mrsmackpaul Posted Wednesday at 05:18 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:18 PM 2 hours ago, mowerman said: lol no pyro no Jake …. But the angle of that last knuckle and steering box is crazy … thanks for that …. As far as out dated I’m floored at how different big rigs are compared to the tanks I started out on… bob This one ? The other end is of the shaft is off and sitting on the chassis rail Paul 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy. Posted Wednesday at 07:13 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:13 PM 2010 Mack Muster @ Colac Victoria Australia cya 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted Wednesday at 11:35 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:35 PM Swishy, Thanks for the videos.. I have seen a few of these trucks in person when I was Down Under in 2015. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted Friday at 09:19 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:19 PM On 3/18/2026 at 6:37 PM, fjh said: the shaft is install backwards to what I'm use to??? Looks like there are two of them. One portion with inner splines resides on the end of steering column where it normally is. And the similar #2 attached to the steering gear U-joint. Possibly shortened to a certain desired length judging by a seam (?) near its middle. If all is that way it turns out the central portion of the shaft can travel front-back having splines at the both ends. No? Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted Friday at 09:19 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:19 PM Paul, thanks for sharing. Always interesting to see what you never saw before. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted yesterday at 09:41 AM Author Popular Post Share Posted yesterday at 09:41 AM On 3/18/2026 at 7:23 PM, Swishy. said: Mrs gudday m8 it would B good 2 C U n the Mrs Mack @ Kyabram but U can still roll up in person We'll the not so famous Mrs Mack is still not there yet However, the boy and I went for a looksee today 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted yesterday at 09:50 AM Author Popular Post Share Posted yesterday at 09:50 AM 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted yesterday at 09:53 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 09:53 AM The E9 V8 that was in the Fench tanks, 750 ho quad turbo starts first piston to the top, brrrrrrm 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted yesterday at 09:56 AM Author Popular Post Share Posted yesterday at 09:56 AM A Yanky Brockway in Australia 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted yesterday at 09:59 AM Author Popular Post Share Posted yesterday at 09:59 AM 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted yesterday at 10:02 AM Author Popular Post Share Posted yesterday at 10:02 AM And, well, Mrs Mack is still on blocks and things are moving along but not quick enough for the big event Paul 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseliner64 Posted yesterday at 10:23 AM Share Posted yesterday at 10:23 AM Wow Paul what a line up....Id kill to be there.Thanks for the pictures keep them coming.Id love to hear the "tank" E9 running.How many trucks are there???.Yer all so dam lucky to have shows like that....... Paul 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted 23 hours ago Author Popular Post Share Posted 23 hours ago I'm guessing, well over a 100 Macks The E9 tank motor sounded pretty good They, the company there, have a line of the motors, all less than 400 hours from the tanks They have a conversion kit to reposition the turbos so it fits into a Australian Superliner Would make quite a impressive truck, 750 hp under the bonnet Dunno how the Maxitorque box would handle the extra power, even with E9 turned up the 12 speed boxes struggled a bit on roadtrain work Paul 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brocky Posted 22 hours ago Popular Post Share Posted 22 hours ago Aussie Paul, Thank you for taking the time to post all of these excellent pictures. As Irish Paul stated: I wish I could have been there. Thank you for the pictures of Ed Edminston's 761 Brockway. I worked for Dick Crispell, who built that truck, in the summer of 1963 and last saw it in 1989 when I had dropped my trailer at his shop to go to my fathers memorial service. Here is a picture of it in front of his shop that day when it still had the 12V71 in it. He was just back from a show and the blue 1949 Brockway 100 series on the trailer was his wrecker when I worked for him. 2 2 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted 22 hours ago Author Share Posted 22 hours ago Brocky I was stunned to observe that Brockway cab, although at first gland is a R model Mack cab, it really is very different The cowls different, the roof is different and the list of things I noticed different in a few minutes was quite a bit Sure is a good looking truck and thanks for the photo above Paul 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy. Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago MRS gudday m8 I probly walked past u n not reconising U with out your Mack I rolled in 9am Saturday with main football ovel only 1/2 full Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted 12 hours ago Author Share Posted 12 hours ago Swishman I saw your truck float and R model but no Swishman was spotted Still getting the bucket of bolts back together You know those jobs that we put off because they are gunna be a fair bastard of a job and don't turn out that way Well this job I thought was gunna be a mongrel and only got worse Anyway, my boy has just had enough of me lol The exhaust is finally heading skywards again, just Paul Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 14 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said: Brocky I was stunned to observe that Brockway cab, although at first gland is a R model Mack cab, it really is very different The cowls different, the roof is different and the list of things I noticed different in a few minutes was quite a bit Sure is a good looking truck and thanks for the photo above Paul Both the Mack R model and the Brockway 700 series cabs were built by Sheller Globe in Ohio. I have been told the major difference in the cowls was because Mack used a tilt hood and Brockway was still using a butterfly hood. This begs the question: What cowl did Mack use on the Hardnose / Flintstone Models, built before the Brockway cab was built????? Is the Brockway cab a Flintstone cab??? Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark T Posted 7 hours ago Popular Post Share Posted 7 hours ago 24 minutes ago, Brocky said: Both the Mack R model and the Brockway 700 series cabs were built by Sheller Globe in Ohio. I have been told the major difference in the cowls was because Mack used a tilt hood and Brockway was still using a butterfly hood. This begs the question: What cowl did Mack use on the Hardnose / Flintstone Models, built before the Brockway cab was built????? Is the Brockway cab a Flintstone cab??? I think the Brockway cab was different from the doors forward. Full width of the cab on the left side and the right side had a recess for an aircleaner. I'm think'n there was no outside air vent in the center of them in front of the windshiels either. At the same time, I almost remember the firewall panel looking the same as a Mack. There was a guy in New York that sawed one from the cowl back and reinstalled a newer R type mack cab from there back. Made himself a pretty clean 700 Series when he was done with it. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago that Crispell brockway,,,,,looks like its a long way from home,,thanks for all the cool photos,,bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted 1 hour ago Author Share Posted 1 hour ago The roof vent is all different and a lot of the Mack cabs had two little bent up cowl/air deflectors between the clearance lights in the center of the cab I'm guessing there's a few more modifications than we know about to the Mack cab A bit more on how the orange Brockway ended up out here The Story of ‘Bruiser’ the Brockway — Truckin with Kermie https://share.google/bnXNm6znGpwd71Y1d Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted 28 minutes ago Share Posted 28 minutes ago Thanks for sharing all that Paul. Keep the pics coming! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted 11 minutes ago Share Posted 11 minutes ago Yes, as mentioned above, many thanks! I just didn't have my mouth water much enough to drool over all those threasures! Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/76132-60-years-of-the-r-model-in-australia/page/3/#findComment-593512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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