you it does need some work but most of it is minor. I cant see and have not found any rust on the the truck and all body panels seem to be pretty straght. What makes this truck so special to me is that my grandpa originally bought the truck to do a restoration on it and show it. Unfortunately he didnt get it done while he was well, now he has alzheimer's and is not able to work on it any longer. It was given to my father who has stored it in his shop and under his lean to but has no use for it. I remember the day I went to get that truck with my grandfather and have always thought that it was the coolest truck to fix up. Now this year I inherited the truck and am just starting to plan my restoration. I am not going to fancy because I plan using the truck for some light duty chores. I am thinking of putting a nice flatbed with a headache rack and a turnover ball on the back so I can show my truck off while pulling my 5th wheel trailer to the lake. In short I am looking forward to fixing this ole truck up nice and enjoy using it.

Everyone has a set limit on what they feel they can purchase and sometimes these things can be bought from someone that needs to part out their truck to make a profit better than selling the whole truck. If you have the time, try AllMacks.com his name is Kevin All and they have treated me very good or I would not have recomended them. His number is 607-652-7704 and at least it is a start for you on prices. Hope this can start the ball rollin for ya.

Regards

mike

Thanks Mike and Bob for the info, this should be a good starting place for me to start looking for a hood.

I have been looking around online trying to find a replacement hood for my '57 B 75 to see what it would cost. Also can body shop straighten out the hood which appears to be aluminum? Any help on where to find parts would be very much appreciated.