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While i was knee deep in the orange truck, I was also tweaking this a bit. This is an original Pete wrecker built by my dad in about 1971 that was converted to a tractor and repowered by my him in the early 1990's. I just fixed some shelf damage, added the second battery/tool box and resprayed the paint on the tanks and boxes. It has Revell-Germany front wheels and a newer AMT bumper and rear outside wheels. I added the exta turn signals and door handles form the reissue 352. This truck originally had the engine that's now in the orange one, and this Cummins is from dad's own build of the T501. This truck also has original paint! I need to rechrome the grille, and the interior was repainted years back also. I still have the wrecker body. I'm keeping it mostly original, I think it's a neat time capsule. Oh, I also BMF'd the emblems, and the mudfalps are also from dad's T501, again added in the 90's. I lettered it and made the new PA license plate. It's not Apportioned like all the others, this truck has earned retirment in my 1/25 fleet. Now it does local work and show duty 8) . (Don't kid yourself, this truck is a 3 footer at best.) I still like it, it's one of my favorites, and maybe someday it'll get a full-blown restoration. Thanks!

Your welcome for the tip. I heard it by word of mouth on this site, and it made sense to pass it along. Thanks everyone for the commments. I'd like to add that I used the small cab lights for two reasons. 1) I don't have the original bullet lights and, 2) I've seen a few older Petes withthese style lights, and thought it would be neat to add them because they're not so common. But, If I told you where they're from, I'd get lynched! EDIT: The sun managed to snaek out for a bit, so I grabbed an outdoor shot.

I built this almost a year ago from the Model King issue. Box stock excep for wheels, tires, and headers. Paint is Duplicolor Ford Royal Blue. I had no particular reason to build it, I just liked the box art and it was something different. Battle Stance

I get what you're saying, Tim. My dad has a set of those stone guards on his truck. I never thought about that, but I can always add them later.

Heres the finished piece. Not even close to being a showpiece, but it will look nice on the shelf. Aluminum hanging under the bumper is a license plate mount, I just need to make a plate. Rear light bar is styrene strip covered in BMF with leftover lights (still need two more) and homemade mud flaps with my own decals added. Also a Detroit Diesel logo in the center. Hood sitting a bit crooked in the pic, cause the hinges are long gone. As long as I don't move it around, I can get the hood to sit right. I didn't fix the "buck tooth gap" as Tim calls it, maybe on the next one. Didn't really want to, and don't have extra fenders to take the needed material from. In case you're wondering, yes those are "stack hats". Or in the real world, two old coffee cans attached to broom handles to keep rain out of the pipes. Thanks everyone for looking. Comments good, bad, and in-between are welcome.

The DD has found its new home. It took a little longer than I thought, because I had to cast a new exhaust manifold. (I think the wheel is from the Transtar kit, I only had one, so I figured it was as good a time as any to make another so I at least had a pair.) Not to brag, but I bet you can't tell which one is the copy . I also made straight pipes. Just some aluminum tubing slipped over the stock lower elbows. They sure look good!

I've seen a couple Pete 330 Crew Cabs, but never anything like this. You pretty much have the cab dead on as far as I can tell. It sure is neat looking. The only thing I'd change is the stack location (personal preference). One of the 330s I saw had them at the very back, another had weedburners. Either way, that thing is a beast!

Actually the truck that wrecked wasa a Pete. I recently got the S&B Pursuit Pack (all three movies!) and its definitley a Pete. It looks to be about a '73 or 4. P.S. I have recently discovered a 1:1 Smokey and The Bandit II truck! In the opening and "World's Biggest Game of Chicken" scene, you can se a red and black International Transtar 4300 with a sleeper. This truck was originally owned by a man from this area (actually owned several trucks and had a small company and a chrome shop) and was powered by a DD 8V-71 and ran a single rear drive with a spicer air tag (According to dad, and I think he'd know). It has since had the sleeper pulled off and tandem rears installed. It is sitting in a driveway on rt. 51 south headed towards Uniontown. Locals might even know the truck and where its at. Next time I'm out that way I'll grab some pics.

I've made some minute progress on the Pete. I've added the battery box and fuel tank (I might add the second one on the drivers side, still undecided). These parts were painted with Duplicolor chrome. I wouldn't push it that far, but I'd give it a polished aluminum rating. I could have cleaned up the seam beter, but this will NEVER see a contest table anyway. I've also added some appropriate signage ... And I just had to have this... The illness was so great, I made extras for later use, and in other sizes! This one found its way to the back of my 352. Thanks for looking, stay tuned!!

