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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

Hahahaha i only borrowed it for a few minutes.. they had quite a few to choose from . Sadly I hear most have been parted out now . One lives on by a lucky owner though

With all the Autocar ,DR. love going on here lately, I decided to jump on the wagon !! I picked up a very nice rebuilder at a local show...so nice I'm kinda embarrassed for tearing it down and using it for the intended build . The build will be a plow , using the dump box from a Ford plow kit , and 24s for rubber . Heres the pile I started with before carefully disassembling the truck. The planned build ..photo used w permission thanks Ryan Pedone The cab showed DK slam lock doors but retains the DC narrower hood..wipe sweat from brow...now I can just use most of the kit parts ! Check out the new tires next to stock the float front...yeah crazy . The dump box from sam i am I traded forever ago, nows the perfect project to use it ! Looks like the truck was built with tube glue, lightly wiggling the parts and they popped right off ! Here's the chassis after just a few minutes ..I never even had to use a sawzall.. I'm gonna remove the Rockwell 6 bar and replace it with a single drive axle . The front will have a driven front axle from gw trucks . I'm keeping the stock engine for now...well see A quick mock up to check frame length Any comments or suggestions welcome

Thanks ! When we rebuilt our deck this summer everyone said I built it strong enough to park a truck on it...never imagined actually parking one on it Thanks ! It was a very enjoyable project

Thats a nice kit for winter project s