mackaholic Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Found this door plate in an add on Truckpaper, https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/list/manufacturer/mack/model/rs600. It was listed as an RS600. Just wondering if anyone has ever seen this or knows what this started as? Glider Kit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 That is what i would think. terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian L Blaylock Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Yes I’m almost positive that is a Glider kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) At the end of the VIN it says KIT, it would either be a Glider or a KDA that was not exported. Edited December 8, 2020 by 41chevy 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...
Popular Post Red Horse Posted December 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2020 Agree with all 3 previous posters. Specifically asked our resident expert KSC about an R600K and he confirmed- "K" indicated glider. Again value of this site-someone asks a question and 3 correct responses😎 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Harbison Posted December 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thats a little different than they tagged eastern built gliders. They put the K behind 600. My 76 R600 was stamed R600K and the vin was stamped R2901. My rollback is stamped RD600K and vin is RD3802. You ought seen the look on the rookie partsmans face when i gave him that number to look up 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian L Blaylock Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 My dad had a 1977 R-700 that was a glider kit I don’t remember any of the model or vin numbers but the door tag actually had glider kit stamped on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I guess the lesson we learn here is that there was some "independence" when it came to the guys that punched those plates😎 The 600 K by the way is on Cape Cod, is a 237 5 speed, with rubber bushed rears-5 spoke so I say 34's or 38's? Has a back of cab crane- I think its a Hiab. frame is junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convoyduel Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I’m pretty sure the Westerns were all RSK600KITxxxxxxx, RSK700KIT....., WLK700KIT.....etc. where the R, F, W etc denotes the model, S or L denotes the frame, K means kit, 6 or 7 denotes the series, KIT is a redundant reference to a glider and the last 3 digits are the sequential number of that model’s kit. The 2 digit year of production starts off the sequence, which is unusual because Mack issued the Manufacturer’s Statement of Origin for the year the truck was sold in in most cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfuel01 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Did Mack send you the stamped plate or you did it yourself? I have seen a lot of them made different and had different stamping tool used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Glider kit I haven’t even heard that name on a number of years I expect they still sell them not sure... bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I just ran across a 1972 RS700L that appears to be a glider and I sent a request to the Mack museum, it will be interesting to see what they come up with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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