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very nice job!! super clean lookin rig, are ya gonna put a trailer behind it? dennis

hi jeff and welcome to truck modeling, ive never biult an italeri eather as of yet. wish you the best of luck and remember its all done for enjoyment. please show us your biuld , it be nice to see. dennis

lol i bet they sell out the first weak they come available, cause i see all of us truck biulders buying atleast 2, then theres biulders like tim that will probly be buying 10 at a time. yup im sure of it, theyll be gone quick and we'll be waiting on the next shipment!! lol dennis

great job on the truck and trailer, i like it better with just a tandem axle on the dump. that color looks good on the truck too! dennis

lol i dont think your gonna need to add any work lights , those chicken lights are bright enouph to see anything around that truck!! that looks coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!

well after thinkin bout it i remembered that i had got me a couple of the 4270's so i went to go dig em out so i could use the instructions to find the motor parts,lol after about an hour of searching i gave up and decided i would just pull the motor out of the kit i dug out. but much to my supprise the "complete kit" i bought off evilbay was missing the motor, trans, steering etc. etc. so i figured id pull from the other kit, lol but i cant find it along with a few other kits. the wife got rid of some boxes for me thinking they was empty, so i guess i just aint gonna use the cummins V-903!! so i dug out a 3408 cat and it fit puuuuurfict, lol. hey guys i really appreciate all the help with the information on this motor. if anybody has a V-903 they would like to trade out let me know please. thanks alot dennis

very very nice!!!! supprised you dont have a picture of them both together. how long did it take you for them both start to finish? great job and a great lookin truck dennis

wow !! thats alot of tires and rims, what ya gonna do with all them? if your lookin to buy them new i can probly hook you up with a guy i buy mine from. dennis

oh yes i know what ya mean with the big motors, i have actually seen a kt 600 shoved into a 1981 freightliner conventional, lol he removed the grill gaurd so the radiator could stick out the front and cut into the firewall on back side and it still hit. lol was purrdy hillbilly but he ran it up and down the interstate. yeah and one thing about these 4070 models is the transtar II cab and mounts are the same as the 4070a, the double bunk im biulding is a transtar II and im having the same problems, if i lower the engine all the way to where the oil pan rest on the axle it will stuff under it but still touching on both sides= the mechanical drives off the front , the intake manifold, the turbo, alternator, and riser for the intake. lol it just gonna take alot of modifying to get it to go in, just not sure i wanna put that much more time into this truck. so it will probly end up with a V-8 or just glue the cab down, lol !! dennis

thanks dave you made some excellent points and good imformation. im looking towards putting a V-8 in the double bunk 4070 im biulding, i wanted to put a 3406 but am having big issues with stuffing it under the cab without major modifications. so i was rumiging thru the ol motor parts box and saw this 903 motor, lol im still supprised that cummins made an over the road V-8. im thinkin it might look good under that 4070, of course we have to turbo it up lol. dennis

after a quick look on google i found the cummins v903 300 hp : dennis

thanks guys i did not now cummins had a "road V-8" for semi's, i know they made and still make them but i thought they were all just for industrial uses ( pumps, generaters etc. ). ill have to check out the specs and see if it was a powerhorse or just another hummin cummins, lol. dennis

cummins 903???? hmmmmm i got some research to do so i can find the parts and complete this motor for later use. thanks for the help dennis

wow ray what a find, that changes my thoughts on the astro. that one looks good all the way around. hmmmmmm..... maybe one in my future now, lol dennis

so its the 903 international brand motor? thanks

thanks for the compliments

i got this motor in one of the junk yards i bought but i dont know what motor it is or what it came out of, its not complete but i got a bunch of motor parts maybe there in there. its a V-8 and says 903 on the valve covers. thanks for any help

i think your best bet then is to catch a parts kit off evil-bay, i ride it all the time and will let you know if i see something. a clean cab and sleeper just went for $9. about 8 hours ago. dennis

wow!!!! that is a super nice biuld dennis

have you tried using the clear lense cover from a welding hood? you can find them at hardware stores and there cheep. if not maybe cut out 2-liter soda bottle. dennis

all right that did it!! lol i guess i dont need to be in any hurry now lol!! i was thinking bout putting a set behing the 4070 daycab im workin on, or a set of boxes. very cool looking!! dennis

well it looks like the race is on to see who biulds a set of double tanks!! lol im gonna biuld a set ( eventually ) , i got 5 of em so i figured id make a set with 2 of em. that will be cooooooooool! dennis

i havent seen them in a long time but yellow did have some flatbeds on the west coast, i know they still use 40', 45',48' and 53' box trailers. i dont recall ever seeing a tank behind a yellow truck, lol yellow the company that is. dennis

nice detail on the motor, i really like the way that back bumper and pintal hook set up came out. nice work!! dennis

nice job so far, i like the paint scheme. dennis