Mack DM600 steel hood dump truck

[Pete68]

Here's a start to a Mack DM 600 steel hood that I'm working on. The dump bed I made from a fruehauf dump trailer the cab is it A I T M. I sanded the top of the cab down and re formed it a little bit and sanded off the Mack letters in the front and retro them with the smaller ones the year 1966-72. Enjoy the pics

[Mopar - D]

Nice start looking forward to seeing more. 

[towman1271]

Cool project.. I'll be watching

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Excellent project!! I like it!!

[Ben]

Lookin great so far Lee!!

[Pete68]

Thanks guys here's the interior pic

[gatorincebu]

 

 i like what I see here. Love the steel hood and pit fenders. The green you chose looks good as well . Are you going to dechrome the wheels ?

 

 

 

  Be Well

   Gator

[Pete68]

Gator

thanks yes I'm going to paint the wheels just a mock up till I get some wheels and tires from AITM  there was a truck that was like this that sat at a sawmill about 60 miles from my house always wanted to build it 

[Pete68]

It's been awhile since I've had this one on the bench mainly because the cab always bothered me and I never liked that cab.I wanted to use the MPC DM600-800 cab but I knew it was going take a lot of work and re- working to get it the way I wanted it to look so day I did. Now maybe I will get this thing done. Enjoy the pics 

[Pete68]

Today I dug this old build out and see if I could wrestle it to submission. The build and the whole thing has not gone my way since I first bought the cab from Dave who gave a a great deal on it because it was an old Doug Compton/Jim Etter pour he had laying around. I did lots of modifications including cutting that thick cab off and replacing it with a MPC cab. I never liked how the bogey sat on the frame it was too far back and how the wheels stuck out so I removed the bogey today and cut down the ends of the rear ends and the hub's even with the rim. Yes I lost the detail on the end of the rear end but you will never see it anyway because the wheel hides it. 
 

 

Edited January 16 by Pete68

[BK9300]

More from the 'never ending pile' of Macks!  You may have set a bunch of these kits to the side way back, but you certainly are catching up these days.  A person might think you have a plan in place!  Good start (resumption) to another build, Lee.

[Pete68]

2 hours ago, BK9300 said:

plan in place! 

Brian I wish I knew what plan I have maybe it will reveal its self some day. Thanks for stopping by.