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Great subject. This is camel yellow over silver.I forgot topaint the headlight bucket at the same time and have to redo them because I'm guessing I got too much paint on them and the shade is different.A note to every one,make sure you paint it all at once

Thanks. I used the kit cummins block and turbo.The compressor ,water pump,A/C ,fuel system,V belts, and alternator from the parts box.Intake scratch built

here is the engine 90% done.Allis-Chalmers mrk 15000 450 horsrpower "BIG AL"

so nice.I like the coffie can and missing door handle the most.Instead of a cattle hauler,how 'bout a car carrier with some of your way cool rat rods?

use google image,youll see how they work

taurus ,charger,impala,last of the pontics,I assume camerys and the intrepid all 4 doors A friend of mine had a G8 that thing ripped.Were they avalible in the U.S.?

Just giving Jerry a plug.His stuff is great and great sevice also

cab done

started with 2 amt reissues

Shawn,please show more of your builds.I admire your decal skills

i usually dont like gold paint on a vehicle ,but that first one is nice.

superb.great shade of blue

Me too.The best era of truck history I might have to do that as well. This is how I envison the truck

Heres how I did mine .The glad hands are molded to the cab.

I'm not trying to hijack your thread but heres a V12 twin turbo with twin after coolers I made from 2 international 8's http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj284/plastictrucker/100_0200.jpg

add another turbo,air to air after cooler look at this http://www.dieselpow...e_truck_engine/

Cool.I have a few O/O magizines and about 12 years of Overdrive

not sure of the year Jim.It's not an issue with any of the amt/ertle kits.If you swap in a cummins paint it red.Testors ford acapulco blue is good for the V800's.I do know that the old transtar 4200 kit with the cummins 903 the engine would be black.I read that all 903 were black no matter what maker they went into,No paccar white,or binder red for those

Ford trucks and ford cars,sounds like my great uncle.Im sure if he was a trucker he would of had ford rigs. He had ford trucks,tractors,plows,lawnmowers,snow-blowers.I can remember only one non ford on the farm,a 70ish gmc.That had a ford carb on it to "make it run right". I have alot of blue blood also,but can live with a few models of other brands.Not ol'uncle Joe

thanks for sharing

Not sure when the law changed, '74???.I also think Canadian laws were changed later.I'm saying that because my dad had what I think was a '84 that had a steel disk mounted to the hub so it looked like a brake drum when looked at through the holes in the wheel.This was to fool the scale man,well not a full inspection.This maybe was a california thing because that truck was suposed to have a dedicated run to cali.For some reason the guy who ordered it never bought it ,my dad did

Billy,I just looked at my freightliner build up and think sectioning the brake drum would work the best.The tires should realy be tucked under the cab a bit not flush,not sure if you can cut enough from the middle with out making the axle mount flanges too out of wack.Removing the brake drums all together is a option and would be correct because sometimes these oldies didn't have front brakes.Laws of the day required brakes only on 4 wheels. This is something I'll address on my next freightliner build. Oh, the cab jack pump should be horizontal between the frame and left tank not vertical behind the tank like the instuctions suggest.Watch the tank fillers,its easy to get them mixed up and on the wrong side

shape of upper grill more square

Neat car.Looks like a jenson

Nice work. When you finish one you can get 2 more.LOL