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Mack RL600L, about 1974

Mack RL600L, about 1974
This is only the second Mack I've seen since I moved back here 8 years ago. However, I'm certain there are more lying around in the woods, in fields and in barns and old mechanic's shops.

Sorry, people, my obsession with trucks and cars continues...look at these new beauties: www.macktrucks.com/trucks/titan-series

Gary Schotel, Leif Fielstrup Guldbrandsen, and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Pam J
Pam J club
My Dad (far from his English home) in India/Burma and all points East... during WWII ... drove a MAC "over The Hump" into China !
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Pam J club
Wow, Pam, that's a great bit of history! I love that, thanks so much for adding it here and tell me more of you feel like it. Mack was the one to have for loggers in Oregon in the '50s. Dad went to work in the woods after the war, so I guess that's why I've developed such nostalgia for all of this manly equipment! Here is a photo he took in about 1957 (he's not the driver): www.ipernity.com/doc/1227338/37189746/in/album/884316
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
Pam J club has replied to Diane Putnam club
Went and commented.. !!

I understand the fascination .

Dad was seconded to the Indian Army from the Royal Artillery. He was on LRP (Long Range Penetration) behind enemy lines.. usually a 2 man covert team.. survival rate reckoned about 2 weeks.. he survived 4 years and came home. He never talked about the bad stuff... ever...but he would tell the fun stories about driving the Mack ..... about the stunning Tiger that was no more than 10 feet from in in dense jungle.. but the wind was right. He would tell of the incredible loyalty of the Indian troops and the Gurkka's. Later of the Forgotten Army... General William Slim ... The Chindits www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/britains-greatest-general/william-slim

Hope that wasnt all too much.. you did ask !!
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Pam J club
Oooh, thanks so much! I absolutely LOVE personal WWII stories. That generation is nearly gone, now. Every time I go to Dad's grave - about once a year - there are rows and rows more of those wonderful old men in the ground. It's visually shocking to see, even though I expect it, and it's just one, rather small, regional veteran's cemetery!. Nearly all of the newer ones are WWII veterans, of course living into their 80s and 90s. A few are veterans of more recent wars.

What men they all were...
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
Oregon is Peterbilt country, isn't it?
7 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Yes, and Kenworth. For the size of the one above, it would be Dodge, Ford or International. I'm just going by the ones I see most frequently.
7 years ago.

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