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Thanks , its gonna be a rough working truck. Good suggestion on the mini blind material for the shutters

Tackled the cold temp shutters tonite , took much longer than planned. Cut strips of 015" sheet into narrow strips, then cut to length fitting each into the frame . I used C channel sides , 90 ° angle could've worked better . Slicing the strips off the sheet caused them to curl slightly, so I carefully bent flat . Capping the top / bottom w strips and I'll remove the entire frame tomo. I think giving the kit grill a black wash should help both stand out , we'll see Each strip was .050" wide x 33mm long I was having trouble seeing the slats angle, so colored sheet was slid under frame Thanks for following along!

Awesome work Tom ! The color really pops outside, and impeccable work . Pretty cool how we finished on the same day ! My camaro build Fun little build for something different for me !

Your work is so inspiring to a modest scratchbuilder like myself , I really enjoy you build s

Outstanding work love the weathering and the Rusty theme

Funny you should mention that..seems the squirrels conspired together and left this photo on my phone lol While I was sleeping it seems they worked thru the night and I found this today ...somehow they attached a dump bed , and chopped the frame all without opposing thumbs !!! All jokes aside , today was a busy day getting the frame and dump box sitting correctly. I fashioned some pivot tabs from solid stock , and rebuilt the frame to accommodate the pivots. Checking the cab / bed gap i settled on a 3/4" chop. That seemed like the narrowest space a squirrels tail would fit thru !! The truck after the chop, there's a slight droop showing up ..the frame wasn't glued yet in case it needed more . I absolutely love how these ridiculous 24s fill up the wheel opening. Thats it for today..gotta feed the squirrels

Nice color combo

Looks awesome Tom ! Hopefully you'll have done for Fulton show

Miss Daisy looks great !!!

Looks good Sam ! Happy anniversary too

@Johnny- thats cool ! Theres quite a few of these older trucks still serving local towns around the US , love seeing them Work continued on assembling a rolling chassis. Finished building up the rear susp mounts then started up front . Concerned the truck would have a Carolina squat, ai wanted the front axle mounted 1st . Seems Murphy was visiting today..so the engine would need to come out..hmm whered that green engine go.... The axle dropped into place since this isn't a bowed Mack frame ...smiling at this . I lost one of the round ends the hub attaches too , so some spare parts filled in. I drilled and pinned these together to avoid shearing off wheel later. Test fitting everything together after Murphy took the squirrels for dinner , seems my concern wasn't founded after all, the truck sits pretty level ! Photos of the Erie trucks revealed another difference, they had a shorter Gallion box. This box was glued pretty well, and didn't want to damage it . I dug out another bagged parts truck and reworked the bed. I ended up removing 3/4" then replaced the vertical side bars . This wknd I'll shorten the frame to match . Mock up w shorter bed Thanks for following along, any feedback welcome

Gorgeous work

Nice dash details !!

Lol you know I've gotta at least fabricate something on this project or its less fun ?

Good looking build Dan ! The vinyl top looks well done and very convincing. Really like the trim work, but don't envy you having to foil it ?

Loving this build

Erie County, yellow /hunter Green scheme. They also ran smaller funnel plows , which works out I have one ready Digging around last night in the parts bins and surprised myself ...I had a front drive axle from Gary already!!! Kept digging and found my rear spring pattern from the Oshkosh plow...and decided to build a set myself..just needs eyelets and mounts fabbed up. Front drive axle hiding in parts bin horray cant wait to get everything mocked up

Nice truck !

Thanks but sadly this ones being left as a come apart..its only area really bonded well and afraid frame will crack removing it

Don't forget the flames facing forward !!! My dad had a pinto wagon w wood trim..tank in the snow but so embarrassing getting picked up at school

Good looking build Dan ! Looking forward to your progress

Wow that is a short hood ! This will be a great project to watch

Hello Warren, thanks for following along ! Looking at the kit radiator vs the real truck there appears to be shutter type louvers outside of the grill. I'm wondering if their purpose would be a cold weather mod ? Good catch , I hadn't noticed them yet !! There's been several changes to the truck over time, so capturing the interesting details will be my main focus. I wanted to use a simple " rollover" plow w scratchbuilt hitch/ receiver, but there's the option of using a smaller township size " one way " plow I purchased from Ryan too...fun to have choices

Killer paint work Al the stripes really fit the body shape beautifully The chassis looks good too, can't wait to see more

Thanks Sam ! Funny how a project kinda finds us , I was searching for ideas and buddy suggested this . I saw the small dump box and the bulb went off Thanks the 5 holes are from moluminum same as the 24s . He sells 2 hole budds too. Id stashed these for a future project and forgotten about them....glad I was cleaning out that drawer