This photo is an excellent quality black & white 8” x 10” borderless photo reproduction of a 1930s BM MACK with an Integral Sleeper operated by SAFEWAY TRUCK LINES, Chicago, Ill. The original photo was taken in Chicago in 1949. It is a most fascinating photo of a road worn long lived Mack, still on the road after many, many years! This is a BM Mack with real character!!
“SAMPLE” will not be on your photo, it is only on the scanned image.
DESCRIPTION: #88 in the SAFEWAY fleet, this old Mack carries a 1949 Illinois license plate. Some 3,030 BM Model Macks were produced between 1932-1941. Most were gasoline powered, but this road horse has been repowered with a Cummins Diesel, as evidenced by the “Cummins Power” metal badge on the front hood side. While it has a vertical exhaust stack with a thin muffler, it also has 4-straight pipes coming up out of the right side of the hood through neatly cut holes, indicating that it was a Cummins 4-banger.
This Mack is parked on a residential city street, with a late 1930s automobile behind it. With a 1949 plate, this weary Mack must have been at least 8 years old, and probably much older. Most likely it saw service right through WWII when few parts were available, and probably had many modifications made. Arrow-style turn signals have been added, mounted on a reinforced patch on the battered front fenders that are torn from many road miles of vibration. This tractor has a hinged windshield with a single wiper, a left-side mounted spotlight, small rectangular side-view mirrors, a single air horn mounted in the center of the roof, 2 extra headlights mounted under the front bumper, fabricated angled ‘eves’ over the small integral sleeper cab side windows, old style saddle tanks, and extra reflectors mounted on the front of the fenders. Talk about “character”, this old Mack has it! If this weary old Mack could only talk, I’m sure it would have many a fascinating story to tell!
SAFEWAY TRUCK LINES, INC. Little is known about Safeway, except they were located at one time at 4625 W. 55th Street, Chicago 32, Illinois, just east of Chicago Midway Airport. Photos of some other Safeway trucks appear on the internet from 1961 and 1969.
CONDITION: This outstanding black & white glossy photo is a newly reproduced photo from a photo in my personal lifetime collection. This photo has been printed on archival quality HP Premium Plus Glossy Photo Paper using HP 02 Vivera Inks, producing a professional quality photo that resists fading over 100 years ... the best money can buy. This full 8x10 photo is borderless. For your information, the description and documentation of this photo will be loosely taped to the back side of this photo. I try to ad some “added value” to my photos by researching each one, adding some history and information that you may not know. If I get something incorrect, please let me know … thanks!
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