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Yeah a Plum Crazy "Big Al" Allis-Chalmers engine would be nice.

The Sagehorn Movin' On truck has a Peterbilt Air Leaf suspension as far as I can tell, it would originally have had torison bars.

Yes the box on the K100 Aerodyne reads 8V-92T and that was what the Malone transporter trucks had. But I have seen pictures with the old style stamped sheet metal valve covers (both chromed and painted) and the newer cast aluminum (i think) more squarish valve covers on both 8V92's and 8V-71's...so it's more likely the year of manufacturing that decides wich valve cover the engine has....it's my speculation.

Otherwise the truck you are building could have been re-powered, not uncommon as the engines wear out.

There are as many dump body styles as they are manufacturers, no one are exactly alike. My best tip is to look at the manufacturers and decide wich one you like and suits the parts you have best...I don't have any knowledge about US dump body manufacturers tho'.

Well I know it comes from an old tooling Revell Funny Car or Top Fuel kit developed in the early to mid 70's, they did both 1:25 and 1:16th scale kits back then, I have built a couple of the 1:25th scale kits and still have some in my stash. The engines from the newer Revell/Monogram tooling from the 80's up until the late 90's FC's and TF's are quite a lot different and better,

I hope you will have these 8V-92 valve covers on your website Kurt, I need a couple of sets too.

Well you started with an old Revell Funny Car or Top Fuel engine wich are a bit crude and really not like the street going versions as you had to build a water pump and such things, other things are the scatter shield clutch can and the different looking oil pan. The clutch can houses a multi disc clutch on these engines and the old TF and FC's had a 2-speed Lenco planetary transmission behind it, you have put an automatic behind it instead and for all I know you could as well have a converter inside the clutch can. Stronger...well that's a good question...it depends on how it's built and what transmission it is, some are fragile as glass and some are strong as steel, and many use the GM 2-speed Powerglide based transmissions in drag racing and they holds up pretty good.

As I said, the Revell 1969 Mach 1 Super Cobra Jet is 1/25th scale and the Revell/Monogram 1970 Boss 429 is 1/24th scale, so the engine can be a bit large for the 69...I don't know as I haven't tried.

I hope it will come back, I'm also interested in one.

Over here the D16 are available with 750 hp and it still meets the hardest emmision requirements in Europe, as far as I know the most powerful engine delivered from factory in Europe

It's a reason they call it Hemi Orange, the 426 Hemi was only available in orange from the factory, they used two different orange shades tho', Race Hemi Orange and Hemi Orange, Race Hemi Orange were a brighter more yellowish orange and the Hemi Orange were more to the reddish scale. Race Hemi's were 1964-65 only and the street Hemi came for the 1966 model year.

The only thing is that the Revell 69 Mustang is 1:25th scale and the Revell/Monogram 70 Boss 429 is 1:24th scale, it's only the engine and hood scoop that are different between the 69 Mach 1 and 70 Boss and I haven't tried myself so I don't know how well the engine from the 70 Boss 429 fits in the 69 engine bay...it might work.

No not really, you have the same type of propusion but it's two types of engines that operates very different. Jet engine: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Jet_engine.svg Rocket engine liquid fuel: https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/K-12/airplane/Images/lrockth.gif Rocket engine solid fuel: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/propulsion/rocket/solid-rocket.gif

I depends on what carburator type it's supposed to look like, the Holley 4150 series( 650-750) and 4500 series (Dominator) carbs has quite large float bowls sticking out front and back, but the 4160 series has smaller, other carburator manufacturers like Rochester and Carter has a different look as they are built different. Many Holley carbs are in a goldish color so why not.

I don't know exactly when it came out...early 80's maybe...but the first KW 8 bag suspension was called Airglide 100 and I believe that is what the AMT K100 Aerodyne and Revell AG W900 and Revell/Monogram W900 Aerodyne snap kits have...the later Airglide 200 and 400 are a bit different.

The Ford truck was called "Waltzing Matilda" if I rememer correctly, I saw a video from that way back in the beginning of the 80's...but I think it was JET powered, not rocket.

