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WOW! What a beauty! Tim

Looks like quite the hot-shot you're building! Tim

The A64B kit differs from the DC dump truck kit with different: Front tires/wheels Frame rails Rear suspension Round fenders Tim

This is coming along nice. Is the excator one of the resin ones I've seen on eBay? Tim

If you submitted photos to me and you don't see them, chances are they are still in the pile to be sorted. Tim

Wow! T800 tractor, a scratchbuilt lowboy and an excavator ! Nothing like taking on a big project(s) ! Tim

I've ordered from Kit Form Services in the UK. A bit more expensive with the difference between the dollar and pound. Shipping was just as fast as with a USA company. http://www.kitformservices.com Tim

Looking good! I like the rivet detail. Tim

Dave The 383 was used in the sugar cane industry in Hawaii. There were many 383s built. Always big beasty things. Interestingly, Jim did the 383 and 20 years later did the 357-123 flat fender seen in his photo here. The 357 was a glider kit being sent to Hawaii for rebuilding of older sugar cane trucks. Tim

Mobile Home Toter is the most commonly used term. The politically correct term is just "Toter." "Manufactured and Modular section toter" just doesn't sound as nice. Tim

I started with a resin Peterbilt 362 cab from Spaulding Trading and Shipping, a Paystar chassis and a big sheet of plastic that was a Wendy's restuarant breakfast muffin sign. I reworked the resin cab from a 90" BBC to a 76" small sleeper and reworked the lower panels for a SBFA. I stretched the Paystar chassis, reworking a few things to give it a Peterbilt look where visible. The above shot shows everything in primer. The wireline body was made from a big sheet of styrene. I cut it to the shape of a custom wireline body (used for oil well drilling inspection). The body is 6 pieces, front, sides, bottom, rear and roof. Above shows the 362 pretty much ready to accept the wireline body. The rear view shows the exhaust and aircleaner set-up. The air cleaner snorkle intake is from an AMT GMC Astro95. The muffler is from an Italeri 377. The engine is a Cummins from an AMT PB 359. The battery box is scratchbuilt as is the exhaust rack. Mostly finished in this view, only needing a company name and some more dirt. The photo below lists some of the modifications made to build the model. Two 362 heavies, the SBFA wireline unit and a tandem steer nitrogen pump that I built in '04. Thanks for looking! Tim

It isn't the greed I worry about, it is the price that some will pay ! :shock:

Chris When Peterbilt redesigned the 352 for 1970 the (Herb Izuno did the Pacemaker design) new cab kept the traditional look but 'modernized' and corrected many of the flaws of the Unilite cab. (unilite cab was prone to roof leaks, was difficult to build (nearly twice as long to build as the newer cab) and repair. Tim

One more thing.. it was very common to have the right exhaust inset into the corner of the cab. (as seen in the photos of Cam's yellow and black truck) Tim

More tid bits... The unilite cab 352 would have the air cleaner running through the cab like the kit cab, but in a different location. There was no option for a behind the cab air cleaner intake on the unilite cab. Note the location of the air cleaner intake and the tube running through the interior. Also note the rear wall of the cab, how different it was from Pacemaker. The unilite cab appears larger or fatter in some views, but it has the same dimensions/footprint. The interior is different too There is no "wrap around" dash on the driver's right. Thanks to Cam Levin for his 352 photos! Tim

Chris CooL project! The Unilite 352 cabs were quite different from the Pacemaker cabs. The roof corners were much more graceful, so you'll need to sand the side-to-roof corners more. Same for the rear wall-to-side-wall corner. You also need to flatten the roof. Pacemaker has an angle to the roof towards the front. Unilite cabs did not have this angle. Each unilite cab panel was hand formed. Here are several unilite cab 352s for reference. Just for reference, here is a Pacemaker 352 Pacemaker shared the grille, windshield, doors, handles, bumpers with the unilite cab 352. Tim

Boy have you got a project ! Tim

THIS will be nice !! The kit not only builds nicely but has some nifty kit bash items and is a great platform for resin converions ! Tim

Just as Dan said, a red Sharpie marker. I then use really high grit sand paper to remove the ink from the raised lettering. Tim

I like it ! Tim

Very Nice ! Tim

Looking tough and beasty ! Tim

Looking good. Pin stripes and scrolls are right at home on an Autocar. Tim

She's a beauty! Tim

Another cool crew cab. Tim