Doug Maney

Merry Christmas from my family to our Mack family. Doug

What better gift can you give to an antique truck enthusiast than a membership to the

Antique Truck Club of America.

It is only $30.00 (US Membership) and the member will recieve Double Clutch, the ATCA's bimonthly magazine, reduced registration rates for the ATCA National Meet in Macungie, PA every June, and simply being able to gather with fellow antique truck enthusiasts to support our hobby.

Check out the website for more info:

Antique Truck Club of America

If you would like even more info, please call Rachel at the ATCA office, 610-367-2567.

Tell her Doug from Big Mack Trucks site told you to call, she can help with all of your questions or direct you to the answer!

If i had a CDL and knew i'd have the chance to drive a Granite, I'd consider it. I live about 68 miles away so it would be a haul everyday.

They meet at the museum on the second Saturday to work on the museum trucks and help around the place. They only take trucks out every so often and they have specific members who are offered that responsibility.

In the past they have rebuilt engines, straightened sheetmetal, polished chrome & brass, cleaned windows, washed trucks, cleaned and straightened up around the museum and whatever else needs done.

I live about 60 miles away and I try to make it there on a Saturday to help the ATCA and the Mack Museum.

Consider joining the ATCA and the Lehigh Valley chapter. Doug

The white flaps that i am familiar with were not rubber as you are specifying, they were the rigid plastic with the ribs on the backside. I think this is what is being looked into, let me know if I am on the wrong track. Thanks, Doug

I stopped at the Mack Museum today, Don Schumaker and I looked into the corporate guidelines for the logo useage. The guidelines contradicted themselves in several areas. One of the guides showed a left and right facing new style logo, and the next guide showed that there is no left facing dog.

Per Don, the flaps and mirrors were always installed by the factory with the dogs facing the center of the truck.

Doug

Good Question!

This has been a pet peeve of mine, for what seems forever. It was fired back up a couple of years ago when my neighbor started accompanying me to shows. Being a Mack novice, he raised the question about the proper positioning of the dogs.

I always mounted the dogs facing one another. The flaps would face the center of the truck, from the front the dogs on the mirrors should face the center of the truck. (The one thing I always used as justification for the mirror dog positioning is, the dogs on the mirrors can be seen from the sides as well. The mirror dogs should face forward from the side, then when they are viewed from the front the face one another.)

When Macks rolled off of the assembly line the dogs faced the center. In the brochures the dogs faced one another, and in the factory photos the dogs faced one another.

What does anyone else think?

Doug

You have a B-61 with a turbo (3), tractor (T), 6269 is the serial number.

Doug

The Set-back axle F was tested but was never released in the States. There is a photo of a white FM in the rear of the Mack Trucks Photo Album by Warth. There is also a photo of a White FM with blue stripes that was painted by an aquaintance when they were being tested. It was pictured in a book somewhere, I just can't put my finger on it right now. It is an extremely nice looking truck, I'd take one!

Doug

Barry,

Will you have these with you at Gerharts? Thanks, Doug

The grille shell almost looks like an A or an L. Is the emblem cast? I have one from an early L that looks similar, It is cast potmetal/whitemetal, I don't remember what the script looks like on it. I'll have to pull it out to compare.

Thanks for sharing the emblem with us! What are the dimensions of it? Thanks, Doug

The All Meet will be a 2 day show again this year!

DAYS 2006

at: Gerhart Equipment Co.

910 Brunnerville Rd.

Lititz, PA 17543

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

TRUCKS, BUSES and FIRE APPARATUS

All TRUCKS FROM 1900 to 2007 ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!

HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND TRUCK SALVAGE YARD AVAILABLE FOR TOURS.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DIGGING AREA.

hosted by

Gerhart Equipment Co.

PO Box 4O5

Lititz, PA 17543

(717) 626-8544

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

NO ENTRY FEE

FOOD AVAILABLE

FOR MORE INFO REFER TO THE ATCA DOUBLE CLUTCH MAGAZINE NOV-DEC ISSUES FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS.

IF YOU DON'T BELONG TO THE ATCA, GO TO www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org

I'll certainly be there! Any serious enthusiast would be crazy to miss it!

My G is 20ft long, I'll have to measure the wb if you would like to compare it to mine. doug

It was a great show, There was more construction equipment operating than I have seen there before. I am certainly making plans for next year.

****** 2007 SHOW NEWS ******

THE 2007 SHOW FEATURE IS: FORD, FORDSON & FERGUSON TRACTORS AND TRUCKS!!

I'm planning on running a convoy from eastern Pennsylvania, let's show our enthusium by supporting this great show!

I'll add some photos for your enjoyment!

Doug

It was a great show, There was more construction equipment operating than I have seen there before. I am certainly making plans for next year.

****** 2007 SHOW NEWS ******

THE 2007 SHOW FEATURE IS: FORD, FORDSON & FERGUSON TRACTORS AND TRUCKS!!

I'll add some photos for your enjoyment!

It is that time again, I'll be making my way to the National Pike show in Brownsville, PA this weekend. Not only are there trucks, there is construction equipment (actually digging), cars, tractors, threshing, hit & miss, steam tractors, motorcycles, garden tractors, and a flea market. This is all held on a wooded hilltop with great people and good food. Look it up on the web, www.nationalpike.com

Hope to see you there! Doug

Mack did not offer this type of sleeper arrangement on the CH style cab. It is a shame, it does make a nice looking truck. I am a little concerned with the sleeper not being wider than the cab, I'd have to sleep with my knees bent. Doug

We've been concerned about the changes so much we forgot the most important part.

THANK YOU, FOR MAKING THE 2006 ATCA NATIONAL MEET SUCH A GREAT SUCCESS!!

Without you the park would be empty, you are the reason our show was so good! Thanks to those of you who brought trucks and to those of you who were there just to take everything in!

We hope to see all of you next year!

Sorry you missed the ATCA National Meet at Macungie! It was a DOOZIE! Check out the discussion at

www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org

The discussion board has additional photos attached to the topic 2006 Macungie show.

The All- meet at Gerharts in Lititz is a great way to wrap up the show season here in PA. The attendance is typically between 120 and 150 trucks. It is my second favorite show of the year!

Doug

I may have one available, I will verify if it is spoken for or not and let you know. Doug

All of the info for the show can be found at www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org. Anyone whoe lives within five hours of Allentown and is interested in old trucks should have to decide whether to go or not,the choice is made, You live too close to miss it! Today I finally determined what trucks I'm taking unless I change my mind before Thursday morning.

See you there!

Doug

We hope to see all of you Enthusiasts there! The final plans are being discussed, much of the balance of the preparation for the Meet will have to take place when we arrive there next week. The excitement is building, I am having trouble containing myself!

The facilities tour will take place on Saturday June 17th. There will be a bus transporting visitors from the Walnut Street side of the show field to the Macungie Facility. With the number of preregistered trucks, flea-market vendors, truck corral spots and campers it is looking to be yet another fantastic ATCA National Meet! I'm trying to figure out what trucks I am taking, unfortunately I can only drive 1 at a time.

I invite you to look me up at the show, say hello and shoot the bull about our great hobby!

Doug

Where are you located? I think I can come up with some good used windshields for you. Doug Located in south central PA.

I am familiar with them, the recently did work on an RD for me that was hit in the front. There are alot of people I deal with that only with use them! Doug

Yep, I got word today when I stopped at the Museum. that buys me a little more time to make sure all of the paperwork is in order! Doug