Chuck Most

Very nice. Still a few of these in my area used by landscapers.

That is awesome! Kind of looks like a bi-plane with the wings pulled off.

Actually, you might want to paint the white first, then the blue. That'll make it a bit easier.

Greg, are you sure you didn't mean to post an Ohio State logo?

Digging the stance already.

Cab is weathered and decaled, and I made up a floor from styrene sheet. Sink mark in the firewall is there to stay.

I've seen a few campers in El Caminos, but I'm not sure if the were true slide-in campers or just oversized shells as Art describes. I do remember the owner's manual of my long-gone 1975 mentioned that the vehicle was not designed or intended to accomodate a slide-in camper.

About time.

Close enough to done. I do want to rub out the clear- ended up with some pretty bad orange peel on the decklid, and I might add some dual exhaust pipes out back. I started with the '53 Club Coupe, and used a spare '52 grille and steel wheels. The car is nosed and decked, has its door handles and fender ornaments shaved, and has been lowered. Engine is a Revell Parts Pack Cadillac V8/Hydramatic with valve covers from an AMT '59 El Camino.

Thinking I might try this instead of a typical truck bed.

Other than being in the standard size box, it is the same kit as the small-box version. So, yes, it does have all the stock car parts.

Here's a picture, and the information from the book. After having dominated the tilt cab market since entering it in 1957, Ford became concerned that it had lost ground during 1962-63 to such competitors as the International Co Loadstar, Mack MB, and White Compact. Consequently, a new compact tilt cab concept vehicle was built in 1964 which employed the Econoline pickup cab mounted on a C-600-size forward control chassis. The company's intent in making such a model was to have offered it in 550-750 Series and to have employed Ford I-6 and FT-Series V8 gas engines and English Ford and small Cummins diesels. After thoroughly investigating the marketing aspects of revising the Ford Tilt Cab formulation, management decided not to pursue the concept further. Interestingly, Dodge either learned of Ford's effort, or working independently, developed a similar design of its own, and placed it on the market in early 1966 as the L-600 and L-700 models.

I always wondered how a Sportsroof Cougar might have looked. Turns out it would look pretty good.

I don't know- those C-Series cabs were a good seven feet wide inside. You could sit four guys abreast on the bench seat. Unless you're Andre the Giant or something, ought to be more than enough room in that sleeper.

The ideas I'm kicking around as follows- Cut-down '37 bed... gotta keep that cool looking V8-script tailgate, anyway! Full exhaust, possibly with the stacks coming up behind the cab. Crusty cab, with primed-over welding scars. I'm leaning toward having some old commercial lettering or door art. Chassis is pretty much locked in- I don't feel like stretching it or cutting it down. I'm also leaving the fuel tank in the stock location for a '32 passenger car. Not seen very often on trucks (though Brookville now sells a steel bed that allows you to run the tank in that position) but I like the look.

In my area quite a few (more) wind turbines are going up, so the constructio rigs are out in full force. I have no idea what kind of body is on this truck or what its use would be- feel free to clue me in on that. I'm guessing it is a water truck.

My guess would be that the prototypes were most likely diesels as well, since the Super Duty gas V8s were already in production by then.

Same place you're going to find that pink paint you KNOW you want to paint your GT with.

There is one photograph of it. Ford quickly abandoned the idea, but Dodge either heard of the project or had been working on their own and came out with the L-Series. In that case, finding a 1:25 Econoline would be the biggest challenge.

Remember the trash compactor scene from Star Wars? That's pretty much what my workbench looks like at any given moment.

I have the issue of Hemmings with that same article in my stash- pretty good source of information on the production trucks. I just wish there was a bit more info specific to the 1959 prototypes, but I guess it is what it is. I was planning on building a production H-Series truck, but I've seen quite a few of those built as models, which is why I want to do the prototype. The P-I-E version is the most commonly seen of the four prototypes, so I might do one in a Spector-Midstates, Great Southern, or Middle Atlantic Freight Lines paint scheme.

1. That isn't a rat rod- more like a Deep South interpretation of a Jeepney. 2. The only cool part of it is the IH R-Series cab, and what's left of the hood. 3. We've wandered this path before. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=60071

Bit of a story here- this was just supposed to be a quick, weekend buildup. Well, I started this a year ago, and it still isn't done. Why? Well, first off I got the news my father was going to need open heart surgery the day after I started working on it. So naturally, I didn't feel like working on any kind of modeling project at that time. He underwent the procedure and has since made a full recovery, but in one of those 'when it rains it pours' kind of moments, I lost my regular job a few days later.That pretty much sealed the deal- the truck was put back into a box and filed away. So here's where it stands as of now. The basic chassis is Revell '32 Ford, with the '37 wheels and hubcaps. The engine is a 460 from the Monogram F-350. Yes, 1:24 scale engine in a 1:25 scale model, but few could tell the difference! The cab is the Revell kit, chopped and sectioned, and the Hudson Terraplane grille is a resin piece from Jim Pelosi. I used an old AMT 8-carb 'log' manifold on the 385-series big block, and replaced the AOD trans with a four-speed manual of unknown origin. The cab still needs paint and glass, and I also need to find/fabricate a bed for it. The interior needs attention as well- it does not even have a floor board at this point. I'm hoping THIS TIME I can get it finished! Will it happen? I guess you'll find out shortly after I find out.

None of the info I can find specifies exactly what engines the prototypes had- the production trucks could be had with any one of ten engines- Ford Super Duty gas V8s (!) or Cummins diesels, so the Autocar engine should work just fine. I'm sure that more than one engine type was used in the prototypes. I'm planning on using a cut-down White Freightliner DD chassis for mine, not sure if I'll modify the kit wheels to look more like the protoype wheels, or see if I can find something a bit closer in another kit or resin. Cab and interior would be from an AMT C-Series (obviously) and the rest would just be made up of flat pieces of styrene.

The blue one should have the same styled steel wheels as the 429 version.