new truck project

[toplessfury]

here is where im at on this.this is my cable system so far

and here is a peek at the boom.still have to make the hydrolic lift cylinders.

[toplessfury]

ok here is where im at on this.am going to quit for tonight(got a headache from all the thinking)lol

[Mark R]

Very IMPRESSIVE for a first time scratch build.

I'm watching...oh yeah

[toplessfury]

i made some door decals for this today.N&K towing.it for my girls nikki and katie.

[toplessfury]

well ive got most of this done but photobucket is being a turd so no pics yet.mainly lights and decals left to do.

[borz666]

Lookin' sweet!

Chris

[toplessfury]

thanks.i put the n&k towing decal on and had to take it back off.the center parts of the letter were clear so they didnt show up.ill get them redone later and put them on.

[toplessfury]

ok photo bucket is finally cooperating so here she is nearly done just need to add decals and lights on the other side and done.

Edited June 11, 2010 by toplessfury

[toplessfury]

ok she is all done.i got my junker all chained up and ready to go to the scrap yard

i made a portable light bar

and this is the decal i made

[highway]

Nice!! I really like the light bar, you hit that almost dead on. I say almost because the ones I used on the real ones usually had two taillights per side, one for brake and one for turn signals. I think this is the first wrecker build I've seen with the light bar, nice touch! By the way, you can pass the scrap yard and tow that old bulldog to my house!

[toplessfury]

Nice!! I really like the light bar, you hit that almost dead on. I say almost because the ones I used on the real ones usually had two taillights per side, one for brake and one for turn signals. I think this is the first wrecker build I've seen with the light bar, nice touch! By the way, you can pass the scrap yard and tow that old bulldog to my house!

thanks matt.realism is the name of the game correct(or as close to it as we can) .i was going to put this thing on my drop center flat bed but i got the dog especially for the tow truck.i thought of another idea for the flat bed if i can find some reference photos. by the way ill have it there next week if you pay fuel bill lol

[cowboysevens]

i wasnt to awfull sure bout the purple at first but with the lightning on the tow bed it looks really good. thats a great job on the scratch biult bed!

dennis

[highway]

thanks matt.realism is the name of the game correct(or as close to it as we can) .i was going to put this thing on my drop center flat bed but i got the dog especially for the tow truck.i thought of another idea for the flat bed if i can find some reference photos. by the way ill have it there next week if you pay fuel bill lol

That's the way I feel...close is good enough! When I drove wrecker about ten years ago, I hated stretching that cord to the back, and then the owner bought a new light bar, a wireless remote. I loved that thing, no long cable to stretch , just plug it in the trailer light socket on the back of the wrecker bed then hang the bar on the back of the truck! The owner bought the wireless not shortly after I got a ticket for not having lights on a truck I was towing from Columbus, OH back to back to our shop in Wheeling, WV because on of my friends who worked there with me put the light bar back in the wrecker, but not the stinking cable!! I didn't know I didn't have it till I hooked the truck in Columbus!

Oh, by the way, wish I could afford the fuel, but I have enough fun paying for the fuel in my 1:1 Ford diesel!

[ARTEMIS1759]

Nice rig man. Can't wait to get back from this deployment in Kosovo and start building again.

[toplessfury]

thanks now ive got to build a display case for it

[Blake Rogers]

nice work man the color and all that work you put in to it

[toplessfury]

i wasnt to awfull sure bout the purple at first but with the lightning on the tow bed it looks really good. thats a great job on the scratch biult bed!

dennis

thanks dennis(i missed your post )the lightning decals are from the kw model but i decided not to use them on it and im glad i didnt.by the way your package is on its way.

Edited June 27, 2010 by toplessfury