mowerman Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Just goes to show I guess greedy thieves been around since the dawn of the time bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/11/2023 at 10:18 AM, mowerman said: I heard Mack almost went bankrupt right around 1965 mismanaged and the R model was the only reason they stayed afloat I heard from 68 to 70 they sold more Mack’s than everything else combined. I don’t know how true that is but when I was a young teenager, all the turnpikes were packed with them U R and F models… Bob the new style cabs'-R-_-U--_-F's saved the brand more important as noted, new leadership did more. Mr . Hanson took the brand to a new future. east coast was always Mack country. unfortunately, as it is written; things change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadwayR Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Mack almost got bought by Chrysler in '65. Feds said no to the deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) While watching Jacks Chrome shop on You Tube, I learned that Diamond-T was the designer of the IH Emmeryville COE. I guess Mack being owned by Chrysler wouldn't have turned out so well either. John Deere Oskosh or Cat might have been a good fit. Cat owns a giant diesel manufacturer from Germany called MAK Edited February 17, 2023 by james j neiweem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Emeryville ?? I'm pretty sure it was the VCO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Yes VCO was the inspiration for Emeryville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) James is correct.. In the post war era the design engineers for both IH and DT were close personal friends.. Here is a picture of a prototype Emeryville taken behind the DT plant in Chicago with DT badges on it.. There was a long discussion about it on the Just Old Trucks WAI forum several years ago. IH May(??) have DT build this truck to prevent "industrial espionage" as DT already had the 921 China Closet in production.Yes it is the VCO cab originally designed by the Murty Bros of Portland OR for the the Diamond T company. Ford also used this same process when they built the H model "Two Story Falcon" Edited February 26, 2023 by Brocky 1 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 My uncle had one way way back when I was very young. He didn’t have it long. I think I got rid of it somewhere in the middle 60s they were very interesting I’m not going to say I actually liked them ha ha.. they were certainly nowhere near as ugly as the Volvo… Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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