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buba39

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  1. james did u see the pete that i want to copy? if not email me and i will send ya the pic
  2. can any one tell me the history of this kit i know it is old and has been repopd a few times http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISup...em=390106979278
  3. i have two questons for the big rig experts as yall know i am goine to build a custom pete 359 what i am wondering is whoud a set of 32 ford headlights look cool mounted in to the front fenders or whoud a set of custom headlight bucket from the 49 merc look better my idea is if i am goine to build the truck as custom i want to go all out i want to sand the hood and keep the grill seamless and sand the hood so it looks like one peice any ideas?
  4. hey james or tim or the other big rig experts i need your help i want to make a set of custom stacks for my custom pete 359 one of my friends said i need some 3/8 copper tubeing i want to do the stacks like the pic any ideas??
  5. hey mark ya got come down my neck of the woods some time i am like 20 minn from syarcuse in a little one horse town i am on the madason onondaga border u can stand in the midel of the bridge and be in two countys at one time shoot me a mesg and who knows
  6. how long do the rails have to be?? whoud a set of 16 inch rails be long anuff??
  7. hell i cant wait to see if what they say about the dukes sherif car is true some how i dought it but then what do i know
  8. so i changed my mind this is what my pete 359 is goine to look like now i just need to buy longer rails http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=2165598 tim or matt or jim email me i need your experts hand in this build you three are as close to experts
  9. can any of the experts tell me when peterbuilt changed the 359 grill and headlights from the ovel to the newer style? and do any one know how old the amt pete 359 kit is i know it has been repop a number of times http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=1825543
  10. do any one make the grill like the mr nasty has? i know that the kit is old and aint been updated in years
  11. all i was trying to say is look at the tj hooker police car and the goon car are you goine to tell me that some one is goine to shell out a ton of $ to revamp a old kit when they are still makeing $ off the old kits call me crazy but in todays market i whoud not do it
  12. yall know amt u know how they are tight with $$ some how i dont think there will be any change
  13. i might be able to help u out email me jamesdabear338@yahoo.com
  14. hey tim or any of the other big rig experts i need your help i am geting a amt pete 359 that i am goine to build as the mr nasty pull truck i am hopeing some one can post some close up interor pics so that i can see what i need to sand to make it a pull truck and what do i have to do to the motor??
  15. hey yall i need your help with my next progect i am goine to build a amt pete 359 to look like http://www.bigrigspulling.com/node/38 i am wondering if i shoud make a four point cage and sand down the dash and mount a single tac and race seat from a nascar or a prostock seat? and were can i get a close up view of the pete interor??
  16. this is not in any way drected at any single person but at the truck builders in this group why do it seem that we who build custom or difernt trucks then stock it whoud seem that we become ignored had i known this whoud be the case as other truck pages on the web i whoud not have came back i thought this place was for every one regardless of what type of truck or style they build i dont see any rules that say the trucks must be street stock so whats the deal? i thought this was a place for ever one and all types of builders of all tallents it seems to me that this is becomeing more like the other mag that will remain nameless i gess what i am saying is are we so shallow and stuffy that we cant let some one like my self to feel wellcome and post there build or ask a queston with out it being ignored if i can help some one with a queston i try to help if i can if i dont know i try to help out any way
  17. i have a queston for the experts i am wondering if it whoud be better to mount the springs for my super short hauler under the frame to give it a little extra hight or mount them on the side of the frame like a stock rig
  18. dude u have mad tallent here is my short hauler http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...ost&id=3018
  19. u sir have mad tallent i am so not worthy this is what i do http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...ost&id=3019 http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...ost&id=3018
  20. is there any one makeing custom big rig parts like slepers bumpers and other custom parts?
  21. do any one know if the dukes sherif patroll car is the old repop goon car / tj hooker ? from the preview on the page it looks the same as the amt goon car/ tj hooker car
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