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Well, while waiting for parts to arrive for the crane, figured I’d give this some time. So, I thinned out the hood, and cut the gasket outline around the windshield and rear window openings. I also cut the doghouse out of the interior tub, and will cut the floor and hollow it out to give clearance to the rear of the Cummins engine. As the engine is tilted to the right in this model in order to get room to tuck it under the dash, I modified the oil pan and the rocker covers, and rhe transmission and engine mounts to reflect the tilt. I have decided to build this as a single axle dump truck, as the paver crew put in a request for a smaller truck for those tight areas.  

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I've only actually seen a couple of tilted ones in person myself and they didn't even have modified oil pans on them, or they didn't look to be modified. As many short hood trucks as there used to be on the road they were most likely pretty common at one time. I like where this build is headed! Great work as always Tom! Looking forward to seeing more.

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Yeah, the one I am modeling this after was a tanker in our fire department many years ago. We killed the engine and put a better one in it.  It required changing the pan, rocker boxes, motor mounts and oil pickup along with other differences in the intake and exhaust. Other than those few things, if memory serves me right, there was little else that was different. But it sure was a challenge changing it!

So while awaiting parts for the crane, I got a few things done on this. (It’s also nice to do something a bit more simple than the paver to recharge the creative batteries!) Shortened the wheelbase, made an interior tub, and firewall, and made a new cab protector for the dump body. I also cut a door in the gate for small paving jobs.  

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Made a new cab protector for the dump box, got the interior tub finished, assembled the dump body, made a pintle mounting plate, modified the sides of the box with angled fillers, and made up a doghouse for the interior. 

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Well, it's that or boredom building something from the box! LOL! And it lets me use up at least some of the literally thousands of parts and rebuilders I have here, have lots of stuff new in the box, but just can't seem to build one!

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Got the engine all dressed up, brake cans and front shocks added, body hinges installed, and a good mockup for this point. Finally got the look I was shooting for. Best thing about this whole build is it’s completely from the parts boxes with the exception of the very old Jim Etter resin cab from years ago.  Recycling is good!!!

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Mocked up the radiator, inner fenders, radiator overflow, windshield washer tank, and air cleaner to check fit.  Added the fuel tanks, air tanks, battery box. Time now for wiring and hoses, making the hydraulic cylinder and cab details. Now it’s easy to see just how tight these old girls were under the hood. Yikes! Brings back lots of bloody skinned knuckle memories!

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