Rich_S

Nice build. Here's a photo of my Freight shaker patterned after a Corn Flakes (Consolidated Freightways) tractor I built 40+ years ago. I don't get to stop by the forum as often as I'd like to, but I'm enjoying these build threads.

Very nice looking Freightliner, I got to get back in gear one of these days and finish my Freightliner.

Nice looking Freight Shaker My custom Freightliner cabover is in my profile picture.

Yes, that four and a quarter Cat was a big motor back in the day, in fact we'd call that truck a large car. When I first started driving all of the road tractors had Armstrong steering. You learned quick how to back up without wearing yourself out. Not like today where I see guys just palm the wheel and it doesn't matter that they completely over steered, as they can just palm it back the other direction. I was talking to a driver the other day and the company he drives for has all automatic now, what has trucking come to? Man that was part of the fun of driving, getting good enough that you could drop it in gear with one finger, plus learning how to short shift to get going faster, man times have changed. Yes those were the days. Very nice build Old Albion, I spent a few years driving a 352 Pete Cabover with a 350 Cummins and 13 speed Roadranger transmission and yes, it had Armstrong steering

Very nice build and great photo's as well Just curious, what camera are you using?

HI Brian, Looking good Do you use an air brush or rattle cans?

Things have been kind of hectic the last few days and I've gotten zero accomplished on the Freight shaker. I'm hoping to set down tomorrow and make a little more progress on it, but until then "It said take immediate delivery On this '75 White Freightliner truck, We'll sell or swap for a hide-a-bed an' thirty five bucks Call one four O, ring two and ask for Bob"

Nice Job Jacobus

I agree, the gloss black cab and tanks looks fantastic with the red frame and trim, very nice build.

Hi Jim, Did Ford paint the engines blue or leave them cat yellow in the Louisville Line trucks? I only drove a couple of Louisville Line's and they both had DD 318's that were so cruddy you couldn't tell what the original engine color was

Hi Jacobus, Yes, those are the classic artist, Red Sovine - Freightliner Fever / Teddy Bear / Phantom 309, Dick Curless - Tombstone Every Mile, Jimmy Martin- Widow Maker, Red Simpson - I'm a Truck / Diesel Smoke Dangerous Curves and one of my personal favorites Dave Dudley - Six Days on the Road. I live 20 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, PA, so I have literally pulled out of Pittsburgh and rolled down the Eastern Seaboard And the newer stuff is pretty good too like Alabama- Roll On 18 Wheeler, Merle Haggard - Theme from 'Movin On', Ronnie Milsap - Prisoner of the highway, Jason Aldean - Asphalt Cowboy. The list just goes on and on

Rich, What is the wording on the valve covers on that engine?

Very nice. I never drove a Titan 90, but I did drive a few GMC Astro 95's and always thought that wrap around dash was pretty cool. I'm looking forward to see more of your Titan 90 build.

Very neat touch and a very nice build.

Mike, I'm going by memory, but I'm pretty sure only Freightliners had bottom dead center fuel lines that connected the tanks. I think on your KW the fuel line would have come out of the front of the one tank about 1" above the bottom of the tank and then crossed over and gone into the back of the second tank. The the line would have come out of the front of the second tank and gone to the fuel filters. Basically the engine would only draw fuel out of the one tank because both tanks would stay equalized because of the cross-over line. Hope this makes sense? Now on trucks where the tanks were across from each other. the cross-over line connected to the back of both tanks and the feed link came out of the front of the left tank, except on Mack's, I think Mack's always would draw from the right tank. One last thing to remember, the cross-over line has to be level, the tanks are not pressurized and they work on the principle of "a fluid seeks it's own level"

Thanks for the compliments Karak. I think it's a nice kit, just take your time and test fit everything before gluing.

Hi Jacobus, I didn't realize just how many after market parts are available for the AMT White Freightliner kit. This one I'm going to keep pretty much box stock, but maybe the next one I might have to try out a few of those updates. Thanks for posting the pictures of the parts.

No I can't because last night "I lost a C note in Reno off of Keno and Craps And now smoky's on the overpass a settin' his traps"but that's OK because "I drive a big Freightliner and I make the last payment today" Yes, Red Sovine is another one of my favorites. It's funny how many miles I actually drove a Freightiner cabover listening to that song and yes "I've been to the end of the world and back with a wheel an' a stick in my hand I've passed the test, an' I've done my best, I've trucked all over this land"

Hi Donavon, that line is actually the closing line from one of my favorite singer / story teller's song. The artist is Bill Fries, aka C.W. McCall and the line is from "Round the World with the Rubber Duck" off the Rubber Duck album. Being a hugh C.W.McCall fan, I just about wore out every album from the first, "Wolf Creek Pass" through "Rubber Duck" I never did get "Roses for Mama" or "C.W. McCall and Co.", but did pick up the singles "Roses For Mama" and "The Gallopin' Goose". Anyway back on topic, here are a few more progress shots, still working on the engine The old eyes aren't as good as they use to be, I didn't realize until I posted the photo about of just how much flash was still on the bottom of the oil cooler and exhaust I guess it's like my dad use to say, "it's nothing a man on a galloping horse would notice"

Hi Mike, Yes your daughter comes first, then we all have to support our habits (eating and building truck kits ) so we need to work That is really nice your daughter got you the freightliner kit for Christmas. My daughter (who is a grown woman now, man does time fly) usually tries to get me something hobby related for birthdays, fathers day and Christmas as well. Yes, the good old days of soft drink cans as ash trays, your favorite music on the radio and the smell of model glue and paint in the air

Hi Frank, I've been thinking about going with a modified Los Angles paint scheme. Using the colors from the Los Angles paint scheme, but the striping from the Texarkana scheme.

Hi Dan, Your Pete looks great, a nice clean build.

Brian, Your Road Boss is looking Great, I really like the chrome straps on the fuel tanks and the chrome step detail on the battery box, very nicely done

Mike, that is a great looking Trash Can Barnyard Cadillac. Translation - TransCon International Harvester 4070A Cabover . Another item is the 9600 Series did away with the shift tower, which really helped in keeping noise and fumes out of the cab. That short gear shift in the 9600, did take a little time to get use to, but in the long run was worth it in my opinion. Also as mentioned above, the cab was a lot roomer, even though the top of the cab was just a few inches wider than the 4070A and Transtar II.

Hi Craig, I'm a little confused by your post and I agree with Tim's post above. This is a hobby and everyone is free to build the model as they see fit, either box stock or super detailed. Also being one of the few people on this forum that have actually driven both the 4070A and the Transtar II cabovers, for me it's neat to see that people enjoy this hobby enough that they like to research the prototype. Not really sure why you are coming down like a ton of bricks on these guys, maybe it's just the high temperatures? but I can tell you I personally enjoy reading posts like this one and how some of the guys not only enjoy building the models, but also researching their history, good stuff