63 mack build

[akatao]

been working on bed mounting was going to bolt down until my kid , who's a welder asked if I was planning on removing it so its welded

 

[akatao]

mounted fuel cell what a pain getting fittings #8 jic to 3/8" pipe 90 took a week

 

[akatao]

played around with head light mounts thoughts ? sorry for the clutter snowstorm tonight

 

[peabody]

Ohh my !!!
I like that ..... ALOT !
Many moons ago, i drove an old B61 Mack ..
If ? I'm remembering right?
Had a tri-plex tranny... and a 238 in it....
You have a very interesting project.

 

[akatao]

this was a quadraplex not sure on the engine I imagine it was a thermodyne

 

[akatao]

making up bed panels fitting them together before a lot of welding this week, put headlights together for trial fit before stitching them together, and picked up a tailgate this week sectioned it to fit

 

[akatao]

passenger side pretty much done picked up a trailer fender , needs to be shortened in my opinion but not bad looking after making a side skirt

 

[soltz]

Looking good, keep at it [cl

 

[akatao]

thank you

 

[akatao]

while feeding the ankle biter , I had an idea for his food bowl.. so i took one and measured it and a truck lite flange mount fits like it was made for it ! seems appropriate seeing its a mack

 

[DozerII]

Real cool idea on the lights, re-purposing items is awesome.[cl

 

[soltz]

Boy this project is going to the dogs Looks good and no rust [cl

 

[akatao]

well it is a mack the dog needs bowls

 

[akatao]

63 Mack

sorry I haven't posted progress, between pool openings, birthdays, anniversary,s and brutal heat, haven't taken many pics. I picked up a universal wiper kit on E Bay cable operated looked like the one from speedway in the pic .The difference appears to be the tube you run the cable through the tubes sent are 1/8" aluminum pipe bend them they break at the threads. even bending them each before install any tweeking breaks, so I PICKED UP 3/8" PVC WATER LINE works great also got bed and rear fenders pretty much done ,along with dash cluster.

 

[akatao]

63 mack

went a friends fathers bone yard to see what was available for some seats, I was going to use two passenger side seats from a pete but was too slow on getting them, so walking around the yard looked at some early T birds asked how much he asked if I liked these beemers , sold

 

[Bamamav]

Auto-loc = Hoffman Group. Big thread on the Hamb about their poor quality parts. Probably OK on the wipers, but I wouldn't trust any of their stuff in a safety situation.

Love the dash! Looks great! Seats look comfy, too! [cl

 

[akatao]

auto-loc

I agree instructions ,had to down load, quality scetchy I bought it and improved it it works fine now , do not plan using wiper other than yearly inspection and if I get caught in the rain.

 

[akatao]

accessory drive

got accessory drives sorted out went with a billet set up for p steering moved it higher more hose clearance also installed seat belt / shoulder harness, power steering pulley took 2 tries first one had .040 run out good quality Chinese I'm sure

 

[I-R-POPS]

Looking good. [cl[cl

 

[akatao]

Thanks