phoneguy Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Started with the Autocar Dump truck and swapped dump beds with the Freightliner Heavy Dump. still have more work to do on it, when I find time. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 A beast ! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Albion Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 I agree with Tim. That is a beast!!! Like the green paint and the custom painted Cummins diesel. Good Luck with the rest of the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC Auto Industry Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Wow! That truck is awesome! Where'd you get the custom wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 the front spokes are resin that I picked up on a trade with a fellow builder. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Here's the final pics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinac359 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I'll repeat my previous comment: What a beast ! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 Thanks, Tim. Coming from you, that means a lot. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Jerry, Coll looking truck. Tim's right, a real beast. The exhaust through the hood, I don't get it. Do they really do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 Thanks for the comments guys. James, I've seen some pics somewhere on Hank's site that had a few older trucks with the exhaust similar to that, but I don't recall which ones. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 With the exhaust comming directly out of the engine like that it must be un-Godly loud. Cannot even begine to immagine what that would sound like. Where would a truck like this be used: mines & quarries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dptydawg Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Back in the 60's there was a Sicard snowplow that ran past our house. it had a 250 Cummins with an exhaust stack that came straight up out of the hood. It was ungodly loud. One of the old operators tells me that if they stood on it in front of the bank, the vibrations shook the windows enough to set of the alarms. It would wake me up at night when the went by. So you exhaust system did exist in real life Thanks Carl Avis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Albion Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Jerry, Great truck! Yes a beast. Jim B Check Dave Natale's web site: www.aitruckmodels.com He shows his Old Mack LM with the exhaust through the hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC Auto Industry Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Great job! The exhaust coming from the hood is pretty unusual. I've never seen anything like it. Are there any trucks in real life with this setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dptydawg Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 (edited) Are there any trucks in real life with this setup? I found an old slide I had of the Sicard I mentioned earlier. Its not a great pic but... The plow on the right is an FWD the one on the left is a head on shot of the Sicard. If you look to the left of the windshield centre line there is a dark object. That is the exhaust pipe coming straight up out of the hood. The bump on the roof is a rotqting light I believe this oicture was taken around 1962 Thanks Carl EDIT: I just took a closer look at the picture. My memory must be going because the truck on the right looks like a Sicard and the one with the verticle hood stack looks like an FWD. Anyway the one on the left still has the stack Edited November 19, 2007 by dptydawg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC Auto Industry Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 The plow on the right is an FWD the one on the left is a head on shot of the Sicard... I've heard of FWD trucks before, but not Sicard. Must not have been an overly familiar company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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