1955 LTH , The adventurous sister .

[1961H67]

Thanks for the comments , It was great talking to Wayne Hiatt and him telling me the story himself about riding home from Oakland with his Dad when it was new, I told him I would love to visit there someday,, it’s been fun and interesting researching the history of this LTH ,, and I’m still learning new things, even with this topic. 

[cruiseliner64]

Enjoyed this thread no end.You have done a great job on the truck and researching its history.Your granson looks like he approves for sure.....

Paul

[cruiseliner64]

23 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Here is the lady on her Tennessee walking horse 

And GMC truck

 

Paul

 

Love old pictures...of anything and anywhere......

Paul

[harrybarbon]

On 11/12/2025 at 12:12 PM, 1961H67 said:

I’m sure a V12 would fit! You were also commenting on the color, I think FarNorth helped on the color origination , and hopefully I’ve given some insight on John C Miller and Alaska .and  why out of all the equipment he had he picked the LTH to make a show truck for his horses. When I first bought it I thought it would look great Black ! Because the paint was old, faded and chipped, it didn’t really look Yellow, kinda brown. If you notice it had the wrong Mack emblem on the hood and no stainless trim, because when they customized it they made new hood sides, when I removed the Mack emblem it was bright yellow, so I sanded the whole  truck with scotch bright to bring out the yellow, a friend of mine at the paint store matched it with base coat the best we could, because the fenders and lower door panels were terrible. I sanded and sprayed them then taped the complete truck and sprayed it with a semi gloss clear to seal it and preserve the original paint, I couldn’t bring myself to strip it and kill all that history. The doors originally said 10Tucky Stables, Lewisburg TN . I found a fellow who still does hand painting like it was originally,, we added a little extra! I think Tennessee Miller would approve of my addition . 

Are the hood sides aluminium like the original hood sides?

[1961H67]

Yes they were originally aluminum,, I would say that the roads in Alaska were pretty rough and probably beat them pretty hard. His nephew told me they made new ones and never drilled the holes for the stainless trim. He said he never did anything with it, keep it under a shed . He sold it to Johnny Extine whom I purchased it from , he saw it setting in the shed and kept asking about it until Mr Millers nephew sold it to him, He replaced the steering tires with tubless because the original ones were rotten. He had the seats recovered, Bought the correct Mack emblems and the stainless trim, they were still in the box, I installed the emblem s and trim after I clear coated it . He only had it for a few years. Unfortunately it sat out in the weather and started rusting some of the chrome. I still have the original tube type wheels for the front.