Single axel diamond reo

[53gmc]

Started off with the amt diamond reo. Plans are to shorten the frame, convert to single axel from the ford c600 cab over and convert the truck to the 92" bbc with the hood kit from aitm

[53gmc]

Going to run one fuel tank on the drivers side and the battery box and air tank left over from my maximum over drive project

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Very cool project!! I built one of these several years ago before Dave offered a resin hood. I’m looking forward to seeing this one finished. You probably already know this, but that Cummins would be tilted towards the passenger side on a short hood truck like this to allow for clearance.

 

[53gmc]

I saved pictures of your apollo 92 and white 9000 along with the pictures for inspiration and to give me an idea of how things are supposed to look lol

[53gmc]

Working on the motor tilt today so i can finish clearancing the cab

[gotnitro?]

Nice work so far 

Following  ! 

[Warren D]

When I did mine, I found that short hood is really short!  Good luck, looks interesting.

[53gmc]

[53gmc]

Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement! Got the motor sitting at an angle and the floor almost cut away. Man that is a tight fit!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

The tilt looks spot on!!

Extending the floorboard all the way to the doors will give you more room to work with as far as a dog house goes. 

[53gmc]

Thanks brian! I might have to try extending floor boards. I did get the dog house mocked up, its not perfect but this is my first time goong this indepth on a build

[53gmc]

Man you guys werent kidding when you said the hood is short! Got my shipment from aitm sooner then expected so thats an awesome surprise 

[gotnitro?]

Wow that is a short hood ! This will be a great project to watch

[53gmc]

Got some more work done this week. Got the exhaust and driveline shortened up to fit, engine and trans painted and built, shaped the rear of the frame to match how it originally was. I also decided to experiment with running some airlines for extra detail.

[53gmc]

Cut and and glued on some gauges from Ebay 

[53gmc]

Painted and assembled the chassis 

[53gmc]

Added lines and wires to the firewall

[53gmc]

Modified shifter from parts box and added scale size model box for the drive to build when he gets off his shift!

[53gmc]

Other than ordering hinges for the hood and maybe some light weathering i think this one is done

[53gmc]

My c116 from maximum overdrive for comparison 

[53gmc]

And finally the trucks i got the color idea from

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Man that turned out Awesome! You really captured the right look! What color and what kind of paint did you use?

Excellent work!!!

[53gmc]

Thanks driptroit! The black is kryon gloss black amd the yellow is ace hardwares farm implement spray paint over gray primer 

[OldTrucker]

Nice conversion! Looks great!

[steveracer]

Man I love the shorty it looks awesome!  Do you plan a trailer for the truck?