skydawg Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 That`s a nice touch....Merry Christmas!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Excellent work!! Merry Christmas!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Excellent thanks for sharing. And yes I understand. Donner pass was single lane both directions old highway 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted December 26, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2023 Quick story on that Non Interstate topic, In 1958 Dad hauled eggs from a hatchery about 3 miles from us down to Miami, ( US 25 to US 1 ) then bought a load of watermelons and took them to New York City on US 1 , then grabbed just what they could to get back here to Western NC , His trailer had a put put motor on the front, to pull a fan, he climbed a ladder to gas it , and put ice in for the fan to blow cool air in the trailer, His truck was a 57 H Model Mack.( Air starter) My Mom rode with him to Miami and back here 1 time ,Christmas 1958 , I was Born in June 59 ,, So I actually took a trip down US 1 in a H Model about 6 months before I was born,, There’s your Mack Christmas Story. ( I was 2 when this picture was taken) 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Cool family story and what a history with that truck. It must've been quite the trip up and down Route 1 back then!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Yes, cool story Happy Christmas Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 12 hours ago, mattb73lt said: Cool family story and what a history with that truck. It must've been quite the trip up and down Route 1 back then!! It was probably the same deal one lane each direction. Cool story thanks for that. My mom only row with my pup. Once old Brockway around 1955. She said she did not care for it at all. It was too loud and very bouncy. Ha ha.. bob 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 The name on the door says "Anders Transfer"" Is that any relation to the late Bob Anders of the WNC Chapter with the Maroon LJ with a 400 Cummins??? Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted December 26, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2023 No , ( Bobs LJ is beautiful) it’s actually Anderson , I don’t know much about the company except the fellow that owned the company passed away sometime in the late 50s and his wife ran it, about the time this picture was made they were hauling canned food from Bush Brothers in Newport down towards Eastern NC ,On US 70 before I-40 came through here, Dad left in the fall of 1961 and went to work for Hennis Freight until they went out of business around 1980 with Spector, Then drove for Ryder/Pie , he retired not long after they went out off business. ( oh by the way, that was Moms first & last trip with Dad, she also said it was too rough riding) 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Well, I’m sure we all remember back in the day. They were very loud. It was really hard to talk back-and-forth and the older iron I remember riding with my pop and the U models 68, 6970 they were very loud inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted January 12 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 12 A little more wiring progress on a rainy Friday, Since I started with ZERO wiring and No harness, the progress on the wiring is almost as rewarding as getting the cab on. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Nice neat work bud. Thanks for letting us know. Also snowing and cold here. I’ve been outside a short while to try to do a little shoveling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted January 26 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 26 Spent some time on a couple rainy days this week mounting my tractor protection valve, making trailer air lines . My 48 parts LJ has a bracket in the center of the roof above the rear glass for hanging the lines , this 51 only had the holders for the gladhands , ( they took the lines and electrical cord off years ago when they put the 5th wheel wrecker on , so I had nothing to compare with) I just put a plain pogo stick on to hold them up, hoping to complete all the plumbing and wiring (except what goes on fenders ) by next week, then start on the doors. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 It's looking great. Lot's of progress on it for the last few years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 XO thanks for letting us know….bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted January 27 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 27 Matt as I’ve said many times, Thank You for the Motivation! I’m still far from being done but I can actually start it up and drive it up the road, and I’m going to when it warms up some. Yes it is coming on 4 years since I pulled the chassis and cab out of a small shed that I had stored all the parts in since 1995 ( 25 years untouched) . 4 years is a long time,, but way more progress than the last 30 ! ( pics taken in spring of 2000 , we’ve went through Corona, Coaching Baseball, Many Grandpa projects, and WORK since then) Hopefully I can get some sheets metal on this summer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Weather and honeydews for me …and life in general house party’s barbecues ballgames home repairs as I mentioned same here almost 30 years without any thing to present oh by the way I don’t know where the xo came from last post… bob… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 And yes of coarse many hats off to Matt and yourself… bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 And progress on the little one, too!! He's going to remember all this time spent helping his Grandpa for the rest of his life. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1961H67 Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Thank you, here’s got a picture album that we print progress photos of and date them, hopefully when he goes through it years down the road it will be good memories for him . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Looking great! I put a pogo stick on my H also, I was afraid if I hung a spring on the cab it would scratch the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1961H67 Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Thanks .I had that same concern, the one on my part’s truck looked like a factory made hanger, it bolted down to the contour of the cab nice , but mine didn’t have any holes in the roof so I figured it never had one . How is that beautiful H coming along? I need to get mine out of the shed and clean it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted January 31 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 31 My after school debriefing while I’m wiring up a low air buzzer, He’s going to be big enough to drive this thing by the time I’m done. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Damn, he's getting big!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1961H67 Posted January 31 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 31 IMG_6469.mov Jake Brake Test! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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