Alex, thank you for keeping attention.
I'm shure the truck spent all its life in Russia because I was first told about it in late 80's, still the cold war time and there were no chances to import anything from another country and just make a trip out of the country as well.
After many years I got it because I too liked Mack trucks and couldn't miss that chance. Actually to the end of its service it was not an object correctly to call Mack truck. Original engine was replaced with aftermarket one, gearbox the same way and the cab changed with MAZ-200 post war Soviet truck closed cab.
By the way all the hubs were reworked into 20 inches because of no ability to get another size of tyres in SU. Before to start the restoration I provided wide research on spare parts sources and got myself on this forum. It was a key to success of that story, I found the men who helped. After some time I bought whole other truck wich I used as a spare one. It was supplied in France right after the end of the war. So the product I'm going to end up as a ready vehicle will be a combination of two trucks. I't usual way though. Here you can see Russian chassis as I brang it home about 4 years ago.
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