mack 700 797 rs rebuild

Great bit of work there mate , she looks superb . I rekon that thing would pull jc off the x when your done with it Steve keep up the good work ! Cheers Rob

I rekon that thing would pull jc off the x when your done with it

Maybe, maybe, :

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but that ole' ruff rider will sure " SHAKE " him of the cross.

regards greenie [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif]

Hey Steve , when youve shown all the pics of your awesome resto there mate and I dont write that tongue in cheek , the name on the bonnet of your truck ? there just has to be a story behind that ? would realy love to hear it mate ! Cheers Rob

Hi. she is looking pretty good. well done.

Grant

I've been a bit tied up with work and internet not working properly .first up to Acar the name on the 600 is "Murranji Mongrel" which is named after the murranji track in the nt ,the old man's r600 was called 'Murranji Mongrel"so I reused the name. the second question was about the 700 ,yes it did pull belly dumpers originally and then side tippers in Arnhem land in the 70's and until 2009 ,when they spun a bearing and parked it ,a fella by the name of Winkel was the first owner.Mrs mack paul the colour is dark green ,it must have something to do with the camera making it look blue

I've had a few people ask me about the sandblasting and priming ,I use a 140 cubic ft compressor and a 60ltr blast pot ,the blast medium is 30/60 mesh garnet done to class 3 finish.class 1 is a quick whip, class 2 is most of the paint/rust, class 2 1/2 no paint and just a rust shadow ,class 3 no paint /rust scale or rust shadow clean &bright finish the most expensive ,the primer is jotun "penguard" epoxy .the blast hood is a nova 2000 air fed with coallacer[removes oil vapour from the breathing air]

bit of a update on proceedings

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Very nice Steve!! Looking great - the paint finish looks like cerramic!

Mate your attention to detail is out off this world it's a fine truck your building keep up the good work cheers Bryant