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  1. TheSDTrucker
    How do you paint something this small? It looks fantastic!
  2. TheSDTrucker
    Very fine looking rig! I've always loved how those old White trucks look
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    I have seen a lot of extended sleepers recently on the board and it made me wonder about something. How many of you guys put details into your sleeper interiors? I've seen a Mercury here and there with a painted interior and a bed, but I would like to know if any of you guys go all out on sleeper interiors.
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    As far as the air compressor, it doesn't seem to matter. I've seen a lot of air compressors on the 71 series that are mounted on the rear gear drive of the engine. I don't think I've ever really seen a belt driven compressor on one but I do know they exist. I know a lot of them had a rear mounted belt driven alternator. I'm putting an 8v71T in my AMT Freightliner, but I used a 92 series as a base and changed some of the features to make it look like an 8v71T rather than an 8v92T.
  5. TheSDTrucker
    That helped me out too since I'm doing an 8v71T for my White Freightliner.
  6. TheSDTrucker
    This is looking awesome! I can't wait to see the finished product!
  7. TheSDTrucker
    I bought my P.E. kit from Jamie at Moluminum as well. Lots of cool stuff in his site.
  8. TheSDTrucker
    Nice rig man! They are really nice trucks to drive!
  9. TheSDTrucker
    That is really cool!
  10. TheSDTrucker
    Really cool build!
  11. TheSDTrucker
    It would be really cool to see any pictures you have for progress or reference! I wish I could help you with posting from an iPhone, since I have a Samsung and I don't know if it is different or not.
  12. TheSDTrucker
    I haven't seen many pictures of a horizontal Cummins engine, I would also like to see how these engines worked.
  13. TheSDTrucker
    That makes a lot more sense than what I was thinking. Great photos of a pretty rare truck configuration. These charts are so cool! If only we still had a selection like this today..
  14. TheSDTrucker
    That will be really awesome to see! I'll jump into my Freightliner archives to see what I can pull up. That will be one really unique build!
  15. TheSDTrucker
    As far as what I see from the two companies, they're both owned by Daimler. I would imagine quality is very similar.
  16. TheSDTrucker
    Is this the air pump on a Detroit? If so, where do all these hoses lead to?
  17. TheSDTrucker
    Now days the quality level to me goes from Peterbilt/Kenworth, Freightliner, Mack, Volvo, Western Star, and International. International being at the very low end of the spectrum.
  18. TheSDTrucker
    It seems like all Freightliners were oddballs back then. I confirmed the one I'm basing my build off of is a 1972. It's in MUCH better shape than the white truck the link sends you to.
  19. TheSDTrucker
    This is an awesome looking build so far! Love the Detroit under the hood, always a nice touch in any truck in my opinion.
  20. TheSDTrucker
    I just found the link, it's in Covington TN. It's in rough shape, but with some time and skilled work, it could be put back on the road. https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/17805745/1971-freightliner-fla96
  21. TheSDTrucker
    I know it's in TN, I'll look for the link
  22. TheSDTrucker
    I've only ever seen one 8v71 with the Farr air cleaner on it. It's for sale right now actually.
  23. TheSDTrucker
    As promised, here is the brochure I purchased.
  24. TheSDTrucker
    I built this interior from a damaged kit just to get some practice. While it is decent for a first time, I'm not fully satisfied with it. My new interior will have real leather covering the plastic to make it more realistic. I am modeling my interior after the burgundy brougham interior. I am using a darker red paint this time for any plastic the leather doesn't cover.
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    I have contacted him, and the parts have shipped and should be here any day now. I kind of expected that to happen since I ordered over the holidays, but no matter, I'm in no rush to complete this model. In the mean time, my leather piece I ordered just showed up, so I will start on forming the diamond trim pattern to use in the cab. I opted for leather because I don't like the cheap look of the plastic.
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