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Here is the AMT version of the 1100 series cab kit and it came on the market 1975, this kit is different from the Unilite cab kit and nothing is shared between them, on later issues the "California Hauler" went away. The latest issue of this kit was the wrecker.

It's because they are different cabs. The AMT cab is the early Unilite "small window" cab also used for 351's made up to 1972, the cab in the Revell kit is the later 1100 series cab with larger windows and it's also taller, and that cab came 1972 and after the end of 1972 Peterbilt replaced the Unilite cab on all conventional trucks, AMT also has a kit with the 1100 series cab but this is not it. The AMT kit was the first truck model kit made and it first saw daylight in 1969 as the California Hauler as a day cab truck, and the California Hauler with the sleeper came 1973, this kit was later replaced with their 1100 series cab kit in 1975 and the earlier Unilite cab kit was forgotten until 2014 when it came out again. The Revell kit on the other hand first came in 1982 and your kit is the latest reissue..

Yeah tell me about it. An easy job like putting in the starter wich should be a quick job took about 3 hours to do, bolts that were wrong size, helicoil threads in the bell housing that didn't reach all the way and 1 of 3 was put in crooked, the hole for the starter in the brand new block plate was about a millimeter too small so the starter wouldn't sit properly against it, and grind out the hole with the engine in the engine bay and the transmission mounted wasn't easy...so everything fights you sometimes. I don't know how many times I tried to put in the starter and took it back out again....and that was only one thing.

Thanks guys.

My project wich has taken up much time the last couple of years. Built a new 390 based 445 stroker engine and changed it and I also swapped to a new rebuilt TCI C6 automatic trans...things that never have been together will not go together without problems, so it takes time. I also upgraded to disc brakes in front with spindles, calipers and discs from Ford full size 1968, a direct bolt on kit. Everything is in the car now and it's close to take it out for trials and adjustments. The car, 1963½ Galaxie 500XL wich originally had a 390 4 bbl and Cruise-o-matic trans built at the Pico Rivera factiory in Los Angeles...don't worry, I still have these things. The engine, 390 based 445 stroker with a new balanced Scat rotating assembly 4.25 stroke, H-beam rods, flat top pistons, bored out .030, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and intake manifold, Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam and Harlan Sharp roller rockers, Holley 850 double pump, Sanderson coated headers, MSD ignition. The trans is a prepped C6 from TCI and a Huges 2 500 rpm converter.

I'm eager to get mine so I can see for myself...but it looks good on the picture.

If they have the Tom The Mongoo$e McEwen 57 Chevy Funny Car tooling, does it mean they have all the modern era Funny Car tooling? Because all Monogram and Revell Funny Car kits from 1985 forward shares the same basic tooling for the chassis with some changes when they were updated with new engine parts and bodies. Did the Revell Top Fuel kits from 1987 forward also end up with Atlantis? Because they also share tooling with some updates when they did new cars. If so they would maybe do necessary updates to the tool to do current Top Fuel Dragsters wich Revell never did, not much needed to do that for the Top Fuel Dragsters as they have basically looked the same since the early 2000's, the Funny Cars on the other hand needs new bodies and some engine parts to be more up to date so they are a bit harder to do. They don't have to do a specific car, it can be generic, someone may do decals.

Mock up the chassis with wheels and check the wheelbase on other bodies and you will most likely find one that fits. I have heard the 1966 Chevy Nova would be close and there are for sure others, you may have to modify things to get it to fit but that's modeling for you,

Well I can't add anything to the list as the edit function doesn't work after a while. The downside with Strato Models is that the engines and other stuff are not available all the time and when the things are available they sell out very quickly...Pavel Behensky do very nice products tho'. I was able to get a couple of wheel sets from him last week, they sold out in a few hours and I expect the same will be for his upcoming Kenworth 523, 524 or 525, the model number is depending on what suspension he will do for it.

The light bulb is most likely supposed to represent a glow plug used to help ignite the diesel fumes in pre combustion diesel engines when the engine is cold.

Good on you, the body chassis mating on this kit is a nightmare.

Fun ain't it. ??

It was the rim size for the wheels in the White Freightliner kit I was talking about, not the wheel style, they are for 11.00-22 tires and has a larger diameter than most of the other AMT truck kit rims wich are for 10.00-20 or 11.00-20 tires. I do have the PP028 and the tires in that pack are pretty much the same as in the white Freightliner kit, but they removed the side wall detail so it has no name, size or other markings on them.

