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very nice work !

nice work sean !

beautiful work pat ! I love what you have done and will be watching this one ! thanks for sharing !

wow ! I like that paint scheme on your dad's truck. really a sharp looking pete.

looking forward to this build. always wanted to build a duel pete.

nice looking truck clayton ! you nailed the look I'm after. thanks for the tire tip kevin ! will have to check that out.

great build ! captures the vintage look, nicely done !

very nice !

wow , incredible work sir !

nice work !

congratulations clayton ! many more !

that came out really nice sean ! my kind of old school truck.

nice work !

thanks clayton ! I put it next to another kw snap kit in the stash to see how low it was. looks like I need a scissor lift under the fifth wheel, whadiya think ?

very nice ! my favorite car 63 Pontiacs, I owned a 63 grand prix back in the day. the best car I ever had, thanks for sharing

thanks clayton ! progress report : after spending the better part of sunday I came up with a lowered rear suspension/rear end setup using parts from four different kits. it was very tedious test fitting and working it to get it to sit level , but I managed to pull it off. here are some pics.

looks great sean ! I like the paint scheme .

nice work !

looking good ! I like that thunderbolt ,one of my favorite cars

great build ! very well done !

very nice kj !

wow ! sweet looking road boss ken !

managed to get some bench time in on the kw. I found a front steer axle in the parts box from a amt aerodyne coe kit . it has the bigger wheels and I found that the snap kit tires fit so I cut out the backing of the tires and installed them. also found that these tires fit the bigger wheels as used on the amt freightliner kit. I got an idea for the front wheels to drill out the lugs and installed round toothpicks to simulate the spike lug nut covers I saw on the web. definately wanted to lower the suspension so I notched out the top of the front springs with a file and mounted the front axle on top of the springs. test fitting revealed that the lowered front axle interferes with the oil pan on the engine. I'll leave that for another day for now. after cutting off the sleeper floor from the frame the frame seemed too flimsy, and I didn't care for it too much. I had a spare revell Germany w 9 frame so I built that up, cut off the kit frame and grafted on the new frame. it's a little longer now and the wheel base is a little further back than the kit had. I glued two pieces of styrene together and used it to box in the top of the frame. now the search is on for the rear ends. this is what it looks like now.