1944 Mack Firetruck at SEMA, incredible, and with a Viper engine

 

 

 Built by Tom Stark of Precision Designs, the truck has been fitted with a 2005 Viper SRT10 V10 engine mated to a Dodge 48RE automatic transmission. The stock Mack axle remains up front, but the rear suspension and axle from a 2008 Ram truck resides out back. Other features include Dodge Ram SRT10 brakes, 24-inch American Force wheels and custom leather seating.

Kid and dad restored Grand-dads 1963 Mack B-63

The first bus in America, was built by Mack in 1900

Jack was 14 when he ran away from home, became a mule driver on the railroads and then went on to be an engineer on heav equipment and ships. Later he went into business with his brothers

Now, the Mack trucking company has a museum and heritage center in the Mack Customer Center in Allentown Pennsylvania http://www.macktrucks.com/assets/mack/Bulldog/BulldogMagazine2011Volume1.pdf page 3

“It gives us a powerful way to immerse customers from North America and around the world in the products, history and culture of the Mack brand.” said Mike Reardon, Mack vice president, marketing.

Created inside the company’s former engineering development and test center, the Mack Customer Center includes a product showroom, an 18,000-square-foot modification center and a two-lane, .73 mile oval track, allowing customers to put their vehicles to the test. The track has multiple grades, on- and off-road durability courses and a skid pad.


Inside, customers can relax, meet and work in a comfortable reception area or at the “Bulldog Café.” The new facility also houses the Mack Museum and Heritage Center, which will open to the public beginning November 1, 2010. http://www.macktrucks.com/default.aspx?pageid=5094  

Solid tire Mack trucks, building the Empire State

I think I found this photo on the HAMB

Postal delivery vehicles from scooters, Vespas, up in size to Mack trucks

The above 1910, and below 1953, are from Dan at Hemmings http://blog.hemmings.com/

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=561

some cool shots from Shorpy

Above, winner of the 1920 Pikes Peak run http://www.shorpy.com/node/4001

I've never heard of a Witt Will make of truck

I never heard of Piggly Wiggly until I drove through Virginia, it's a big chain of grocery stores, and the above photo shows the Mack trucks that PW owned and operated. I find it interesting that the 2nd from the right has side lights

What a cool tow vehicle! Commentors on Shorpy had pointed out that in the early 20's it was cheaper to customize a formerly expensive and powerful luxury car to be a tow truck, than to buy a truck... I bet this was due to trucks being primitive, not much faster than 30mph, and a lot harder to come by than a used car http://www.shorpy.com/node/3988 and the sleuths at http://forums.aaca.org/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/531563/gonew/1/Pre_WWI_car_to_truck_conversio#UNREAD

found out that it is a 1911 Premier

http://www.shorpy.com/node/4002

1910's and 20's delivery trucks, why did the cabs have the half oval shaped windows?

The 2nd and 4th even have the honeycombed tires!


The above is a Mack truck
Coolest of all is this shot of what today is a common sight on Jeeps, the vinyl windows... but I've never known that they were used in the 10's and 20's

via: http://www.shorpy.com/

The Early years, real early

Just soak up the age on these...


The Fire Dept chief, was in a little accident in his Chevy.


These look like Mack trucks. Side curtains, chain drive on the rear tires, wood spokes, no fenders, no headlights, orphans on the move to try for new homes outside of New York. That's history. Deep, dusty, forgotten history.

Brought out of the old photo albums by http://www.shorpy.com/node/265 and me.

One old Mack Fire Engine