Early 70s Ringsby United K-100

[cavejohnson]

Here are a some pictures (sorry they're a bit dark) of the AMT K-123 and Fruehauf 40' van. I haven't finished painting on the trailer, but I just have to make the posts white, the interior needs put in and the trim needs finished on the tractor, as well as the tractor's fuel tanks need painting but I ran out of primer

The first one is the tractor-trailer combo, second is detail of the decals I made from old pictures my Grandfather had from his time at Ringsby United.

[cowboysevens]

Cooooool !! Can't wait to see some outside pics when its done. Nice job

[Jim B]

Nice job.

[catd11rpusher]

Hay that truck looks familure, I'm almost finished with mine. You have done a nice job so far, what color is it? Is it orange? because mine is the same as the picture of the one on the box. nice work!!!!!

[cavejohnson]

Yeah, but it's not Interstate orange. I mixed various oranges with bits of red and yellow to make the Ringsby orange. Interstate orange is sort of like safety orange, Ringsby is more florescent and a bit more red. Also, Interstate and ICX (yellow and black) tended to have more chrome bits, Ringsby trucks were kind of cut and dry, hence my 5 hole steel wheels and the painted exhaust stacks.

[Truck parts]

Nice looking unit

[cavejohnson]

A side note on the color: That was the newer Ringsby orange, before they bought United Buckingham their trucks were bright orange like Interstate's (and had more intricate paint jobs).

If anyone out there is doing a 1970s Freight hauler truck, My suggestion would be to use either the AMT Freightliner or this Kenworth K-123 kit and give it a 335 Cummins. Some companies like Ringsby tuned some of their trucks that pulled doubles or triples up to 380s, and in the early 70s, Ringsby had very few of these Kenworths with 1693TA Caterpillars that ran through the Rockies, typically from the Denver terminal up to Montana. Then in 75 or so, they bought Mack F-700s that had the tuned 380 Cummins.

[cavejohnson]

It's almost finished, still have lots of little things to do on it. Not sure why the decal got this weird glare. The cab is sitting funny because of modifications I did to the engine to turn it into a Caterpillar 1693...so I have to fix a few bits before I permanently attach the cab

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

Cool

[ewaskew]

Looks good man

[cowboysevens]

Lookin good! Can we get some pics of that motor, and maybe some wip on how ya made it ?

[cavejohnson]

Sure! I will add some pictures in a bit of the engine, but basically i modified the block using a 3408 and 3406 i had, routed the compressor to the back and added a cover for the gear drive, screwed with the 3406 valve cover, moved the alternator to the drivers side, and added a home made 1693 decal to the aftercooler.

If anyone wants i can upload a scaned copy of an old 1693 spec sheet i have.