Old Macks

How about a hint?

Probably not set in NYC. Name on the truck would be Italian, not Irish.

 

De Niro is in the picture.

 

I'll guess Taxi Driver but I've never seen it. The R model Mack would fit that time frame.
Could also be Goodfellows but most of the hijacked Macks were beat up Model Bs. Seen that one a dozen times.

If there's a Irish garbage hauler in NY I'll eat my hat though.

 

That looks like a good movie. Plus I learned of DM (Dumper/Mixer) R variant.

Mack R series - Wikipedia

 

Bingo.

 

It's a great movie, weird but great in that Sergio Leone way. De Niro gives what I think is his finest performance.

When I was a little kid, I loved trucks. "Truck" was supposedly my first word, though I think I was probably trying to say another word which my old man used frequently. My grandfather was a plumber and he had Chevy and Ford panels and pickups, but at that time all the big trucks seemed to be Macks and Internationals. I don't remember any Peterbilts. I think I liked Macks best because of the bulldog.

 

And as well as the trucks Dave said film has one of the finest pieces of music ever written within.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.



P.S.With apologies for going off topic. I'll post up some Mack photos tomorrow (today!) to make up for my digression, but that piece of music always takes me back to a very particular place and time.

Always remember, never forget.

 

Sounds like me. Tractors too.

Mack had the biggest market share of heavy duty trucks until the seventies. The others were there but I thought any 10 wheel dump truck was a Mack until my early teens, even though they weren't.

 

For Dave55, TTH, and Owen, plus all who have an interest in old Mack trucks (in part penance for my digression from the thread subject above).

Discovered when searching for other stuff a few days back, and courtesy of IWM Collections within the link here;

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?filters[eventString][Allied Occupation of Austria 1945-1955, Cold War]=on&page=0

Vienna, Austria, 1946.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.









I hope I'm not being too judgmental here but given what had gone before maybe the Austrian civilian driver should have given some thought to losing the moustache (I can't help but think that the wry smile on the face of Driver J Lamb of the RASC has some connection with it!)

 

Really good, Jim. I knew the NRs were diesel but thought they were just purchased from an engine company. Looked around the net and see Mack made them in house based on something called the Lanova design. Gives me something to research. I'm sure they didn't have one of those engines at the Mack Museum the last time I visited.

Great pictures.

 

Cheers Dave, and should I find any more on the IWM website I'll be sure to post them up here.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

Haven't seen this one before.