Superpeterbilt

The rear rims are not dished deep enough, so they look like cheap hubcaps. The fronts are ok. Moebius makes just a set of chrome wheels and tires that are much more realistic and fit this kit pretty easily for $15.00

From what I read on AHTS they ordered it 1987, and took delivery of it in 1990 and had no idea that it would have the Volvo/White sheet metal. I think they were wanting the classic Autocar sheetmetal. Its still a nice truck(I cant nelieve Im saying that, Ive always thought these were ugly), but I think I would have been a littele dissapointed if I was expecting an Autocar.

Thanks Dennis, Ill give those a look. I was able to find a brochure on this actual truck, much to my surprise.

That looks like a Revell snap 359 hood stretched to a 379 Mike.

It does look nice Jim. I cant wait to get it and see just how nice. Ill post pics.

I bought this conversion https://www.facebook.com/TLModelTruck?ref=bookmarks just to build this truck. I really didnt like this era of Autocar until I saw this one.

Im sure its double framed, but the way this one is specd out, Im sure its triple framed.

This is the truck Im interested in. Its a 91 Autocar ACL with a 60 series Detroit, Allison trans, planetaries , and Rockwl rears. The only thing Im unsure of is the rear susp, and how many frames it has.

Do any of you guys have any info on the Volvo era Autocars? How much of the truck was Volvo, how much was Autocar, was it ALL Volvo?Any info on chassis, running gear, motors, would be greatly appreciated.

Fine job. A very realistic build.

Brian, I dont know how common the front walking beam set up was. Ive seen newer set ups that look more like the Reyco rear susp in the WFL Coe kit. I only know of these Autocars, and a few Peterbilts that had the beams. Its just too cool not to build, once you get past how ugly it is

Dan, your awesome man. Thank you

From my research on this truck I found that there was a fleet of these mixers, and some of them were sold of and converted. If I know the wrecker your thinking of, it was actually this same truck in the photo. This was later converted to a Holmes wrecker. I used the rear susp from the Paystar 5000 kit. It more closely resembles the set up on the truck, and is easily made functional. I made new hood sides. As you can see in photos, the fenders are just beneath the door, and the hood comes down this far also. The kit hood does not come down this far, so I made new sides. The height of the kit fenders was shortened also, and the top section removed. The rear of the fenders, at the cab back, is not correct and I need to remake them. That is the result of not wanting to go to sleep, and to much hard cider. As I said in the other post, these are Mack frame rails, stretched 1.5" in the middle, but Im not matching the 1:1s wheelbase. Mine is probably a little longer. I almost used the Rockwell rear set up from the dump truck kit, but I wanted more space in between the rears, so I used the Mack camelback.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the comments. Theres going to be a lot of guess work with the steering linkage, but at least its all mounted properly and it all moves freely. The only thing I dont like about the 1:1 is how much smaller the front wheels are compared to the back, and the singles in the back. I will probably stretch the drum a bit to fill out the frame. I cut 1.5" off the end of the frame and stretched in the middle, so its layed out a little different than the stock Mack configuration.

I think you did great work on that bumper, but I think a traditional bumper would look better.

The grill looks better.

I tried my hardest to put off this project, but my demons got the best of me. I knocked this out in a few ours, after scrounging my junk boxes for the neede parts. The inspiration is a photo from my Autocar book. I usually dont like twin steers, but this truck has a walking beam suspension in the front and thats just awesome. Here is the progress so far. Here is the inspiration. The left photo is before, right is after. Front suspension. I was able to find many pics of this truck online, and luckily found one that showed how the front axles attatch. Mack DM800 long framerails, Mack camelback rear, Autocar six spokes up front, scratchbuilt fenders. Rear wheels will be replaced with resin six spokes. Front axles are from Ertl Paystar kits, and are steerable.

Very nice work. The daycab looks great, and the colors are perfect. The trailer is beautifully built, and fits perfect with the tractor. Excellent job.

Wow! What a great looking rig. And, since 99% of the trucks built on this forum dont have air lines, I think this one is ok.

Nice work.

The exhaust looks great Dan. I ran into the same problem on my Mack and had to move the body back. My problem was because of the ram though. I forgot all about it! I can practically hear this old Huskie taking off, loaded down.

Keep up the good work Brian.

Nice progress Jacobus. Beautiful truck.

Looks good Ben. Whats that other cab your working on back there?

Well, rather than build a spread axle I decided to drag out a glue bomb stretch trailer and modify it to a tri axle. For starters, I modified a dump trailer suspension. I lowered it signifigantly, and built a new sliding assembly for it. I used dump trailer wheels with snap pete hubs and ROG tires. I added some AITM tool boxes, and cut out all of the molded in wood to be replaced with real wood. The trailer will be painted the same yellow as the KW.