Hell yea take us through the whole process

The Tach O Graph used a Circular Piece of Paper that looked almost like a Compact Disc... It recorded Speed, Idle Time, and RPMs.....

Liam. When are you going to release another video. I'm interested to see your progress. Nice job so far.

It is unbelievable that after so many years the engine of this Mack truck is still working ❤

Got it up and running, sounds good…

The old girl is looking good 👍

Looking good, wish the vids were longer. She's gonna be a beauty!

Man, I get the whole thing wiring that sucks but man….if I were you for how old that wiring is being cloth coated…you can have a serious fire hazard….hope to save you some major issues down the road. Just looking out for your rig and time your putting in

The Coolest Truck ever! Hats off to you and the work you're doing!

I love woodgrain on certain parts of interior bits. The gauge panel, the glove box door, and the panels that are on the doors would look killer if you could afford it. Your choice of color is very nice, plus should be easy to keep looking nice. I am almost sure since this is not going to the mid america truck shows as a rig that was refurbished to new condition... that is going to have the patina look. I favor a gun metal grey with black fenders look... nice pinstriping plus a cartoon on the doors if you are a artist. That was a big thing back when these were new

I subscribed, you might never make a thousand but time and your age are in your favor. I never enjoyed driving a break your back Mack, and after saying this..... this was my first big truck. In todays standards, our F350 pickups are more truck in a lot of different ways. My last rig was a F350 with the extended frame. I am supposed to believe that those first OBS trucks never came with a powerstroke and five speed, plus the rear end was a 10.5 creation of ford. I had a aluminum flatbed that was fourteen foot long. Enough about my crew cab obs truck..... point being my first truck, a B61 mack had a Thermodyne engine. Also a four speed main and a three speed brownie power divider or transmission. I can not remember many things like the proper names stuff is called and write my name on my shirt just to help remember my own name. Not so sure why I remember spots in time and just what I did or attempted to do. I started at somewhere close to the age of eleven years of age in my dads shop. Men stopped by to drink dads free beer, cuss and say just how fast their own truck was and lie about how much they could haul. One older man .... his name was Blankenship, had this truck and was going out of business, and he told me "Son, you give me the money in your pocket now and I will give you the title to that rig!!!" Might not sound like much to you but I was fourteen, had drove all of dads rigs, and desperately wanted a truck of my own. Normally dad would tell me no and in no certain means was I to get a rig of my own. Blankenship was a very rich man, held in high esteem. When he told a man to pack a lunch, fellow better know how to make a da** good lunch! My dad was in a quandary and was fit to be tied. I handed the man about forty cents, it was all I had in my pocket, not in the bank but pocket. Mr Blankenship laughed and said, "Morgan" I am junior, you best start paying this MAN better money which imberrest my dad. "Deal is a deal" and handed me that title, then told me where the truck was parked, said "Its full of fuel, always check the oil and there is plenty out on the chain deck just in case it needs any. That was my first rig and was the prettiest green I had ever laid eyes on in those days. We went outside and mr. Blankenship said to me to be ready to leave in about ten minutes because who knows just how long a guy will live. Ain't no promises of tomorrow son. I kind of tucked in my shirt, put on a jacket as it was quite cold out, upper cascade mountains are a bit chilly in december. We drove up to where the rig was parked, gave it a shot of ether, and I hit the starter. I rolled twice on cylinder count and was running. While it warmed up a bit and built air... I sat in his truck and kept warm.... he told me a good many stories of trucking, things to avoid, etc. By now your tired of this old mans B.S. stories also. I drove the rig down to mr. Blankenship's house and was invited in by his wife. He laid out all the information to her about me, the truck, and smiled at her, then said honey lets have some coffee. Stories never heard by me told and as I got ready to leave, his wife ussered me to a different area. She told me to stay as she was quite worried about his health. Then she told me to go into the kitchen where he was setting, she had tears in her eyes. He was setting there, still smiling but... well he had stopped breathing... so I guess that helps me remember my first truck a lot. Hope I never made to you bored but you can take it to the bank, its how it happened and not a exaggeration. I painted his picture on the front fender of that rig. I was a fairly good artist at the time but like many things, if you don't use them, you lose them. My hands are crippled, times a taking its toll on me.

