A book by John Montville claimed that Serial number #7001 was the first Mack AC. Today is it worth significantly more.Īt the time Iowa 80 Truckstop purchased the 1916 Mack AC, there was some controversy over whether or not is was the first Mack AC ever produced. When Bill Harrah passed away, Iowa 80 Truckstop purchased the Mack for less than $10,000. Bill Harrah of Harrah’s Casino attended and bought the Mack for around $5,500. Zimmerman auctioned off his collection of vehicles.
From 1965 to 1973 the truck was owned by the Zimmerman Auto Museum at the Holiday Inn motel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1940 the Mack AC was sold to the Princeton Auto Museum in Wooster, Massachusetts. Boston Ice Company traded it back to the Boston Mack branch who used it as a utility truck. This 1916 Mack AC was shown at the Boston Auto Show in January of 1916 and sold to the Boston Ice Company. The truck is now completely restored and verified by Mack Trucks that it is in fact the first Mack AC ever built. The Moon family purchased the truck over 10 years ago from the estate of Bill Harrah of Harrah’s Casinos. WALCOTT, IOWA - The first Mack AC truck ever built was delivered to Iowa 80 Truckstop yesterday from Spencer Restorations in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania. Iowa 80 Truckstop Restores the First Mack AC Truck Ever Built! ()
