Mack FL-700L

Mack FL-700L in Moonfire, Movie, 1970

Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin:

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Author	Message
Raul1983 ◊ 2007-08-12 17:34	-- Last edit: 2007-08-12 17:41:43
Ddey65 ◊ 2007-08-12 18:34	Looks like an F-Series to me.
seventiestrucker ◊ 2007-08-13 01:13	FL700L is what I can read from the top in the fourth picture.
K dubble u ◊ 2023-02-10 04:42	1968-9 Mack FL-700L. 300 V-8 Mack engine backed by a Mack Triplex. It was a fast truck (Could cruise at 75-80 easily) and it got good fuel mileage. Good furniture truck. Sold for 20.5k in 1970.
lightninboy ◊ 2024-04-08 19:56	Raul1983 wrote It's a Becker Mexico TR radio capable of receiving shortwave, which might have been nice in the middle of nowhere back then. https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=30699.0 Link to "forums.pelicanparts.com" https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/becker_mexico_tr_9.html -- Last edit: 2024-04-08 20:06:08
lightninboy ◊ 2024-05-17 20:38	The movie implied that the Becker Mexico TR's shortwave capability made it a two-way radio, but I'm pretty sure that if they were using two-way radios they were using CBs. Sears started selling CBs for vehicles in about Spring Summer 1969 catalog. It was earlier than 1969. In 1966 Sears Spring Summer catalog you could buy a 23-channel CB. -- Last edit: 2024-05-17 20:54:31