1963 Ford F 750 Haulaway

[leafsprings]

 Here's  another of the resin 1963 Ford AITM offerings done up as a medium-heavy duty tractor.  This is another older build I never showed  till inspired by seeing Chuck Mosts F 750  recently. I opted for 10 hole Buds, air brakes and resin saddle tanks. I was thinking about converting to a Custom Cab by installing a chrome grill off a vintage AMT  '63 Ford pickup, but didn't have the correct tool to chisel out the resin grill.  This F 750 would have the big Y block 332, but the hood doesn't open unfortunately.  I believe Force mentioned in another trailer thread  that the AMT Haulaway trailer is from the early 60's, which seemed to be a perfect match for this era tractor . A load of brand new '64's would be appropriate behind a '63 tractor. Hope to see more under represented 50's thru 70's medium duty trucks on this forum! Maybe this should have been posted in the Big Rig section?

 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2019 by leafsprings

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Now that is Awesome!! I like what you've come up with! Great work!!

[Chuck Most]

Nice! I think this is the third example of this I remember seeing built, and that's including mine and the one on Dave's web site. 

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[leafsprings]

On ‎6‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 8:04 PM, Chuck Most said:

Nice! I think this is the third example of this I remember seeing built, and that's including mine and the one on Dave's web site. 

Here is the 4th example. Got the dump body from AITM recently , just have to paint and install mud flaps, "Bloomfield Construction Co" decals already on doors. I'm curious who originally made these, and wonder why the hood never opened and why the grill was not a separate piece? When finished, I'll put this medium-heavy class truck  in the Big Rig section?

Edited July 7, 2018 by leafsprings

[Chuck Most]

I believe this was originally an old Jim Etter piece. I'm guessing the hood and grille are molded in place to ease in molding and to reduce the number of molds needed for the package, same reason the dash is molded into the interior. The seat is as well, but I think the original AMT F100 kit had the seat molded into place as well. One of these days I'd like to find a junk AMT '61-'63 F100 annual and combine it with this to make a medium duty F-Series with full engine detail. 

I'd probably put it in the big-rig section, that's where the medium duty models end up. I put mine in the pickups section because it has a pickup bed.

 

Edited July 7, 2018 by Chuck Most

[leafsprings]

Thanks for the info Chuck. These are older built pieces like you say, but they were the best you can do at the time. Dan Models of Romania has recently offered a high quality and super detailed version with several separate pieces of the '61-'62 F 500- F 750 medium class cab plus the much heavier " Super Duty" '65- 69 F850- F 1100  class cab which I have both purchased and will built at some point in the future. The price of the Dan Models Ford cabs is right in line of what you expect to pay for an older Modelhaus offering of the '64-'66 Chevy C50-C80 cab on ebay.

[Chuck Most]

I've seen the Dan Models offerings and there are a few things on the "gotta get it" list. Motor City Resin Casters also has a pretty nice curbside N series I need to get. 

[DumpyDan]

Very Cool, great work