The Race Trucks

[Scott Eriksen]

I picked up Tyrone Malone's Super Boss 12V-71TT truck not long ago,, today this Englishtown pic popped up from Richard Napoliello on Facebook ,,I have that White Freightliner kit laying around that I stole some parts from for the Autocar,,didn't AMT make an Allison engine in a Parts Pack?? ? 

Edited January 20, 2024 by Scott Eriksen

[Gary Chastain]

That would be a cool build, I have been looking at this Pikes Peak truck. 

[Scott Eriksen]

3 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

That would be a cool build, I have been looking at this Pikes Peak truck. 

If I can find an Allison I might !  lol...........that must have some sort of V-drive or something ,,,,trying to find more info on it

[Force]

15 hours ago, Scott Eriksen said:

I picked up Tyrone Malone's Super Boss 12V-71TT truck not long ago,, today this Englishtown pic popped up from Richard Napoliello on Facebook ,,I have that White Freightliner kit laying around that I stole some parts from for the Autocar,,didn't AMT make an Allison engine in a Parts Pack?? ? 

That's more a wheelstander truck than a race truck and it ended up with Tyrone Malone who repainted it pink and I don't believe it was used much with him other than as a display.
It's only the rear axle that's driven as far as I know, through an Allison automatic and a V-drive.
Gary Reis in Hastings Minnesota owns it now together with some other Malone cars and trucks and it's on display at his museum.

Edited January 21, 2024 by Force

[TonyK]

We need more racing trucks like this but I realize the market may be too small for the model companies to take a chance. They did a few of the European racing trucks and they quickly disappeared so......

[Force]

On 1/21/2024 at 2:00 PM, TonyK said:

We need more racing trucks like this but I realize the market may be too small for the model companies to take a chance. They did a few of the European racing trucks and they quickly disappeared so......

Revell Germany should still have the tooling for them tho'.
They did the MAN Phoenix and the Mercedes 1450 LS.

[Bainford]

On 1/20/2024 at 9:33 AM, Scott Eriksen said:

,didn't AMT make an Allison engine in a Parts Pack??

Very cool project. AMT offered a very nice Allison engine as a stand-along kit, but hard to find now. It was also made available in two different Competition Parts Packs, and these are readily available ebay, etc. Prices are a bit high on the current offerings, around $40-$60, but good deals do come up from time to time. The engine was also available in a Thunderbird funny car called Allison Thunderland, and was reissued a number of years ago, but they go for more money than the Parts Packs.

Edited January 22, 2024 by Bainford

[TonyK]

3 hours ago, Force said:

Revell Germany should still have the tooling for them tho'.
They did the MAN Phoenix and the Mercedes 1450 LS.

I'm no business man but you'd think as the years passed and these models are hard to find, they might reissue them again. Obviously they sold out.

But, when Revell released the Joey Saldana Sprint Car I wrote to them suggesting they come out with many more of the models with different sponsors. They replied but the answer wasn't promising and we never saw another version after that.

[Scott Eriksen]

4 hours ago, Bainford said:

Very cool project. AMT offered a very nice Allison engine as a stand-along kit, but hard to find now. It was also made available in two different Competition Parts Packs, and these are readily available ebay, etc. Prices are a bit high on the current offerings, around $40-$60, but good deals do come up from time to time. The engine was also available in a Thunderbird funny car called Allison Thunderland, and was reissued a number of years ago, but they go for more money than the Parts Packs.

Thanks Trevor! I thought they did....I'll check out ebay ............. ..........    .69 cents is WAYYY too much though .....lol ?

Edited January 23, 2024 by Scott Eriksen

[Scott Eriksen]

4 hours ago, Bainford said:

Very cool project. AMT offered a very nice Allison engine as a stand-along kit, but hard to find now. It was also made available in two different Competition Parts Packs, and these are readily available ebay, etc. Prices are a bit high on the current offerings, around $40-$60, but good deals do come up from time to time. The engine was also available in a Thunderbird funny car called Allison Thunderland, and was reissued a number of years ago, but they go for more money than the Parts Packs.

Found it on ebay ,, 34 bucks thanks Bro! 

[Scott Eriksen]

,,,there's a lot of other good stuff in that kit ............have to find a V-drive now.....  lol

[Scott Eriksen]

I found a color shot on the innerweb ....  jesssssus.....NOW I gotta build that freakin' hauler!  lmao!   ........ need an old Coachmen slide in camper kit now!!     

[Bainford]

21 minutes ago, Scott Eriksen said:

Found it on ebay ,, 34 bucks thanks Bro! 

Col! This will be a wild project. And yes, that trailer needs to be built, too. I wonder what he hauled it with.

[Gary Chastain]

I see a project a brewing ???

[Scott Eriksen]

Just now, Gary Chastain said:

I see a project a brewing ???

......... Brew is def. in the equation!  lol!

[Scott Eriksen]

23 minutes ago, Bainford said:

Col! This will be a wild project. And yes, that trailer needs to be built, too. I wonder what he hauled it with.

Still looking for more pics,,,,, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say a White Freightliner COE ...lol

[Force]

14 hours ago, Bainford said:

Col! This will be a wild project. And yes, that trailer needs to be built, too. I wonder what he hauled it with.

Here is the complete hauler for the Defiance.

 

After Tyrone Malone bought the rig and added the thing behind the cab and the air foil, it looks like a customized International CO-4070B.

Defiance as it looks today.

Edited January 23, 2024 by Force

[Bainford]

Scott, it looks like this project is quickly getting out of hand.

[Scott Eriksen]

2 minutes ago, Bainford said:

Scott, it looks like this project is quickly getting out of hand.

holy chit !   lmao !

[Scott Eriksen]

1 hour ago, Force said:

Here is the complete hauler for the Defiance.

 

After Tyrone Malone bought the rig and added the thing behind the cab and the air foil, it looks like a customized International CO-4070B.

Defiance as it looks today.

Thanks for the pics !!

[Scott Eriksen]

................."ordering a pallet of Plastruct sheets and Tamiya putty "  ?

[Gary Chastain]

Can’t wait to see this come together. If you need any Freightliner cab parts, let me know. I have bought a couple kits to steal frame, drive and axles from, but have no use for all the cab stuff. 

[Scott Eriksen]

4 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Can’t wait to see this come together. If you need any Freightliner cab parts, let me know. I have bought a couple kits to steal frame, drive and axles from, but have no use for all the cab stuff. 

Thanks Gary,,,I got the Allison coming from Ebay ,,,,I'll do the Freightliner ,,,,dunno about the hauler yet,,,, I'm too old to start dropping acid again ? ....thanks Bud!

[Scott Eriksen]

I was checking out Guaranteed Towing's Facebook page (I'm thinking about doing one of their wreckers) and found a pic of them at Englishtown Diesel Truckin' Nationals years ago