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Thanks Mathias, I appreciate it. Thanks Trevor. Thanks Bill, I saw the picture of that, it looks very cool! Thanks!

I will be getting a few of these. Regardless of new or old tooling. How many of us are really going to build it out of the box without cutting it up or doing a lot of upgrades anyway? That's the fun part of building a model, to see how far we can go with a kit. Just my 2 cents...

That's an amazing looking build Dennis. Actually, these pictures of this build gave me some inspiration too. I've seen them here before and loved them. I was going to use a similar timing cover as yours but I couldn't get it to fit right. Thanks for looking!

Tanks Zippi! Thanks David, I wanted something that's not the typical powerplant.

Great build, I'm watching for sure.

I started with an old 30 coupe body I had and about 3 other boxes of Model A parts. Dug up a frame, some front & rear end parts and started figuring out what to do with it all. First I knew I had to lower the top a little so I chopped the top just enough to make it look better but not a crazy "mail slot" chop. Then I had to figure out an engine but I didn't want to build a typical everyday seen hot rod with a Chevy or even any V8. So I looked online & found a very cool overhead Model A engine and thought that that's what I wanted. I scratch built the front timing gear cover, side cover, head, valve cover and magneto. Anyway, work is slow but I'll get there eventually, this is what I got so far.

I like that color too. Nice work, keep it up!

Any progress on this?

Thanks Roger. Thank you Chris.

Pretty cool fun build, I can't wait to see more.

Great looking Ford! And I learned a new weathering technique, Thanks!

Great looking build!

Thank you James!

I would love to see this built. They offered a few different versions of these. My fathers friend has one that is gear driven and my father had one years ago that was chain drive. I started to build a model of it but could never find a chain that looked right. Here are some pictures of my fathers before it was finished and a wheel I made from an old pill bottle cap. I hope you build this, I'll be watching for sure!

Thanks Tommy, they only used this truck in season 1 for 4 or 5 episodes. Thanks Alan, I appreciate it! Thanks Greg, I did use this video! Thanks Jeff! Thanks Steve, yah it's not his most recognized wrecker. Thanks Larry! Appreciate it Jeremy!

Thanks Mike, when it comes to making something look worn I can paint. But if I wanted to paint something to look nice, forget it.

Here is Cooter's wrecker that was used in the 1st season of The Dukes of Hazzard. Scratch built wrecker parts & more, Iceman Cooter figure & 69 grill.

I'm almost finished with Cooter's wrecker. I painted the figure today.

I wish when I "Threw together" something it looked that good. Nice work on all of this!

Nice job!??

I would use an A engine. The T engine is a lot different. The T has no water pump and if it does it's an accessory on the side of the engine to the bottom radiator hose. The manifolds & cab are a lot different and the oil pan is 1 piece from the front crank to the transmission tail. Not to mention a ton of other stuff. The Model B engine would be closer because at least it has a fuel pump. I think if you use a few Flathead v8 parts (oil filter, air cleaner & some scratch building) you could make an A engine look right.

I got these yesterday. Never disappointed in ICEMAN, the grill looks amazing. The wheels & tires are a gift from a fellow modeler here. I'm not sure if he would want me to mention his name but you know who you are & THANKS SOOO MUCH!. This is a great community here for sure.

Yup, that's the color and that's what it says on the label. Oh well, I'm sure I'll use it for something.

I bought this can of Testors paint the other day from HL. When I used it on the hood of this truck it was a large flake yellowish gold. A nice color but not what I wanted or anything what the cap looks like. As you can see, the hood is back to plastic.☹

I've been playing with this Coca Cola issue 72 Chevy trying to turn it into Cooter's 1st tow truck. I bought some paint that I thought was the right color, until I sprayed it & it was a High flake gold nothing like the color on the cap.?