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Yep I had a great childhood. Have a lot of Mack trinkets

The RD steel hood was actually very clean. I have a lot of part sources yet but there were few parts needed to redo it. Most was interior parts but weren't hard to find
It's kind of funny but I still work on a lot of Mack's now. I have a good customer that my dad converted to Mack that I do a lot of work for

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Here is a little update on the build.

I stretched it just a little more than a stock globe liner. Simply moved the truinion back one bolt hole and moved the fenders with it as well.

Its not 100% done yet. I will be adding some more detail parts this weekAnd possible lights after this weekends show.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f2...psokfvkdgm.jpg

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http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f2...psxgdjgj14.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f2...psnqsojieo.jpg

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love it

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Great looking ... Looks real...



Wayne

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very nice i love the older trucks

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Beautiful! Love the paint job. It has classic Mack written all over it. This truck turned out really nice. I would be proud, having built something like that.

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I found the cab on Shapeways but it isn't for sale . Dumb question how does a person get one . BTW it's a beautiful truck . Mike

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Here is a link to the cab and hood in this build. Both are for sale. The older small cab is no longer for sale.

http://www.shapeways.com/model/16078...3&materialId=6

And the hood

http://www.shapeways.com/model/15935...8&materialId=6

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looks good Mack ;) how is it compared to the 1st 1 that guy made ? Is there still swirl marks on the back of the cab ? You said bigger , by how how much ?

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Awesome - for a reason I am not sure of yet - I like this one best of all your Mack's so far. Really nice.

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Fantastic job, that is amazing! Love the retro paint! Some colour coded Daytons would set it off perfectly :cool:

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All 3 of his cabs had swirl marks. Im no body man but was able to use high build primer to get rid of the rough printed lines. When I say bigger I'm referring to the scale length of the cab. 1966-1972 R model Mack's had a steel dash and flat rear wall "short cab" . In 1973- to end of production the cab was +3" longer. Noticed by looking behind the doors. The later cabs were a little deeper and had long grab handles. My 6 wheel dump is a small cab, my RS700 and this r600 are of the larger +3 cabs.

Thank you. I like it too. It looks like a standard R model but with a little bling.

Thank you I'm waiting for the guy that makes these cabs to do some rear wheels. I have front spokes that he and I designed but I really think this truck would look great with aluminum fronts and spoke rears. A true east coast classic R Model.

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man you sure do have a eye for those macks! looks really great awesome job cant wait for the rest of the details! all your macks are sweet

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Thanks for the info .mike

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Awesome job. That's a great mack tractor.

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Old school never dies no matter how much you look at then, are you going to put spider hubs / wheels front and rear or keep the current rims ?

Cheers Tracy

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This is an awesome truck, I love the color scheme. Great job.

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Hi Lmackattack what material did you order from Shapeways for the cab . Thanks in advance Mike

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I love it, especially with the dirty tires and exposed front wheel nut and black rear hubs!