Yahshu Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Here's a BigHorn I got on the workbench..........sorta 2 resin cabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapazleo Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Man, all that talk about dodges and nobody mentioned the BIGHORN. The bighorn is the origanl dodge ram. Fantastic truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80mirada Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 The Dodge L1000 cab was designed by Dodge with input from Budd, and (acording to engineers from Dodge Truck) did not share with the Ford. The C- cab was originally produced at the Dodge truck plant but was later sourced to Budd when the light duty trucks (d series) introduced a new cab. Dodge produced components for their cabs that were produced at Budd. Dodge had a strangely unique relationship with Budd, at the time they produced Large trucks. The Big Horn has always been one of my favorite trucks, there was a Black Dump truck that was owned by an independent operator here until just a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3522 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 cool build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar - D Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Here's my WIP LT - 1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yahshu Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 That will look good when it's finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Is the Bighorn kit version readily avail today ? friend of mine has 2 or 3 of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckyr Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Why didn't these kits get offered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Those would have been nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 Why didn't these kits get offered? The second one is a bad Photoshop job based on a brochure image. As for the LVT-1000, start on page one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazefox Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Great 1970s aerodynamics! As aerodynamic as a brick lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Casey and the rest.... Interesting subject, and as a Dodge guy in my youth, a subject very near and dear to my heart. Like Steve, I built that L700 (in my case, the summer it was introduced) and I was just blown away by the accuracy of that kit . Looking at this subject from another view, by the time that IMC announced the stillborn LVT Cabover kit, the 1/1 scale Dodge product, never a big seller, was already well past its prime. The decision not to go ahead was IMC's, from what I recall. I don't think Testors was really involved, as this took place (again, from what I recall) before Testors took over the IMC product range. The info in my book would most likely have been based on the various Phil Jensen "Tidewater Trucker" columns in Car Model magazine from 1970-73. I am also of the understanding that Phil, a well respected proponent of model car scratchbuilding, did just that (scratchbuilt) the 1/25th scale LVT sample seen in that Car Model photo in Steve's article. No tooling was ever started as far as I know. Finally, this is the first I've ever heard that the Dodge LVT and the Ford W-Series might have shared the same cab. I could be completely wrong about this, but I'd want to see that statement in writing from a well-respected Class 8 truck historian before accepting it as gospel. Interesting discussion guys! Thanks...TIM Edited April 8, 2014 by tim boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I had a Auto World catalog showing the BIG DODGE.....but it never showed up...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 I am also of the understanding that Phil, a well respected proponent of model car scratchbuilding, did just that (scratchbuilt) the 1/25th scale LVT sample seen in that Car Model photo in Steve's article. No tooling was ever started as far as I know. I want to say Art Anderson mentioned he was at the Chicago(?) Toy and Hobby Show back when the LVT-1000 debuted, and that interest was poor then, so IMC never proceeded beyond the one example they displayed. It would be great if that lone example resurfaced one day, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I want to say Art Anderson mentioned he was at the Chicago(?) Toy and Hobby Show back when the LVT-1000 debuted, and that interest was poor then, so IMC never proceeded beyond the one example they displayed. It would be great if that lone example resurfaced one day, though. That one "example" was merely an artist's "box art" painting of the LVT-1000--it showed up at the HIAA trade show in Chicago's Sherman House Hotel in 1971, 72, and '73--apparently it never generated enough pre-orders from wholesales or LHS's to warrant IMC's tooling it up for production. Of course, it probably didn't help that Dodge wasn't exactly the most popular of large OTR tractors. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I bet if it had had Petty Enterprise marking it would have been made!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIL 111V Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Odd that their was no intrest (pre-orders) for this class 8 kit, back then, when the AMT 1/25th truck craze was getting more popular then ever in the 70's:'69,'70'71'72'...MPC followed in '71...ERTL in '73 the segement was a growing one for sure, even Monogram &...Testors got in late in the 70's early 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Odd that their was no intrest (pre-orders) for this class 8 kit, back then, when the AMT 1/25th truck craze was getting more popular then ever in the 70's:'69,'70'71'72'...MPC followed in '71...ERTL in '73 the segement was a growing one for sure, even Monogram &...Testors got in late in the 70's early 80's. but for one thing: Where AMT, MPC and Ertl had all the big names in OTR trucks sewed up, Dodge was never a big player in the heaviest class of OTR semi-tractors. While of course, Monogram got into big rigs during a bit of a "revival" in the very early 1980's, Testors involvement was almost all due to that company's taking over the importation and US distribution of Italeri kits--rather than making their own from all new tooling. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I wonder if the tool still exists? I'm not sure how popular it would be if they produced it. Maybe they should do a run of it and see how it goes. That peterbilt California hauler will sell like hotcakes and a lot of other kits like the amt ertl macks imternationals and kenworths sell well. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I wonder if the tool still exists? I'm not sure how popular it would be if they produced it. Maybe they should do a run of it and see how it goes. That peterbilt California hauler will sell like hotcakes and a lot of other kits like the amt ertl macks imternationals and kenworths sell well. Ben I wonder if the tool still exists? I'm not sure how popular it would be if they produced it. Maybe they should do a run of it and see how it goes. That peterbilt California hauler will sell like hotcakes and a lot of other kits like the amt ertl macks imternationals and kenworths sell well. Ben Ben, IMC never actually tooled up the kit for the Dodge LVT-1000. All that was ever shown was a painting of one, which likely might have become the box art painting, had the kit ever been designed, engineered and cut in steel. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Just so we are totally clear on this, the built-up 1/25th scale scratchbuilt hobby show sample shown in the May, 1971 issue of Car Model magazine (and pictured on Steve Magnante's website at this link http://www.moparmax.com/columns/magnante/vi_2-2.html ) was most likely built scratchbuilt by Phil Jensen, as noted in my earlier post in this thread. It was not made from a pre-production tooling test shot. TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Why didn't these kits get offered? Id love the cabover Dodge...would a sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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