Dandydan Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Last Christmas I built a replica of one of two wreckers my Dad operated at a Texaco station back in the late 70's and early 80's. This year I tackled the other one. I had one 35 year old picture and my memory to go from-the original truck unfortunately was wrecked and painted to match the one I built last year. The cab, frame, and engine are from the Firestone reissue kit, the wrecker boom and floor are from the blue Captain Hook reissue, and the sides are scratch built. I ordered peel and stick decals from Kenny Anderson and gave them to my brother (Moparian) to touch up and make the necessary changes to match what I was building. Thanks for reading and looking.
slusher Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Outstanding build Dan. I really like this build. Great work on this friend...
Danno Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Nice build, good job, Dan! And, a great name, too!
mikemodeler Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Very nice. Well detailed and looks like the 1:1.
Dandydan Posted December 24, 2014 Author Posted December 24, 2014 Thank you all very much-I appreciate the kind words.
Lunajammer Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Wonderful. Looks like you really got the look right.
kilrathy10 Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Good looking setup....Love to see these old trucks reimagined in scale.....Great job on everything.....Spittin' image.....
Dandydan Posted December 26, 2014 Author Posted December 26, 2014 Again, thank you-it was a big hit with Dad!
bigmerc2003 Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Truck looks cool. Being a huge fan of '79 fords especially the Indy pace cars and trucks. Can you post some more info on where you got the decals from? The tow truck and flat bed are my next builds but have not been able to get any good pics to make decals with.
Dandydan Posted December 31, 2014 Author Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks Bill. I sent you a PM with more details about what we did so as not to bore anyone-lol!
bbowser Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Very cool. Where did you source the wheels & tires?
Dandydan Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks Bruce. Tires were from the Captain Hook reissue and the wheels are from BNL.
Dandydan Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Thank you very much Scott-I appreciate the compliment.
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