B 61 Macks

Nice bulldogs!!!!!!!!  Thanks for sharing

Those are sharp old trucks. I have a friend that has one.JP

That is just too cool! Is that one of those "twin sticks" where you have to hook an arm through the steering wheel to shift the range and gear using both hands?

bauer44 Thats too funny!! LOL!! Now I know why I grew mine but only have 1 shifter!!

Im jealous.....

Old engine series: Thermodyne, Maxidyne, Econodyne, all just at 620-670 cu in +/-, most common 210hp thermodyne and 270hp econodyne, saw them built to 400hp before I lost track of advances.  Best trucks built for work, thanks for the memory jog and great looking machines.

I never was a Mack guy, thought they were ugly overly simple trucks, had a friend that swore by them, was still uninterseted in the lack of style, until one day I drove an older DM that wasnt running correctly it was a huge pouch, excuse the pun. I couldnt believe what a lazy lack luster motor they had when my buddy the mack man said there has got to be something wrong because an old mack wll eat about anything on the road, so upon closer inspection I seen that a brass T had broke off of the intake maifold leaving a big hole in the intake allowing it to lose all boost, and the T fed an air line that pushed the rack open on the injector pump, hooked that back up with a new T and loaded it up with gravel headed to the biggest hill around here to make it work, that old DM had a twin stick one lever is  high lo and rev the other 1-2-3-4 1 I guess 1 is for going staright up a wall because all you need is 2-3-4 and your going 65 with a load, which if you have never drove a big truck for a 300 hp engine to pull from 0 to 65 in 3 gears even today is unheard of, anyway went up that hill in 4 hi the engine labored down to about 700 rpm the turbo screamed bloody murder and that old dog growled all the way up that hill but never lost power, its was absoululy unbelievable, specially when I own a 425 cat a 400 cummins a 350 detroit and even the newer cat cant take a hill like that and pull in such lo rpms. That one expierence opened my eyes completely to the beauty and ruggedness of a MACK. Your restoration is beautiful and to all non believers of a mack just make sure if you look in your rearview and see one coming get the hell out of its way because that old dog is going to come no matter what!!!!!!!!!

A friend of mine bought an old mack dump truck that he wants to use to haul corn.Then he saw trick my truck and now has some big ideas lol.Great restoration job !!!!!!!