bitner Posted September 5, 2009 Posted September 5, 2009 This is the newest truck in my collection. It's a GMC 1961 dump truck lettered for Weyerhaeuser, Longview, Washington. It started out as the cab and interior from a 1960 Chevy Fleet side pickup. I modified the grill area, and enlarged the fender wells. I added fender flairs from Evergreen strip and 1/4 round. The frame is scratch built from Evergreen channel styrene, with Grandt Line bolts. The rest of the truck is made up of the following parts: Ford Louisville front axle and dump bed. Ford C series front rims, and rear mudflaps, horns Dodge l-700 fuel tanks Kenworth rear ends and rear suspension American La France front springs rear tires from an Ertl Transtar Rear rims from a Great Dane trailer Home made decals clearance lights from a snap Peterbilt Its painted with Tamiya Camel yellow and British green. It was a fun project, I've always liked these trucks and was wondering how hard it would be to convert an existing kit into one. The hood is not quite right for a GMC but it is close enough. It is a curbside model for now until I can find a suitable engine to put in it. The pickup kit only have a straight six motor if I recall.
Old Albion Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 Bill, Great looking truck! Try a Detroit 471N, 671N or maybe a 6V71. Check Sourkrauts store he has them available. Best Wishes Dave
monkeyclaw Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 Very cool old truck......nice work..........matt
MrObsessive Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 I'm not a commercial truck guy, but this is a NICE BUILD!! Very nice detail, and excellent conversion if I may say so! The fact that the truck is as old as I am and still may be in use says a lot too!
Aaronw Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 Very nice, I took a bunch of photos of a very similar dump truck last year with the idea of building the cab from the '60 Chevy kit. Unfortunately that is as far as I got. How did you make up the GMC in the grill?
randx0 Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 great work .I like this kind of conversion something different and you made it look real I don't know where you truck guys get it but I truly enjoy a well built truck.
george 53 Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 WoW! I gotta admit I ain't a truck guy, but a REALLY NICE model, is a REALLY NICE MODEL! An you built you one!!! It looks right, even if it is a frankystien! Whooda thunk throwin ALL them parts tagether you'da come up with such a NICE lookin truck!!! BUTCHA DID!!!!
Chariots of Fire Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 I did a Chevy of almost the same vintage. Did some scratch building, used Ford front and rear wheels, 2/3 of the tank from a Monogram Mack Bulldog tanker.
charlie8575 Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 I did a Chevy of almost the same vintage. Did some scratch building, used Ford front and rear wheels, 2/3 of the tank from a Monogram Mack Bulldog tanker. Nice build-up. How did you make the old-style Mass. municpal plate? I want to try making a couple of antique plates with the slanted lettering like that. Village of Tremont? Where is that? I'm not familiar with that, and I know almost everywhere in Massachusetts. Charlie Larkin
Airfilter Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 This dump truck...is awesome! Nice build.
Aaronw Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Nice build-up. How did you make the old-style Mass. municpal plate? I want to try making a couple of antique plates with the slanted lettering like that. Village of Tremont? Where is that? I'm not familiar with that, and I know almost everywhere in Massachusetts. Charlie Larkin Tremont is a fictional location Charlie made up for some of his builds.
Chariots of Fire Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Tremont is a fictional location Charlie made up for some of his builds. Aaron is right but there is a section of town that used to be known as Tremont and that is where I used the idea. The license plate is an up to date style for fire apparatus in Mass. I made it using my graphics program and then printed it out on decal paper using an ALPS printer.
Rictrucks Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 Hello, I believe is the newest member of this forum. I Ouro Preto, Brazil, and as I said in another topic, I like old trucks, especially the GMC. Your GMC is really spectacular, you should be congratulated. I also have some GMC and soon I will post pictures for you all see my work. Thank you very much, Rictrucks.
maxwell48098 Posted October 22, 2009 Posted October 22, 2009 Here is my GMC, a 1963 GMC ALF pumper. Built this one in 1982 using an original 1963 Chevrolet pickup from AMT, the pump and pumper body with accessories from an AMT ALF 1000 Custom Pumper, the chassis from the AMT Ford Louisville Race Car Hauler, and the wheels and tires are from the AMT Ford C700 NAPA van. The engine is a Chevrolet 409 from the AMT 1957 Chevrolet while the trans is from the NAPA van with a PTO from the Autocar dump. Fenders were made using Elmer's expoxy putty shaped to the proper contour. Thanks, A.J.
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