Just a Shout out to Australia from West Texas! I chased a Bulldogs A$$ for years and ran Macks for years and they are Bullet Proof!.... Very forgiving engines even if they have been parked for years. Two thumbs-up!
Thanks Eddie, I appreciate your support mate. The old naturally aspirated engines certainly do have a sound of their own. I’ll keep the videos coming mate 🙏🏻
I like that old MR Mack double steer axle truck you have I drove a Mack MR rear packer garbage truck here in the states great truck for city work lots of visibility
They were called an MCR here in Australia. After the F model cab was put on an R model chassis in 1971, all of the following Mack models contained an R in them. FR, MBR, MIR, MCR, MHR, CHR, CLR. All of these models were fitted on R model chassis rails. They were a really good truck. That one you saw has a 350 4 valve fitted. It’s a 1989 model, one of the last ones built here.
@@oldrigsdownunder7301 thank you for that information I appreciate it I drove those MR model Mack’s here in the states it also had a 350 4 valve Mack engine They’re great for tight spaces very maneuverable.
Sounds good first time I heard a air starter I was in 1976 was sitting in front of the truck and the driver sneeked and hit it about had a heart attack lol good video thanks
O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 Happy New Year 2024 from across the pond! Was this Mack built in NJ or somewhere there in the UK? Can you easily get parts from a Mack dealer there or do you have to special order some parts? That truck seems to be in pretty good shape. I love old trucks & so enjoy getting to see them resurrected! Does this one belong to you or someone else? I’m familiar with air starters & I sure don’t hear them much anymore. What a great sound they give off! Thanks for sharing some tips, etc! Blessings.🥰🤩✌️
Giddy mate, just found your channel and watched this video. Really enjoyed and great commentary and explanation of what your doing, will be checking out your other videos. Keep up the great work👍. Liked and subscribed from over the ditch
G’day mate thanks for your comment and thanks for watching the video. The content has been a bit thin over the last couple of months but I’m just starting to get some more together now. Stay tuned and thanks again 🙏🏻
It’s a White 1955. It’s a 1955 Oliver that has been painted red and badged as a White. That’s what they did here in Australia after the 50 series Olivers. In America they were still an Oliver, in Canada they were badged as a Cockshutt
No I don’t. To my knowledge there were only 4 gas (petrol) powered B models that came to Australia in about 1954/5. They were B20s. One of those B20s is still around today, but was repowered with a 237 a while ago.
They were popular in Australia. But in saying that, there weren’t huge numbers of them like there was in the US. Our trucking industry in the late 50s and early 60s was only just starting to take off. The B model was the first real American made vehicle to replace the English trucks and open up a lot of the outback country. At a guess there might’ve been a few hundred B models sold out here. There was a dealer and re-assembly plant in 6-7 major cities, and a small number of local dealers at that time. They were brought into Australia in a container, and reassembled out here. The individual assembly plants were phased out in about 1971/2 for a single factory and assembly plant in Brisbane Qld.
Yes mate the air start is a bit of a pain when you’re trying to bleed fuel through injector lines. An electric starter makes it so much easier. I’m in southern NSW Australia, not far from Wagga Wagga
I'm an old man almost 80 I had to be 61 maybe 45 years ago on the farm to haul hay in the winter time I blow a hair dryer into the intake fired right off
Sometimes drivers would play with them when hot hard to shut down an auto is hard to stall old days job and finish .Drunk turnup sweet do the job and back to the pub .Good old days
The 2 plants weren’t far from each other, only and hour and a half. I wonder how long Plainfield lasted. And I wonder why it was used? Allentown must’ve fallen behind with orders at the time. Or maybe Plainfield was where they sent the trucks to be boxed up and exported
Is that a 8x4 KW in the backround hope fully not a 555 cummins boss bought one cheap had 4 3volt batteries maybe 6 volt I was young but was a 12 volt system.Went to his place no beer no tucker got home 11pm .nothing garbage contractors very iffy repair his trucks and the council would pay chassis In frame rebuild for cousin council paid same as Allison autos 1990 about 6k.Running 265 hp UD s autos and 1 210 cat allison rear loader best truck.Break down truck sideloader upto 340 hp
Made in Plainfield New Jerseyim not to far from there opened in 1911 closed in 1961 a lot of B models came out of Plainfield NJ I think Sauer trucks where there and Mack took them over I think not sure
Thanks Eddie, I often wondered what the significance of Plainfield NJ was. In those days, trucks were built, and then knocked down into containers and shipped to Australia where they were ‘built’ for a second time.
I find it very interesting American vehicles somehow gets right hand drive conversions for Australia and how thats would work is puzzling. Mirror component probably is fabricated.
The RHS mirror frame on this truck is homemade. Most of the early B models only had one small mirror, but the later ones here had the west coast sized mirrors from standard.
There have been Mack trucks in Australia since 1919,Mobil,s forunner Standard Oil imported it. THERE have been many others imported since then,Some privately, and by official dealers. Anderson brothers being the dealer from which Mack Trucks Australia was founded. Mack trucks have made here for fifty years and more with some models unique to Australia. Check out Ken Thomas, V8 Value Liner.
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Thanks for commenting and thanks for your interest 🙏🏻 You had some classic trucks in your time, we only ever had 2 H models in Australia. One of those still lives now.
