Vintage Macks

[Hayesno1]

Art Nickerson Collection Not sure where this was taken , but it is an impressive stick of wood . Note the blocks on the bunk to prevent the log from rolling .View attachment 233766

Al, see sign on building - Sooke Coffee Shop

 

[camptramp]

Al, see sign on building - Sooke Coffee Shop

Good eye , you had to look hard to see it . I'll have to send it to a few friends in Sooke to see if anybody is still around that remembers it .

 

[camptramp]

I was reading a book I got from the Sooke Reginal Museum ( The Sooke story ) when I came upon this write up . I have to wonder if this isn't the "Berry" on the vintage Mack I posted . The truck was heading away from the log dump area in Sooke . Being in the " All Sooke Day Parade" or on display that day would seem reasonable . I worked with Tuck Vowles one time and its something he could and would do .

 

[Hayesno1]

How about this video Norie Brothers Mack trucks

 

[Hayesno1]

Steel spar on an old B71 or B73

 

[Truck Shop]

Steel spar on an old B71 or B73

With that grille it has to be a B73 which is Cummins powered or B75 which is Mack powered.
The B71's were Cummins powered {220's Mainly} but the B71 used the B61 radiator/shell.
The radiator was set forward of front of fenders to accept the longer engine. B71 below.
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[Truck Shop]

B73 style with LT cab.
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[Truck Shop]

And this is/was a 1960 B75 Mack powered originally, slightly converted to Cummins Big Cam
Power. But still has the Studebaker style cab. It originally was a logger, I even saw it in the
late 60's with a load on it.
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[Pops52]

You sold yours a few years back didnt you? Do you miss it?

 

[Truck Shop]

 

[Truck Shop]

You sold yours a few years back didnt you? Do you miss it?

Oh sometimes, and sometimes not. It's just one of the many traveled roads in my life.
I will say it was fun to take for a spin on a Saturday afternoon. Unlike other vehicles
cruising along a city street or the four lane people just could not stop looking at it.
I was setting at a intersection waiting for the light to change here in town---two guy's
in a pickup pulled out in front blocking the intersection just to take some I phone pics.
Women just loved the color. I took a little kid for a ride to the park when I took photos,
that kid was just walking around smiling/grinning. His dad says he still tells everyone
about that day.---King of the Hoods.
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[Pops52]

Oh sometimes, and sometimes not. It's just one of the many traveled roads in my life.
I will say it was fun to take for a spin on a Saturday afternoon. Unlike other vehicles
cruising along a city street or the four lane people just could not stop looking at it.
I was setting at a intersection waiting for the light to change here in town---two guy's
in a pickup pulled out in front blocking the intersection just to take some I phone pics.
Women just loved the color. I took a little kid for a ride to the park when I took photos,
that kid was just walking around smiling/grinning. His dad says he still tells everyone
about that day.---King of the Hoods.
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I can guess how the kid felt. I took a friends 5 yr old boy in my 96 Pete when it was still new and he still remembers it! I sold my unrestored 72 10 years ago, still kinda miss it.

 

[Hayesno1]

With that grille it has to be a B73 which is Cummins powered or B75 which is Mack powered.
The B71's were Cummins powered {220's Mainly} but the B71 used the B61 radiator/shell.
The radiator was set forward of front of fenders to accept the longer engine. B71 below.
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Yes you are right about it is a B73 or B75. But I have seen several B71 where rad and fenders are aligned

 

[Hayesno1]

Another B-model used for log loading

 

[Hayesno1]

Not a logger but a nice B model in Campbell River BC. As I recall a B61

 

[Truck Shop]

But I have seen several B71 where rad and fenders are aligned

It would have to be one that was altered, all B71's had the set forward radiator. It only
had a 4 year run and not many produced.

 

[Truck Shop]

 

[Welder Dave]

Not a logger but a nice B model in Campbell River BC. As I recall a B61View attachment 303947View attachment 303948

Truck looks fantastic but the sleeper looks maybe a little bit too modern.

 

[Truck Shop]

Late 30's early 40's Mack in South Bend, Wa.
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[Hayesno1]

I found one B71 in Quesnel, BC with forward radiator. That‘s the only one I have seen so yes it it pretty seldom. But how about a W71 as logger and only 215 were build…