Pete68

Looking good nice start Brian I’ll be dropping in to take a look now and then. This was one of my Dads favorite GMCs from this era he never cared for the one with the Cannon Ball Jimmy type cab.

Very old school building I like it. Beautiful work on the cab and the rolling chassis. I’ll be following this build.

Great looking DM600 looks like you beat this difficult kit into remission.

Thanks for the Welcome Back I appreciate it.

Sam this thing is looking good very different indeed I like the stance of it. I had a stainless steel Farr air cleaner at one time I was going to put on my real Diamond Reo 1.1 I was restoring they are very rare.

Be following this one

You’re welcome Gary. Yes it did me to and the Western Star but in reality they made them like for certain length laws in different states with that long hood wasn’t much room for a long frame with a sleeper.

I like the mix and match you did on this one best of all I like the name on the door 😂

Great looking Pete Brian. You made the old Jimmy look tired 😂

Very nice Brian you did a great job one this one for sure.

Gary I’ll be following along also. I built this same kit back in 1984 done it in the box art colors then painted it baby blue later and added the AMT Pete wrecker body. I like your choice of sleeper something different besides the merc all the time.

Gary to further answer your question. That cab was actually made by “The Corporation Cab Co.”The White company started using this cab around 1963 on their 9000-4000 trucks as their “Custom Cab” option to their smaller White 9000-4000 cab. Autocar used this cab dating back to the early 1950s then in 1966 the Corporation Cab Co. added 3 inches to the height of this cab. The first truck to receive the new cab in 1966 was the White 9000 and the 4000 the other White family trucks followed as well. In 1968 when Diamond T and Reo merged they started using the new 3 inch cab. I discovered this when I was restoring my real 1.1 Autocar A64B and my 1968 Diamond Reo in the year 2000 and 2001. The cab was made in 3 sections I found this out when I replaced my headliner. I think other truck manufacturers also used this cab as well. Western Star used this same cab from 1967 well into the 1990s with some more modifications. Hope this helps.

Very nice clean build and I like the WB that you chosen. You did a great job.

Nice work on those wheels. That reefer looks good too

There is some parts missing like a fuel tank but I have spare parts. I might have to replace the front axle too. Thanks for dropping by

Thanks Scott for dropping by. I hope so

Your welcome Ken

I don’t understand why people have to reply twice when someone has already gave a well short educated answer.

Your welcome. That second pic is your pic 😂 so you can see the difference

Thanks Scott I appreciate it. I guess it’s because I have such a deep passion (as you know) for trucks all my life and that’s all I’ve ever been around. Looking forward to another restoration.

Nice one Ken great idea to pair them up thanks for sharing.

I found one one of the truck on my Layout. Hope to get more pics of it

Thanks I appreciate it. Yes Don has a lot of great stuff in lots of scales.

Thanks for the compliment I appreciate it. Yes it took a lot of work to get it to stance it has now just like it’s big brother in 1/25 scale takes a lot of work. Glad you dropped in.

Not really Steve over my 35 years in the trucking industry Holland was my choice I never had a minute’s trouble out of a holland. Fontaine was the worst and Jost second worst. Holland fifth wheels always stay in adjustment where I always had to adjust the others. Your normal 😂