DRIPTROIT 71

Looking great with some paint!! Excellent work!!

Excellent Work!! I like the diamond plate, it really looks great. The mud flaps are a nice touch as well. Probably the best 4 door conversion that I've seen.

Nice Collection!! Great job capturing several of the T.V. show's vehicles!

Very nice build!! I've always liked a stepside Chevrolet.

Looks Great! Makes me start singing the theme song: "Well I never spent much time in school...."

Excellent Work! Top notch weathering!!

Very Nice builds!!! Super coil is a nice touch!

Excellent Work!! Two Sharp looking Chevrolets!!

I really like what you've come up with! Great Work!!

Thanks for the kind words: Terry, Gator, Gino, Dennis, Michael, and Dan!! I've just about got the rolling chassis finished. I focused on finishing it first, so that I could put it to the side and not handle it any more than I had to. This truck is getting heavy, and with the long frame rails it is pretty springy. Most of the chassis plumbing is done. Fuel sender and lines installed: Fuel crossover and valves made: Throttle Made: Pogo stick made and deck cleared:

Looking great Dan! On that chrome paint, that is what I painted my pipes on my Mack with. It looked great for a few weeks, but then it lost it's shine. The pipes were not handled other than lightly dusting them off with a soft brush. Maybe it was just my luck or maybe a bad can, but it looks like dull aluminum now, which is fine for my pipes, but I though that I would share my experience in hopes of it helping you or someone else to avoid a future problem or maybe getting input from others who have used this paint. Again, Great work!!

Now that's going to be a truck!! Looking Great!!

Looking forward to seeing those pictures.

Very cool project! I would hate to get the bill for a complete new set of tires. L.O.L.

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Wow!! I like the colors!!

I like it!! Great job on the weathering!! Very convincing and not over done.

Very Cool build!! I am a tractor nut too. I've seen quite a few of these over the years and you've nailed it. It makes me want to build one. Great work. As far a spark control goes, I had a 1936 W-30 McCormick that the lever was broken on. I just had to get off of the tractor to move the lever on the magneto. It's wasn't convenient, but it worked.

Rear bumper made today.

I like it!! Not too shiny, not too weathered. Great work!!

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Thanks for the comments and the encouragement guys!!

Looking great! Good call on cutting out the grill.

Thanks Richard. There was a truck show just a few miles from home today. Not a lot of trucks, but a few good ones. Thanks Dan. I actually have 3 7000/7400 cabs. Two are from Spaulding, the other is from Back Yard Shed (Which I paid more for than I probably should have). The quality is better on the Spaulding cabs. Every Back Yard Shed 7400 cab that I've seen is warped in the back. Since I was going to cut out the back and replace it anyway, I'm just going to cut a little deeper and make a day cab. Thanks Gator, I'm just hoping to find a source or maybe even the software to make the decals.

I don't generally like to have two projects going at once, so this one may not start until I finish the Mack. I've been planning a White 7000 day cab for a while as my next project, Today I saw this one and now I want to get started. I went ahead and started a post because I am hoping that someone can offer some help in decals to make this truck. I have some good side shots, but do not have any software suitable for making clean and accurate decals. Any help would be appreciated...Brian