Pete68

Thanks Steve. About time you show up still a few seats in the front row. Yes the General was a pretty good truck if the owner took care of it but I dove one the steering column was wore and the dash was falling a part. I also drove a beautiful orange 1985 GMC general that was cherry tight steering tight steering column and a dash that didn’t rattle or was coming apart. Thanks for stopping by

Thanks I was thinking that I was hoping some with a General has done this so I know for sure where thickness needs addressed. Thanks for your help

Ok I usually don’t get on here and ask stupid questions but this one has me stumped. As I remember many years ago the glass in these General and Bison never fit so tight. I was wondering if any of you guys are experiencing the same problem I am and how did you make it fit better. I pressed mine in the cab and it blew out the center post but it can be fixed. Thanks for your input.

Thanks I appreciate your complement. Yes it’s going to look good I hope sitting with the Astros and Titans I have.

This is going to be a good looking truck your hard work is paying off. Thanks for sharing.

Looks awesome and well worth the extra space.

Gary I appreciate your complement. I hope it will.

Thanks I really appreciate your nice complement. I would like to drive this one too I didn’t think it was going to turn out like this. I’ll have more updates later. Glad your sticking around.

Last night I got the wheels on the chassis. The chassis was very warped I did my best to straighten it when I put the wheels on had to do some adjustments. More updates later.

Nice looking truck and a great project. I’ll be following along.

Always seated for a Acar build. Going to be a cool one

Nice work I like the Paystar

Nice you put it back in the bench looking good.

Very nice Gary. Great scratch work too. Looking forward to more updates

Nice but let’s see it hooked to one of you awesome Reefers.

Steve looks like you have added another Orphan to the family. Excellent job on this one for sure.

Yes it is I’m glad you like it.

Thanks I appreciate it. No problem with either of the paints. Just took some time to cure

Thanks for the complement I appreciate it. Yes they look good in any colors and GM didn’t pull no punches when it came to paint schemes on these beauties. Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks Jeff for the warm Complement. I’ve been taking my time and going slow with this. I’m hoping everything will come together at the end.

Me too. I’ve been fortunate enough to drive 3 of these in my life. 2 standard hoods and one short nose. Thanks for stopping by

Me too if there not too far gone like this one. I wish I would have took some before shots. Thanks for stopping by.

More pics. I’ve had this set of decals since 1987 thought I would take a gamble and use them on this truck and they worked. You just can’t leave them in the water too long or they will curl. They have that milky substance to them like I remember all AMT/Ertl decals were. The interior has been painted just have to pic out the details. I painted the sleeper yesterday also. Enjoy the pics.

Thanks for the complement I appreciate it. I just hope everything alines up on the final.

Back in September my Niece gave me this Coke GMC General. I hadn’t built a General in about 30+ years so I thought I would give it a try. I’ve built 2 of these and one Bison in my lifetime I kinda remembered the dark secrets of the fit issue. So I’ve been taking my time on it and overcoming these issues the kit has so far. This is what I’ve got done so far. I figured I would do a build thread on it being I’m working on it the same time as the GMC Astro. I picked the name “Autumn Almond” because of the paint scheme I chosen and I got it at the beginning of Autumn. Enjoy the pics. I’ll post more pics later