Todays WOTIZZIT?

..............mmn so let's get this right - the guys who are into Macks and don't want the V word mentioned... actually love Scanias?

A great BIG Surfboat Steering Paddler to mammoth.
heh heh

Mammoth, it looks like the Mack lovers are stuck with the Swedish connection, no matter how much they try to claim all-American heritage in all the Macks, before the Vulva era ..

I was interested to find that Scania claim they have never entered the U.S. truck market, because U.S. truck buyers are used to a standard choice of third-party engines, when they buy a truck.
Scania would not entertain any options besides an all-Scania drivetrain.

Interestingly, Mack went through similar stages. Originally, it was all-Mack drivetrain, no ifs or buts .. then it was a choice of 3rd party engines and trannies .. then it was back to all-Mack drivetrain, only .. then it was back to choices again.
Now, I think you could probably stick your head under a Mack bonnet, and never know what you'd find, by way of engine and tranny make and origin ..

Well that old B model I owned ( and it was old in 69) the under and over box was an allison, coupled by a very short jack shaft.
Ex Marion Downs in western Qld.

Onetrack, minus a few slurps, fair exchange seeing I missed part of the Q.

BK, great pic, it may be a B613S.

Jeff.

8' 1" widespread and tandem drive, about as big as one rig could get in the early 70's.
Nice to see a widespread again.

I just went looking through my book on the history 1895 to 1995 L&K Skoda the L&K bit was "Laurin & Klement who made motorcycles then cars & trucks back in 1919 in the Czech Republic where some of the worlds toughest trucks are made & consumed by the folks in the USSR by the train load .
I am looking for the book on TATRA in english they also made cars & trucks not many made it to our shores
Tatra still races trucks in the big off road events all wheel drive monsters I will try & lift some pictures from the pages & post them here
TC .