redneckrigger Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 (edited) Finally brought this one to the finish line tonight. This is an old Jim Etter MTFA B81 resin cab with a lot of modifications, (built as a B83SX.....heavy spec with V8). I cut open the hood, chopped off the resin fenders and replaced them with modified front fenders from an MPC DM 800. I put it all on a DM 800 frame with the Mack single turbo V8 engine. I added an auxiliary transmission, a hydraulic powered winch from Moluminum, a set of old Mark Savage resin tires on Moluminum wheels, and put it all together with a bunch of modifications like a narrowed spread on the rears, a narrowed track on the front axle, and DM 800 chrome trim on the hood for the Mack and V8 emblems, along with a LOT of bits and pieces from the parts box. At the same time I was building this, I was also working on a scratch built removable gooseneck lowboy, also shown in the last pictures of this build. The two were built to be a matched set of hauling power for the various pieces of equipment owned by my fictional company, Readsboro Heavy Haulers. You can find the build threads for both of these in the "On The Workbench" forum. Am only awaiting arrival of the license plates............................the shop gopher has to get to the RMV to register the two newly restored pieces of the fleet! Edited February 10, 2019 by redneckrigger
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, Jim B said: That looks awesome, Tom. Very well done. x2
GLMFAA1 Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Nice job Tom, Good to hear of names from the past as Etter and Savage. Always liked the B series greg
tbill Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Great job! Fantastic pair you’ve built there, I don’t know why, but I picture a small house being moved across town on that set up......
Silver Foxx Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 A lot of real nice work in this , well done .
CRUSADER2 Posted February 2, 2019 Posted February 2, 2019 A really great job!! really looks the part, nice detailing and neat work, excellent!!
TECHMAN Posted February 4, 2019 Posted February 4, 2019 Fantastic job on the truck, and the lowboy both!!!! Absolutely FIRST CLASS!!!! DJ
1959scudetto Posted February 8, 2019 Posted February 8, 2019 On 4.2.2019 at 1:32 AM, TECHMAN said: Fantastic job on the truck, and the lowboy both!!!! Absolutely FIRST CLASS!!!! DJ x 2 - awesome !
redneckrigger Posted February 9, 2019 Author Posted February 9, 2019 My bad........................it is actually a B83SX, not 87. Fat fingers, bad eyes, and an addled mind..................!
Hermann Kersten Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 Nice is not enough, it's a beautiful rig! Top work! Hermann.
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