Don't worry, it's not like I'm waiting on them for a build I'm currently doing so I don't need them right away, as long as I get them in reasonable time I'm fine with that.

Yes that's right, either that or use half round Evergreen styrene strips where you soften the corners with liquid glue, bend to shape when soft and after it dried put on the model.

The White Freightliner and a few other AMT kits has 11.00-22 tires and they are larger than most of the other AMT tires wich are either 10.00-20 or 11.00-20. So they are what you need if you want to go for 22 inch wheels.

Thank you, I ordered 8 of them.

That would work. 3D printing is da thing as you can do whatever you want.

Now we're talking, looks a lot better. ? If you do them the same size as the White Freightliner wheels you can use kit tires and I would need at least a couple of sets myself.

Looks promising but the diamond shaped holes needs to be slightly more elongated like on the picture below. I would like to get a couple of sets when you are done if possible.

On the pre 1960 351/281 cab wich pretty much was a carry over from the 350 the roof cap is slightly different with less rivets and a drip rail all around it, the rear window is smaller with a slider to cover it, the front windows are smaller than on the post 1960 cab and the dash is different. Tim Ahlborn's website is a well of Peterbilt information and here is his spotters guide for the 50's to the 80's. http://www.timstrucks.com/PB1.html

Me neither, I'm Swedish, but I have learned it's called tire bead where the tire sits on the rim inside the outer lip. I have the Moluminum wheels and they are meant for the AMT Tyrone Malone transporters and the tires in the AMT KW K100 Aerodyne regular kits wich are the same except for the transporter body are 11.00-22.

Remember that the AMT 359 California Hauler kit is too new for the Duel truck, the truck in the movie was a 1957 281 narrow hood and the cab is slightly different. I just looked in my "Duel files" and found pictures of a build done by Tim Ahlborn and he did 208 inch wheelbase on his Duel truck, and it looks about right. The original Duel 281 truck was built as a tanker but with a different trailer than it has in the movie, and after what I have found out it could have been bought new by Union Oil in 1957. Here is a photo of a Union Oil truck specified like the Duel truck with pretty much the same equipment.

The closest wheel available is the Tyrone Malone Truck Mate wheels for Malone's transporters from Moluminum, the problem there is that the front wheels has a hub cap on them. I'm on the hunt for these front wheels with diamond shaped holes myself. One thing to keep in mind when it comes to measuring wheel diameter is that it's measured at where the tire bead sits, not at the outer ring, so it's pretty much where the wheel disc meets the lock ring.

First of all, Brad Wike's truck was indeed originally built for the movie as the main truck started to act up, but it was never used, and for the extended scenes they used a 351. I have not seen anything about wheel sizes in my researches so far but the front wheels on Brad's truck looks to be split ring rims so they are either 20 or 22 inch, the rears are tubeless 22.5 or 24.5. On the primary 281 truck wich was destroyed at the end of the movie the wheels are old split ring wheels all around and by the looks of it the could have been 22 inch wheels, the wheels are also mix matched so there are different rims on all positions except for the front axle, same for the tank trailer. The front axle has the diamond shaped 5-hole wheels on both sides but different colors, the drive axle has one aluminum 5-hole wheel on the drivers side and the tag axle had a steel 5-hole wheel, the passenger side was the opposite, 5-hole aluminum wheel on the tag axle and 5-hole steel wheel on the drive axle, the tank trailer had 6-hole steel wheels on the front axle and 5-hole steel wheels on the rear, there was wery little tread on the tires and the patterns was also mix matched. The truck was not flat brown as Brads truck is, the main 281 truck used in the movie was originally a light gold color with lots of weathering, the engine was either a Cat 1673 or a 1674, I have seen both stated at different places and 1673B is most likely what was in the truck, and a 13 speed trans, the air cleaner was from a Cat 966 loader, the rear suspension was Page & Page 60/40 with one drive axle and a tag axle, the Fruehauf trailer had no landing legs and much points to it could have had Fruehauf's torsion bar suspension, but I'm not sure on that one as I can't see it on any of the pictures or in the movie itself..belive me, I've tried as I stepped the final crash frame by frame but it's too dusty to be able to see.