DRIPTROIT 71

Your builds are always awesome! Looks the part perfectly! Excellent work!

Cool project! I’m looking forward to seeing it come together!

That looks beautiful! You should have a build thread over in the semi section.

Thanks Pat. The engine is definitely not completely accurate, nor near the quality of your scratch built engines. I started with an old Mack block out of the DM 600 kit. The valve cover was made from two Detroit valve covers. In retrospect I should have cut some more off of the lower side of the block and narrowed the oil pan a little more to get my dimensions a little closer, but since it is curb side and not very visible I let it pass.

Thanks for the kind words but I believe that you might be the one passing off the real thing as a model. 😀 Thanks!! Thanks Jeff!

I like Peterbilts with spoke wheels myself. Looks like a great project!

I like it! I really like how you painted the engine! Nice work!

Thanks KJ! Since the rings were cast into the fenders, I painted the entire light and ring area with a Moltown pen. I then used the headlight lenses from the 4300 kit.

Thanks Charles! The mirrors are out of the 4300 kit. Thanks Brian!

Looks great! I thought that I was the only one who made air valves out of carburetors. 😃

I’m sure that this will vary some depending on what year model you’re wanting to replicate. This is from a 1980 brochure: This is from a 1967 brochure:

Amazing build all the way around. Make sure you have all your permits in order before starting down the road with that beast. Excellent work! This was a pleasure to watch come together!

Thanks for all of the comments guys! This one is under glass now.

This began with a fiberglass cab from an unknown caster. It sits on the 4300 chassis from the latest issue. This one is curbside but it is powered by a IH Red Diamond 450 gas engine. Thanks to Charles Rowley for the IH R-190 emblem decals.

Your work is a joy to watch!!