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The trailer is supposd to be a 1948 Fruehauf 5 compartment 7000 gallon modell 33 feet in length with a Page and Page 60/40 suspension.

The trailer supposedly is a 1948 Fruehauf 5 compartment 7000 gallon model 33 feet in length with a Page and Page 60/40 suspension.

Yep the k123 single bunk not aerodyne. The orange one with Interstate motor freight on the doors. K100 is the basic series name for cabover Kw's the additional numbers like 23 identify various components. Yes the torsion bar is perfect for that truck as I said that kit originally came with it when first issued. That version is very rare since most of that kit came after the change to the hendrickson suspension. The torsion bar was very common on that truck in real life AMT's K123 is a 1971,1972 model

Lookin forward to pics. There were 3 trucks used to film Dual only 1 survives today at least 1 had a single and tag set up which was pretty common in those days. There have been resin cabs of the correct model of Pete over the years but I don't think any are current. Tim is definitly the are Pete expert here maybe he can weigh in. There is plenty of info on the web about the Dual truck.

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Sure would of been nice if there were more detail pics of Malones trucks. Yep torsion bar was a bear maintainence wise but it rode better than the early 8 bag ag100 which also had maintainence issues. Niether one a problem in model form. Porky does have the torsion bar in resin. The AMT k100 and w900 had it when they were first issued but were change to the Hendrickson extended leaf with the release of the ultra rare KW/Challenge mixer.

I believe the ag 100 was out by then.

Good info Muncie.

Oops misread question thought he meant flc. You are right on Muncie.

Me too since it was newer.

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Correct CDA also called jimmie diesels.

AMT was wrong. I didn't think the 8 bag was available on the VIT 200 which the papa truck was. Too early.

You are correct Art. That resin Cummins is sweet.

nh 250 Cummins out of various AMT kits could easily be backdated any resin 6 71 detroit also would work. Early Cummins have different fuel pump and external fuel lines other wise same appearence.

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Cabovers were still the standard at the time so at least we got the coe powerliner. An ambitious project would be to model the various prototypes.

Looks like a mix. Box, frame, rear axle and wheels from the AMT Ford short hauler front wheels from the AMT Kenworth aerodyne and cab and bumper from the AMT Peterbilt 352 converted to a day cab.

Here is the full article. Thanks to wheels of time magazine,

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Like the coe powerliner would of had cummins kt,v8 cat or v 12 detroit. I will try to get clearer pic.

Here's a pic of a prototype Powerliner conventional I found in Wheels of Time magazine. Never produced but I thought would be a neat project using Italeri's FLC kit.

Not sure on the exact measurement but it is narrower than AMT's coe kit by about 2 feet. I do know the length is 56 inches not including sleeper. When Freightliner designed that cab in 1974 engineers used about 85% of panels from their cabover model. That is why they look so similiar.

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