Making room on the shelf

[studioman3]

I had to put another one on Ebay to make room on my shelf, its a KW K100 tri drive with a 50 ton detachable goose neck lowboy with a Farrel compounding machine for a load.

I thought I would make a post here, since there were a few guys interested in my last lowboy that sold. Heres a link,

http://cgi.ebay.com/KW-k100-scratch-built-detachable-goose-neck-and-load_W0QQitemZ120522438283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0fb2768b, wish me luck.

Tim

[Scott S]

Shes a beaut!! good luck. Scott

[jacksonbrd]

Shes a beaut!! good luck. Scott

What kind of money?

[RodneyBad]

Great looking Truck.

Good luck on the sale.

Looks like it is going good.

[Brizio]

Good luck wit the sale!!!

[studioman3]

Thanks guys, I liked the looks of it so I've started a new one just like her, but loaded with detailing, I just got a metal lathe and started turning parts,(fuel tanks, air tanks and breathers, horns, pullies, and maybe lights), plus I will be getting tires and wheels from my friend Jamie @ Mo'luminum. The new one will fill her spot on the shelf. I will start a new thread with the progress of it later on. Here is a sneak peak at the engine details so far.

Tim

[Jim B]

Nice engine detail. Looking forward to the rest of the build.

[studioman3]

James, it was your engine detailing link that got me going on this, it was quite helpful. Thanks

Tim

[Jim B]

Glad I could help. Is that the Revell Cummins 855?

[midwest 1953]

I had to put another one on Ebay to make room on my shelf, its a KW K100 tri drive with a 50 ton detachable goose neck lowboy with a Farrel compounding machine for a load.

I thought I would make a post here, since there were a few guys interested in my last lowboy that sold. Heres a link,

http://cgi.ebay.com/KW-k100-scratch-built-detachable-goose-neck-and-load_W0QQitemZ120522438283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0fb2768b, wish me luck.

Tim

Wouldn't it be easier to just add a shelf?

[studioman3]

Jim,

I don't see anywhere on the box what motor it is, it just says it's 400bhp. I don't know much about trucks, but I assume it's Cummins. I was unsure about the motor color as well, so I went with blue and will call it a custom ordered color. I imagine there is a correct tranny color too, but that information is hard to find.

James, as far as another shelf, politics is all I can say. My wife has seen Mr. Ahlborn's youtube and is making sure I don't start laying a new block foundation where our patio is suppose to be. She knows me all too well, LOL

Tim

[Jim B]

Tim,

You're a funny guy! I had a good laugh about adding onto the house. Yes, SWMBO probably would be upset if you made a truck room out of your patio.

As for your engine, I does look like a Cummins, and the "factory" color would be beige; but blue works for a custom job!. The transmission should probably be semi-gloss black, unless you're going custom there, too.

Edited January 29, 2010 by Jim B

[Old Albion]

Tim,

The engine is a Cummins NTC475. Its easily recognised by the twin turbos. Correct colour maybe white for Kenworth at that time. But what ever colour you want.

Dave

[studioman3]

Thanks Dave, they should give that information on the box for us guys who lack knowlege of the industry.

Tim

[Jim B]

Kenworth stopped painting their engines white in about 1973-74 (give or take a little). After that it was factory color. Even when the color was white, apparently it wasn't uncommon to see tan or green engines in the max.

[Old Albion]

Jim,

Interesting your comment about the year that Kenworth stopped painting engines white. I wonder if they gave the buyer a choice. White or OEM colour? I have some photo's of a 1978 W900A with a 3408 painted white. It was a truck for sale on eBay last year. The seller said the engine was in original condition and had not been overhauled. I think the original mileage was 300,000+ if I remember rightly. Beautiful truck went for about $ 6,500 or there abouts. I copied all the photo's for a future project.

Best regards

Dave

[Jim B]

That's awesome! A 1978 with 3000,000 miles? Not too bad.

Probably like at Peterbilt, Caterpillar was the last one to stop painting them white. Which at Peterbilt was around 1986 or so.