Will it Start? 55 year old Mack Flintstone

[@dean4817]

Air start always reminds me of mad max

[@joshjones3408]

Wasn't that a r600 in madmax with the little boy....it was air start to. 👍👍👍👍

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Yes it certainly was

[@martymcgauley9652]

Top stuff mate, keep it up 👍👍👍

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thank you Marty

[@MattysWorkshop]

Old reliable never lets ya down mate

[@stevesplacedownunder]

No she just keeps going mate

[@robertstevison1448]

That was an awesome startup air starter fired right up the Ole gal still has strong life in her that's so awesome brother from another country down under wow you are the merlin from down under !!!!

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Hi brother. Are you only just seeing these episodes now?

[@robertstevison1448]

@stevesplacedownunder yes I have been alittle under the weather and my phone has been acting up I am trying to catch up with yall little brother lol !!!! I have been spending more time at the Dr than I like but hey it's all good lol !!!! Pray yall have an awesome day and looking forward to greater adventures yall have an awesome little brother from another country down under and say hi to everyone for me !!!!

[@LordGrievous1970]

Sounds awesome! Love the airstart!

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Yes mate it sure does

[@truckcaretv8649]

Amazing starting old truck

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thanks for watching mate

[@robertstevison1448]

Awesome morning brother little sister and family another awesome adventure with an old dawg lol 😆 great to see yall again pray yall are doing well and keep the videos rolling yall have an awesome day brother from another country down under

[@jimrio3628]

Great job from the Mrs. For the video and editing work.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

She said thank you Jim

[@darylstorer3369]

Once again Seve, loved it as always cobber. Keep doing what your doing mate.🤠

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thank you Daryl there’s plenty more to come

[@LoosleyLouise]

Do like the sound of the air start ❤

[@danielflinn3571]

Thanks for the look good old truck in its day

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Pleasure mate thanks for watching

[@marcduthie4327]

Have a good week. Cool old Mack.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thank you Marc. You also mate

[@johngibson3837]

Hey up mate nice Mack gotta love an air starter

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thank you John

[@jeffdayman8183]

Nice one Steve! she rides again. Cheers!

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thank you Jeff

[@DeadInsideButStillSmiling]

Old Bulldogs never die. They just look that way.

[@geraldharkness8830]

what a game old truck that engine sounded great steve!

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Yes mate it runs great

[@zonie70]

Started up no issues . Nothing sounds like a Mack . Has its own forest growing in dump bed mate . Filming , sound and editing is really good ! Cheers , Scott 🌵

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Yes Scott it always starts up good this one. The forest didn’t take long at all to grow

[@bhean7747]

It would be nice to see that old mack back on the road because the new one just ain't the same

[@stevesplacedownunder]

If I had the time I would be restoring them all every day of the week but unfortunately I have a long way to go before that happens

[@bhean7747]

​@@stevesplacedownundertrue

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@stevesplacedownunderI’m with you brother, if I had the $ and time I’d get all the old trucks back on the road. They have to be at least twice as tough as the new plastic toys they cal trucks.

[@jackpinesavagerepair1918]

Always loved how air starters sound, awesome 😎 Howdy 🤠 from the Northwoods of Minnesota

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Hi mate from Sydney

[@EveleighSprag]

Steve that's a great old truck, she'd go well with a 12 speed Mack box. And you wouldn't want to run into the bar, that's solid. 👍👍👍

[@stevesplacedownunder]

It is mate apart from the cab. Everything else seems in good order

[@kymw7833]

Thanks Steve i applaud what your doing keeping these old girls alive,as a kid i went for a ride in an old Mack i couldnt tell you what model but i remember my absolute amazement as the driver let go of the steering wheel and grabbed both gear sticks and found his gears i though this guys a genius ,the other thing i remember was it was summer and it was like sitting inside of an oven,still the best of times for me ,again mate Love your channel ,hope one day we can all do a meet and greet with you and Dave at a Truck event Cheers mate Kym Adelaide

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Hi Kym. Yes mate they weren’t a comfortable truck by any means but very reliable and honest. I’d love to meet up mate absolutely.

[@jimrio3628]

Steve, I fixed my phone obviously, sent you a message last week. I did send a message to one of the guys in the message and will do the other this week. Love the air starter.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thanks Jim. I will text you back now mate

[@weburnitatbothends]

What a beauty!

[@robertstevison1448]

The austin is awesome brother it would be awesome to roll coal and shift gears in that one

[@isaacsims6203]

Wow im sure getting my mack lessens today🙂

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Beautiful mate

[@guydavies3784]

My real father was killed in a Mac exactly the same is that well square body and last I heard it got changed into a dump truck. He was killed in 1974. I was about 18 months old when it happened and it was the old yellow one with the yellow paint that you got in the engine bay, that’s the last of heard about it so it’ll be really nice if you could restore that old truck. Have a nice day in God bless

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Hi mate. My condolences for your father. It may be the one, im not sure if it’s history. I’ve known it for about 15 years but sat around the whole time. If I can get the channel to a stage where I can do full time for a while, I would love to do something with it

[@MarcSmarrelli-ud8ek]

Tough old dog.💪💪

[@Awsom47Merc]

Yikes ! That thing looks angry and hungry. You better feed it some raw meat before it bites ya ! 👊😎👍

[@selverwolf4376]

هذه الشاحنة كانت تعمل بالفعل قبل التصوير .

