Popular Post mackdaddy Posted April 19, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2013 I ended up buying another damn old Mack truck. 51 LTL with a two six bits Cummins. If I keep this up I am going to be outa the house and the best I will be doing is ending up with ol Big Bertha......the truck driving queen!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 nice one,Dan.what is the story behind it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mackdaddy Posted April 19, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2013 I don't have much info on it yet. I bought it from Frank Miller in Portland, OR. Frank and I have been friends for years. Frank has owned and operated a truck salvage yard for as long as I can remember. He always has had a secret love for Mack and especially the LT's. He saved most every one that came in as well as collected parts from them. He is now retiring to spend his years helping an Indian mission. His son has taken over and wants all of the old stuff gone. So I made a deal with Frank and bought all of his LT parts along with this truck. Frank kept his restored LT logger. I ended up with pallets of treasures. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Good deal,any louvred LT hoods??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superdog Posted April 19, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2013 This LT and a bunch of misc. LT parts is coming to Iowa next month.Friend of mine had been looking for an LT for awhile,so I helped line him up with this one from the late Roy Collier collection in NV. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 MikeI have a louvered hood that Frank saved from a 48. A 48 and 49 were on what I would guess as an LF frame. Anyways I have always wanted the louvered hood on my LTL so if I can ever get the energy to fix it up I will have it on my LTL>I knew Roy and he was a helluva good man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Good save I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicello122 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Do you have the rest of the sheet metal Dan. Really nice save there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 LTL's, Supers, V8's, W's, a Jr. pickup...One excellent collection, but you get Bertha?Does she cook? Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Nice LTL,Dan! It sure went to a good home.I've always seen the ads for Frank's yard in the "My Little Salesman" books.I think they found some rare parts for that CF Freightliner rebuild,at his yard. Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 I ended up with several crates of LT parts too. and the truck in the picture comes with the fenders and a decent hood. They gave it a push and it started right up to drive on to the trailer. The days of guys like Frank saving the good parts from classics is about over. Frank's son has moved on to the 90's and beyond in trucks and parts. Even at that there are less and less guys out there working on their own stuff so it is turning into more a scrap yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Glad you scored a boat load of parts too,Dan! Yea,too bad about the "old stuff" not in the sons plans.All the brackets,mounts,housings,sheet metal,etc. that just goes for scrap now, is not good. Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vision386 Posted April 20, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2013 LTL's, Supers, V8's, W's, a Jr. pickup...One excellent collection, but you get Bertha?Does she cook?Hard to tell if she cooks,but pretty clear she eats!......................................Mark 3 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxidyne237 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Nice save. It defenately is harder and harder to find parts as too many end up just going over the scales as scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 You might want to consider this one. Is is in your part of the country. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1953-MACK-LJ-/161011873415?pt=Commercial_Trucks&hash=item257d0e3687 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Oh Big Berhta...........she can knock the ears right off of that dog on the hood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillconst1 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Mackdaddy I sent you a PM. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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