There's an interesting discussion going on over at the Brockway Trucks Message Board concerning the 1978 Brockway Super-Liner. "A 1978 Brockway? How can this be?", you ask. (Brockway ceased production in 1977, and was closed by their parent company, Mack.) Read on:

Brockway Super-Liner

Rumor has it that Brockway also designed the Cruise-Liner to replace their Series 400 COE, but I have no photos of that. (The Series 400 & Mack F shared the same cab; as did the Series 700 and Mack R.)

Jim

Hi Jim,
Interesting column and post. I'll have to ask some of the old timers out if that was true or not about that model. Ummmm.

With the Brockways using the same cab as the R series at that point it could be really hard to say which came first. Mack had been increasing the R series hood for some time to accomodate larger radiators and engines that were popular with operators in the western United States. Brockway designers could have queued off that and made their design. But really by 1977 I have to wonder how much "real" Brockway was left. There seems to have been alot of cross pollenation by that time between the two. I'm sure for Brockway enthusiasts this is a viable conspiracy by Mack. Could be a recent photo manipulation of Brockway photos to make it a "Brock" liner too. I can't believe what you can do with photoshop these days.

Either way, it would make for an interesting model.

I agree, it would make an interesting model. And as a concept truck, you can do quite a bit with it.

It really seems that the Brockway guys are a little sore at Mack. Kind of holding a grudge, even.

Jim

The same feeling Mack guys (like myself) would feel towards Volvo if Mack were to go away. It can become intensely personal. Each person has their own preference of make, model or even engines. CAT or Cummins.....

Reminds me of the cruisenights I go to...you got your ford guys over there, chevy over that way and us Mopar guys over here. Then there's the new breed of young kids with the jap tuner cars...they usually sit across the street . Everybody likes something!