yarnall Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Got a call from Carl about this listing in Hemmings. Unfortunately or fortunately it was already sold. I asked if Mike Harbison had bought it but he had not. I thought he bought al the old trucks in Iowa. You never know what is still out here in a barn. http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/mack/unspecified/1655453.html#PhotoSwipe1404428921264Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 That would have been a neat addition to the collection, quite a rare bird for sure!Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I wonder if Iowa 80 bought it? That is a pretty special truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 This guy bought it. http://www.healeywerks.com. Seems to have gone to a great home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 That belonged to Irving Jensen who is in the contracting business and I think still a member of the ATHS. He also had the tandem B blue stake body truck that 41 Chevy had posted earlier. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 holy cow,,,nice...lot there to work with...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Damn Mike, sorry you missed it.If anyone knows of any hose bed lights like the ones on this rig please let me know. I really need a set for my 25AB. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Damn Mike, sorry you missed it.If anyone knows of any hose bed lights like the ones on this rig please let me know. I really need a set for my 25AB.The lights look nautical to me...... Anyone know who the maker was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Yep, they are the strangest lights I have ever seen on a fire truck. Mack used them in 1925 & 26, and maybe some other years as well. They almost look like a coach light.Not to hijack the thread, but I wonder if anyone recognizes them from another Mack application. (bus maybe?)I doubt I'll never find them, but I thought the same thing about the tail light and I found an original on eBay. Go figure. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
609albert Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I bet Carl would have like to aquire the 26 Mack AC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 West Windfield Ny eh? small world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Carl, I copied the picture and sent it in an email to Harvey Eckert. When he replies I'll post it here. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Yep, they are the strangest lights I have ever seen on a fire truck. Mack used them in 1925 & 26, and maybe some other years as well. They almost look like a coach light.Not to hijack the thread, but I wonder if anyone recognizes them from another Mack application. (bus maybe?)I doubt I'll never find them, but I thought the same thing about the tail light and I found an original on eBay. Go figure.They are U.S. Navy Top Most Mast Head Lights from the late 1890's to about 1940 /41. This is one style I can lay my hands on at the moment. I have 4 or 5 similar styles in my barn. This one is from 1919 and was flipped and converted to a porch light by my grandfather. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 FYI on a ship mast they were visible for 6 to 8 miles with the fluted lens. Clear lens the will act like a flood light and give maybe 50 or 75 feet of effective light. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Thanks Paul; The information that the members have here never ceases to amaze me.Albert; I weighed the purchase of the AK and decided that I still wanted to be married, or at least that is what my wife tells me, so I called Mike. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Damn Mike, sorry you missed it.If anyone knows of any hose bed lights like the ones on this rig please let me know. I really need a set for my 25AB.Head to Norfolk, Hampton Roads or around Chesapeake and hit the Maritime antique shops you'll find them in single or double stack lamps. Tugs and such ran them to the 60's. Probably won't find nickle plated only brass. Most were made by OSLO or N.Y.C. Maritime Electric. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Buy the brass and any decent chrome shop can plate them in nickel. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Harvey says "WTF?" in more politically-correct terminology. 1 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Harvey says "WTF?" in more politically-correct terminology.Please explain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Please explain.What They For (?) Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Please explain.White Trash Farmer? Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 White Trash Farmer?Auto parts lingo probably...Will This Fit?? Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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