bobss396

I was driving on Saturday, heading home. I saw 2 of those electronic signs, the messages looked to have been penned by Yoda...

I just got the cheapest Netflix package, $6.99 a month. Regular cable has garbage on it. I never watched any sit-coms after 1973. I went 10 years without a TV. Good times.

Nice truck, very impressive. I went to college with a guy who bought a new one in light green.

I did something similar on a '64 Ford modified stocker... but I added to the chassis in front of the firewall, big mistake. Now the engine and transmission are too far forward. Back in the box... I will have to do the chassis over. Yours looks great.

Location? I know of one in Oakdale by Wendys.

These are from VCG Resins. Really nicely detailed. They are a bit tight I'm the case, otherwise clean and require little prep.

I built a ton of those as a kid and always liked the kit. Very nice job on yours. I would like to do another one of these days.

I like it. I drove a '66-ish GMC tow truck for a bit that had one, with the stump puller SM420 and a 2-speed rear end. It was horrible on gas but strong like bull.

The chassis is painted with Ace Hardware gray, which dries fast and is durable. Interior panels and dash are Tamiya TS-4 German Gray. The engine needs a little more work and I'll pick out a PE flex fan for it. With some luck I'll be into chassis assembly probably on Sunday.

I could add to this if it was okay with the OP. I have a lot of pix on my phone.

Quite possible. I have some around to look through.

More progress. Chassis is in final primer, body needs a little finish work. I decided to hinge the deck lid. Seat belts are parts box items, painted Vallejo olive drab. My belts were army surplus back in the day. The Seat is from Ron Coon. Drive Shaft is done, aluminum tube and VCG Resin ends. I'm not sure if I like the fan. Roll cage is done.

On the base model F250 and F350 there was no chrome, they had front fender emblems. The more-optioned cabs had more chrome I used to help build what were known as "chase" trucks. These had a Manley electric boom on them. Most were made from lighter trucks like the F100. Somewhere I have an ad from Manley that shows good detail. They were also called 3 post booms. The "magic number" from the axle center line to the tow plate was 38". So that is what I used on the GMC I just finished

The trim is separate? That makes it easy. I never recall seeing a tow truck with trim across the door and I helped build a few Ford wreckers many years ago.

I have some of those. They are handy. Mostly I use glossy advertisements that come in the mail. I just started using Vallego acrylics, I put a small dot on the ad material, toss it when done. I also use it to tape parts to for painting.

I like the dispensers. I have it in 6mm and 18mm. I had a bad 2 tone phobia. Tamiya tape was the cure.

I'm juggling working on my yard, getting the pool open soon, working on my old Ford and so on. I'm helping my girlfriend with her house too, she lives 30 miles from me. I have most planters, flower beds cleaned up. I planted some tonato plants and cilantro earlier. Got more on the car done, I'll post an update later on.

I took 5/16" out of the middle of the chassis to set the engine back. The gap at the firewall is huge. BUT... too late on this one, that 5/16" has to be added back in, in front of the motor mounts. Or else the front tires are too close to the headers. I have to do a post on the coupe I'm working on.

Black and pink toe beans, awesome. Nice to rescue a cat when the cat distribution system works in your favor.

I tried to order off the site with no luck. I'll be watching this to see where it goes.

I had one in a GMC wrecker around 1978... a pig on gas but unlimited torque. This will be great for the tow truck crowd.

That was always a great kit. I had a parts collection from the kit and I used the interior on a '49 Mercury. It was shallow enough that I cut the bottom off the factory '49 interior tub and located the '66 tub above it.

I'm going to hit the "easy" button with the finished exhaust. I have no desire to be farting around routing the semi-flex cable through small openings on a painted body/chassis. But it will look good. I worked on it earlier yesterday but went plant shopping with the girlfriend, got home late.

The aluminum box was fun. I'm leaving it bare metal. Getting the exhaust in will be fun. I will have to do it in 2 pieces per side and join it somewhere. Probably do that before the body goes on.

No room plus it looks neat going out the side. More ground clearance since they were required to have mufflers. The cars got lower and lower over the years. This is what I got done today. It may need some fitting. Used .010" step flashing. I may close up part of the floor outside the frame rail... or close the whole deal up and find some small diameter mufflers. It was also good to get the noise out from under the car.