lapazleo Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Does anybody remember all those great factory paint jobs from 1976 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappy625 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 (edited) i remember kenworth had the vit. which i still like today. mack also had the stars and stripes. Edited July 4, 2012 by cappy625 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catd11rpusher Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Boy I remember the train locomtives were painted like that I remember!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyr Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) I don't remember. I wasn't born yet! Edited July 6, 2012 by chuckyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapazleo Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 I don't remember. I wasn't born yet! There were some really cool bicentennial editions from Ford pick ups to locomotives,everything was red white and blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Peterbilt had "The Patriot" red white and medium blue stripes. The scheme was originally drawn for a show truck (different colors) several years before '76. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapazleo Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 I remember the local redi mix companies had some concrete trucks done up. I also recall Sam Tanksley trucking had a fleet of red white and blue Peterbilts. Lotsa of good ideas for projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappy625 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 talk about locomotives. does anybody remember the spirit of 76' from tyco? i got one for christmas.still have the engine and caboose.can't remember what happened to the rest of the set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCDOC Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) Edited July 6, 2012 by QCDOC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman63 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 talk about locomotives. does anybody remember the spirit of 76' from tyco? i got one for christmas.still have the engine and caboose.can't remember what happened to the rest of the set. Yep, I still have mine too. It's packed up with the rest of my HO scale trains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIL 111V Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 In fact MACK trucks introduced the "All American" cab paint scheme way back (circa) 1970, mostly with white painted frames, way before the Bi-Centenial craze of 1976. Was surely the best of them all... for trucks, very nice looking Take a close look at MPC first edition of the MACK DM 800 (tractor & ready mix kits) artboxes of...1971 Same excellent MPC boxarts carried over in ERTL boxes, when they got the DM800 mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapazleo Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 In fact MACK trucks introduced the "All American" cab paint scheme way back (circa) 1970, mostly with white painted frames, way before the Bi-Centenial craze of 1976. Was surely the best of them all... for trucks, very nice looking Take a close look at MPC first edition of the MACK DM 800 (tractor & ready mix kits) artboxes of...1971 Same excellent MPC boxarts carried over in ERTL boxes, when they got the DM800 mold. Clearly evidenced by Chuckyr's brochure post,that's obviously a pre 73 dash in that f model Mack. Of course there was a bicentinniel craze but patriotism should never be a craze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackvision Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 There were some really cool bicentennial editions from Ford pick ups to locomotives,everything was red white and blue. This F-model is pre-bicentennial,Mack did this paint scheme in 1970 to promote their 70 year anniversary.........................Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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