Force Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) AITM has the old KW sleeper with one piece doors and wavy back wall, I just bought two for an upcoming project...two you say?!?...well the Tyrone Malone Boss Truck Of America had two sleepers of that style. Edited September 27, 2018 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprings Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) On 9/26/2018 at 11:56 AM, PettyKW43 said: There is a nice one shown in a video on YouTube with a V12 Detroit, in a 67Kenwotth Thanks for all your contributions to this thread, you answered all my questions and then some. I guess they are pretty rare. Not much of a Detroit fan, but the 1693 would be sweet! Now if we can only get cargostar ( models by Dave) to offer a resin extended cowl for us! Edited September 28, 2018 by leafsprings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 KFS has the 1693 marked as "Yellow Engine" and I think Spaulding Trading And Shipping may have it, he sells stuff from KFS and I bought one from him once on ebay a while ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic trucker Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 21 hours ago, leafsprings said: Now if we can only get cargostar ( models by Dave) to offer a resin extended cowl for us! Why not use the hood from the Super Boss? It's easy to modify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 The Super Boss hood is the longer 74 inch hood. What's talked about here is the cowl extension used on trucks with higher horse power engines before the longer 74 inch hood came into production in 1970, they extended the cowl on the cab and used the shorter 63 inch hood without cutouts for the air cleaner tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic trucker Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Sorry. I misread the quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PettyKW43 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 As another side note , the top was smooth until sometime in ‘67 when the v shaped bulge appeared. And yes a narrow nose hood could be had with an extended cowl panel but few if any were ordered that way ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ790 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 1:34 PM, mistermodel said: wasnt there a medium grill size also? Not that I am aware of. There was an extra wide grille with a very large radiator as an option for the T800, but that wasn't available until the late 80's or early 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpreadAxle Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 I learned a lot from this thread. I have the KW sleeper from AITM and I notice that compared to the amt kit sleeper it's shorter in height. Is that accurate or is this sleeper casting too short? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PettyKW43 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 I thought it looked short, which means it is designed for the earlier KW cab, pre 63 small window. If one want to back date the AMT kit coffin box remove the moulded in panel line and upper door handle, move the vent panels to the front of the doors and add the ribs to the back panel . Two ways to do it either pirate the ribs off of a Mercury box or get evergreen styrene strips and add them in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignate Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Sorry to bring up a thread that’s over a year old but, does anyone know the actual dimensions for the cowl extension panel. Is it the same 11” that the extended hood added? Thanks, Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 So extending cow would give it a exhood look rite?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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