hot rodded ,BEDFORD ' OSBT ',7-26-14 ,exhaust ,work on the bed,

[bpletcher55]

well I,m at it agen , take a EMHAR , BEDFORD 'OSTB ; truck chop the cab ,section it and SLAM ! IT , there is a sock cab behind it ,

LET ME KNOW IF IT WORKS ,

Edited July 26, 2014 by bpletcher55

[Pim]

That looks cool what style are you going for with this?

[bpletcher55]

well not sure ,may be a cool retro or a weathered rod .trying some different wheel combos .

[bpletcher55]

here is a different set up ,stock rims off the bedford kit with the tires from one of the REVELE 29 RAT RODS ,,remove the white wall inserts and the rims fit ,the back had to be modified , there is a stock tire behind the rear ,to see just how much lower I can make it ,

[bpletcher55]

I,m thinking I mite have room for a rear engine ,this is going to be 2-cool ,

Edited June 29, 2014 by bpletcher55

[Chuck Most]

I like where this is going.

[blazefox]

Very cool couldnt resist huh

[bpletcher55]

this has been kicking around in my head for months ,I just had to start so I could sleep at night . ha .ha .

[Marcelspeed]

I will be waiting and watching to see where this goes. Great idea!

[slusher]

A very cool build idea Blair...

[crazyrichard]

ooh whouw and dude you have 2 kits of the bedford ..... lol

i want to get one this winter when i have all the time to work on it

[bpletcher55]

well richard ,I have 3 of them ,2-of the recovery trucks . 1 - tipper truck ,this one I.m using the tipper truck ,

[DeeCee]

It more than works, ...... IT ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobthehobbyguy]

Great start. Really cool.

[Jantrix]

[Wonderbread Kustomz]

Oh yea, definitely use the Bedford wheels... Man this is going to get wicked!

[Belugawrx]

Bedford Wheels look awesome

Front engine Hemi?

I dont think I would hide the rears tho!

I will follow

Cheers

[Belugawrx]

Oh yeah

and where did you get the pennies

[bpletcher55]

funny bruce , the pennies were used as legal tender years ago ,I don,t believe they are used any longer , so I use them to mock up my builds .

[Belugawrx]

Yeah

We (Canada) gave them up couple months ago

[tooltas]

make it a roll back bed for some rod

[bpletcher55]

todd did that all ready ,

[misterNNL]

This is very kool.The top chop is just right and the dual wheels peeking out through the bed are just plain outrageous.As for using the pennys....I had heard that some guys in Pa.were still using them to determine ride height and now I see that is true.Here in Ohio we stopped using pennys in the 1960's as they are simply too thick.Even a single one is too much.We tried dimes....but again too thick.Then we tried .020"sheet styrene.....nope...too high.Finally we settled on sheets of paper.....The thickest we ever use is poster board and work down from there to onion skin paper.You might want to consider switching while this truck is still in the planning stages.

Seriously this is going to be an outrageous build and a lot of fun to follow.

Where did the body come from?I really like the 1940-ish look to it.

[misterNNL]

Blair,I found the link to the Emhar 1/24 kit on-line for Hobby Link Japan.The stock kit makes what you're doing even more impressive!

Edited July 8, 2014 by misterNNL

[bpletcher55]

tom glad you found the kit ,i.v been down in myrtle beach sc. for the past week ,

THANKS TO ALL THAT HAVE POSTED COMMENTS , TIME TO GET BACK TO BUILDING ,