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Offline jabberwoki

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2020, 07:33:50 PM »
Isn't that YOUR new Mac truck project?!   :))
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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2020, 09:42:52 PM »
I don't think a MAC truck is a great investment these days. That MACK truck however is a bargain basement investment! Grab that thing. I would but I'd be homeless and it doesn't have a sleeper....

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Offline highland512

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2020, 01:14:37 PM »
Thats a west coast B model. Something we rarely see on this side of the country.

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2020, 07:28:03 PM »
Isn't that YOUR new Mac truck project?!   :))

Shippen her down to Georgia.
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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2020, 07:29:43 PM »
Thats a west coast B model. Something we rarely see on this side of the country.

What is the difference?
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Offline DeadNutz

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2020, 08:01:38 PM »
If that thing is missing the hood good luck finding a serviceable one for a decent price. The biggest item that is missing is the Bulldog. :c002:

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2020, 08:11:28 PM »
Well It just so happens...................
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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2020, 08:36:56 PM »

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2020, 10:03:58 PM »
Without looking it up, what does the gold Mack dog stand for?
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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2020, 10:10:31 PM »
Well It just so happens...................

Hey I can join that club!


Without looking it up, what does the gold Mack dog stand for?

The drivetrain is Mack.
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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2020, 10:30:35 PM »
Gotta question the sanity of a man who drives around all day looking at a dog's arsehole...

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2020, 08:41:39 AM »
Gotta question the sanity of a man who drives around all day looking at a dog's arsehole...

I drove Mack cabovers so I didn't have that view.

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2020, 12:01:25 PM »
I've driven some old Intertrashional and KW cabbies and they are an arm workout for sure. We always called them 2 stories (like a house), because they're so tall. Easiest trucks to shift because there's so much slop in that tiller of a lever... and you can't here the gears grind 10 feet behind you. :D

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Re: Your new Mac truck project.
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2020, 12:26:59 PM »
Thats a west coast B model. Something we rarely see on this side of the country.

What is the difference?

Western trucks often had larger motors which needed larger radiators. The width of the grill/radiator and the exposed radiator tank is the big give away.

When the R models came out there was several differences, mainly grill size and hood length. Many of the west coasters where long hoods with long frames, frames in the 200+ inches to make bridge laws. Some of the fancy west coast R models even had a bulldog wearing a cowboy hat stitched into the door.

The last Mack our family owned was a 77 west coast RL model pure bread Mack. It had the Gold dog on the hood and the dog wearing the cowboy hat on the inside of the doors. I barely remember anything about that truck, just those couple details and it rode like hell............absolutely the roughest riding truck I have ever ridden in. I remember bouncing out of the seat and hitting my head on the ceiling or my face off the dash several times. I had a chance to buy it at an auction a few years ago but it just went to high.
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