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| Nope, I've never seen one of those. Spent a lot of years on the interstates going from St.Simons to West Palm Beach growing up, saw a lot of interesting trucks, but not one of those. I wish I had taken pictures, but Polaroid instamatics blurred anything that was moving fast. Thanks, Erich
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T, Im not sure if those are from one of Mack's foriegn plants or if they are coach conversions, but they were never offered in the USA.Federal DOT regs call mandate that all sleepers be a minimum of 75" wide and the R model cab is only 70" wide.The majority of folks here want the biggest bunk they can get.John John, That's something I didn't know - I expected the size of US sleepers was driven by the fact that Americans insist on comfort... I have to agree then, the Spanish cabs must be a very good coachbuilder (which Spain always had). Cheers T Not to mention we were fed well as kids resulting in many of us over 6' tall.
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Well... If it's not wide enough, one can always modify an F700 cab to fit -
Spain? Turkey? Cheers, T
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John Costley (8/2/2009)
T, Im not sure if those are from one of Mack's foriegn plants or if they are coach conversions, but they were never offered in the USA.Federal DOT regs call mandate that all sleepers be a minimum of 75" wide and the R model cab is only 70" wide.The majority of folks here want the biggest bunk they can get.John John, That's something I didn't know - I expected the size of US sleepers was driven by the fact that Americans insist on comfort... I have to agree then, the Spanish cabs must be a very good coachbuilder (which Spain always had). Cheers T
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| T, Im not sure if those are from one of Mack's foriegn plants or if they are coach conversions, but they were never offered in the USA.Federal DOT regs call mandate that all sleepers be a minimum of 75" wide and the R model cab is only 70" wide.The majority of folks here want the biggest bunk they can get.John
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I love the drapes,,, ,,otherwise, YUK,,,,
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| Richard, In most case when you see something like this your first thought is "maximum length" regulations, but look at the free space on the first R (and the second one is even a longer w/base), so I am also puzzled. What I thought was, maybe Sheller-Globe had an optional day cab (tooling already made, so pressing a few more would not have been such a hassle), but if you say you never saw something like this before, it must (?) be Spanish... Kinda like the "highlighner" F700s and F700FMs never available in the US, but reasonably common in Europe back in the day... No questions on this cab - only in France These were available from coachbuilders Pelpel (see some more here http://forum.aceboard.net/12980-1229-27553-0-Mack.htm. Trust me, the others on that thread are Macks also (French and... English)) At least it makes sense on length, and you could actually use the bunk if you were taller than 5'5". 
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I've seen a lot of R model Macks going up and down our highways over the years, but never saw (noticed?) any with an "extended " cab like the two you posted. The R cab certainly wasn't the largest cab made, but it seems to me that short extension is a lot of work to gain so little.
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| Good Day All, Further on the subject of unusual Macks: These two are off the Spanish "ATHS" forums. I've never seen such extended cabs before - does anyone know whether this was availabale in the US? I have a strong feeling this is a very good local (Spanish) coachbuilding and not a Sheller-Globe option, but I have to say unlike the Iranian integrals shown earlier on this thread, they do look "original", continued swage lines and all. ? Pics are from this (http://www.camionesclasicos.com/FORO/viewtopic.php?t=4454&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0) thread, there's more in there. No idea what the palm tree branches are for... T 
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| Frank, Whoever told you "In living history" was exaggerating, but not by far - it did snow in Tel-Aviv in 1950, that was probably the worst winter before 1991/1992 and last year again, although to anyone living in the north of the US, Canada or Europe this sounds ridiculous... 1950 (not a Mack... But it's a truck chassis): .jpg)
Trying to deal with cold start(!) problems for a change .jpg)
1991/1992 (Mercedes-Benz O303) .jpg)
Last year (MANs) 
But usually you get this, with the odd fool trying to cross and having to be rescued (or not): .jpg)
Rest are here: http://www.egged.co.il/main.asp?lngCategoryID=2566 Cheers T
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