The Flat/Satin Black Thread

IMPALADAKID wrote:

V8Killer wrote:

I would rock that.

Thats purdy right there. The wheels are the perfect style and touch!

keep posting here making it pop on my email making me miss l99 you bastards.lol sick car tho. i like the skull

I don't know (or care) what anyone else thinks,

But it just does NOT get any more BAD-ASS than THIS bad boy.

The > U L T I M A T E < satin black B-BODY!!!!!!

Circa late fifties/early sixties Mack "B" Model - hood emblems are gone, but its probably like a B-61 or B-67.

When I was a young lad on the family farm (& I'm not going to say how old, due to the statute of limitations),
but one fine day I handily destroyed the steep hill tarmack driveway on our farm, side-stepping the clutch trying to spin all 8 rear tires.
Same model truck, twin screw tandems, "two stick" Quadraplex transmission, but with an Apitong hardwood flat-bed dumper body.

Check out some videos here. . . . the first vid had me sport'n wood, the sunlight at that time of day is perfect, & the second vid shows some respectable twin-stick shifting skills!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDwSgHdA18&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI-n2cpYpUc&feature=related

So did you get all 8 to spin?

toomanytoyz wrote:

So did you get all 8 to spin?

Yes, but not the way I had hoped for.
If the back tires had just spun smoothly and all in perfect unison, then all I might have had to worry about would be trying to explain the massive black skid marks.
Unfortunately, what DID happen was that all tire pairs VIOLENTLY jerked in a cacophony of alternating, ground shaking, chassis twisting, ear-drum shattering hell-raising.
Chunks of asphalt were catapulted wildly all over the area (the lawn, mostly) leaving just dry gravel & dirt at the bottom of what used to be a nice smooth driveway surface.
That truck was a 58 B-67 Thermodyne with 8 off-road traction tires out back and the threads were FULL of compacted asphalt bits, so I tried to pick it all out with a claw hammer.
This episode was one of those (Boy, did I ever screw the pooch THIS time?!?!) events that I will likely NEVER forget.

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

So did you get all 8 to spin?

Yes, but not the way I had hoped for.
If the back tires had just spun smoothly and all in perfect unison, then all I might have had to worry about would be trying to explain the massive black skid marks.
Unfortunately, what DID happen was that all tire pairs VIOLENTLY jerked in a cacophony of alternating, ground shaking, chassis twisting, ear-drum shattering hell-raising.
Chunks of asphalt were catapulted wildly all over the area (the lawn, mostly) leaving just dry gravel & dirt at the bottom of what used to be a nice smooth driveway surface.
That truck was a 58 B-67 Thermodyne with 8 off-road traction tires out back and the threads were FULL of compacted asphalt bits, so I tried to pick it all out with a claw hammer.
This episode was one of those (Boy, did I ever screw the pooch THIS time?!?!) events that I will likely NEVER forget.

If only there was a video of this!

Seriously. That. Sounds. AWESOME!

VERY nice Mack B. I love the old 50's and 60's trucks. I'm a Peterbilt fan myself tho.

Heres a very nice video of twin sticking in a '57 Mack with a Cummins. I looked for about 30 minutes for this exact video from a while back. My legs fell asleep on the toilet

WAAYYY off main topic but!

318 Detroit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp-iQHnI6Vw

Matt that video makes me say that Ive always been a fan of the ford LTL9000 styling cues. But to keep it on track...somewhat, heres a black one.

MASShole9C1 wrote:

Matt that video makes me say that Ive always been a fan of the ford LTL9000 styling cues. But to keep it on track...somewhat, heres a black one.

Pretty good looking truck! I like the older KWs or Petes but any truck with that engine will do for me! The sound of it coming at you is hard to beat!

I like ALL the old heavy haulers from the earliest Macks to the late fifties.
I always loved International Harvesters, like the 47 KB-12 longnose.
These are not satin or flat black, but listen to the big Continental engine exhaust in part 2!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyT073WNUwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UB4jxD1cEs
Also gotta love all Macks, particularly B-models, Brockways, Whites, Autocars, Peterbuilts, Diamond T, REO, etc.
I am going to find as many flat or satin black vids or photos as I can.
Don't we have a current favorite truck thread somewhere here?
Which BaDASSofNE members besides myself, have a license to drive these big rigs?

1984twodoor wrote:

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

So did you get all 8 to spin?

Yes, but not the way I had hoped for.
This episode was one of those (Boy, did I ever screw the pooch THIS time?!?!) events that I will likely NEVER forget.

If only there was a video of this!

Lets just say it was SO long ago, that Cecil B. DeMilles could have filmed it.
Besides, only rich folks had equipment to do home movies.

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

I like ALL the old heavy haulers from the earliest Macks to the late fifties.
I always loved International Harvesters, like the 47 KB-12 longnose.
These are not satin or flat black, but listen to the big Continental engine exhaust in part 2!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyT073WNUwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UB4jxD1cEs
Also gotta love all Macks, particularly B-models, Brockways, Whites, Autocars, Peterbuilts, Diamond T, REO, etc.
I am going to find as many flat or satin black vids or photos as I can.
Don't we have a current favorite truck thread somewhere here?
Which BaDASSofNE members besides myself, have a license to drive these big rigs?

Nope, I'd like to though. I worked for a trucking company for a while though. I got to move an '03 W900 Kenworth about ten feet once Nothing impressive I know.

But god knows I've cleaned tons of them! I've also drive a landscaping quality F800 sometimes, it's how I've learned how to back up! I rarely get to drive it though, air brakes and all with just a class D.

I got pulled over last week in a c4500 though so I guess its a good thing I didn't have to clean the F800 instead! I don't have a DOT health card and I was instructed to drop the truck off immediately!

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

1984twodoor wrote:

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

So did you get all 8 to spin?

Yes, but not the way I had hoped for.
This episode was one of those (Boy, did I ever screw the pooch THIS time?!?!) events that I will likely NEVER forget.

If only there was a video of this!

Lets just say it was SO long ago, that Cecil B. DeMilles could have filmed it.
Besides, only rich folks had equipment to do home movies.

It's better it wasn't on video, then you'd get caught!

http://www.killbillet.com/showthread.php?t=33188

Anyhow...

That wrecker is SO cool! I like it!

world of wheels boston 2012

I'm going to start a new fund to save up for one of these.

Say goobye to the twin turbo project fund...

More and less...

My C10...fresh coat of Blitz Black

Crovo wanna be?


I cant get proper size photos out of this phone anymore
imageshack photo bucket BOTH give me small size & poor quality re-sizes

Hope I havent hit that "AGE" vs technology barrier