J.B. Customs

Well I don’t consider myself a higher grade builder just a guy with a lot of patience, I used some leftover fire hose from an ALF pumper kit for the mud guard around the fenders. I learned a lot from tips from Charles and Greg when I built the “63” ford pumper

My dad bought this 1967 Freightliner in 1969 it came with a 318 Detroit Diesel he drove for Superior Iron and Metal Company of Fort Wayne(witch is now known as OMNISOURCE CORP.)when it was time for a rebuild he purchased a new in the crate 350 Cummins from Cummins of Fort Wayne, Indiana he mated it with a 13 speed transmission and changed the rear ends it would run 100mph until he got a speeding ticket for doing 90mph. The 13 speed was changed back to a 10 speed transmission and different rear end gears it became a puller not a runner while other trucks were grabbing gears going up the hills the old man cruzed at 65mph in 10th gear but they always sailed by us going down hill. I started building this truck back in November using the AMT Freightliner kit I used most of the original kits parts besides the motor and air cleaner,stacks,and rear rims and tires the biggest modifications were made to the cab I used testors green & gold metallic, flat white, and rustoleum tan I was around 8 years old when he purchased this truck I could only find one picture of this truck the rest is what I could remember I hope that I done it justice

Looking for old style freightliner decal sheet have other semi truck decals that I would swap for

What would a Super Hero drive? This is a basic box build except for the tires & rims it took a lot not to hack a opening in the hood and drop a blown motor in and some side pipes. This was my grandson’s idea and car pick

CRAZY,INSANE,SICK,? LOVE IT

Love the color combo and the detailing is excellent……..WOW ?

Kinda started out that way……but

Not a replica build. This started out as a simple build classic paint job, foiled trim work, basic motor swap. The engine swap ran into difficulties leading to chassis modifications also loosing the AC unit off the fire wall and with the blown 572 engine the interior had to be beefed up roll bar, fire extinguisher system, tach, 3 point harness, and a lightning rod shifter setup. The body was another problem I ended up stripping the paint sanding off the body trim around the wheel wells and along the rockers and drilling out the door handles, and changing colors and blacking out the chrome and the tires and rims were a on going battle(couldn’t make up my mind) this build was quite a challenge not to mention my first time detailing an engine

Very impressive

As the squirrel said when he backed into the lawnmower it won’t be long now. All that is left for now is what rear wheel’s to run, throttle linkage, and the radiator hoses (?for now)

This build has taken a totally different dark twist

Spark plug wires not the prettiest but will have to do

Body clear coated window and door trim blacked out

If only this idea would have came to me first things could have been a lot simpler

Well I finally got the body about ready for a repaint now I just have to decide what color too paint it ?

Now if I could just get excited about the body I just don’t care for the blue thinking maybe green or bronze and doing away with the body moldings I just can’t see starting anything else until I am happy with the body

Yes and I was lucky that it had some flexibility to it

Root beer metallic lacquer, and Graphite dust metallic lacquer originally I was going to go with greens but I decided to use what paints I had sitting around at first I wasn’t sure about colors but they did turn out well

Just received the decals (from STS) to finish this kit up basic box build except for dropping the radar gun and adding a siren

I know it’s not a car but it’s my favorite striped and painted with Testors spray can

Finally completed the interior for now wouldn’t you know I had to relocate the tach to clear the windshield the roll cage had to be redone(made from part spurs)the rounded corners had to be squared so you could roll up the back windows what a learning curve now maybe I can start on the engine compartment

Try 1/25 slicks there are several different sets of the thinner M&H slicks

I looked them up in my purchased items they came from rockeys performance I tried looking them up(rockeys where gone) I could only find 5 pairs from other sellers under 1/25 m and h racemaster slicks and they were the super wides you can also try 1/25 racing slicks. I do not believe that they were reproduction just must of had different sets of kit tires

I found them on eBay surfing for parts the rims are resin cast and the slicks are pad printed M&H Racemasters with the choice of 3 different sizes