leafsprings

I'm with you 100%, I just don't care for modern light weight aerodynamic wonders . I'll only buy re issues of old trucks an new kits of old trucks, case in point the Moebius F 100's. Does anyone know if this kit has been a success or loser with Moebius yet? I'm guessing they done pretty well with them. I am sure AMT had the chance in '71, when all the blueprints were still available, but dropped the ball. Its all water under the bridge now with what AMT chose to do and not to do, but it seems more and more like a case of bad management at AMT. I'm hoping Moebius comes thru on more overlooked classics, maybe a '73-'79 Chevy longbed pickup or ....................

Lots of good info, I will add. Because of the long C series production run '57 thru '90, there were several different engines installed. The '57 thru '63 era medium heavy's used the Y block ( 272 and 292) and large Y block (302 and 332). The '64 thru '78 era medium heavy's used the FT block ( 330 361 391). The '79 thru '90 era medium heavy's used the Lima block ( 370 and 429). Ford had a habit of using "truckized" versions of car engines for there medium-heavy duty trucks. However the '58 thru '90 super duty engine family ( 401 477 534) were "all truck" engines designed from scratch and were only used on extra heavy duty 850 thru 1100 series. So the AMT tilt cab had to be a C 900. Diesel engines began to be installed in 1962 C series, officially in 1963. First came the Dagenham 330 363, then the Cummins C 160 C 180 both straight sixes, the Caterpillar V8's and Detroit DIesel 8.2 "fuel pincher" However, Cat V8's were the most popular diesel installation during 1970's thru 1990. I can add photos of any of these engines, gas or diesel, is there is interest.

Nice build. Refreshing to see a "showroom" look. I posted a Reference photo of a '69 that shows some interesting details you might be interested in.

I agree, it has the period look, when it was quite common to see aluminum on front and steel on rears. I REALLY MISS REAL PRE 80'S TRUCKS!

Reference photo of a base model '69, white trucks had red letters on tailgate, also hubcaps were painted, not stainless. Note correct base model mirror, moebius '69 mirrors are incorrect for period.

Did you say Wilco?

Wow, that's it! Thanks for the replies everyone. This front end fits the newer "Watkins or Movin On" style cab. Hopefully it is still available from them.

We have the narrow nose 351 Pete conversion, but do we have the narrow nose W 900 Kenworth conversion? I think AMT missed the boat with all there wide nose trucks. Is the late 60's narrow nose KW ( as shown in photo) available?

The aitm 351 conversion is a great choice, very happy with mine, its a shame AMT didn't offer it as a optional front end back in the day. A top view of the classic square door Pete cab shows it's triangular, the narrow nose 351 hood follows the triangular pattern.

F 800's came with 475 gas V8's, same engine family as the 534 found in Ford C series tilt cabs. F 7000's came with cat 636 V8 diesels, same engine found in Louisville kits. The smaller gas engines found in F500 thru F 750's are very similar in appearance to the 70's AMT Ford F 350 or Mobius '71 F 100 kits.

Looks great! Fleet trucks without chrome are my favorite. Wish I could find some WILLIG Freight lines decals.

I plan on doing a '63 F 100, but not as a unibody. Thanks to Motor City for offering the regular cab small back window version which opens up the option to build a flareside or separate styleside 2 or 4 wheel drive! I'll probably do the separate styleside. The older styling '57 -'60 separate fleetside bed could have been ordered instead of the unibody when these trucks were new. So many more options now to do a '63 Ford pickup.

Late 50's Illini Replica 281 and 351, both not completely finished.

Those look very accurate, base model F 100's came with painted hubcaps.

Because the movie used 2 different style trucks( #1 and #2 were older cabs with tag axles and lock ring wheels) and #3 ( newer cab with dual drive and solid wheels), we have more options. The easier build would be truck #3 with the '61 thru '72 unilite "California Hauler" cab. ( used only during the rail road crossing pushing scene and bus pushing scene).

There was also a variation in the length of the hoods on these narrow nose Peterbilts. There was a short length hood version for construction trucks, a standard length version seen on most 60's highway trucks and a rarer extra long version for big Cats.

Great build. Very realistic looking workhorse. Medium duty trucks are my favorite builds, there are many directions you can go with them. What's under the hood? A Cat or a SD?

1960 GMC . Conversion parts were purchased from Modelhaus a few years back.

Lets not forget the mythical "361 V8", which to my knowledge, never existed, all kits came with the 534 V8.

Is the '48 thru '50 F 8 available in resin? I've have been wanting to build one for a long time, but I don't have the skills to scratch build one of these trucks with the wider front. I would also be interested in the '53-'56 F 800 with the wider front ends also.