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Red Painted Frames And Axles?


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HI!

Just wondering when Mack started painting the frames and axles red, why red instead of, say, yellow and when and why did it fall out of favor for black.

A friends R model flatbed tow truck had the red frame and running gear and it made finding leaks or trouble a snap.

I've only seen a few Brand X rigs with red frames and they all looked like after market paint jobs IIRC.

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I know in Australia that unless you specced another colour, red was standard chassis paint colour back in the 70's and 80's.

I love the user name and avatar by the way. Very Australian icon.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Just something I was looking at a couple weeks ago at a dealer in Sudbury, Ontario.

:worthlesswithoutpics[1]: Crap! Says my file is too big to upload. I don't know if or how to resize?

Anyway, I took some pics of a bunch of new Granites they brought in with the cab, chassis and fuel tanks all painted bright red. I thought they looked real sharp.

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