So much for a quick build, but things have progressed rapidly. I pretty much stalled on the project right after posting it. After finishing the DM, I jumped right back on it and went from the first picture to this: The blower scoop on the air cleaner seemed fitting, since it was going to be a racer, and the DD is supercharged. Plus, I wasn't up to building the scoop I really wanted. Paint is Duplicolor Universal Orange, and the stripes are from a '69 Yenko Camaro, cropped, flipped and backwards. The engine is Krylon White. The whole truck isn't permanently stuck togeter, just set up for the pics. I still need to make the exhaust, resin copy an exhaust manifold and some other little odds and ends. After painting and striping it, I tought it looked too good to be raced. It is now going to be a roadworthy daycab. In person, to me at least. it doesn't look all that great, but it does look better than the first time I built it. However, it looks great for being put together from junk, leftovers, and spare parts.

Thanks again everyone!

I'd be willing to bet no one's thought of that before!

Thanks everyone! For my interior I used Model Master Acryl # 4793 "Lichtgrun". I found it with the artillery paints, I guess its German. It dries to a nice semigloss sheen that is perfect for the interior. And, as a final parting shot for the build, long lost cousins. P.S. As a final note, I had a blast doing this build. And keep a lookout, I WILL be doing the DM600!

APRIL FOOL! The bulldog is done. Amber fog lights and extra lights on the rear fenders complete the '70s look. The front fenders don't fit quite right, but I think I'll live with it. All I have to do is make up a license plate for it. Edit: I made two plates, fitting the direction of the build.

Thanks guys. As a side note, the paint looks really dusty in the pictures, and in reality it is. But, it isn't in the paint, just on it. It won't be there come final assembly.

Whew! Its been a long time since October. Between bad weather, bad paint, and an overall slump, not much has happened. The interior is done. The requisite Mack green all around, with dark green seats. This is the configuration of my buddy's previously mentioned '73 RS700L After being in the strip tank once, the second time came out much better. I was debating painting the grille silver, but I've never seen a real one like that. But I have seen a body colored grille with chrome bars, and I think I'll do that.

Beautiful, as we've all come to expect from you, Anthony. The 3406 engine in this one is particularly well executed.

Just gorgeous. The attention to detail is spectacular.

Beautiful! The wood floor is especially well executed. The load is nice too, even down to the pallet fork. It's a wonder AMT didn't make this themselves, they have all the parts.

I think's that's all he knows. Nice job on it. The blue definitley makes it stand out in s sea of red, white, and yellow. That's not the first blue firetruck I've seen, this Mack regularly makes an appearnce at the local VFD's summer fair. I wonder why this never caught on, you can usually hear them before you see them. I think it looks great on a firetruck.

I really like the glider. Most of them back then were complete trucks, minus an engine, trans, rear suspension and axles. These have all but faded into oblivion with the new computerized engines, but do pop up from time to time. Any new gliders are usually wired for the type of engine that will go in, be it a Cat, Cummins or Detroit. I saw one about a year or so ago at the local Pete dealer, and it had a Cat engine in it. Otherwise it was a true glider, no trans, axles or suspension. The alcoa truck isn't bad either, but I think it needs a bath.

Nice work on the proper Charger. The front end seems a bit odd though, maybe it's because I like that part of the production car. Keep it up!

DA DA DAAAAAA!!

Nice job. I'm building one of these myself, as my '77 F-250. I think I'm going to stick some more detailed axles under it, along with a working leaf spring setup. Keep us posted on that resing grille, you'll be getting an order from me!

Iknew there was a method to the DD madness! I figured it would work well in a racing truck, but nobdy I kow was ever a fan of the 92 Series in road trucks. Th 71's are different though. Primitive, oil slinging, scraming beasts they are. A friend of my dad's owns eathmoving equipment, and among his pieces are several Terex TS-24 scrapers. They run a DD 12V-71 up front and a 6-71 in the rear. You know they're about to grenade when they STOP slinging oil. Also, as long as you keep feeding it 40 weight oil, the thing will run. Eventually my truck will run 6'' straights and a ram-air breather.