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I believe "Truck Mate" was just a gingerbread company that sold accessories and or chromed items. Thru research, big players in truck rims were FIrestone, Goodyear, Budd and Motor Wheel Corp. Thanks for doing these style wheels, appears they just need some standard front and rear hubs.

Was an ebay resin piece marketed as a Pontiac Super Duty scoop, however, did not come with a front vent.

Finally got a coat of paint and decals after a long break.

It appears that there were several manufactures of the "Diamond hand hole" 2 piece rims. According to my research, the first wheel of this design was introduced in 1962 by Motor Wheel Corp. Then followed by FIrestone, then Goodyear.

By 1973, manufactures were designing new solid Budds specifically for use with radial tires. This wheels handholes look very similar to the older 2 piece Centrue light wheel.

Great subject matter from Strato, great work and progress!

I agree, was a popular pumper back in the day. I built a couple of AITM Big Jobs and found the fenders should be more elongated. As is, the cab would have to be jacked up for tire clearance. Would be nice if the hood was a separate piece also, but, it is what it is, were lucky to get another chance to pick it up even with a few flaws.

Wow, you're really getting the 3d printer down to a science! NIce to see you tackle this rare piece of trucking history. It looks spot on, really like all the 1962 period details incorporated into the build!

A very nice non uni body cab was done by Motor City Resin Casters. As with many resin offerings, buy them while you can, you don't know how long they will be available in the future. I used the cab to build a '62 F 250 a while back.

Very nice job on this Revell KW, really like the Don Mills wheel upgrade! Really wish Revell would have done this one in 1/25 scale back in the day!

Great looking build, really like the color contrasts between the body, wheels and bumpers!

Ford literature on the subject

They also changed the location of the hood side emblems to the fender.