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Man, what a difference. Looks fantastic......

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hey, thanks OlBlue!
first day of spring? yeah right, just got 3 more inches of rain. horrible, horrible yr for hrs. got to do something to keep my mind off the bills! cant be affording the 60+ bucks for the old truck kits i like right now, so...more re-hashing!
old wrecker model ('bout 20 yrs old). wrecker body will probably migrate to a '72 chev. undecided to go with a checkerplate flatdeck & make a knarly ol' bush truck, or shorten the frame to fit a shortbox i have & do a 1 ton dually shortbox. of course it will be 4x4
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Not to depress ya or anything but I rode my Roadglide to work today. It's 70* out today......I like tow trucks, let's see what ya can do

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cause i only want to pay for shipping once, i'm also ordering some swamps & 8 lug slot mags for this van i been playing around with for awhile. tires on it right now swiped i from one of my sons toys. probably going to ditch the crappy lift block lift with some proper springs too.
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think i'm going to put the wrecker body on here. and yes, it will go 4by too.
between the 3 trucks, this should keep my hands bloody till work picks up again!
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Niiice! bring on the global warming:lol:

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The van is cool reminds me of my high school days. Like the round window. I've got a century wrecker and been looking for 72 tonner to put it on

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I just stumbled on this thread, and thought someone had stolen my models!!! I have a crapload from in my mothers attic, that thinking someday I will do something with them...But right now my G/F is on her way home so we can get a real truck to build!!! I book marked the page where you got the tires and wheels and stuff, I will be building a model of my truck next winter.

Biggest problem I have is no where to paint. When it's nice out Im always doing something else, this summer probly playing softball with my daughter, and when not with her then riding the 4 wheelers with the G/F that she was so nice enough to buy!!!!! Your builds are awesome, I will be watching..

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yeah b454rat, if you want to 4by any model, BNL Resin is the place to go. you might want to check out these guys too, LOTS of cool rims
http://www.scenesunltd.com/
i get most of my junk from these two
and i'm always po'ing the wife for trying to spray my models in the house, too cold in the garage as well as real danger from doggie damage!
once the nice weather hits, pretty much be it for models till next winter. we be camping & quadding too!
did decide to go flatdeck though, shortbox dually porportions just did not look right.
spent a half an hour getting the revell 1 ton rim to fit the swamper....times 6....
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started throwing together a flatdeck
hate how a "flat" flatdeck leaves everything uncovered hanging out lookin' ugly, so 2 lock boxes & checkerplate side skirting will go on, maybe a big c.plate tool box across the front too
another gumby revell model, everything is molded in, the engine, visor, master cyc, mufflers, bah! list goes on. luckily when i first built it i cut out the molded engine & dropped a 350 in it. would like to go 454, dont have one, but i do have a 427, so there it be. going to remove a bunch of the molded in this time too
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Looks better as a flatbed...just my opinion but great job on the bed

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yay! weather is finally picking up, slowin down on the builds now.
like i said, another revell reject. dont know why they insist on punching holes all over the body. also note the total lack of cab ribbing
also removed that ugly molded in visor, a real one is going on
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same miserable story inside. dont have any more spare tubs so i'll haft to make do. notice no window cranks or handles...a little bit of plastic, a little bit of glue...
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SWEET! these nice 8 lug slots for my van showed up in the mail today-whats more '70's than these on a van!
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think i went a little overboard with the styrene on my flatdeck.not a 100% sure on this, still have to add side markers, maybe a change or 2
if those taillights look vaguely familiar, think '97 vette
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I liked the bed before but it looks finished now...

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have'nt been getting a lot done lately, spring finally came & making up for some lost hrs & have also been unstoring the truck & camper
did get more junk in the mail. some more 38's for the dually, a t-case for it, some drum brake backing plates, some d60 parts & a set of 44's for another project. not shown are 2 D60 axles & a lund visor
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supposed to be a front & rear D60 axle set. somewhere somehow i ended up with 2 rear axles. not going to send a $2 part back, so some cutting, some careful drilling...
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revell cheaped out on the stock duallys, just an inner & outer rim & squeeze the tires against each other. made some liners/spacers, whatever you want to call them, keeps the tires way more solid, & i can gap them now. once there black should'nt be able to see them
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made some hubs & lock-outs for the rims
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interior mostly done. shifter & turn signal made from a piece of chicken wire
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working on the b.block. drilled out the dist for plug wires
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just dicking around, see if i like it or not.
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going to be 2-toning this one

