DRIPTROIT 71

Looking forward to this one myself!

Looking forward to this one!! This is my favorite version of the T600. I remember the first T600 I saw. I think that it was in 1985. It was a demonstrator from Kenworth. All the drivers called it an "Ant-eater." This one will be good!

Great project!! My favorite era of trucks!!!

Cool project! I've always wanted to build one of those!!

Looks like a cool project!!!

Wow you work fast!!! Looking great!!

V.C.G has some awesome looking stuff on their website.

Folks with kids may have had somewhat of an advantage, because this car was Professor Z in "Cars 2." That is how I found it.

This one will be awesome! Sean, have you seen the thread over on Hank's Forum under "Old Trucks" of the "Diamond in the rough"? It is a restoration project of one of these, with tons of good pictures. It is under "Old Trucks", or type in "Diamond Reo" in the search box. Looking forward to seeing more!

Looking forward to this one!!

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I really like the 70's factory fresh look! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! I'm sure it will be great!!

Looking forward to seeing more of this one!! I always liked this wrecker bed in the Revell kit.

Cool project Sam! When I was a kid there were a few B Models still working regularly around here. They were always my favorite. There is one of the Carolina B Models at the Transportation museum here in Spencer, but the last time that I was there, you couldn't get very close to it. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this one!!

This is an Illini Replica Conversion that I picked up a couple of years ago. This build will be a little different than my usual builds. I generally prefer east coast style work horses. This one will be a custom more in line with Clayton's vision for the calendar. Mack guys, don't get mad at me, but the only thing Mack is going to be the cab, and style of the frame, and maybe a few accessories. You can see the GW Trucks frame rails and Mack mud flaps that I picked up from Sourkraut's. The plan is a 250" to a 300" wheelbase with air ride suspension. The plan is to use the 12v-71 Detroit from Spaulding Trading and Shipping pictured as the power plant. As of now, to be a little different, I'm planning on using the steel wheels pictured from Double Take Replicas. I'm still battling with choosing the color scheme. I have more parts to gather along the way, but pictured here is what I have.

This will be a very cool project!!

B-N-L resin has some engines that are similar and might could be modified to your specs. They sell them on Ebay as well.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!

Very nice!!!

Incredible Work!!!

Nice Work!! This one is reminding me of an old Western Star that used to pull a flatbed here for a local lumber company. It had a similar wheelbase, and even had a solid back wall where the sleeper had been removed. Looking forward to seeing more!!

Looking great!

Excellent Work!! Looks like the real thing!! I had a 77 and a 79. Both were great trucks.

Very Nice work on the walking beams!!

Wow!!! This is incredible work!! Great idea on the flex, I will have to try that.