1945 Mack LM

[j hancock]

A 1945 LM with offset cab and factory through the hood exhaust pipe.

[euclidtc12]

was that at the sale don.t remember that one

[j hancock]

The LM was sold by Dick Kemp several years prior to the auction.

[BOB DINGSDALE]

anyone know if it's restored

[41chevy]

I hope like the Kemp Autocar COE mixer it is not just sitting.

[ws721]

I hauled a LM but it didn't have the exhaust like that. The thing was heavy and wide as I recall. hung over a 102 trailer

[j hancock]

Last I knew, it was undercover and is not restored.

[Chuck P]

I hope you don't mind if I add a few. Two with patina from Gerhart's and a hard-nose from Automatic Switch in NJ.

[euclidtc12]

how many LM's were produced and what years were they made ?

[j hancock]

2,391 LM's were made from 1940-1956. I don't know how many were standard cabs, offset cabs or cabovers.

[41chevy]

Same unit?

A few years after Mr Kemps passing

FIRST PHOTO FROM DAVID R GOFSTEIN COLLECTION (HANKS)

Kemps in the early 90's.

[j hancock]

I took the picture of the LM August 2003 with its new owner and Dick Kemp passed away September of 2007.

Same truck? I think it is. I don't remember him having two LM's. The auction was 2009 so I don't think the date of after his passing would be correct for the Hanks picture.

[BOB DINGSDALE]

the GASKILL one is a 50's or newer judgeing from the vent window and script mack on hood also it has a supercharged Cummins engine also the nice red one is also a 50's

[Vladislav]

There was also a serie of WW2 LMSW heavy wreckers produced.

They were used by Canadians.

Had the same style flat fenders but central positioned cabs. The later ones had military style open cabs.

There are still many survivers in Europe, mostly in the UK and the Netherlands.

[Gmerrill0516]

We left a lot of good stuff on the other side of the pond didn't we? That's a nice wrecker if I ever saw one. Those are big and impressive for sure.

[bbob61]

There was also a serie of WW2 LMSW heavy wreckers produced.

They were used by Canadians.

Had the same style flat fenders but central positioned cabs. The later ones had military style open cabs.

There are still many survivers in Europe, mostly in the UK and the Netherlands.

AWESOME HEAVY WRECKER!

[thomastractorsvc]

in one of the bulldog mags I scanned and uploaded their is an article about them. The picture shows it on a barge or something.

When I saw the picture in the bulldog I thought to myself that is the granddaddy of the U and DM

[ws721]

2,391 LM's were made from 1940-1956. I don't know how many were standard cabs, offset cabs or cabovers.

Did all LM's have that exhaust set up? The one I hauled had the off set cab. It came from Newport, N.H. Jct of 11 and 103. I forget the mans name who owned that garage but he had a lot of interesting stuff

[j hancock]

The standard cab LM's looked similar to a heavy duty LJ with conventional exhaust. The offset cabs could be ordered either way from some old pictures I have seen.

The Newport truck sounds like it was from the Smith Bros auction at the old power plant. I sort of remember the LM but dead camera batteries screwed my day for taking pictures of any of their trucks.. I do recall the DM815 with juice brakes.

[euclidtc12]

Here's a LM i'am restoring for customer its a 1953 and was owned by L.G. Defelice & sons of North Haven CT

[euclidtc12]

Pic from the 50s on US 1 the Post Road

[Phase 1]

An attention getter:

[euclidtc12]

P Z 1 love the video and can't believe my Yellow Pete is in the back ground . That's before I owned it wow !!!

[euclidtc12]

Saw this one in INDY

[41chevy]

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