DRIPTROIT 71

Incredibly realistic looking! Your weathering is spot on!! Top notch work!!

Excellent work!!

Very Impressive!!

Thanks for all the kind words guys!! This one isn't going to have an air stack Dan. I'm trying to replicate this design: IMG_1167 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

I like the look! It looks real with the surroundings! Nice work!

Thanks Lee! I haven't got much to show for July. The breather assembly is made and installed. I've gotten started on the interior bucket as well. IMG_1161 by Brian Smith, on Flickr IMG_1163 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

Looking great!

Very cool truck! I think it may be a little newer than a 72. My friend had a 72 and the door handles were up high on it like the AMT kit. If you get more pictures please post them.

Very interesting subject choice. Looking great so far!! Looking forward to more!!

Looks great so far!!

Nice start!! Looking forward to more!!

Wow!! That looks incredible!!

Thanks so much for the kind words!!

Looks Great Doc!!! Great work!!

Very cool project!! I'm a big fan of these cars!! I had 2 66 Satellites and 1 67 Belvedere parts car. The bodies on the 66 and 67 were the same except for the trunk lid. Yours has the 67 grill, trunk lid and rear trim. Another difference between the 66 and 67 is that the 66 had a single chamber master cylinder (one reservoir and one line feeds all four wheels). The 67 had a more modern dual chamber master cylinder (two reservoirs and one line feeding the front brakes and one line feeds the rear). The 67 that I had was an original Hemi car that had hit a pole and it fell across the car. The roof was shaped like a V and the right front was smashed. The engine and transmission had been removed when I got it. I should have kept it and tried to track down the engine, and fixed the car with the 66 parts, but I was a kid, the the 67 parts went on the 66. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this one!!

Looks really great!

Man that looks good!

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Looks great so far! I have several pictures of Brad Wike's Duel truck on my Flickr page. It is supposed to be one of the surviving trucks from the movie. There was also an episode of "The Incredible Hulk' called "Never Give a Trucker an Even Break" that used one of the surviving trucks as well as a ton of scenes from the movie. There a a few inside shots of the swamp cooler in the Hulk episode. I believe that you can find it on Youtube. Brad Wike's truck and the truck in the Hulk episode do not look the same on the inside. Brad's truck was originally a 281 and I think that it had a Page and Page suspension, but it has since been converted to dual drive with a newer suspension similar to the one found in the AMT Freightliner kit. IMG_1048 by Brian Smith, on Flickr I'm looking forward to seeing more of this one!!

Thanks Carl!!

Nice clean build!!

The front is 1:24 scale, the back is 1:25 scale.

Awesome!!!

Wow! Excellent work!! I worked at a service station for 24 years. I look forward to seeing more of this one!

Excellent work!! They both look great!