1916 Mack AC

1916 Mack AC in Coeur fidèle, Movie, 1923

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
chris40 ◊ 2008-12-23 09:08	Mack AC ('Bulldog' to the British Army), 1916+.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2008-12-23 09:19	I just looked these up on the Mack website. About 4500 were supplied to the US military in WW1 in three sizes - 3 1/2 ton, 5 1/2 ton and 7 1/2 ton. As well 2000 were supplied to Britain. This truck looks to be the bigger model. http://www.macktrucks.com/default.aspx?pageid=255
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2008-12-23 10:23	An interesting picture showing the vehicle in "as used" condition, whereas we only see immaculate preserved items these days. Look at the amount of slack in the visible drive chain and think of the noise the whole thing must have made!
sixcyl ◊ 2008-12-23 12:51	Very nice picture indeed
sixcyl ◊ 2008-12-23 12:58	Here some kits of this Mack from Heljan Con-Cor at 1/87th scale, I made some years ago