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    Keystone Diesel Truck Nationals

    in Truck Shows and Events

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    Who is interested in bring a truck or trucks to Maple Grove Raceway, Mohnton, PA on July 26 & 27? Last year was the first year and they had over 350 trucks. It would be great this year to have more antiques.

    I am putting together the antique Mack Truck display, If you are interested in displaying your Mack in the non-judged area, let me know. I have some committed already and will do what I can to fit you in.

    Trucks must be at the Show by 8:30am Saturday for positioning.

    Doug

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    2014 ATCA Macungie Show

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    BMT'ers,

    We are all set for Thursday at 7:00pm at the Tilted Kilt. I pushed it back a little bit due to getting everything set up for the ATCA Family Reunion. If you can offer a little bit of time Thursday evening, make your way to the camping area and speak up. We would like to get things arranged Thursday so we aren't rushing around Friday afternoon before the crowd starts assembling.

    The side room at the Kilt is reserved under my name and number.

    See you there!

    Doug

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    Mack museum

    in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion

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    The Mack Trucks Historical Museum is a great benefit to us as Mack enthusiasts. No other manufacturer has information available to their customers as Mack Trucks. There is no specific person that is the contact at the Museum. There is simply a group of knowledgeable Mack Veteran employees there to research and supply us information when we request it. Donations are suggested and put directly back into the Museum. When you receive the information you requested, you will be an even bigger Mack fan. Doug

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    The Mack Trucks Historical Museum is the repository of historical documents and artifacts from Mack's long and storied history as the leading American truck manufacturer and world-renowned brand name. The collection and curators at the Mack Museum connect Mack enthusiasts and casual visitors alike to the rich legacy of "The Greatest Name in Trucks."

    Among the antique vehicles in the Museum's collection is one of the original sightseeing buses built by Jack and Augustus Mack in the first decade of the twentieth century. The gas-operated, open-air bus carried up to 26 tourists at a time around the streets and sights of Chicago in the summer and New Orleans in the winter for 25 years and more than a million miles of service, before returning to Mack as the anchor of its antique truck collection.

    Also in the collection is a 1911 Mack Jr. that shared the streets with horse-drawn wagons as it made it's rounds delivering dry goods and produce. It's the final truck design attributed to the Mack brothers before they sold their company to investors in 1911.

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    Then there's the 1918 AC model, one of 4,100 built for World War I. Although there's no bulldog on the hood of this early Mack truck, it was the AC that earned the name while it was busy dodging bullets and trudging through the mud in France. The truck's unique blunt-nosed design reminded British troops of their own bulldogs. So did it's tenacious ability to get through anything with the supplies needed at the front.

    The AC and the Mack Jr. are two of the Mack Museum treasures currently on loan to the America on Wheels Transportation Museum in Allentown, PA.

    MktMuseumTk1Br_200x.jpgFor many visitors, the museum's real treasures aren't made of steel at all, but of paper and celluloid. There are more than 80,000 photos in the collection, many dating back to 1905. And there are records -- documentation of virtually all the trucks made by Mack since its early days. If you were to come across an old AB truck under a tarp in a barn, there was a record made when it was built. The company's been doing it for every chassis manufactured since 1905, and except for a few rare cases, all those records are filed here.

    When requesting information about a particular truck from the Mack Museum, please provide the complete chassis number and your postal address so that we can get your information to you as quickly as possible.

    Museum Hours:

    Monday, Wednesday, Friday
    10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

    Tour Schedule:

    • 10:00 am
    • 10:30 am
    • 11:00 am
    • 11:30 am
    • 12:30 pm
    • 1:00 pm
    • 1:30 pm
    • 2:00 pm
    • 2:30 pm
    • 3:00 p.m

    Museum will be Closed:

    • Tuesdays, Thursdays and Weekends
    • Weeks of: May12th, May 19th and June 2nd due to sales & dealer training.
    • Holidays: May 26th, July 4th, Nov 27-28th, Dec 25-26th, Jan 1st.

    Group tours (10+ people) can be scheduled by calling: 610 351-8404

    Historical requests and general questions:
    call: 610 351-8999 or email: mack.museum@macktrucks.com

    Don Schumaker, Curator
    2402 Lehigh Parkway South
    Allentown, PA 18103
    Telephone: 610 351-8413
    Fax: 610 351-8756
    Email: Donald.Schumaker@consultant.macktrucks.com

    Carol Glass, Museum Administrator
    2402 Lehigh Parkway South
    Allentown, PA 18103
    Telephone: 610 351-8404
    Fax: 610 351-8756
    Email: mack.museum@macktrucks.com

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    2014 ATCA Macungie Show

    in Truck Shows and Events

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    The plant tour is only on Saturday. The museum is open Friday and Saturday. The bus to the plant and museum only run on Saturday.

    I suggest you get to the area on Thursday, for the museums in the area. Mack, Boyertown and America on Wheels (if time permits) are well worth the time, just not time away from the show.

    1961 Mack N68P Tidewater Mack

    in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion

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    The only thing that the Mack N and the Ford C shared was the cab shell. The dash was different and all of the drivetrain was different. The Mack had all Mack drivetrains, gas through turbo diesel. The N was replaced by the MB.

    Several years ago I was told that the Tidewater N was sitting outside rusting. I think it has since been purchased and hopefully is being taken care of.

    I purchased the last of the G-model parts from Bob after the plug was pulled.

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    2014 ATCA Macungie Show

    in Truck Shows and Events

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    The ATCA National Meet is June 13 & 14, in 2014. It is always the Friday and Saturday before Fathers day. For more information, please go to, www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org. If you are not a member, I urge you to join!

    See you at the "greatest antique truck show on earth!"

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