70mackMB Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 l remember getting my doors totally blown off by Montfort. Poor Astro didn't even know what the hell went by it! lol And then the tail lights were all you could see!! AH the good ol days! .....Hippy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h67st Posted February 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2023 Here's a stunning western Mack wearing Monfort colors. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 totally amazing back in the day it didn't take 100 +lights and all chrome for a truck to have such class. that FL has class written all over it. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Man I wish I owned a Cabover... I just think they are awesome.. My little Isuzu is great but..... Not the real thing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I saw the picture you posted of your service truck; sharp lookin unit. I had a '93 Hino i bought brand new cab and chassis . sat in my garage for a full yr while I worked round the clock keeping everyone else iron running. finally sent it to a fantastic welder ; he and i (when i could ) built a HD flatbed dump on it. I really liked the little cab over. that FL pictured brings back memories of the Mack days. a FL with the (at the time ) experimental 866 V8 showed up. as a youngster I was privileged to work with the Mack engineers on trials and tear downs. sad day in my life when the FL came in on a flat bed totaled beyond usable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 hour ago, h67st said: Here's a stunning western Mack wearing Monfort colors. not seeing a V8 emblem , only one large stack. must have had some hefty HP to keep Monfort speed and tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Could you get a FL model with a 1693 cat or 3406A? Or maybe a KT Cummins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I don’t remember them and as far as 80 back there I don’t think that’s going to happen … back then .. bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 13 hours ago, Joey Mack said: Man I wish I owned a Cabover... I just think they are awesome.. My little Isuzu is great but..... Not the real thing.. that was my first truck as a sub hauler f600 I spent around 8 years in cab overs .. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 They do have their advantages… Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Clearly, they didn’t make much of an impression on me, but this sure does 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 hour ago, 67RModel said: Could you get a FL model with a 1693 cat or 3406A? Or maybe a KT Cummins? back in the old days, you could order your mack with whatever engine and trans you wanted. i have seen mack trucks with cat, cummins, detroit, scania, and duetz engines in them, all ordered that way. NYC sanitation ordered all their heavy haulers with cat engines and allison automatic transmissions 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 common back in the day were Cummins powered Macks, don't recall too many if any Cats ;not saying they weren't installed. Mack westerns may have had more. east coast very few, new haven truck rental (no longer in existence) was in the change over process from the B's etc to R's/F's /DM's. .a number of the F models had cummins power. '71-72 waterbury Mack sold over two hundred trucks . most to NHTR. being a rental co, The F models were specked for distant hauling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2023 I talked to a guy way back around 1983 in LA he had a 72R model with a cat funny thing is my wife saw me typing that she would say yeah there is a surprise you will never remember anything important ha ha 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 tell her remembering trucks from 50 years ago IS important. remembering birthdays and anniversaries is not. 😁 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 only one superliner i know of in CT area that had a cat in it. it was used for a lowbed hauler. i believe his son now runs the company and still has the Mack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 minute ago, tjc transport said: tell her remembering trucks from 50 years ago IS important. remembering birthdays and anniversaries is not. 😁 can I get an AMEN on that !!!! oh wife come here and read this .I'M NOT alone :::LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Superliner with a Cat wasn't too uncommon. My bet is that FL had a Small Cam 350 (just my guess) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 easy to start tripping down memory lane with topics like this. SC 350 was "high horsepower back then. such simpler , enjoyable times. no computers, emission crap . 8in stacks maybe on a bulldozer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 26 minutes ago, mechohaulic said: easy to start tripping down memory lane with topics like this. SC 350 was "high horsepower back then. such simpler , enjoyable times. no computers, emission crap . 8in stacks maybe on a bulldozer. Personally, a Small Cam 350 with two straight 5" sounded awesome. Even with mufflers, they had a very distinctive combustion clatter. And YES at one point they were considered a "big" HP engine.....cause then, they were. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 oh i forgot to mention,,,that R model was just a straight day cab work truck...steel wheels nothing special.....except the cat engine....bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I get the "making time" part but, personally, I would really be concerned about traveling at anything over 75mph on the tires of the day & especially in the summer. Hell most truck tires now are not rated for anything over 75mph. A very close friend who works at the local KW dealer told me several years ago that they were required to set the speed limiter (governor) no higher than the lowest speed rating on the the tires on new deliveries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Terry T said: I get the "making time" part but, personally, I would really be concerned about traveling at anything over 75mph on the tires of the day & especially in the summer. Hell most truck tires now are not rated for anything over 75mph. A very close friend who works at the local KW dealer told me several years ago that they were required to set the speed limiter (governor) no higher than the lowest speed rating on the the tires on new deliveries. Terry, that stems from a lawsuit against paccar in 17 or 18. a guy was doing over 85 when a front tire blew out and he wrecked. he sued Paccar for putting 65MPH rated tires on the truck , but having the speed limiter set at 85. fact he was running 20 mph over the speed limit did not matter. paccar lost the suit and next day said screw you and told all dealers speed limiter is to be set at steer tire max speed. people that bypass the speed limiter loose warranty now. 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Allotta times I’m doing 80 down hill with 105 thousand on triples and yes I think of that like what if????????!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I always thought of those little front wheel bearings when a vehicle does speed in excess of common sense. tires also , but when a bearing goes at 80+mph that axle is now a ground bearing spindle. with a tire out possibly a little more control on rim (and alot of Prayers ). had a R-700st with V-8 maxi doing 70mph once . didn't know vw bugs went that fast on a two lane road. female driver of bug must have gotten a kick out of idiot in big truck trying to catch her to get another look at beautiful set of legs in short skirt.😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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