a 1930s Mack ED stored for over 50 years, finally gets hauled out of the New Jersey shed it's been stored in to be added to the Mahan museum. This plumbing and electric supply service truck was last registered 56 years ago, and was about to go to a junkyard

see the video at https://www.facebook.com/reel/2035365030689346

the last time I posted about the Mahan collection (of Macks and Cats) 7 years ago, I didn't see these photos of their museum

Last time I posted, they had this 16" gun from the battleship New Jersey, but they hadn't made it this nice

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/01/one-hell-of-nice-collection-of.html  for the last post 

https://www.facebook.com/joseph.palka/posts/pfbid02AYvSQsvqUVXPsX34RHhiMfhboVwUW6s48o2ipgT4ebYSgk84zvKkH8N8LQRDYhk3l

compliments to Autopian for it's history of Mack regarding buses and rail buses!

One fascinating bit of Mack history is that it spent much of the early 20th century building vehicles for public transit. Between 1905 and 1930, the company says, it built various railcars and locomotives. One vehicle Mack was known at the time for was its railbuses.

https://www.theautopian.com/mack-once-built-a-bus-that-looked-like-a-giant-version-of-your-favorite-classic-chryslers/

the back of the 34 Mack that I've posted previously, the neon was designed and installed by the head of Special Effects at 20th Century Studios. (thanks Steve!)

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=940652774931560&set=a.480813077582201

see a couple photos of the front at https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-photo-of-neon-sign-fuel-truck-i.html

Increasing demand for Mack heavy duty trucks led an order increase of 26% in the fourth quarter of 2024 for the North American arm of the Volvo Group, Mack’s parent company.

In the fourth quarter, Mack’s order intake increased 58%. For the full year of 2024, the order intake was down 23%. Fully electric truck orders continued to grow, increasing 700% in the fourth quarter to 48 from 6 in the previous years, and for the full year rose to 144 from 24 in 2023.

By region, Mack order intake in the 4th quarter increased 62% in North America, 247% in South America, and declined 25% in Africa and Oceania. In the 4th quarter, Mack also saw an 87% increase in Heavy Duty truck orders, but a 40% decline in Medium Duty trucks.

https://www.wfmz.com/business/mack-trucks-shifts-up-a-gear/article_9e546cbc-de69-11ef-a592-d79f606acf7e.html

I didn't know Mack had sold out to Volvo, who sold the majority share to Geely. They are Chinese. So, Mack is owned by a Chinese company? WTF? 

the North Adams Fired Dept still has their 1944 Mack! Wow! Thanks Tom!

 

The pumper joined the Fire Department in 1941 and served the city for nearly 40 years. 

The vintage fire truck was retained as a source of pride by the department, but at more than 60 years old, the Mack was definitely showing its age. Firefighters, students, volunteers and more than a dozen businesses stepped up to keep the pumper going.

The major body work was done at T&M Auto on Curran Highway, where the truck was parked on Thursday morning.

"We got it in this spring, and put a ton of work in - body work and painting," said T&M owner Michael Milazzo, who estimated at least 500 hours were spent on the truck just this year.   "We've been discussing this project since '04 but it took it this long," Milazzo said, adding later that "we have a great community and there are a lot of people who don't realize how strong the community is."

In addition to work done by McCann students and Milazzo, a host of other businesses gave services, time and materials - from Dean's Quality Auto tuning the engine and rebuilding the exhaust to Sanford & Kid providing interior upholstery.

Meranti said firefighters spent many hours repairing and rebuilding parts of the truck and he and his sons, Mitchell and Matthew, rewired the vehicle.

Mack Manufacturing in Allentown, Pa., delivered the brand-new pumper to Fire Chief John F. Saulnier in November 1941 and put into service after passing a "rigorous three-hour test" at the Briggsville Dam, according to reports at the time by the North Adams Transcript. It was ordered through the former Brewer Bros. dealership at a cost of $10,000. At the time, the Mack company said it was only of only five enclosed-cab firetrucks in the state

They restored it in 2012

https://firenews.org/mass/n/northadams/northadams.html
https://www.iberkshires.com/story/42111/north-adams-restores-1941-fire-engine.html

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Charles Nuss worked as a mechanic’s helper before opening Charley Nuss Garage, his own repair shop, in Rockford, Ill. With the success of the garage, Nuss obtained the Mack truck franchise in 1959, becoming Mack of Rockford. His son carried on the family business, and grew the collection of Mack / AC trucks

 

https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/features/a-glimpse-inside-the-nuss-collection

6 days left to bid on this 1960 Mack, cuurently only bid to 5,100

https://bids.aumannauctions.com/auctions/424/lot/36125-1960-mack-b61

How about this... a factory-built Mack Rail Car. In addition to being the oldest commercial vehicle manufacturer in the country, it's also the oldest rail motor car builder, making its first in 1903. (thanks Steve!)

Mack has built Rail Cars, Rail Buses, and locomotives.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6008641237/in/album-72157627356059350/

1936 Mack armored truck

 https://ritkanlathatotortenelem.blog.hu/2017/06/04/napi_erdekes_813

it came as a surprise to me that Mack and Diamond T had made ordinary size trucks way back in the 1930s, so I've posted some to share that. But I just learned they built a woody!

 in 1940, it was the Model ED  https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/vintage-ads-and-brochures/vintage-pr-shot-1940-mack-ed-station-wagon-a-mack-for-the-family

the 1935 Model R was quite the normal sized pick up truck

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/11/1936-mack-e-series.html

impressive

but without a single modern luxury. The guys working with either of these had to be hoping for good weather, good temps, and an early lunch. 

 http://www.backroads.ie/forum/car-related/r-roads/81-random-picture-thread?p=801763#post801763

this Mack bus, "Big Bertha", hauled workmen between Boulder City and the Hoover Dam. It was capable of transporting up to 154 people at one time

https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60578-mack-that-built-the-hoover-dam/

found on https://www.facebook.com/unlvdigitalcollections/?fref=photo

one of the two Mack dump trucks that built Hoover Dam are still around. The restored one is painted red and the other, is in the Campo, California rusty truck museum, the Motor Transport Museum

 I was at the museum 8 years ago, and didn't hear about it, but Roadtripper Sanna Bowman was just there last year and learned about it. Didn't get a photo of it though. 

https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/campo-motor-transport-museum/

I don't recall posting about the big-truck specialists of Pfahl’s Mack and Antique Truck Restorations

 

In all his time wrenching on big machines, Pfahl says there’s only been one that nearly beat him—a 1954 GMC Scenicruiser Greyhound bus. “We worked on that for seven years. It came in boxes. No motor, no transmission, no floors, no wiring. It was a million-piece puzzle and every piece was white. Took 25,000 hours and 45,000 rivets.”

https://www.hagerty.com/media/people/shop-takes-on-mack-trucks/

Pfahl is restoring a 1939 Mack FG C-cab, it's rare (162 built, he knows of six still in existence, and only this one is still owned by the company that originally bought it)  and I found one and posted photos of it 8 years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-last-of-c-cab-mack-trucks-1939.html I wonder if it's one he knows about

https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/insider/mc-ent-insiders-mack-trucks-museum-20180504-story.html

have you ever heard of Joe Krush? You have probably liked his art though, he and his wife illustrated many books, including the Borrowers, the Illustrated Golden Dictionary for young people, and Gone Away Lake

 

I never heard about this before, Mack trucks has a you tube channel for videos about how people all over use Mack trucks on the job

https://www.macktrucks.com/mack-life/roadlife/

a classic Mack is a great looking truck

https://www.facebook.com/bigislandchopper/posts/3498444873515835