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Jimmy Flintstone also sells one.

Speechless build as always. A.J.

WOW! A.J.

Awesome build. A.J.

Wheels of Time has now added a model truck column written by Lee Hartman. After belonging to ATHS for over 30 years and getting WoT as part of the membership, I'm really pleased that they've added model trucks to the magazine. If you love older trucks, this is the group to join. In addition to WoT, they also do a separate publication with a photo of every truck registered at their national convention. A great bonus for memebers from all over the world. A.J.

From conversations with Don and Carol over the years, they said that he had written approvals from the model companies to reproduce parts for kits that were long out of production and would never be produced again. He also purchased the kits or models he used as masters and in most cases improved upon the original part. Don was also an avid model builder who mastered most of his own kits. The only time that ran afoul of written approval was when the mastered and produced those early GMC pickup truck conversion parts. They did the work based on a verbal approval from someone at GM and when that person left the position, the new guy came in a suddenly wanted a royalty before he'd provide written approval. Supposedly, they negotiated and finally got written approval, without royalties, a couple of years ago, just as they announced their retirement.

I think that cash flow may be a problem with Moebius right now. I know that they have the Ford 4X4 pickups tooled, but aren't promising when they will be released. I think that on kits like the Comet and Hudsons, once the initial rush by older modelers to buy them goes by, the rest sit on the shelves of hobby shops (at least the ones I frequent) and refill orders for additional kits aren't being placed. I hope I'm wrong but in talking to owner of my local hobby shop, he said the only Moebius kits that he has had to reorder have been the Navistar Lonestar and ProStar, and the Ford pickups. Without cash coming in, tooling and production of new kits has to be put on hold. Just my thoughts.

Wow! That turned out soooo nice. A.J.

Saw this on another site. Here's an opportunity to let your voice be heard. A.J. Round2 Decal Suggestions

Wow that turned out great. A.J.

Awesome build. A.J.

The shifter of the column is for the three speed transmission, while the floor shifter was for the transfer case. Four speed Broncos has two floor shifters, one for trans, one for transfer case.

Good minds think alike. Here's one I did way back in 1983.

I haven't seen this mentioned here, but having worked in the service department of a Ford dealer from 1965 - 1972, I can assure you that the exhaust system on all Broncos of this era was a single exhaust pipe and muffler, not the dual exhaust with "Cherry Bomb" style mufflers. Granted they rusted out within 18 months, but duals were never a factory option. The 289/302 engines were also low performance 2 bbl engines. These were very peppy with the right axle ratios intended for off-roading. Another thing is that these vehicles road like buckboards with any tire but the standard size passenger car style tread. The optional mud/snow tires were hard as a rock on pavement, something the heavier pickups of this era reduced.

I used to work for a landscaper in the '60's who has a Ford-Ferguson tractor that was powered by an old 4 cylinder Ford flathead engine. I remember having to do a tune-up on it one time and the plugs, points & condenser, distributor cap and wires that the auto parts store supplied were for a 1941 Ford truck engine. It was surprising the power that little guy had.

I used to work for a landscaper in the '60's who has a Ford-Ferguson tractor that was powered by an old 4 cylinder Ford flathead engine. I remember having to do a tune-up on it one time and the plugs, points & condenser, distributor cap and wires that the auto parts store supplied were for a 1941 Ford truck engine. It was surprising the power that little guy had.

Great job as always. A.J.

Stopped by the two HLs in my area, and neither one had any truck kits on clearance. Must have missed them. A.J.

In reading the review, the one thing I noticed is that when he wired the engine, he ran the wires to the back if the engine instead of running them to the distributor (that looks like a blob on many of the AMT flatheads) which is located in the front of the engine, below the generator and above the lower crank pulley.

Charlie, Glad you like my Seagrave Sedan. I got some reference info from Matt Lee, but then living in the Detroit area, there have been several that over the years have been at local apparatus musters. When I moved to Detroit in the late '70's they were still in use all over the city. A friend of mine used to work for the DFD and we spent a day down at "the shops". There were probably 10-15 of them in various states of repair, or going out of service. The rust really took its toll on most of them after being on the streets for 15-20 years. A.J.

Here's the one I built in 1987 from the second set of Mike's castings.

The one thing that you have to keep in mind is that it is your model, so build it however you want. Just have fun doing it to please yourself.

I've been building model cars since 1958, trucks since the late '60's and fire apparatus since the early '70's. I don't categorize myself as I build for the fun of it, and depending on the model, I can go all out on detail or just do a build that looks good on the shelf. This is, and always has been, a hobby for me and when I don't find it fun, I take a brief break, but always end up coming back. I must admit that I have always found it hard to build a model just like the one shown on the box, and have always done something to make every model I've built unique in one way or another. I seldom try and duplicate a 1:1 truck, car, or piece of fire apparatus down to the smallest detail as that would be more taxing for me personally than to build something that is a reflection of what I have in my mind.

Here is a similar conversion that I built in 1984 using a modified 1981 issued MPC Cannonball Run 1978 Dodge van. Body and chassis modified to B300 maxi-van specs, with a second set of rear doors installed on right passenger side to provide windowed doors. Paint is Dupont Chrysler W1 with Testors orange.

Cool. A.J.