Sand Blasting the Interior of the old Mack

[@kman-mi7su]

The old dog is getting reborn!

[@frosteone1670]

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!

[@liaml3648]

Thank you

[@mickden3155]

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

[@davidbowser2395]

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

[@morgansword]

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.

[@liaml3648]

Thanks for sharing your story. it's always fun to read people's comments like yours, who have actually had to run these trucks full time.

[@Louie2309]

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. 👍

[@liaml3648]

Yes I agree. Sand blasting is a little bit harsh, and I don't typically go that route, but I figured the old Mack could handle it.

[@williamwertman24]

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

[@liaml3648]

It's a King Canada brand, it works very well, I used a recycled glass type blasting media. It only jammed in the nozzle when I first started, but once it was going, it was good.

[@willwade1101]

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.

[@liaml3648]

I like that idea, will definitely be trying that. The tape is always a pain to get off after. Thanks for the suggestion

[@willwade1101]

@@liaml3648 I learned that trick in the Navy. We wrapped everything in foil and would wrap tape at each end of the foil or along the edge of the foil.

[@johnmcdermott8523]

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

[@liaml3648]

I agree, it spent most of its life in the Praries, so the dry climate may have helped a little bit.

[@gerry-p9x]

Bulldog. Mack