Dave Van Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) My current project. A TV Star car......I am sure someone will know what it is...... Started as a AMT/MPC Beverlry Hillbillies truck...laser cut cab still needs trimmed. More to come.....THX Edited April 8, 2014 by Dave Van
Dave Van Posted April 3, 2014 Author Posted April 3, 2014 More progress today........ About got the bed finished. I narrowed the Hillbillies bed as it was very wide. Added new sides with stake pockets made from channel and strip stock. The front and sides are strip stock with added wood grain. They are made removable. I am about at the point I need to start painting and assembly. Hard to see in these photos but got the trim on the cab too. Thanks
Dave Van Posted April 7, 2014 Author Posted April 7, 2014 More work completed....... My TV Star Car project is moving along well. Got the vast majority of paint done. A few small things need to be finish then final assembly. Chassis..... Bed...... Cab...... Engine.... I'll be doing some weathering and detail paint.....THX
Dave Van Posted April 7, 2014 Author Posted April 7, 2014 Is that Mr. Haney's truck? Bingo.....was seeing if anyone would know!
Harry P. Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 Vic Mizzy gave it away... I know he wrote the opening theme to "Green Acres."
Dave Van Posted April 8, 2014 Author Posted April 8, 2014 Well I am calling it done. I need some small detail painting, radiator cap and one more item I'll show later...... Started as a Beverly Hillbillies truck. Cab was laser cut from my design. Bed is from kit but narrowed with new side, pockets and 'wood' sides. I drew the tags in CorelDraw using a screen gab from the show. (If you want a set hit me offline.) It is painted flat black as a primer then medium green. Some say the real truck was black....but those early color shows are tough to tell. But in the show the windshield frame is MUCH darker then the body....so I liked the green and went with it. Thanks for looking!!!
Harry P. Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 Looks cool... but to be an authentic Mr. Haney truck you have to load up the back with all sorts of junk!
Dave Van Posted April 8, 2014 Author Posted April 8, 2014 Looks cool... but to be an authentic Mr. Haney truck you have to load up the back with all sorts of junk! He's going to pick it up now!
southpier Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 call me when he picks up Billy-Jo, Bobby-Jo, & Betty-Jo.
oldscool Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 That's cool! "Mr. Douglas, this here's Chief Sittin' Bull." Remember that episode.
misterNNL Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 I really like what you've done here.There are almost endless possibilities for light commercial conversions with kits like these.It's a shame there aren't more basic starting point kits like these.Probably not enough intrest to make tooling costs practical.
hooknladderno1 Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 Awesome build Dave! I have one of these kits in my stash. Will one day become a rural small town fire engine. David
bpletcher55 Posted July 27, 2014 Posted July 27, 2014 great job Dave ,and cool use of parts and fab work ,you have made a nice little truck there and brought back some memories,
SlotDaddy1963 Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 ... brought back some memories, Couldn't have said it better myself! also... I think I see your idea already, David!
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