No it didn't...but Kenworth had the old Dual Air 4 bag air ride wich I believe came 1961. I think the torsion bar was more popular tho'

At least on the front one, the size looks to be much like a Holley Dominator and they have quite large float bowls...they are the same size front and back.

There has been resin 8 bag KW Airglide 100 suspensions available as Melbourne Model Truck Accessories had one complete with everything you need including axles, they also had the KW Torsion Bar suspension also complete with everything including axles...but I believe they are out of business since a year or so ago. So as the others say, the easiest to find and probably most economical (as the resin stuff ain't cheap) is to use the Revell US Snap Kenworth W900 suspension. One thing come to mind as the Papa Truck was mentioned, if you want to build a correct Papa Truck model you would have an AG 100 air ride suspension left over as the real truck had torsion bar suspension.

Nice looking wheels.

Just a suggestion, make the float bowls a bit larger and your carburator would look more realistic.

I believe many painted the Bandit dark blue and it was even called out on the box that the exterior should be blue...but as far as I know the real truck has allways been black I don't think Gary Ries (Stage Coach) has a website, but Ken Harris has quite some pictures of that Peterbilt truck on his fotki album together with lots of pictures of the Malone trucks. Here are some pictures of the Peterbilt called Bounty Hunter with the same rear body work as the Super Boss and the Bandit. http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/tyrone_malone/robert-hastings-photo-2.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/tyrone_malone/robert-hastings-photo-1.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/tyrone_malone/robert-hastings-photo-5v.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/tyrone_malone/gary-ries-truck-photo-2.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/bandag-open-house-a/img-2592.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/bandag-open-house-a/img-2593.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/bandag-open-house-a/bandag-open-house-1.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/bandag-open-house-a/bandag-open-house-6.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/bandag-open-house-a/bandag-open-house-9.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/bandag-open-house-a/bandag-open-house-13.html http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/bandag-open-house-a/bandag-open-house-16.html If you want more of the Malone trucks, look through the 50 pages at this link http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/tyrone_malone/ and there are more at this one. http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/stage-coach-diesel-/ even more here:.. http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/tyrone-malones-hide/ here... http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/bill-block-of-banda/ here... http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/the-whale-truck-is-found/ and here. http://public.fotki.com/superboss1/the-boss-truck-of-a/

Jim, I have all of the Malone kits and the regular W923/925 and the Malone kits are different from the W923/925, both the Super Boss and Bandag Bandit are pretty much the same except for a few things. Yes both Malone race trucks have a DD 12V-71TT but they are not exactly the same as the turbo setups are different on the two like they are in real life. You are right about the W923/925, it had the earlier 1968-72 cab with the older style door handles...but both the Malone kits have the later 1973-82 cab with the paddle latch door handles and the side skirts are molded to the cab. The hoods are also different from the regular W900, they are long hoods and the Super Boss hood has a spoiler molded on under the grille, regular round headlights and a hole for the scoop on top and some holes to mount the wings. The Bandag Bandit also has a long hood and has the same spoiler molded on as the Super Boss has, but the lights are not standard KW square headlights, I have never seen this exact type on any other W900 so I did some research and the headlights for the Bandit looks to be taken from a 1977 Buick Regal, a pitch fork scoop up top are also molded to the hood and one scoop on each side you glue on. So the regular W900 and the Malone race trucks are made from totally different tooling but you could probably use the cab and hood if you cut off the side skirts and spoilers and put it on a regular W900 chassis. Follow the links and you will get the instructions for them and you will get an idea on how they are made up. Super Boss Bandag Bandit Regular W923/925, Movin' On kit One thing tho', the real Bandag Bandit that's on display at the Iowa 80 Truckstop Museum today has an older 68-72 cab with an all black interrior as the original cab probably got damaged when Malone's shop in Bakersfield Ca cought fire, so they must have changed it after that and it got a slightly different paint job, before it had the 73-82 cab with a grey-white-blue and yellow interrior.

That's a true friend,