Autocar Constructor

[QCDOC]

I have been building trucks since I was 10 (1975). I stumbled across this site and it has motivated me to finish my an Autocar Constructor I modified from an old AMT kit. I started this in 1988!

Here is where I am at today.

I plan on painting it red and displaying it as part of a gravel train.

Edited July 6, 2010 by QCDOC

[mackinac359]

Talk about a stalled project!

Is that a resin hood item from Frank Gortsema?

Tim

[QCDOC]

LoL!

It is brass sheet and brass piano hinge soldered to the brass. I used to be an airframe mechanic so I just pounded it out.....in 1988

I reworked the cab and radiator to the proper dimensions.

[fleetsailor1981]

Nice looking truck and TREK

[chuckyr]

Assist

[ARTEMIS1759]

Uh oh. Must have been used for some serious hauling offroad. Looks like the front axles broke... . Nice build. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

[QCDOC]

Uh oh. Must have been used for some serious hauling offroad. Looks like the front axles broke... . Nice build. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

I had to round up some parts. Primer today and top coat later this week.

[cowboysevens]

wow thats quite the rig your biulding there, alot of handbiult work. i like it, lol and i thought i was taking my time on my biulds i started 7 months ago. cant wait to see this one all hooked up to that gravel train, its gonna be a nice one!!

dennis

[Ben]

LOL, you'll fit right in here with some of us!!!! LOL

I have the same kit that I started probably around the same time frame as yours and it's about as finished as yours! LOL

I can't even tell you how many i've "started" since then!

[QCDOC]

[QCDOC]

Painted and mocked up.

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

Lookin' Good!!!

The Fruehauf tri axle dump trailer painted the same color would look right at home hooked to this truck.

[QCDOC]

Actually, this is the second time I built a gravel train. Back in high school, (1981) I built one and added lights. Unfortunately that kit was destroyed. When I was in the Army.

This was an attempted to build an updated version of the old AMT kit. I went to a local gravel yard and took photos and measurements. I think I added a scale 8 inches to the top of the cab and 6 inches to the bottom as a skirt. I widened the radiator and lengthened the hood. This was based on on actual truck.

[ARTEMIS1759]

Both rigs look good.

[QCDOC]

Both rigs look good.

Thank you, I still have pieces of the original truck somewhere -

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

The overall modifications to the cab shows!!!

[QCDOC]

The overall modifications to the cab shows!!!

Thank you - this was the look I was going for:

[cowboysevens]

looks like its about ready to go to work, how many trailers is it gonna pull?

dennis

[Kostas Parchas]

Nice rigz!

Kostas.

[QCDOC]

Update!