DRIPTROIT 71

Wow! That looks Awesome! Very nice work for sure!

The tires in the new 4070a kit look pretty good to me as well. If those are the ones in the tire packs, I may get a set.

Very nice! I like the outside pictures!

Out of the previous 27 builds I have only used the AMT 855 Cummins twice, so I have a ziplock bag full of Cummins parts. I sort of Frankensteined together a representation of a NH 230 Cummins for this build. It is going to take a lot of butter to squeeze it in this one though.

Thanks! You will recognize at least one part.

Looking good!!

Very cool! Never saw one of those. The squirrels would just wreck that on my work bench. ?

This just keeps getting better and better! You do some great weathering! I like the top for the dozer! Excellent work going on here!

Thanks for the comments guys. Out here in the country, squirrels can be a real problem. ? I didn’t like the wheelbase. It looked too long to me, so I shortened it up a bit.

Thanks again for the comments!! I have a first mock up.

Oh man that looks good!!! The dozer looks Awesome!!

I like what you are doing here. I had a similar problem with the S series International dump that I built. The wheels and tires wouldn’t fit under the bed. I ended up widening the bed. A couple weeks later I was behind a dump truck going down the road and noticed the tires were sticking out from under the bed on it. So depending on how much they are too wide a 1:1 might be similar. Looking forward to seeing more of this one!

Looks awesome!! I like the off road Paystar!? Excellent work for sure. Are those 66” tires all the way around?

I really like this one!! Great choice for sleeper! Looks great! Nice work!

Very nice! I see a lot of these around here!

This will be a cool project! You and I are building similar trucks. Mine will have one of those grilles as well.

This will be a cool project!

Man that looks Awesome! This is a really cool project! What is your height going to be with added roof rack?

Thanks Vince! I’m pretty sure that these trucks had NH 230 Cummins in them, so I am going with a Cummins.

Very nice work on this! Looks like the original!! Turned out great! I like it!

Looks great!

Thanks Dan! Yes, this one will be single axle. Technically the kit is a C-O F4070A (F for full screw or tandem drive) C-O 4070A was a single axle. I like the bare bones business only look of the single axle cabover. Thanks Jeff! I’m wish that I could get some squirrel repellent. ? Thanks so much for the generous offer!

Great looking fleet you have there Dan! You really turned them out this past year! Excellent work for sure! I’m looking forward to seeing your new builds for this year! I know that they will be great!!

This is a project that I have been wanting to do for a long time now. I want to finish this one before the pusher truck. In around 1971, Glosson Motor Lines of Lexington NC, purchased 162 Transtars. They purchased both C-O 4070A’s and C-O F4070A’s. This one will be a C-O 4070A. They later had quite a few C-O F4070B’s as well. I remember seeing a lot about of these on the road and even knew a driver of theirs. I’m starting with the new issue of this truck. I hope that this one doesn’t stall like my last project.? Here is an inspiration picture.

That is one beautiful Emeryville! Great work on this rig! I like it!!