1966 F350 Ramptruck

[fairlane1320]

I'm throwing together a curbside ramptruck to haul the '66 AWB Fairlane  drag car that I've been working on. The cab is from a diecast WIX bank. The bed was made from scratch. The wheels and tires are from Scenes Unlimited, awesome products btw!

 

[fairlane1320]

After sanding down the black a bit, I applied a couple of coats of Duplicolor white primer. Then on to the Poppy Red spraybomb.

[fairlane1320]

The ramp bed was built from a sheet of Evergreen and a sheet of Don Mills tread plate.

[fairlane1320]

The ramps were made from leftover tread plate.

[espo]

Great looking bed.

[kelson]

I love the scratch building of the ramp.

[Mercuryman54]

This is going to be very sharp!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Dennis

[Plastic_Passion]

Awesome! What did you use for the framerails?

[DumpyDan]

Looking good

[David G.]

Looks great so far.

David G.

[mikemodeler]

Very nice scratch building and that will be nice when done!

[fairlane1320]

On 12/5/2017 at 7:37 PM, Plastic_Passion said:

Awesome! What did you use for the framerails?

It's a curbside, so there's no frame.

[fairlane1320]

The bed is painted, used Ford argent in a spray bomb. Detailing and graphics are next.

[bigdrag1]

Very sweet build !!

[carrucha]

Looks good so far.  I look forward to seeing this build finished.

[gonzo64nova]

This is awesome, Ive been wanting to build a ramp truck to carry a 70s funny car I'm building. Do you have any pics of the chassis?

[fairlane1320]

The cab is diecast, so I built it as a curbside. There is no frame or engine.

[Chariots of Fire]

You must have two of those Ford cabs!!

[leafsprings]

Great looking race team. I like the colors and wheel choices on both! If you ever decided to use a frame,  I guess the '73-'79 Ford pickup 1 ton frame would be the best donor, but in this case you would need a least two. The front suspension would have to be altered, the. Twin I beam first came out on '67 F 350's,  the 1966 F 350 used the old style straight axle and leafsprings.

Edited December 23, 2017 by leafsprings

[disabled modeler]

Very nice....I love the older looking bed fits it very well.

[vintagercr]

Ron, beautiful work.  Do you have measurements for the ramp?

Edited December 25, 2017 by vintagercr

[Atmobil]

That is a really cool project. I want to do something similar to the resin 65-67 Dodge D300 cabs that I got. I just bought the Revell 68 Dodge Dart Hemi as a christmaspresent for my self. That would look great on a similar style Dodge truck. Great job you have done on this

[fairlane1320]

On 12/22/2017 at 9:51 PM, Chariots of Fire said:

You must have two of those Ford cabs!!

I'm up to four so far, I can't wait for Moebius! LOL

One one them will become the Tasca truck....

[fairlane1320]

On 12/22/2017 at 10:33 PM, leafsprings said:

Great looking race team. I like the colors and wheel choices on both! If you ever decided to use a frame,  I guess the '73-'79 Ford pickup 1 ton frame would be the best donor, but in this case you would need a least two. The front suspension would have to be altered, the. Twin I beam first came out on '67 F 350's,  the 1966 F 350 used the old style straight axle and leafsprings.

Thx! I think the next one I do will be a 1967-69 with a complete chassis.

[fairlane1320]

On 12/25/2017 at 6:23 AM, vintagercr said:

Ron, beautiful work.  Do you have measurements for the ramp?

Thx

It measures 8" x 3.25"