Blast From The Past

Howdy,
This is what my old Mack looked like in 1976.
Copy of the truckin life mag article courtesy of the Road Transport Hall of Fame.
Basil

After viewing the TruckLife blurb and picture, you aint got that much missing from the ole' girl. You've even got a good rundown on what it came out with.
About the worst thing you got to do, is change over the different motor that's been grafted back into it.
Suppose a sleeper cab of about the same vintage, shouldn't be that hard to find either, bullbars of that variety were very popular and should still be obtainable.
Now the very first thing you got to do, is fit that shag pile carpet back into it, suppose what you chucked out was the original, eh.


Good luck with it and hope to see it finished one day.


regards greenie

Gidday Greenie,

I think the hardest bits to find are going to be the Denning sleeper with bunk lights and the spicer aux cog box.
Yes I did pull the shagpile carpet out and its staying out to.
Dont reckon I will be going with the 8 track either.
Motor is coming out anyway so the newy can go in once the paintings done.
A young fella at work saw the picture today and couldnt work how it could have been rig of the month as he didnt reckon its that flash. He reckoned most off the stuff of the show room floor is better looking these days.
For those of us old enough to remember this sort of gear in the 70's she wouldve been the ducks nuts....well I reckon anyway
Certainly stood the test of time better than his doof doof jap crap with under floor fluro lights will.

Basil

Bazzr
GuddayM8

Gr8 Pix
Keep m Cummin

Gr8 Info

Duz look a little tame for th@ era
in 1976 everybody twaz goin for the big bangers
400+ HP
but duz look a good rig n head turner
n soon will again with Bazzr $pecial tuch


cya
[ch9787]

Repower Baz slip a big Sreamering GM twin turbos twin air intakes , plenty of grunt and noise, the old girl looks a bit worse than te picture she use to be. Blood , sweet and tears and she be back like new. Good luck Baz from Podge.

Still is the duck's nuts, Baz.

Bazzr
GuddayM8

If U thinkn of repowering
Jist cut to the chase
n drop a V12-71 screemer in her
n TH@ would B a gr8 head turner

the secret for good fuel economy
Gear Fast, Run Slow

LOL
cya
[ch9787]

Baz,

The old girl would sound and look the duck's nuts if ya keep ya theme of Detroit 2 strokers going - why change now??? Keep the theme up and she'll be right as rain!

Joe