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post just your cabovers here
mistermodel replied to Ken Gilkeson's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
here's a few 1976 astro Canadian freightliner hevy chevy owner/operator transtarll -
Instruction sheet? What is that?
mistermodel replied to Petetrucker07's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I need them don't have every model memorized yet. Maybe I'll try my payhauler 350 with out them . I'll let you know how I do -
the merk is worth it,I feel. Ive take mine out of the package and looked it over.as mentioned the attachment poins are big. hopefully a bmf repair wont show too much.It wouls look great on a vintage amt W900 or ertle 4300 because of all the chrome in those kits. I'll probably paint mine with semi gloss though when I use it
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I think its a fine base kit for the conversion.the third stick is a handle for the tans, mounted parking brake.the trans. is a duplex
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Mack DM600 Interior Green?
mistermodel replied to howsthat1959's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
what colour would the molded in headliner be?green,black,white? -
Mack DM600 Kit Engine
mistermodel replied to howsthat1959's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
that's what I meant ,just didn't type it.thanks for clearing that up.not proof reading will bite you -
Mack DM600 Kit Engine
mistermodel replied to howsthat1959's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
an ac pump would be belt driven just like most every engine -
Mack DM600 Kit Engine
mistermodel replied to howsthat1959's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'm trying to find out when mack stopped painting econodyne engines green and went to grey. A early dm could be green but have yet to confirm.the box art is mislabelled calling the engine a maxidyne.maxidyne's are gold...well the ones that are available in models any ways -
is it a short hood or the standard hood?
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Freightliner DD Help needed
mistermodel replied to 72 Charger's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Those steps first apeared as a time dc special order that carried over to other customers.The steps were in production for one or two years then updated,but were options.Even in 73 or it might of been 74 when ladder type steps came into law you could order a freightliner with out them.Freightliners were a true custom ordered truck.The cab is two piece because a standard non sleeper cab was produced first,amt was just cutting costs.Front brakes were optional on tandem trucks because the law said "must have brakes on two axles".Thats why the first version standard cab had them it is a two axle truck,again amt carried over some tooling.The thinking about front brakes was the fronts would lock up and have no steering control and back then they kept the front as light as possible.it is possible to get the cab seam pretty good if you put a sandpaper on a piece of glass and sand the edges square -
Freightliner DD Help needed
mistermodel replied to 72 Charger's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
the axle is a bit too wide,but much worse is the mounting pins,they are off center.put the cab on the frame then center the axle.Some amt axles have spacers that hold the wheel pins,if the freightliner has them you maybe able to elliminate them to tuck the wheels in -
Bill Signs pete from the extras
mistermodel replied to Petetrucker07's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
you would end up with frame rails and a few chrome bits left over.The bill signs uses different frame ,tanks, stacks and other chrome stuff, will give you about the same left overs plus a little more chrome and bunk.These 2 kits are your basic ROG kit with extras to build each unique model.So the short answer is no -
GM is at it again!
mistermodel replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
but this is a gm thread,not an automotive recall thread -
GM is at it again!
mistermodel replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
another 500000 recalls announced today.Caddy and saab rear suspension issues.72 different recalls this year alone. Somewhere around 10000000 vehicles .How can they afford this ?The shop hours alone is staggering.