Resto Rod Autocar

[Randy D]

Gary,   There is so much good stuff going on here!!!   Love the tri axle. 

Randy

[Pete68]

On 11/19/2024 at 3:17 PM, Gary Chastain said:

Got the correct length fuel tanks made, working on all the brackets/straps. Also started messing around with battery boxes. Not a lot of progress but some. 

Looks really nice Gary. I like that lift axle 

[Jürgen M.]

Never Seen an Autocar in that configuration. Cool idea and nice work! 

🍿🍺 Ready for more!

[Gary Chastain]

Suspension completed, had to build a short set of air bags for the lifted axle. Fitting a Cummins/Spicer into the chassis. 

[Gary Chastain]

Fuel tanks/brackets made, go to finish straps. Getting fenders located so I can add fender mounts to the frame. 

[Jürgen M.]

That is one cool build! 

Today during lunch break I was thinking about future builds!

A four axle variation was part of the vision! Just have to decide which truck it's gonna be! Got a few ideas! 😉

[BK9300]

Going to be (is!) an awesome looking truck, Gary!

[Gary Chastain]

1 minute ago, Jürgen M. said:

That is one cool build! 

Today during lunch break I was thinking about future builds!

A four axle variation was part of the vision! Just have to decide which truck it's gonna be! Got a few ideas! 😉

I am having so much fun with this build, having no rules to follow. So much so I just found an old REO kit to build another Resto Rod truck. Keep us posted on your ideas for a build. 

[Gary Chastain]

2 minutes ago, BK9300 said:

Going to be (is!) an awesome looking truck, Gary!

Thanks Brian, just struggling with a color or color scheme 

[Rockford]

Excellent stuff, very tidy. 

[Bronzekeg]

looking great! don't know how I missed this build......... following.

[slusher]

Great looking chassis!

[Bills72sj]

On 11/21/2024 at 12:32 PM, Jürgen M. said:

That is one cool build! 

Today during lunch break I was thinking about future builds!

A four axle variation was part of the vision! Just have to decide which truck it's gonna be! Got a few ideas! 😉

I did a triple drive on one of my Freightliners.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/148169-brbo-2020-triple-drive-white-freightliner-coe/

 

[Jürgen M.]

7 minutes ago, Bills72sj said:

I did a triple drive on one of my Freightliners.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/148169-brbo-2020-triple-drive-white-freightliner-coe/

 

Cool! Looks really nice! Thanks!

[Gary Chastain]

Test Fitting a Cummins NTA 370 into the Autocar, pretty snug fit, will be able to use the radiator for that engine ( fits in the grill opening)

[Gary Chastain]

Two afternoons to make the air exchanger for the turbo. 

[Jürgen M.]

Lookin' good! 👍

[Gary Chastain]

Finally found some red shrink tubing that just fits over .125 plastic rod (3.125 scale inches). I want to replicate the engine in the pictures and will be using a custom color on the motor ( no rules build). So need some help, what can I use for the silver clamps on the red hoses?

[BK9300]

Hi Gary - I used Hasegawa 'Mirror' finish film, trimmed very thin, with new x-acto blade, drawn at a very shallow angle over the film to cut it, otherwise the film gets damaged.  Then, laying the thin strip of adhesive on the end of the hose, rotated the hose in my finger, doing best I could to keep the film strip going on straight enough while holding the end of the film with tweezers, to meet up with the other end.  Its a bit stretchy, so that helps with any correction.  Then just rolled the film/hose in my fingers to set the film - it sticks very well to itself.

Great job on fabricating your air exchanger!

 

[Gary Chastain]

10 minutes ago, BK9300 said:

Hi Gary - I used Hasegawa 'Mirror' finish film, trimmed very thin, with new x-acto blade, drawn at a very shallow angle over the film to cut it, otherwise the film gets damaged.  Then, laying the thin strip of adhesive on the end of the hose, rotated the hose in my finger, doing best I could to keep the film strip going on straight enough while holding the end of the film with tweezers, to meet up with the other end.  Its a bit stretchy, so that helps with any correction.  Then just rolled the film/hose in my fingers to set the film - it sticks very well to itself.

Great job on fabricating your air exchanger!

 

Thanks Brian for that tip, I have a roll of this chrome contact paper (unknown where it came from. I try that out. How wide did you cut it?

[Gary Chastain]

Great tip Brian, woohoo, I think it worked. 

[BK9300]

It certainly did - looks perfect!

[Gary Chastain]

Now I have found a resource for all the elbows I need to plumb this engine. Going thru runners looking for the correct diameter and curves, new use for runners that we throw away. 

[Biggu]

44 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Now I have found a resource for all the elbows I need to plumb this engine. Going thru runners looking for the correct diameter and curves, new use for runners that we throw away. 

Brilliant ! And I throw this stuff away !!! Hhhhhhmmmm maybe I should smarten up a bit. ….. looking great !

[Jürgen M.]

All this detail makes me dizzy! It's so fascinating.

I just take a thin brush to make the stripes on the tubing. Of course it never looks as good as this stuff. Maybe I'll try that.

Up to now I've always worked on a minimalistic level concerning details. Seems it's time to change that. At least a bit!