W900 Hauler / Dodge 4x4: Part #1

[Saltie Olds]

13 minutes ago, David G. said:

Excellent progress on this one!

That thing has a huge wheelbase! "Highway Use Only" as the saying goes.

David G.

Thank You.

[Oldcarfan27]

2 hours ago, David G. said:

Aren't they GPS antennas?

David G.

They didn't have GPS when these rigs were new in the 80s. 

[Dutzie]

Great work on this. Really like where you are going. 

[Saltie Olds]

25 minutes ago, Dutzie said:

Great work on this. Really like where you are going. 

Thank You. I’ve just been figuring things out as I’ve been building. Ther than converting the Papa Truck into a conventional and using those Moebius Super Single wheels and tires, I didn’t have any idea on how I wanted this to look or how I was going to build it.

[Oldcarfan27]

2 hours ago, David G. said:

Aren't they GPS antennas?

David G.

They didn't have GPS when these rigs were new in the 80s. 

[Rockford]

The little lumps on the roof are covers over the air vents for the sleeper. 

[Saltie Olds]

57 minutes ago, Rockford said:

The little lumps on the roof are covers over the air vents for the sleeper. 

Oh, Cool. Thank You.

[Saltie Olds]

Here’s the front bumper. Almost done with it. Here’s the rest of the truck. I’m calling this part of the truck done. I’ll wait until I have the hauler body on the truck, then I’ll put on the mirrors. The idea behind the bumper is to have one of those big heavy duty front bumpers, but have it look like the factory bumper.

[Saltie Olds]

I’m now done with this portion of the build. Now after I get the hauler body done, and glued onto the back of the truck, I’ll be able to glue on the mirrors

[Saltie Olds]

Here’s a quick mock up of the truck. This build is now part one of two. I’ll build a model of a 1/25 4x4 truck to go with this one. That’ll be part two.

[Rockford]

Who needs a house with a truck like that? Looking great. 

[Saltie Olds]

39 minutes ago, Rockford said:

Who needs a house with a truck like that? Looking great. 

True & Thank You.

[David G.]

Nice work on that!

David G.

[Saltie Olds]

9 minutes ago, David G. said:

Nice work on that!

David G.

Thank You

[Saltie Olds]

The truck is 22” long and the wheelbase is 14.5” long. Now, when I can, I’ll get a pair of the MPC ‘78 Dodge D100 kits and convert it into a W350 diesel, with the intercooled 5.9 Cummins. Along with updating the bed and cab sides to the ‘81 to ‘93 trucks.

hcy728(Bob) gave me the idea to build a pickup truck to match and go with my truck.

[gotnitro?]

Outstanding work 

[Saltie Olds]

32 minutes ago, gotnitro? said:

Outstanding work 

Thank You

[DrKerry]

Looks very kool!!!!

[Saltie Olds]

1 hour ago, DrKerry said:

Looks very kool!!!!

Thank You. I’ve been have a lot of fun with this build as well.

[Saltie Olds]

Here’s the haulin body, for the truck. Now all I have to do is finish painting it and I’ll be ready to add it to the truck.

[Saltie Olds]

I got the semi part of this build done. So I’ll post it in Under Glass, with its temporary load.

[yh70]

sure is looking good so far..

[Saltie Olds]

8 hours ago, yh70 said:

sure is looking good so far..

Thank You. You should check it out in the Under Glads section.