Scott S

Check this thing out. someones gonna have to build it..lol http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2009-Kenworth-T-800-cab-chassis-/220670510596?pt=Commercial_Trucks&hash=item3360fcc604 T-800 445" wheelbase......yikes!!! and it is a tractor.. Scott Ps, i have nothing to do with it or its sale, just thought it was kool and wanted to share it.

Welcome and Very nice work,nice save,(i'll be saveing some myself here soon) nice paintwork also. Old rigs rule!! Scott

Got some paint on er to see if i like it, trying orange w/silver metalic chassis. think i like it, cab still needs more bodywork but it's starting to look pretty gud if i my say so..lol Kostas, thanks for the idea, i kinda mixed the two.. Scott

Couple more pic's.. was a little skeptical it was'nt gonna look right, now with the plow rig mounted and cab and bed sitting in better position, i'm feeling btr about it. on to the mtr/trans, then finish cab work and choose a color. was thinking orange and black..Ideas anybody? thanks Scott

Well after a near disaster i got back to a little work on the "C" ( i knocked the cab off a shelf and it broke into about 10 pc's, its an older MTFA casting and was very fragile.) lowered the cab on the frame and moved it back, dropped the head board height, and gotthe whole truck down a bit. now it sits much better. got plow frame mounted also little by little its getting there... Scott

We have about 60 @ the yard of mostly TK and carrier of all vintages, plus i have 4 or 5 of 60's and 70's vintage @ the shop.so if ya need detal pic's i can try to help. i'm building the Ertl great dane reefer for my Transtar II and realized in detaling the reefer the friggin control panel is on the pass. side. now thats frustrating. gotta fig out how to make that right. Scott

Hey,if anybody doesnt want to wait i have the chrome sunoco tanker (same thing) sealed i'll trade for a COE tractor of some kind. Just pm me. Scott

Here it is installed, the sleeper was included in the t500 500 kit i have from 69, plus there were two order forms included along with the goodyear decal also. Scott

Couple more pic's of some of our stuff. 1 Dodge oil truck (not sure of year) 2 58 Diamond T 662 gasser 5 spd /2 spd rear. soon to be restored. i have a nice s/a tank trailer to go with it. 3 Unknown year dorsey box trailer, very nice shape, soon to be restored also. 4 Timpte Monfort of colorado refridgerated trailer.. not many of these here in east. Dave, its a 351 and actualy its a 270 bumped to almost a 350, we have a 335 opened up to 370 for it, but to many projects and to lil time... 1 2 3 4 more to follow, Scott

I may be wrong, but all the RVG 359's i have, (black magic, the can doo, the reg 359.) have the 475 twin turbo cummins in them.. if proven wrong i stand corrected then.. Scott

Yeah i did, thanks, theres two fish eyes on L head lite panel, so i'm gonna reshoot lower left side, cab is realy just mocked up for now to get color feel. Dennis, i'll get you on the next one..lol i'm gonna do the aerodyne KW w/ a KTA 600 and a mile long chassis with the Beall tanker... Scott

Thanks Dennis, its 11 3/4" from fwb cab mts to rear of frame, slider will be operationable. prob. no chix lites, i like um clean and uncluttered, just the required lites. just personal prefferance. im gonna add the turbo and manifolds from chris to make it a 435 and i'm still not sure which dirrection im going with intake and exh. i tried to line up the stripes on the cab and trailer to give it kind of a flow. i think when doors, reefer and undercarrage are on its gonna be a nice trailer. Scott

Nice work Dennis, there is a 4070 double bunk sitting in a yard of a house on rt. 24 off west of rt 40 in turkey NC. (just outside warsaw) i see it reg. on my trips into Allens canning in turkey. i'll try n take some pics next trip down there. Scott

Dupli color automotive paints are what i use. pep boys up here have a huge assortment of colors.

Sorry Doug, no on either, actualy id like to have a general myself...i do have 2 GMC astros 1 orig issue unopened and 1 later opened but unbuilt. I myself would like to lobby for a Big truck/trailer ect. only trade/swap/wanted section.... any chance mod's?? Dennis, its the new american lafrance eagle fire truck, very nice kit i'm just not a fire truck guy. a also have an unbuilt older ALF pumper id' trade too.

Thanks for the tips on the front axle, never realy noticed it until it was pointed out. i can fix before going fwd w build.( i got a lil touch up frame work so gud time to take care of.) Thanks, Scott

Hey, guys, i have an amt logging trailer T 528 reissue an ertl 8009 ext flatbed, an AMT fruehauf plated tanker t 512 (sunoco) both original issues an amt T-600A anteater, these are all sealed and and a trumpeter ALF eagle thats open but untouched. i know im supposed to put this in trade/swap, but how many truck guys actual go in there? i'm looking for COE's (Pete's KW's, freghtliners, int.) NO new issue stuff please. older 359s and macks ok too. what ya got to trade. Thanks, Scott

Well while waiting for parts to work on the 4300 int and dump ive started yet another reefer combo. ive had this transtar eagle cabover and great dane reefer for ever. i feel the kit is one of the most beautiful kits of its time (just my opinion) the detail is just so nice. this one i streached 2" (got little work on frame streach yet so dont hammer me on that..lol)(what ever that is in scale) painting it dark garnet pearlcoat and champian metalic (both chrysler colors) im going to make it a 435 detriot by adding a turbo. daul stacks and intakes. the trailer will be champian with matching burgundy reefer, graghics and rear door frame, adding matching budd wheels on trail i robbed from the 4300 i just swapped the budds for the daytons.. heres a few progress pics Hope to have some trailer pic's here in next couple days. Thanks for looking, Scott

Now THAT i have to keep my eye out for!! i run the 84/495/90/95 corridor weekly, it has to be around there somewhere...lol Scott

The Royale is hard enough to find decent info on,the royale II is almost impossible. The last Dia reo, raider,giant stuff was produced just a short ways from here (hbg) till the late 90's theres some dealers who might have some info this way. rife in chambersburg might have some. check if you already havent hanks, and truck net.com theres a post on Dia reo info in there. and you can try the ATHS. i have Dia reo's and "T"s but all my stuff is conventional stuff.. Hope i helped a lil bit, Scott

Thanks tim, you put this truck along w my Dia Reo rollback on your old site about 10 or so years ago..lol Plastic cowboy rules!!!

Heres another project i'm working on. i built it about 10 years ago and dissasembled and repowered and made some changes. it now has a 475 cummins,will have full 2 way wetline setup, the trailer was a quad axle now to be a tandem w/ a steerable lift axle. legnthened the the frame, added a functioning air gate chute,and a tarp rack.

Only ones you could get were for agri use..ie this being a logging truck. it is a fully documented 1944 out of montana and said to be the oldest known pete in the east.(thats come forth) being most were logging trucks of sort any left appear to be out west. i passed up another 44 that someone @ the old pocono pete was staring to restore and for some reason stopped, ran across it on ebay a couple years age only prob. was most of the good stuff was missing..

Tommorow i hope to have pic's of our 58 Diamond T 662 sa gasser, our Dia reo twin screw 6/200a gasser w a 5&4 ex mineing truck and our Dodge oil truck and our 39 autocar cab fwd. Thanks for looking.