A Few Old Macks

[Steve Frazier]

I went to the ATHS in Mass last year and took some pics. Here's a few old Mack examples:


AC Bulldog








Mack Jr.


Cummins powered quarry truck with planetary rear drive

 

[Steve Frazier]

Here's some Bs








All Wheel Drive with Holmes wrecker



Stretched B on a Ford Super Duty chassis

 

[Steve Frazier]

And a stretched R for towing a camper




CF600 Pumper. I drove a 1977 model at our Fire Department, the first pumper I ran. It was decades ahead of its time, it would be 20 years before an engine in our county would pump more than 1500 GPM, our truck would move 2000GPM

 

[C R A F T]

I went to the ATHS in Mass last year and took some pics. Here's a few old Mack examples:


AC Bulldog
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Mack Jr.
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Cummins powered quarry truck with planetary rear drive
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Steve did you happen to notice WHAT was peaking around the back end of the Wellington truck ????? …… Now that is a rare one …. did you happen to get some pics ???

 

[Steve Frazier]

Yes, I'll have more pics to come. I think I've got pics of two different Bighorns that were at the show.

 

[Steve Frazier]

I forgot to add this old cabover!

 

[glenlunberg]

Mack Bs are truly lovable. I really love them!

 

[Steve Frazier]

I came across this recently restored '57 B at the local truck upfitter's last week and took a few pics. Currently it's had a hitch plate added with air lines and safety hooks. I'm not sure what the final plans are for it but I'll try to keep track of it.



I had to take the interior shots through the window, but you can see this is a first class restoration job!!





This shot of the rear end shows the owner's attention to detail

 

[rzucker]

I love the old Macks too, But did anybody notice the Dodge Bighorn behind the Wellington Mack? Long time ATHS member here.

 

[Steve Frazier]

I think I posted a stand alone shot of that here somewhere. I was an ATHS member for about 20 years but let my membership lapse when things got tight. I need to re-up, I miss the WOT magazine!

 

[JNielsen]

Cool old poster at work

 

[td25c]

Really nice trucks Steve ! That would be a cool truck show to attend . I have one customer that is a die hard Mack fan .... They still run a few R models in there farming operation . Pretty tough old trucks .

 

[Steve Frazier]

I saw the '57 B I posted completed the other day, it's been fitted with a dump body. Looks real sharp!!

 

[td25c]

Sure did turn out great with the dump body . No doubt in my mind it would haul & dump a load with the same quality as it looks .:thumbsu

 

[Steve Frazier]

I went to the Big E in September and saw this old Mack FK owned by Hallmore Industries. The thing is HUGE! It didn't specify anywhere which engine is in it, wish I could have gotten a pic of that.

 

[RonG]

I got here too late,I wanted to be the first to comment on that old Bighorn,as much as I love Macks,that Dodge was a beauty and being a Mopar man I just can't let go.Those interior shots of the B61 had the dashboard factory colors that the Macks of that era shipped with.Those old Macks were hot pulling a long hill with a load,we used to just pull out the throttle,open the door and get out on the fuel tank/running board? to get whatever air we could during the climb.It was even worse for the passenger "if you had one" because the stack was right there to roast you even more.
Those Mack quarry trucks were neat too,New Haven Trap Rock had them along with their Eucs so I saw them often while hauling out of their quarrys.Ron G

 

[michaelkole7]

Today's mack truck have 8 inches highest cabin chassis, A great feel for drivers as they sit higher than other, These trucks are monsters special having double spark V12 engines

 

[Steve Frazier]

I just went to Mack's website and there's no mention of a gas powered V-12. What are you talking about??

 

[Steve Frazier]

It seems our friend here isn't who he represented himself as, located in India, not Alberta

 

[Tony Trout]

I was born in 1976 and my late father drove a Mack F COE and hauled a reefer trailer behind him. I was hooked on big trucks from the first moment I rode in one - when I was about two, I guess. My Dad passed in '80 - I was three months away from being four at the time and didn't really understand why my Dad wasn't here anymore. The hardest part of losing him was my Mom's reaction. He died while driving his rig in New York and he was gone before his body hit the wheel from a massive heart attack. Only thirty-eight at the time, too.

I have a picture of the truck he drove in an album but I can't get my printer/scanner/copier to work so I can post it here.

I loved that truck and I'm hoping someday that a friend I met on FB will build me a model of the truck.