Superpeterbilt

I am definitly enjoying watching this. Im currently scratchbuilding an engine for the first time myself. Its something that Ive always been intimidated by, but now that Im doing it, its very rewarding. I second the suggestion that you cast this. Even if its not entirely accurate, its better than starting from scratch. I would buy a few of them because it looks good to me.

Dan, this is quite a build. What are the details on the body? Completely scratch? Is it based on a real unit? This is very cool. Great job.

Thanks Tom, I really appreciate that. Thanks Dennis. I was looking for something rounded and curvy enough to look vintage, and to not look like spoke wheels from a model kit(if you know what I'm sayin). Ive done that also. At the moment I'm just out of thin styrene and I can't seem to place an order without ordering one of everything in the catalog. Self control, I have not.

Looking good Tom. If I haven't said it before, Love the white frame! Dennis did a great job on the decals. These car haulers full of cars are an epic build. If I can manage to get the race car hauler built with a car on it, it'll be an accomplishment!

That small window of time between when I put my daughter to bed, and I pass out is usually spent browsing the days work on the forum. Other than that the only time I can get on the forum is all day long at work

Excellent work. We had an old Chevy rollback wrecker just like this when I was a kid. It was purple with " Shakedown" written on the bug shield.( Beverly Hills Cop had just come out, and my dad like to name his trucks after songs for some reason). This is a very enjoyable build to watch because it's off the beaten path. Keep up the good work.

There should be a few more numbers in there pointing to oil leaks. Even the leaf springs leak oil.

As usual, very cool JT.

Ive been to that sight before. I first learned of the Brockway Superliner many years ago. It was a whole conspiracy to squash Brockway and steal their design because Mack hadn't had anything new in years. It's the whole reason that there's an R700 in convoy. If you ask me, once they started using Mack cabs on the Brocks, it was the final nail in the coffin. Brockway was such an awesome truck manufacturer , they never should have had to live in the shadow of Mack. But financial troubles have killed many great companies. P.S. Some of those pics are of the revamped tilt hood 761. If you have a straight on shot of the Brockway Superliner it had different headlights on each side during the design process.

Chuck and Anthony, I seriously almost choked to death reading these updates. This is too dam funny!

This is not the first time that Mack was too far ahead of the times. The rag top B model was a complete failure. Not one single unit sold and the legend goes every single rag top cab was replaced with a standard "hard top" cab. Rumor has it the rag top cabs, or "panarama cabs" as they were called were all sold to France for use in the car market. The front wheel drive F model cabover never went into production. Modeled for use in the northern snow states, with its tranverse mounted V8 couldnt even get a 20,000lb load off the ground. The absence of rear axles lowered the GVW substantially, but almost every road test ended in a jacknife. The DM600 ejector seat caused so many skull fractures, that Mack almost went bankrupt. The whole project was scrapped and Mack would not recover until the realease of the Superliner. According to some former assembly line workers, the first Superliner off the line mistakenly had the ejector option installed. All who worked on that truck were fired.

Sam I just work it with my fingers(depending on the thickness) working from a soft bend to a tighter bend. I work it a little further than it needs to be because it will spring back. Sometimes it cracks so me( like the one on the right) but it usually works fine. This is how I did the bends on the lowboy gooseneck.

We'll, I changed wheels on the lowboy yet again. These are from the IMC tanker trailer with mods to the brake drums. These spokes have the look I want, but they might be too big. We'll see how it goes...... I also started working on the 5th wheel ramps. As soon as I have a full day I'm going to tackle the rear suspension.

This is hilarious Anthony!

Chuck! That's too funny man! I just about died laughing

The under-hood structure is great work Jarda. I've thought about doing that also, but you beat me to it! Great job man.

Thanks Ken Thanks Mark. It's Dulicolor Retro Red over silver base coat. I've actually never been completely happy with this build and have been contemplating rebuilding it. Thanks Dennis. I have MANY more in progress, these are the only completed.

Brian, do you know which Renault kit?

It's a V8. As far as the rears, I have no idea about the air ride. You can get a camelback from AITM.

Lookin good

I can hook you up with an engine/trans from a DM800.

I thought the 3rd one was for an ejector seat?

Very cool and great job.

Me personally, would build this Clayton, I think you can pull this off