mrsmackpaul Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 No harry I've got no idea on the original owner, I would be surprised if it was ever anything but a heavy haulage truck or a truck built for extremely heavy work The Mack dealer closest to me for many years (Townsville) thought maybe Papua New Guinea might of been it's original home I was thinking maybe NewZealand with the indicators in the headlight surrounds It has Mack Australia on the plates and was built to 115 ton from new 58,000 lbs back end, double 12 inch rails ? Mack called them 12 inch but they only measure I think 10 inches deep Looks like it's been upside down once The doors don't match the cab or the bonnet when we sanded it back which was a shock I wonder if L Arthur bought as a wreck and fixed it up ? Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted March 2 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 2 Have a look what followed me home the other day Bought this about this last August and finally got around to collecting it A bunk that matches the contour lines of a R model Mack cab I now have a bunk with child bearing hips A very stylish addition that I have no idea if I will ever use I have only ever seen a couple of photos of this style bunk in Australia They were around before the more common Cummins bunk fitted to R models and Superliners out here Might have slim down a bit to slip on in there though Paul 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Excellent I have never slept in a bunk that small but I expect if you’re tired enough, you’ll fit in there right easy… bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Also, I have never seen one like that with the R model contours Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 when I was a pumpkin driver, the last truck I had was an old western auto parts, Int. cab over. cummins / 9 spd. not governed.. it was a 75 mph truck... however, it has a 24'' sleeper and a dog house.. i used to kick the shifter when I changed my pants in the cab.. too funny.. anyway, i think they called it a ''coffin'' sleeper.. dunno... (1999) jojo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rubber Duck 006 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Yeah That's definitely a Contoured COFFIN Sleeper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Yes coffin I haven’t heard that term in years but then again, nobody talk to anybody on the radio anymore. Coffin box. I’m sure most of us have experience with lots of them. I think my F model has the smallest one. The cruise liner was pretty good size. , 359 Peterbilt and T 800 both had walk-in sleepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted March 3 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 3 On 3/3/2024 at 11:52 AM, mowerman said: Excellent I have never slept in a bunk that small but I expect if you’re tired enough, you’ll fit in there right easy… bob It will be flasher than the stretcher on the ground beside the truck or under the trailer if it's raining I expect once Im asleep I won't care anyway It's 27" of pure almost 5☆ comfort The fella that bought it new fitted it to a B model as he didn't have the R model yet Then he got the Flinstone, dead sexy Has got a few coats of paint over the years, looks like Western Gold was it's final colour scheme The Flinstone as above is very classic Australian trucking No real high speed stuff like America as our roads were that bad But 70 MPH would of been a very fast truck in Australia then Sorry I'm side tracking my own thread Long Haul Paul playing in the back ground whilst Im wiring a switchboard on the house Seeyah Paul 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOBWhite Posted March 3 Popular Post Share Posted March 3 Whatcha carrying in the cigarette pack?! lol that's what I've heard these sleepers been called. Looks like the mercury sleeper on my International truck except with matching lines and all. Who manufactured these? Id hate to bail out of one of these quick with doors that small. Id be sure to put out any cigarette before I went to bed for sure! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 I haven't heard them called cigarette pack sleepers before but I can see why they would be called that Dunno the brand, all I know is they came from Adelaide South Australia I guess we need to remember that back in they the day, when drivers stopped they weren't fatigued, they were knackered, left and right if you know what I mean A very different breed of driver then than today Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark T Posted March 3 Popular Post Share Posted March 3 Be interesting to know who made it, but any sleeper that can live through a B model then an R model and still be in one piece 50 years later has to be manufactured quite well I'd say. That'll look good on your Mack. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Paul, That is an interesting sleeper.. I have never driven a truck with a "crawl thru the window" sleeper.. but many small "sit in" bunks.. At 6'4" and 250 lb, I presume it would be SNUG!!! 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Brocky…. I haven’t thought of that ,,, same here driven 5 sleeper trucks none of them window jobs lol even at my age I think I would have trouble trying to climb thru the hole …:bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 14 hours ago, mowerman said: Excellent I have never slept in a bunk that small but I expect if you’re tired enough, you’ll fit in there right easy… bob going from mechanic to driver (not my choice) , the IH 4070A cab over was do able . short wheel base was my priority for those narrow delivery spots. Co switched to conventional, I stayed with day cab ; just had to log motel not sleeper berth. slept in truck every time. tight but also by then I was tired. upstate NY and maine runs had to have conventional with sleeper. crawl through window sleepers , at over 6ft the sleeper was defiantly more comfortable; lucky for me those weren't my permanent runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Yes, I also slept in a U model it’s a little easier at 5-7I had a board in between the seats like a box 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Interesting sleeper definitely. My thoughts were of another kind though. Just spin in my mind a way to fit the sleeper right on the winch. Isn't that impossible? The winch would keep its place being hidden under the bunk with a big access door in the rear wall. And the matress floor can be (?) positioned high enough to clear up the drum. Would be a cool setup on my mind. But 1st issue I foresee is correspondence of the openings in the cab and the bunk. And the 2nd is alignement of the side countour of the cab and bunk may be lost. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 70mackMB Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 Wife and l turned Baltimore/Washington DC from NH and ME twice a week for two years. Our first truck we had was a '77 R600 with a 36" crawl thru. She got in first then l would fall in beside her. You both had to sleep on your side or it was one wide and two deep! ha Park the truck just so and the opening boot would leak if it was raining. Damn, missing the 'ol days when it was fun....... .....Hippy 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 old days were without a doubt " the fun days ". so dam glad I lived to see them . lets stay on topic. LOL 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joey Mack Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 I Love your Old Timey memory.. I try to soak it up like a sponge.... 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 Great Reading! I think the sleeper mattress in my H Model is 24 inch,, but all those are better than the trailer with the sleeper in the nose, My Dad had a picture of one, I’m sure I could find it here somewhere . The old sleepers are interesting to me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 On 3/3/2024 at 5:23 AM, Mark T said: Be interesting to know who made it, but any sleeper that can live through a B model then an R model and still be in one piece 50 years later has to be manufactured quite well I'd say. That'll look good on your Mack. Well, it’s interesting that it has the same back window as the day cab I’m thinking Mack had a lot to do with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 And yes, I sure miss the old days. I am quitting end of September and that’s a big reason why once we lost the CB chatter I was about done mentally and I was a long time ago to make matters worse some 80 mile an hour tanker blew my doors off a while ago and put a little bullet hole in my brand new windshield through a rock out of his wheels thanks Nevada yeah 80 mile an hour with HM placard that’s a good idea dumbasses…. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Oh yeah Mechohaulic I am pretty good at changing the subject too.. bob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 70mackMB Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 9 minutes ago, 1961H67 said: Great Reading! I think the sleeper mattress in my H Model is 24 inch,, but all those are better than the trailer with the sleeper in the nose, My Dad had a picture of one, I’m sure I could find it here somewhere . The old sleepers are interesting to me. Better to be in the nose of the trailer than hanging under the trailer. Picture somewhere of them beating ice from road spray off the door of the sleeper so the guy could get out. .....Hippy Found this one for the nose of the trailer. Hard to see but these two pictures are of a sleeper under a trailer. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 I’ve never seen anything like that the bottom or the front of the box. Thanks for that…. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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