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Thanks Sam , I'm really enjoying this build and the squirrels haven't side tracked progress. The box already has a future..coming soon !

Looks good so far ! What size tire are your short , I probably have a few your welcome to

Spent a few hours working on the plow , notably the plow hitch. The stock autocar frame doesn't have any extension forward of the radiator, so I used pieces of the retired frame for small extensions. I worked out a pattern for hitch side plates, using the mk 1 eyeball. Judging the ground clearance off the front wheel , and width off the grill. Building the framework once the sides shape was determined was simply stacking angles/ tubes . I really enjoyed building the skeleton for hitch, now the remainder of the plow fittings can be installed / fabricated . Heres the start of the hitch assembly. I reinforced most of the fittings w angled plates , later ill add meng bolts . A very important detail i wanted to capture was the alignment of the hitch to the radiator. The top rail will have several work / driving lights fit. The lights will be level w the autocar emblem on the grill shell. The upper angled plate is just mocked up, I wasn't sure how wide I wanted to leave it during mock up. A good friend thats building the same truck cast the proper type rear wheels for this project. He's sending me a set and some driving lights to light the snow covered roads . Thanks for following along!

Well sadly the donor frame was retired . The older plastic didn't approve of my squirrels fondness for power tools. They wanted to correct the bow and arch that developed . We sat around listening to country music awhile and got back to work. Enough crying over it...that waters down the bourbon I had another nearly intact parts truck w new frame parts..here I go again. This time I built the front end parts leaving the rear frame parts off . Mocking up the cab, wing tower and bed showed me where the rear tire would line up similar to my photos . I just shifted the loose crossmember back till satisfied. The old chassis wheelbase was 165..the new one lands around 186 . This actually looks better overall. Well the axle wanted to live right in line w these molded on bolts..easy to match other side ...but you can see my mounts are short now . Buddy sent me a few photos of plows w fishplates for this purpose. I used a strip of 030 for mine. Test fitting everything together ❤ nice and level, frame is square and so clean. Now to figure out the box pivots again. Heres the new layout. Theres a small frame cut needed on the end but I'm leaving it awhile Thanks for following along , be back w updates after I dry out the turkey tomo and resort to box mac and cheese ? Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends on here too! Hope everyone has a great holiday

Now we're talking !!!! Sublime green mixer..didn't see that coming wow very cool

Looks great ?

Outstanding work ! I still remember driving our Hemtt fuel truck around the base , such an odd feeling turning corners and feeling it swing since the crew sits ahead of the steer tires. Good times

Thanks , another fun build checked off the list

Looking forward to another super bee build !

Cool build !

Tinkered w Autocar today, working on the wet tank / cable pulley boxes for the side wing . I quickly realized my last frame mod wouldn't allow to me use parts I had available. I'd screwed up the measurement needed for the parts to fit between cab and dump box . That mistake now forced me to fab up my own parts..not difficult, just more work than I planned . There's a large wet tank mounted on the top of the horizontal cable box that pulls the wing inwards. Heavy brackets attach this large assembly to the frame along with the vertical tower that houses the other pulleys and equipment. I built a narrower box and wet tank to fit behind the cab . I really didn't like how cramped it turned out...so out came the razor saw . Adding a section of scrap frame rail stretched the frame out again. Here's the parts roughed in..much more detail is planned . It was very tight .. Normally I love demo..but this caused issues later that might require a new frame ..not certain yet . The wet tank, and pulley boxes Mocked up on the truck..and I noticed my cut wasn't square . The new cut caused a bowed frame , and humped up. I absolutely won't settle for leaving this , so this chassis has become a mock up frame . I'll use a new set of rails after getting the major work done Thanks for following

Good looking 440 !

Good plan on colors

Lol plenty of friends suggested ideas for making parts . The front end geometry and layout was cool to fabricate

Whew I had to hunt for photos of this old build. Let me check evergreen rack to see what size it was..recall it being one size smaller than 1/4 " tube . Ill look tonite. My buddy owns the model now

Not much since last post , been trying to iron out few details around wing tower . Finally settled on specific truck to build should make for interesting model

Excellent work that looks deadly

Very well done !

Nicely done Dan ! Really amazing how large these cars were and how they ever fit inside . That head on shot really shows how imposing these cars were designed, something sadly lacking now

This is a really sharp truck ! Very clean work Love the side by side shot w big sis

Fantastic work and photography

I appreciate the comments, yeah I realized I should've dusted the flaps. I'll fix that soon ! Thanks again for following

Hahaha yeah the snow started spitting here over wknd, they hauled outside to squirrel away more food. Its easy to stay focused..for now cause this build is so fun searching for the Easter eggs I need to add. Reminds me of your Dan gurney build, so many details coming together

Andy - most of the amt lowboys had similar tires as its tractors . I'd have to look at the sidewall, but thought they were 10× 20s. The modern lowboys run low pro tires but the older ones had a similar tire What I like to do is contact the am vendors like gw trucks , or scenes unlimited and telling them your project , they'll hook you up w correct rubber or resin replacements. gwtrucks@yahoo.com is Gary's email , he doesn't have a website Hope this helps and welcome to the big rig side !

Nicely done !