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a long weekend, yay!..... of rain
ain't going camping this weekend:(
get some detail work on the dually done.
revell-cheapo's, could'nt even finish the D70, no top half, have to fill & sand
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home made springs, sway bar, tie rod & axle tubes
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added some u-bolts
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some springs & u-bolts for the rear
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got a day of just sanding & shaping to do
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some more details
did'nt like the antennea's, wrapped them in wire & instant glue to make them look like the old "Firestik" style. digging threw the parts box found these cool little lights, think i will add them to the mirrors. twin snorkeled my air cleaner, will sand off the aic valve, put some linkage on the 205, & used a ford exploder alternator.
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scratched out some visors
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again got rid of the gumby fender mounted master cyc., added a real one, a wiper motor, & a heater box. h.box is actually a (again) ford exploder oil pan, will do some more mods to it. that ford has ended up on about 5 chevy trucks now!
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getting the stance for the rear leafs
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don't look too bad, think i'll run with it
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sitting on it's own suspension. not much left now, finish up the 427, hopefully get the body sanded, primed, & painted in the next day or two, & finish & paint the susp
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pacific northwest-rain capital of the world!
last few shots before it all goes together.
body is being painted right now, 2-tone
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scratched out some running boards for it
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some of the flatdeck
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Man, it's looking great

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thanks Ol Blue. was hoping to have it together, but with the humidity it's taking forever for the base color to cure.
dont have everything needed to do my '72 chev wrecker, so i printed up these decals. think black chevy van (on 49" iroks of course).
i do have everything for the van, so it be my next clunker
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putting stripes on the dually cab is taking a little longer than i thought. did get the 427 mounted, t-case, d.shafts, all that stuff is in. hope my cab clearence lights hurry up & get here.
while been waiting for stuff to dry, started screwing around with my van
just working out a graphic plan with paper patterns, pretty sure this one is going to be.....surprise, surprise, black (fav color). got some big honkin' iroks for it too
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I always wanted a van (they were cool in high school). That things gonna look mean on those tires

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thanks Ol Blue! weather was stellar this week, been cranking off some big hrs.
but i did manage to get the dually 97% done. prob fri or sat have it cleaned up.
had a old '71 econoline when i was 17 or 18, bashed the fenders out a bit & had some old wildcat mud tires on it, nothing like this chev, they were about a couple inches bigger than the stock 15's. there's this place down the valley called S.W.A.T. 4x4, there was a early '80's chev van parked out front sitting on what looked like 44's a couple yrs ago. thing looked totally awesome, pretty much got the whole idea from it

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what the hay, a quick preview
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was hoping my cab lights would get here today, but not happening.
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That truck looks Bad@$$

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thanks Ol Blue!
going to try finish this one, then shut down till next winter
thought i would just change out the tires & add a funky paintjob, but now i need to narrow the axles, add a bit more lift, and i just can't handle the lift block lift-needs some proper springs
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pretty plain inside. thinking add a bed, fridge, stove & sink, & some more seats-better seats then them flat ones in it
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between work & nice weather, van is down to a crawl
the axles i got off my son's toy broke in 50 gajillion pieces, so spent some time waiting for new axles
have managed to get a little bit done. 'bout 50 times harder 4bying a van than a truck
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got most of the susp, motor & tranny in, still need to scratch out an exhaust for it.
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started making bumpers, roof cage, & a ladder to get up to it. have to put my roller fairlead on the f. bumper still
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why the big bar on the rear bumper?....spare tire. decided to paint rims black too
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should be priming 'n' painting the body in a day or so

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Nice...I really like the bumpers...a real Booney basher

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thanks Ol Blue!
my plans of a black van with green lightning just went down the toilet.
more dog damage. dieseldawg must like the taste of decal bonder. gave them another coat before i use them, come out to the garage 20 minutes later & there's green lightning stuck all over diesel's chops. looked everywhere on my 'puter for them, cant find them....must have deleted them, but i did find this old can (price tag says '97) of cool gm menthol green buried in the shop, so i think i'm going to use it instead
it's actually lighter, & more sparkly, just could not photo it
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Sounds like dieseldawg wants some custom chops.....lol....

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thats funny!, told the wife i should print up some flame decals & feed them to him....

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maybe dawg did me a favor eating my decals. it's not the black/green lightning i orig. envisioned, but this green is starting to grow on me. still photo's darker than it really is. maybe once i spray some clear on it.....
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now that it's done, i aint so ticked at diesel for killing my decals, not minding the green, just wish it would photo the real color it actually is.
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