Carolina Ford WT 9000

[DRIPTROIT 71]

This is the second in my Carolina fleet. I started this a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been doing a little work on the cab. It will have a 8v-71. I was going to put spoke wheels on it, but I have a set of Clint Freeman D hole Budds that I am going to put on it. I have a total of 4 Carolina trucks planned, The Autocar that is finished, this WT9000, a B61 Mack and an F8000 Ford.

This is the start.

[Needlenosehunter]

Can’t wait to see what you come up with Brian!!!

[gotnitro?]

Good looking cab! 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

2 hours ago, gotnitro? said:

Good looking cab! 

Thanks Jeff! I have always thought that these cabs looked a little off. Without doing major surgery, I tweaked the cab just a bit, and I think that it helped. The front is too long compared to the sides. I took 2 scale inches off of the front. The curve over the wheel goes too far back. I moved it forward some. The lower front section of the cab corners was too square and I rounded them off some. The lights need to be recessed some as well. I’m not a professional, but I think that it helped some. We will see when it is finished.

[vincen47]

This will be another good project. I’ll enjoy watching it come together. Do you plan to open the grille? I totally understand if it’s not feasible.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

1 hour ago, vincen47 said:

This will be another good project. I’ll enjoy watching it come together. Do you plan to open the grille? I totally understand if it’s not feasible.

Thanks Victor! I won’t be opening the grille on this one. If I were to, I would totally remake the grille and I don’t think that I want to tackle that right now.

[Warren D]

That's a good looking casting!

[chuckyr]

If you wanted to, you could use the grille and surround from the AMT Ford 8000 kit.  The W shares many parts with that model.  Drill out the lights in the cabover and add the light bezels from the AMT kit.   Use the grille from the kit.  The battery box, air tank under the battery box and fuel tanks are common.

Edited May 20, 2023 by chuckyr

[Russell C]

24 minutes ago, chuckyr said:

If you wanted to, you could use the grille and surround from the AMT Ford 9000 kit. ...

You mean the AMT LN or LNT 8000 conventional? I'm wondering if anyone has effectively sliced that surround area off the front of the hood to use for a cabover ...

[chuckyr]

22 minutes ago, Russell C said:

You mean the AMT LN or LNT 8000 conventional? I'm wondering if anyone has effectively sliced that surround area off the front of the hood to use for a cabover ...

Same grille and surround.

Edited May 20, 2023 by chuckyr

[leafsprings]

This photo shows the commonality in styling between the L and W series. Grills and bumpers in particular. Note L series below is a full hood, the AMT kit was a short hood LN version.

Edited May 20, 2023 by leafsprings

[leafsprings]

22 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Thanks Jeff! I have always thought that these cabs looked a little off. Without doing major surgery, I tweaked the cab just a bit, and I think that it helped. The front is too long compared to the sides. I took 2 scale inches off of the front. The curve over the wheel goes too far back. I moved it forward some. The lower front section of the cab corners was too square and I rounded them off some. The lights need to be recessed some as well. I’m not a professional, but I think that it helped some. We will see when it is finished.

I agree, it looked off to me as well. Looking forward to seeing this build. Here is the only side shot I could find in a brochure.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

10 hours ago, chuckyr said:

If you wanted to, you could use the grille and surround from the AMT Ford 8000 kit.  The W shares many parts with that model.  Drill out the lights in the cabover and add the light bezels from the AMT kit.   Use the grille from the kit.  The battery box, air tank under the battery box and fuel tanks are common.

 

9 hours ago, chuckyr said:

Same grille and surround.

The grilles are similar but definitely different. The Louisville has 6 vertical bars and the W only has 3. The Louisville has 9 horizontal bars counting the top and bottom and the W only has 8.

Edited May 20, 2023 by DRIPTROIT 71

[DRIPTROIT 71]

16 minutes ago, leafsprings said:

I agree, it looked off to me as well. Looking forward to seeing this build. Here is the only side shot I could find in a brochure.

You’re right. Mine is still too long, but better. Major surgery would have required redoing the front end, including the grille to get it right.

[Repstock]

Louisville grille and surround are not the same parts from Louisville to W. They do not interchange on the real trucks. The number of openings on the grille are not the same. The dimensions are also not the same.However, if you did swap one for the other, I doubt too many people would notice.

Actually, never mind. I see someone else has brought this up.

 

Edited May 20, 2023 by Repstock

[Jim B]

Should be a great build.  Where did you get the cab?

[DRIPTROIT 71]

48 minutes ago, Jim B said:

Should be a great build.  Where did you get the cab?

I’m pretty sure that this was one of Dave’s cabs from AITM, but not 100% sure.

[tractoraholic]

Another cool project, I'll be watching 

[cifenet]

Very interesting build, this will be fun to watch!   

The cab looks great, BTW. 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

On 5/20/2023 at 10:04 AM, Repstock said:

Louisville grille and surround are not the same parts from Louisville to W. They do not interchange on the real trucks. The number of openings on the grille are not the same. The dimensions are also not the same.However, if you did swap one for the other, I doubt too many people would notice.

Actually, never mind. I see someone else has brought this up.

 

Tom, you are definitely the authority when it comes to the W series. Thanks for the input. I still want your W cab by the way. ?

[Pete68]

This is going to be a great build 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Just about have the chassis ready. It’s looking like a truck anyway.

[chuckyr]

Chassis Detail

 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

7 minutes ago, chuckyr said:

Chassis Detail

 

Thanks for the picture!

[gotnitro?]

Nice rolling chassis so far