White Road Boss

[Gary Chastain]

14 hours ago, Scott Eriksen said:

................the wedge brakes were actually good,,,until you had to adjust them ..............the Road Boss was a good kit,,I stuck an 8V-71 in mine .I had the same issue with the axle alignment Gary

Thanks for the pics Scott, great inspiration, not sure mine will look that good, love the light amount of weathering 

[Gary Chastain]

Fitting and doing a mock-up for the disk brakes. The disk brake kit is from Auslowe and they do fit very well, clear all the suspension, fit the axle housing well. 

this will alter the vision of this build, to more of an updated old truck

 

[Pete68]

Gary I’ll be following along also. I built this same kit back in 1984 done it in the box art colors then painted it baby blue later and added the AMT Pete wrecker body. I like your choice of sleeper something different besides the merc  all the time. 

Edited Thursday at 04:06 PM by Pete68

[Gary Chastain]

With a couple modifications, looks like the disk brakes will work on the front as well without increasing the front axle track width. I need to find a smaller air chamber for the front by looking online at disk brake equipped trucks. Wanted to test fit all this before committing to this modification. 

[Gary Chastain]

31 minutes ago, Pete68 said:

Gary I’ll be following along also. I built this same kit back in 1984 done it in the box art colors then painted it baby blue later and added the AMT Pete wrecker body. I like your choice of sleeper something different besides the merc  all the time. 

Thank you, the one thing bugging me about any sleeper on this truck, is how close the sleeper is to the rear tires and fifth wheel plate. It’s really begging for a short frame stretch. 

[Pete68]

25 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Thank you, the one thing bugging me about any sleeper on this truck, is how close the sleeper is to the rear tires and fifth wheel plate. It’s really begging for a short frame stretch. 

You’re welcome Gary. Yes it did me to and the Western Star but in reality they made them like for certain length laws in different states with that long hood wasn’t much room for a long frame with a sleeper. 

[ShakyCraftsman]

1 hour ago, Gary Chastain said:

With a couple modifications, looks like the disk brakes will work on the front as well without increasing the front axle track width. I need to find a smaller air chamber for the front by looking online at disk brake equipped trucks. Wanted to test fit all this before committing to this modification. 

Hey Gary 

 Nice project, but you should rotate the brake set up so the air cans will clear the spindle mount, either to the front or rear about 15°.

Ron G 

Edited Thursday at 06:10 PM by ShakyCraftsman

[Gary Chastain]

7 minutes ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

Hey Gary 

 Nice project, but you should rotate the brake set up so the air cans will clear the spindle mount, either to the front or rear about 15°.

Ron G 

Good catch, everything is in mock-up yet, so adjustments can be made. 
thanks

[ShakyCraftsman]

2 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Good catch, everything is in mock-up yet, so adjustments can be made. 
thanks

Anytime Pal, here to help. 

Ron G 

[Gary Chastain]

Made up a set of front wheels that would clear the disk brakes. The tires are a little wider than the back. Had to dig thru my boxes of junk until I found a set of outer rings then sanded them down to .200 to narrow them up a bit and fit the tires better. these rims don’t have great detail, but using them

tires come right to the edge of the fenders

Edited Thursday at 07:15 PM by Gary Chastain
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[Gary Chastain]

Finally got the rear disk brakes fitted and the track width corrected. Built these fenders up for the KW925 and ended up using different fenders on that build. I think these fenders look good on the Road Boss. 

[Gary Chastain]

Found my last exhaust kit from Auslowe, they look good on the truck but I will need to make mounts off the back of the cab as the doors could not open, very limited space. While I was digging for parts, I found this headache rack (not sure where I got this), but it’s too tall, think I will try to make shorter stands to lower it. 

[Gary Chastain]

Needed to make up 8 fender frame mounts (couldn’t find any in my junk), used the Ming bolts to add detail, got two offset fender rods for rear most mounts made due to rear tapered frame shape. Get the wheels built up and finish brakes, then can install rear fenders. 

[ShakyCraftsman]

41 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Needed to make up 8 fender frame mounts (couldn’t find any in my junk), used the Ming bolts to add detail, got two offset fender rods for rear most mounts made due to rear tapered frame shape. Get the wheels built up and finish brakes, then can install rear fenders. 

Hey Gary 

  Looking great, but now you need to add some meng bolt heads to the mounts for the fenders, that will top it off for sure😁😉👍🏻

Ron G 

[Gary Chastain]

13 minutes ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

Hey Gary 

  Looking great, but now you need to add some meng bolt heads to the mounts for the fenders, that will top it off for sure😁😉👍🏻

Ron G 

Geez, never even thought of that….and how many of these fenders have put on trucks. Thanks Ron, I’m on it 🫣😉

[ShakyCraftsman]

You are most welcome.

Ron G 

[Gary Chastain]

13 minutes ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

You are most welcome.

Ron G 

OMG I shuda thunk this out a bit, that’s 32 of those little bugers I kan’t see 😵‍💫

[ShakyCraftsman]

1 minute ago, Gary Chastain said:

OMG I shuda thunk this out a bit, that’s 32 of those little bugers I kan’t see 😵‍💫

😆😂🤣😂

[Gary Chastain]

The Road Boss is starting to develop a personality. Getting fenders mounted, built up a different set of front floats, and trying out some front flares. 

[ShakyCraftsman]

That looks bad a** Gary.

Ron G 

[Gary Chastain]

1 minute ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

That looks bad a** Gary.

Ron G 

Thanks Ron, I think it needs a trailer, maybe gravel trailer or drop deck lowboy or something. 

[ShakyCraftsman]

How about a long flatbed.

Ron G 

[Gary Chastain]

4 minutes ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

How about a long flatbed.

Ron G 

Hhhmmmm…….Got an old flat bed kit, with a load of pipe strapped down? Or a load of large I-beams?

[BK9300]

Good ideas for trailers, and I think I see another display cabinet in your future, too!

[Biggu]

OR , the dreaded AMT tanker modified to an asphalt hauler heading to the batch plant 🤔🤔