Chuck Most

Love it! Lifted one of these kits myself, but I went with a straight axle swap up front. I have one kicking around somewhere I plan to build as a truggy.

So... what (several others and) I thought stood a good chance be the first kit of a modern pickup truck in years actually turned out to be the second one. Not complaining, just sayin'.

Question- I've noticed a few of these trucks (like the one Aaron posted to show the AC unit) have a small rectangular badge below the side reflector/model designation badge on the door? What is that for? It sort of looks like it says "Allison" in some of the pics I've seen, which I'd guess would identify an Allison automatic trans, but I'm not sure, as I've never seen one of these in person with that smaller rectangular emblem.

280" if I recall correctly.

Crane is 99% complete now- does need some detail painting but that's about it. I dipped into another one of those weird and wonderful Italeri parts packs for the fuel tank and tool box on the tractor- both were reconfigured slightly for the C-Series. The deck plate is from the same Louisville that coughed up its CAT, and I used an external oil filter from an AMT Diamond Reo.

I can't speak for everybody, but I think I could jump in with something if this gets off the ground.

Don't know if this has been brought up before, but I stumbled across this blog covering a '90 model (last year for this cab design) and think it's worth sharing- http://www.rubberattheroad.com/2010/10/bringing-light-1990-ford-c8000-utility.html

Here are a couple of tilt-cab Fords I've been messing with lately. This one is based on the Pepsi van kit- I traded the body, lift gate, and some other stuff for the Italeri Effer crane. I'll be adding a flat bed (and the frame crossmembers not shown in the pic) later on. The wheels and tires are also from Italeri- they came from an Iveco, and were mated to the AMT axles with wheel adapters from an MRC muscle car hop-up set. This one is also based on the Pepsi van kit, but I used some spare tractor frame rails (left over from the old RC2-era stake bed reissue), and I used a CAT 3208 engine from the AMT Ford L-Series, and the Goodyear military type tires from an Ertl Paystar 5000 mixer. I raised the cab to clear the engine, and the front bumper and grille will be raised to match. I was going for more of a home-brewed diesel swap kind of 'feel', rather than trying to depict a factory installation. Both trucks will be weathered, and I'm planning on adding some rust and minor collision damage to the tractor.

Must have missed the WIP on this one, but love the final result!

Loving every inch of this! Projects like this make me wonder why I even bother.

That's an overhead valve Buick- not really close to anything a Federal used. I've only ever seen one Federal in person, and it was on a later chassis from another manufacturer and was missing the engine- PHOTOS

The ignition wiring comes with the kit- they're the molded looms which go onto either side of the cylinder head assemblies. Art Arfons and EJ Potter used them in several types of vehicles, but detailed engine shots of those seem to be rare. Your best bet might be to check out literature and sites devoted to WWII fighters. It was used in the P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, P-30 Warhawk, and I believe a couple of others.

The doors may have been tedious to construct, but they look great! I'm using those same wheels on mine.

I have a similar one in the works, and at the risk of stating the obvious- space will be at a premium with the Ardun heads. I still haven't figured out how I'll end up routing the headers in mine.

A bit too far for me to drive, and I don't have another big wrecker to tow it home with.

Nice! I did the same thing with the wheels on the two I've built. How did you deal with the too-short mounting bosses on the wheels?

I'm sure they were having a blast with them back in December, when temps were dipping well below zero and we were getting tons of freezing rain! I did see a set of the color coded coils on a newer Freightliner today- one of the rigs owned by Legend Manufacturing, and it was the only one at the factory with them. Really never paid a great deal of attention to stuff like that until I came across this thread.

Thanks guys! Still up in the air with this one- I'm sort of toying with sticking the Rex mixer from the old Ertl Paystar on the back, but I guess we'll see.

Up in Michigan you still see the plain black lines quite frequently- in fact, it's been quite a while since I've spotted any of the color-coded ones. I do know most of the truck drivers I know hate the color coded ones, and much prefer the regular black rubber lines.

So far, I haven't bought one with the intent of leaving it as is, but I have nabbed a few old built ups for good prices, when I find them and if it's a subject I want, and one that isn't readily available in styrene or resin form.

Mike- that GMC grille is the A-Team part. It's the closest one I've seen to what Niko has on his van. It would work with modification, or you might be able to rework an MPC Chevy pickup part, that one has the quad stacked headlights.

So cool to see one of these in original condition. Can't be too many totally factory Willys coupes in existence anymore.

Did you notice the F-350 reissue has two sets of gauge panel decals? If you don't mess up decaling the F-350 dash, you should be able to use the remaining three on the Econoline.

Not without modification. The HEMI had evenly spaced exhaust ports, while the 440 had the middle two ports closer together, sort of like a small block Chevy. You could make them work with a bit of trimming and bending.

Better hurry- it's a limited edition set.