Chariots of Fire Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Final construction is almost complete. Still the hoisting mechanism to build but other than that it is just in need of some final adjustments. Hub caps were added front and rear and bolted on with tiny bolts so that they turn with the wheels but can be removed in case a "tire needs changing". Somehow I don't think I'll have to worry about blowouts like they did at the museum. A museum employee had just added some air to the left front tire, left it to work on another display and the inside tire sidewall blew. The hole was about a foot long and went from tread to rim. The front tires have since been replaced with some newer rubber.
mackinac359 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Wow! (I can't come up with anything else to say). Tim
mardtrp Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Charlie, nearly there, it's turned out to be an absolute masterpiece, bloody marvelous.
Eshaver Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 ure as heck don't wanna compete against his truck . wayyyyyyyyyyyyy toooooooooooo kool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ed Shaver
Chariots of Fire Posted July 14, 2009 Author Posted July 14, 2009 Thanks for all of the kind comments, guys. There are still a few details left to do to call it complete but all of the basic stuff has been done except for that darned mechanical hoist for the dump body!
Kostas Parchas Posted July 15, 2009 Posted July 15, 2009 That's cool!!! What type of time machine are you using??? Lets go back to the future, what's your next? Kostas.
Chariots of Fire Posted July 16, 2009 Author Posted July 16, 2009 That's cool!!! What type of time machine are you using??? Lets go back to the future, what's your next? Kostas. That's a new one, Kostas. I've never been accused of using a time machine but I have been accused of using a shrink machine. Ask the guys as Scale Firehouse! As far as a new project is concerned I have two. A 1962 Seagrave Eagle (aerial platform) and a Ward LaFrance built up as Engine 51 from the show Emergency!
Eshaver Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I am convinced that there is something to the theory of Re-incarnation . The more I study antique methods of developing photographic films ad the hobby that obsesses me with gasoline pumps , well, I'm convinced that I have seen some of this stuff way before and I have no earthly idea why either. Now dont ya'all tell me Ive been listening to too much Art Bell stuff eiter . I may be near sixty years old but things , well........ go figgure ! Ed Shaver Hey how bout some mo pichers of the truck , its so pleasing to these eyes !
Chariots of Fire Posted July 18, 2009 Author Posted July 18, 2009 I am convinced that there is something to the theory of Re-incarnation . The more I study antique methods of developing photographic films ad the hobby that obsesses me with gasoline pumps , well, I'm convinced that I have seen some of this stuff way before and I have no earthly idea why either. Now dont ya'all tell me Ive been listening to too much Art Bell stuff eiter . I may be near sixty years old but things , well........ go figgure ! Ed Shaver Hey how bout some mo pichers of the truck , its so pleasing to these eyes ! Ok, Ed. I can't say much about the reincarnation part since this is the first old non-fire apparatus model I have built. But here are some in-progress shots anyway. Top pic is some of the parts that went into the build. There were more done later on. The last two pics show how I did the tires. The original was an Italeri plastic tire selected for its outside diameter that matched what I needed. I chucked the tire blank in my lathe to turn down the surface tread so that I could do the front tires and back tires that have different tread patterns.
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