DRIPTROIT 71

Looks awesome Ken!

Thanks Jim!! Thanks Helmut!! I never saw any working Carolina trucks this clean either. I decided to make this one represent a restored truck. Thanks Warren!! I haven't driven it far enough to get an idea of the mileage.? Thanks Tommy!! Thanks Justin!! Thanks Ken!! Thanks Force!! Thanks Steve!! Thanks!! Old fleet trucks are my favorite! The 70s and 80s are my favorite era. Thanks Jeff!! Thanks Scott!! I remember them too, and it doesn't seem that long ago either. ? Thanks Brian!! Thanks Steve!! I remember back in the 80s that truck bumpers seemed to get bent all of the time; deer, dogs, etc.. I don't know if this is truly the reason, but a driver told me that the short bumpers were to keep the bumper from being pushed back into the steer tire causing the truck driver to be unable to steer the truck, for example if a deer was hit. Of course there could have been multiple reasons. The company that my dad worked for put a small bumper on a Freightliner to save about 30lbs. Thanks Mario!! I agree, outside pictures do look a little better, at least for my builds. Thanks! You're right. I built this one to represent a restored unit. Thanks Philippe!! Thanks Victor!! I may end up with a Carolina fleet.

Nice work! Looks great!

That looks awesome! I can’t wait to see this one done!

Thanks for the info Charles. Looking at yours, I think that your casting was a bit more accurate than mine.

Looks amazing!

That looks amazing Charles! Did you have to modify the headlights, if so how?

Nice looking Peterbilt. Very clean!

I’m not sure who cast this one. It will be powered by a 3208 Cat. The headlights were a bit off. I modified them a bit to help it a little and I cut open the hood.

Great job! I always liked the tail lights on these trailers.

Not yet, this one first;

Looking good!

Looks good!

That Cummins looks great!

Nice work!!

Amazing work! Looks great!

The next one is going to be Carolina as well, maybe the next two.

That is a sharp looking rig!! Nice work!!

This is an A.IT.M. cab on an AMT Louisville chassis. It has 8v-71 Detroit power, Clint Freeman 2 hole Budd wheels, Double Take steer tires, Scenes Unlimited drive tires, and various other parts box items. This is meant to depict a restored tractor.

This one is about wrapped up. I will be posting Under Glass soon.

My decals proved to be a little small, but I am going with it. Moving along though.

Your work never ceases to amaze me! Amazing!

That’s cool!

Looks great! I like these old trailers!

Thanks for posting the picture. This was one of the inspiration trucks. The other one had 2 hole Budd wheels. I did add dual stacks, which is different from any of the reference trucks that I found. I did that for two reasons. First, the Detroit just wanted dual stacks. Second, I wanted to use the odd offset stack set up that Ford used. The driver side stack sets closer to the middle than the passenger stack. I thought that was an interesting detail, so I wanted it to have it.