Warren D

Dave at AITM reccommended the A-cars for donor kits. I've done most of the Brocks with the A64B as a donor and it certainly is the easiest conversion. The Pete wrecker chassis worked but was a bit tougher.

Dump box is almost ready for paint, chassis is being modified for the Brockway cab. After doing several Brockway conversions to Autocar kits, this one is somewhat familiar territory (though it's the first Autocar dump kit I've used, previous conversions have been the A64B tractor kits). Work on the chassis continues until the battery boxes, air tanks and fuel tanks are mounted. Once all the extras are on, it'll be off to paint.

No, the fronts will be fine. Thankfully, last years Widow Woman Brockway 361 stalled at the decals and I have a complete cab with fenders I can use for mock up. It's the rear suspension that's the problem, I can't narrow the suspension enough to get the tires under the dump body. I've got an idea which should get it to look right but it'll require several hours. Once started, there is no going back so I'll have to make it work.

I'm off and running and just a day in, have encountered my first issue. I intend to use some oversized wheels and tires from AITM as shown below. I checked fender clearance, etc on an A-Car dump I built in the mid-late 70's. Everything looked good, I checked the front fit this morning and it looks like I may have to move the cab back a touch and therefore the dump box but we're only in the 0.10" range so no big problem. I noticed the fronts sit at the outer edge of the fender so I decided to check the duals in back. The results aren't good, I'm still trying to see if they'll fit the width of the dump body. If so, major mods will be required. I picked this build as I wanted something easy for a change, maybe I should just build one straight from the box.....

Interesting subject, well done!

Looks interesting, I have a few hawks I could lend you, they'll make short work of those pesky squirrels!

Thanks everyone, I jumped the gun with the photos, I forgot to put on the Husky hood ornament. It's on now.

Very well done!

Calling this one done:

Calling this one done, this is as the truck appeared at the June 2021 ATCA show in Bethlehem, CT. I was told that it had logos added for it's debut at Cortland a few weeks later. Chassis is the AMT Autocar A64B kit, Cab/hood, battery boxes and air tanks from AITM. Rear fenders from scratch. Tinted windows from my eye doctor (those throw away dark glasses they give you when they dilate your eyes). Paint is my own mix of acrylics. The real truck: My take:

While the Robbos one looks good, it is a right hand drive truck. AITM is left drive.

This will likely be the last update. Rear fenders are done, just need to be painted and installed. I have the mounting brackets fabbed and attached but will add more support underneath as those 2 little tabs aren't stout enough to hold things in place. Brake light housings are on.

LOL! I drove a school bus back around 1980, not going to disagree with your comments!

I've never seen a brown school bus......

Well done!

I continue to be in awe of your scratch building skills and patience........

Great job, I agree that the dump trailer looks better as a 2 axle. I did one that way a couple of years ago.

So if I'm following this, the KW cab from the dump truck goes on the Mack chassis, the cab of which replaces the KW cab on the mixer kit.

Progress on the rear fender fab, sheet styrene with small angle stock for the outer lip. Currently waiting for the primer to dry, then finish filling and sanding. Brake light housings in progress, used a small hole punch for the holes for the brake lights.

I had forgotten about this one, glad you're back working on it.

Well,they aren't holes, they are rivets (or some sort of connector) that I would presume attaches the hinge: https://peterbiltparts.com/brands/dy-28qt-500cp

Nor would I, they look like they are welded on. Makes sense though, when the exhaust pressure gets high enough, they open, if less pressure, I guess the exhaust uses the holes.

I think I have everything i need, but will be finishing up another WIP before I start in on this one. The dump body will be the Montone from the A-car dump kit and I 'll probably use the A-car chassis. Most likely it'll be a 361.

Thanks for all the kind comments.

I'm back on this build and while looking for some other details, I noticed the stacks. As seen below, they are "capped" and the tops appear welded on, ie, not removable. Each side looks to have 4 holes (about 3/4-1") front to back in the caps. This would seriously reduce the outlet surface area and I imagine would create some serious backpressure. I admit I'm not up to date with the custom truck world but it seems to me this isn't going to be driven much. If anyone knows about this, please chime in as I'm curious to know the background info. As far as modeling it, not a big deal. Stacks are cut and caps on, I need to smooth things out, drill the holes and add the chrome. I already did one pair but they ended up too short.