[@Brad_The_Truckie]

Can’t get enough of a Mack air start. Does the tipper still work? Shouldn’t you get rid of the dirt and grass out of the back before it rusts through and makes the truck useless.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

I actually went to off camera. I put the back up and was going to did it out with the little excavator but dad had just gotten on it and took it away so I didn’t worry about it. You are right though yes

[@TheSeastar19]

Not hard to find a replacement R600 cab for an old Mack, but not so easy to fit a cabover cab onto a bonneted version chassis.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

We had huge trouble finding one when we rebuilt one at work. A cabover one would be easy if the diner one came with all the parts because the FR700 were an R chassis, but will probably never happen

[@alexgarrod9093]

Great bud missing your stuff been doing things my self on ly channel

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thank you Alex hope it’s all going well mate

[@stevecallagher9973]

Rusty and lusty! Love those airstarters too. Any British trucks in your collection? I learned to drive in a Leyland Mammoth, it was a British Behemoth....

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Hi mate. I have an Austin forward control tray top truck, and an Albion Clydesdale, even though made in Scotland,which is in great order. There is a few episodes on the Albion if you go back a bit in my other videos. I can imagine it was a behemoth mate. Big heavy old girls

[@pauldensley5459]

Would the air starter have been an option on the truck when new. Just wondering the reason for them.

[@EveleighSprag]

I know one old chap that told me the air start was much better than a starter motor in that if your in the middle of nowhere and you ended up with flat batteries you could always get it going. Now you might say what about if the starter tank bleed off well this chap always carried an air hose with fittings to run off a tyre into the air tank, and presto your off and running, then just pump your tyre back up off the main air tank. Hope that helps. Steve you know who I'm talking about, think about it, his name will come to you.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Yes mate I know and that is right what you said. Once it’s going you can pump the tyres back up

[@lamvandanh1993]

👍👏

[@stevesplacedownunder]

👌👌🙏🙏

[@MartsGarage]

Enjoyed the video Steve. New to air starters - very interesting. Is that what you'd call a roo bar on the front? A very impressive structure indeed. Take care, Mart in England.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thank you Mart. It’s called a Bull Bar mate, but it is for wildlife like Roos yes. All the best mate

[@nickhill3362]

Hi Steve 👍vid will you be moving the articulated John deere mate

[@stevesplacedownunder]

The John Deere went a year or so ago mate

[@5337kb]

Man i wish we were in the same country, this is the type of stuff i love to do . If your ever in America and near West Virginia look me up. Id love to chat and swap some knowledge.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Hi mate. Yes that would be good. Some more like minded people would be good to have around.

[@adriandegraciam.3370]

Después de tanto esos neumáticos tienen aire?

[@brandoncherry1651]

Guess if they ever do a proper mad max movie again they need to visit you guys 😄 or road warrior

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Yes mate she’s ready to go

[@davep9199]

There is a cab in dorrigo for sale for a Flintstone. Think it might be a new one.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Thank you mate. Do you know the details?

[@davep9199]

Yes I know the people who have it. I will get back to you.

[@davep9199]

I have the details for the Flintstone cab. I think I can message you on Facebook

[@derajyellat102]

Steve - do you have any videos on your white pickup?

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Hi mate. No not particularly just about it but it’s in a lot of videos

[@derajyellat102]

@@stevesplacedownunder this may sound goofy, but I'm curious about it because we don't get the same style of bed in the States.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

@derajyellat102 it’s just a steel flat bed/tray with fold up sides and rear gate. Very common here, mainly made from aluminium

[@benwahsmotoworld]

Waiting on non-oz viewers to comment on the stinkin’ roger growing around the trucks..😂 it does look like something else. Air start sounds great, hang on to it and do your own mad max movie mate

[@chrisgreig5628]

Māniota in Rarotonga , growing gets the second look from visitors .

[@stevesplacedownunder]

I’ve had it on previous videos 😅

[@modestoluisestelasanchez1892]

Estaconversadisimo

[@robertstevison1448]

Please say hi to little sister and everyone for me

[@stevesplacedownunder]

I certainly will. She edits my videos and sees the comments so I’m sure she will see this mate

[@grzesnet]

I want to buy a hat from you like the one you have on your head in the film. It's starting to get hot here too. I will pay by transfer. reply by email please.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Hi mate. We keep looking for your email and I keep replying here but we don’t hear back from you or see an email

[@woodchopinbeekeeper929]

You on a diet? No brown sandwiches?

[@stevesplacedownunder]

There were after it mate. This was fairly early in the day

[@MegaRich7]

Maybe don't show that it started right at the start of the vid.😅

[@stevesplacedownunder]

Gets people in to watch the rest. It’s a title

[@robinkhalawan3564]

​@@stevesplacedownunder A simple "Will it start?" is the most effective advertising for this kind of video. Showing that it started at the beginning of the video is a spoiler for me, like knowing the end of a movie before watching it. I love the mystery and suspense of waiting to see if some old behemoth, long forgotten and given up as dead roar back to life.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

@robinkhalawan3564 I’ve done loads of will it start videos over the last 2 years. I’m trying new methods of getting viewers and subs. This is an idea performed by many KZbin creators. Although I do agree with what you’re saying, this method tends to work better than the other way I was doing it.

[@robinkhalawan3564]

​@@stevesplacedownunder Okay, I appreciate what you're trying, now that I understand the reason behind it. Keep making great, entertaining videos. Love your channel.

[@stevesplacedownunder]

@robinkhalawan3564 thanks for the feedback. It’s such a hard market to crack. I’m open to any suggestions that gets the content to more viewers. How the big channels get that successful is beyond me