BRBO Pete 359 Logger

[Aaronw]

Things have been pretty busy at home so not a lot of progress, but I'm plugging away on the modifications to the frame, swapped the suspension and working on the stinger extension. I'm headed out of town for the next two weeks so won't be able to get much more done, but wanted to make sure I got my March post in.

I'll get some photos of my progress up as soon as I can. 

[Force]

Nice work so far.

I'm a little curious, you added yellow square service (parking brake) and red octagon trailer brake knobs to the dash, I though these colored different shaped knobs were a later thing.
This truck kit wich was first released in 1969 represents a pre 1972 Unilite cab and I have not seen many Unilite dashboards with these type of knobs, the parking brake and sometimes even the trailer brake were levers and I have seen black and/or green round emergency spring brake release and service knobs just right of the angled instrument part on the dash beside the glove box, you have painted them silver on your dash.
The Ertl era version (but it was released way before that, 1973-4ish)  of the AMT Peterbilt 359 with the Cummins engine is a 1972 forward 1100 series cab and most of that kit, if not all, is different from this one. 

Edited March 21, 2016 by Force

[Aaronw]

Nice work so far.

I'm a little curious, you added yellow square service (parking brake) and red octagon trailer brake knobs to the dash, I though these colored different shaped knobs were a later thing.
This truck kit wich was first released in 1969 represents a pre 1972 Unilite cab and I have not seen many Unilite dashboards with these type of knobs, the parking brake and sometimes even the trailer brake were levers and I have seen black and/or green round emergency spring brake release and service knobs just right of the angled instrument part on the dash beside the glove box, you have painted them silver on your dash.
The Ertl era version (but it was released way before that, 1973-4ish)  of the AMT Peterbilt 359 with the Cummins engine is a 1972 forward 1100 series cab and most of that kit, if not all, is different from this one. 

I really couldn't find any good photos of the dash that quite matched up to the one in the kit, I just assumed AMT took some artistic license.

I searched Peterbilt 359 dash photos and went with the closest I could find to what was in the kit and went with that, it showed the knobs where I put them. The oldest truck with airbrakes that I've driven was a '70 Ford C and it had a yellow air brake knob (fire engine so no trailer brake knob). As the kit is of that period nothing said to me that yellow and red knobs would be incorrect. 

[Force]

Well I had not seen these knobs on the Unilite "Small Window" cab dashes and as there is a parking brake lever in the kit the yellow parking brake knob is unnecessary.
But one can of course do an upgrade and a change from the old parking brake lever valve to the brake system push pull valves with knobs

Here is a couple of photos I found on the web of the Unilite cab dash from the era and there are no yellow and red knobs there and the big lever in the middle is the parking brake lever.
The knobs to the right of the gauge panel beside the glove box has to do with the brake system tho', they are most likely emergency brake release and trailer charge or something like that.

The photos are not mine and I may have found the pictures at Tim Ahlborn's site, so he or whoever originally took them should have the credit.

Edited March 26, 2016 by Force

[10thumbs]

Man, I'm wondering if the placement of knobs is so important.  I like the dashboard, I can't do it any better.

Maybe I read something too intense here.

I'll take a deep breath and take a break now.

Go and do your thing Aaron, lots of us are grateful for what you guys do.

[Aaronw]

I don't mind people pointing things out, its how we learn.

I've found photos of the later dash with the brake knobs down at the bottom of the dash, not up on the edge where I mounted mine.

 

This is from a 1972 359, perhaps a change during a restoration? but one of the photos I based my dash on.

Edited March 27, 2016 by Aaronw

[Force]

Man, I'm wondering if the placement of knobs is so important.  I like the dashboard, I can't do it any better.

Maybe I read something too intense here.

I'll take a deep breath and take a break now.

Go and do your thing Aaron, lots of us are grateful for what you guys do.

No it's nothing like that, I don't meant to be rude or anything, I was just curious as I don't know myself when the yellow and red knobs came into common use, but it had to be sometime around 1972-3-4 as I have seen them in early 1100 series 359 cabs and 352 cabs from the same time period, but not so much in trucks before.

Edited March 27, 2016 by Force

[jacobus]

 i like the color combo

great color that red and white and the dash looks good

wil see how its come together 

follow this one

jacobus

[Aaronw]

Have the frame in primer, but found a few small details to fix before the color coat. The air ride suspension was replaced with a walking beam and I added 3 scale feet behind the rear wheels (stinger). Some of these keep the frame a straight box, but I like the look of the angled tail end better so I trimmed the last cross member just a bit. The frame will be the same IH red, but just a bit darker due to the grey primer. 

 

[gatorincebu]

Aaron, That frame is looking real good . I like the way you did the stinger! Be Well Gator

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Very nice work!!

[gino]

looks great !

[Tesla]

Nice work and good call on using the walking beam suspension.

[extmcdriver]

Looking good, keep the updates coming!

[Aaronw]

End of the month, I'll get some progress photos tomorrow but making my May post while I still have a couple hours left...

[truckabilly]

Nice work on the frame. Walking beam - that´s the way to go loggin´. 

[Aaronw]

Ok, just dragging along squeezing time in where I can but have a little progress to show.

Cab interior is mostly done, nothing fancy as I don't think it will be visible once it is together. Fitting the glass into the cab tonight so in the next day or two I'll finally have the cab together and ready to mount to the frame. It doesn't really show but I gave the seats a light wash with brown artists oils to enhance the leather look.

 

And the frame / suspension is in paint and the engine seems to fit just fine. Have to wait until the cab is in place to fit the headache rack and firm up the engine location.

 

I've got lots of little bits and bobs done up waiting until the main components are in place. Hopefully this will start to really look like a truck within the next few days.

 

 

 

[Superpeterbilt]

Looks great. This is one that Im really intrigued to see finished. Its got cool written all over it. 

[gatorincebu]

Aaron,

       You've done some really nice work thus far. I am looking forward to seeing how you finish this one out.

 

 

  Be Well

   Gator

[jacobus]

looks already good

follow this one

jacobus

[Tesla]

The interior details look good. Nice work Aaron!

[Mopar - D]

Aaron nice looking interior and frame. 

[tbill]

this is looking really good so far, the stinger looks great, keep at it.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Aaron,

       You've done some really nice work thus far. I am looking forward to seeing how you finish this one out.

 

 

  Be Well

   Gator

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[Aaronw]

Update for July. I've   been home a few days since late June, so no progress.