The paint work came up to be very professional and I like the co0lour chosen.

Having chanced upon your u-tube channel I am really looking forward to all the steps that you will need to make in the restoration of this fine old truck. Keep going!

Bulldog. Mack

Next time instead of using all that tape on the electrical, wrap it in a couple of layers of aluminum foil. You will find it a lot easier to take off then all that tape. Do use tape to hold the foil on but just enough.

673 or 711?

Not bad of a color if you’re not going for a close original color for the dash. Kinda dig it for the color though. Great job.

Lucky how decent your cab is. Very little rot to be fixed. Nice cabs are getting so hard to come by now.

Looking forward to following along

Great find, i reallocate & hope you didn't get riped off. What a find.

Looks good 👍... I us

Great job looks great 👍

Looking good!!👍

Awesome! Looks like you are making good strides of progress......keep filming! I have a couple Mack B models.....which I should take some video of. You might like my Brockway video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5eqqn2rjZiVb5Ysi=K2RuyXMxtHbDI0do

Sandblasting has its place in vehicle restorations, but not on body panels. It distorts the thin sheet metal dry easily and quite often can’t be repaired. The interior, door structural frame etc present no problems. Chemical stripping the paint is the safer option on body sheet metal. The old dog is in very good shape for its age. 👍

Your lucky you have a good solid truck to restore not a rust bucket but it is a Mack 👍

The old dog is getting reborn!

Just found your channel, from the first 4 videos it looks like an interesting project. 63 year old Mac should produce a fun driver one day. Subscribed, I'm in for the entire project!

What blaster and sand you using. Thats one of the best small blasters I've seen used. The one i had even with a dryer would clump the nozzel

Surprising that it's Canadian origins didn't cause more rust from roadsalt!?

Scania DSC11 the Mack EMD11 673 termodyne , Mack Scania vabis ,

Love B series Mack!! Yes want to see restoration.

My uncle used to take me for rides in one of these when I was a kid. I took him for a ride a month ago in my 389 peterbilt. He was grin from ear to ear. So glad I did.

Another great Mack being saved good on you and good luck with the resto mate.

Single screw with a tag axle!

Thats a tachograph, or nicknamed the (tattletale box), its an early mechanical way to track drivers hours on the road! If you can get the key, you can open that box and there is a round paper disc that records the hours!

Its not even flint stoned YES. I wanna see this on the road Godbless get it done I believe

7 11 thermodyne? Must be a west coast truck with wheel base it has.

Engine looks pretty clean. Find out if it’s a P engine they were strong for a naturaly espired engine

yes this will be great content for us old mechanics and drivers!!!!😃😃😃😃

Nice job! It"ll be beautiful when your done.I love B61"s!

Look for a toggle switch on the dash, marked Dynatard. If it's there, it's Mack's version of a Jake

Yes i would love to see you turn this Mack piece of art into something Absolutely amazing More content please

The device on the dash is Called a Techtograph. If you can open it up, you will find a mechanical clock, and one or two needles, depending on the model. The way these were used was you load a paper disc which is red, the face is coated with a wax like substance. The clock turns the disc and the needles, which are attached to the speedometer and tachometer ride again see the disc, referred to as a tach chart, and remove a track across the disc, recording speed engine rpm and time. This was the precursor to our electronic logging systems. The crazy thing is these could not be used as evidence in a trial.

I would like to see you bringing the Mack B61 back to a great old truck I think you have a very good base to work off of yes the floor is rusty and the paint is old but she sounds good for a old truck.

Nothing cooler than a vintage trucks

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 Do you know the history behind this truck? It has a pretty long frame, so it makes me wonder if it was either a log truck or wrecker in the past. The floor looks pretty good as well, from what you’ve shown. The old girl seems to have plenty of life in her & deserves to be cleaned up, repainted & made into something beautiful again. There is so much potential here with this truck. WOW! Best wishes my friend. 🥰😎✌️

No Jake brake?? interesting

hey Liam, you should post up more vids of the ol workhorse! That truck there is a part of history . When trucks were trucks! Good luck on the restoration-

The B61 is one of the trucks that built the trucking industry! It's also the first truck that I drove.