Buzzin'Dozen

Randy, according to my old 1968 Dodge Medium Duty brochure, L-700's were available with Kelsey-Hayes 'Gunite' cast spoke wheels (same wheels as in the AMT C-900). The Gunite Corp. website has a downloadable installation manual for spoke wheels that might be of some help. http://www.gunite.com/literature/sw.asp

Also, the 'bus mirrors' disappeared in the later releases - only the 'west coast' mirrors are in the current release

The kit was originally tooled by Monogram, and is essentially scaled up version of the 1/24th kit they produced at about the same time. The Revell Germany kit is a re-issue of the Monogram kit. I've got one of the original Monogram kits in my stash. You're right, it's pretty simplified, especially compared to the Otaki Countach or even the Tamiya T70 and 910, but with some effort, can be made into a nice replica. Scale Details (www.scaledetails.com) makes a 1/12th plated photo-etch sheet that has some useful items (shift-gate, Ferrari emblems, steering wheel spokes, etc.) for detailing this kit

That's an extremely sharp looking truck! Awesome work on the wrecker body!