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Awesome. A.J.

I happened to buy the last two at my local hobby shop this afternoon. He got 12 in on Thursday that he ordered two months ago, and my purchase was for the last two that he had. He's got another dozen on order from his distributor, but he hasn't received a promise date as to when they'll be shipped. A.J.

While on ebay, look for one of the 8' beds from several of the older MPC Dodge pickup kits as well. The 8' bed can be sectioned down to the 6' length you are looking for. This in exactly what Don Holthaus did to create the master for their resin conversion. A.J.

Modelhaus did. You may want to look for them on ebay. A.J.

One word: AWESOME! A.J.

Love it! A.J.

Awesome. A.J.

I like how this particular kit was priced at $1.59 down from the $2.00 retail price. The "200" after the 8734 was the suggested retail price AMT printed right on all of their kit packaging. The first $2.00 kits were the '60 Pickups and the double kit 1925 Ford Model T kits A.J.

Fantastic build of this classic truck. Well done! A.J.

Sweet build. A.J.

Awesome build. A.J.

Mud flaps consist of 0.020 plastic with some half round tube and 1/16 brass rod that also doubled as the bed pivot. A.J.

Here's one I built using an AAM resin conversion kit. I built it in 1995 using 1993 issued AMT kit 6835 1993 Ford F150 Flareside pickup combined with All American Models resin conversion kit, which included the one ton wheels & tires, dump box and long wheelbase chassis. The front suspension from the F-150 was modified to raise the front end height and the heavier rear axle and suspension are from the parts box. Front bumper and grille were modifed to base level, argent painted components. Color is Krylon industrial orange.

Maybe AMT could put the '32 Roadster, Coupe, Sedan, Touring, and Victoria all together as a set in one box? Lots of part swapping opportunities there.

Looks like someone put new tires and wheels on this old truck. A.J.

I was at the ATHS National show in Lexington KY a few weeks ago. That is where I came across this "shop built" Diamond T. Spoke with the owner who claimed it was built by the original towing company that used it. Quite the job of engineering and construction. A.J.

WOW!! A.J.

Really nice!! A.J.

When I was a Chrysler Corp service rep back in the 1970's, I had one of the very first Lil Red Express trucks produced as my company vehicle. It received some minor body damage in transit and got diverted to company car service are the roof dent was repaired. The engine in the one I drove actually had black valve covers as it was a police package A-68 engine. Talk about a quick truck! I drove it 1,000 miles then sold it to a dealer for resale as a "used" vehicle. The dealer principal loved the LRE so much, he used it as his demo for almost a year. Here's my build that was done way back in 1979.

In addition to the obvious cab offset, DM series (produced from 1966 - 1988) chassis were much heavier duty than the standard R series (produced from 1965 - 1990) . Mack also offered the RD and RM (1971 - 1990) series which basically the heavy duty DM chassis with the R-series cab.

I only bought from him when he was a toy shows WITH product. He'd sometimes bring one of his masters and try and get folks to buy them in advance. Two guys I know, did that and never got their conversions despite paying him at the shows. A.J.

Great build. A.J.

Outstanding!!!!! A.J.

Outstanding guy and business to deal with. Definitely "2 thumbs up", and the products are all first rate. A.J.

One thing not to overlook is that the sedan roofs were usually about 2 inches higher than hardtop roofs. Look at Joe's images above and you can see the difference. A.J.