'64 chevy 2wd to 4wd

[Ol Blue K20]

Rake?!! I'm old enough to remember that stance. I love the driveshaft angle, real old school. Love it

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale!
yup, can keep your dub rims, pavement scrapin, tubbed out rides....old school rake works for me too.
another day or two have the chevelle done. didn't mind doing a couple cars, but cant wait to get back on the trucks, cars are just....cars.
interior is done, scratched up a quick roll bar for it, otherwise, all stock


tunnel ram LS6


revell....hmmph...rear axle sat on 2 pegs, reeal accurate....now it's got some proper coil springs (remember the wifey's window regulator? putting them parts to use...)


body is painted & detailed, just curing up

[dieseldawg142]

even though i want to get back on the trucks, gathering parts has been difficult, more so with our buck diving against the us dollar...have been looking into resin casting & am seriously considering it. for a $15 set of swampers, with shipping & exchange, i'm getting nailed $34, ouch!! (as well as crazy....)
i've managed to get another box for the gmc, but still no fenders (if i resin cast, i can break the fenders off my stepside & cast up a bunch...).
will prob be putting this on hold till i find fenders, really, really want a round-eye dually....


i do have this '98 that dawg knocked off the dresser, mite do it next, wont cost me nothing, have a set of 33's, thinking 4" lift, slight pre-runner look....


this recently showed up near my kids school

might have to go introduce myself...i just happen to have a '50 chevy in the collection....also got a '57 cameo want to 4by, a '57 chevy panel, also needs 4bying, want to convert my '94 C3500 crew dually to 4by on swamps, still need to jump on the pete (got a front axle for it, pretty sure going to have to scratch the t-case....), was farting around the other day, came across Larry Schwacofer's old Rippin' Rooster that someone restored & is running again and Mick Newton's old Snortin Nortin nova. just happen to have 4 bel airs & a '70 nova in the collection....
said it before, say it again, wish my pocketbook was big as my imagination....

[Ol Blue K20]

The Chevelle interior looks familiar except mine is an auto horseshoe shifter. Keep it up everything looks great. It looks like Dang likes to give you projects..lol. I wish my wallet was a lot thicker too.

[dieseldawg142]

yeah....a fat wallet would be nice....
i keep looking at that picture of the Rooster & the Nortin nova on that trailer....that would look good behind my 1 ton dually.....got the cars & most of the truck....scratch a trailer....buy some parts....money, money, money....
dang, more i look at it, the more i got to do it.....eventually....

[dieseldawg142]

chevelle is done
already have 2 stock LS6's.....


....so went a different route with this one....

[dieseldawg142]

few more...
i love rake...

[dieseldawg142]

the rear axle actually moves up & down a few mm's with the coil springs in it. the exhaust except for the race mufflers, & panhard bar are scratched. gas tank straps are pieces of pop can, played with the height to sit it where i wanted & tires are goodyear resins again


crap...knocked the tailpipe off the muffler when i flipped it...touch that up...
454 with some mods. also filled the cowl & rad support for a cleaner look

[Ol Blue K20]

Holy cow!! Definitely have some meats on that one. With some rake too. Looks cool, really like the black rims.

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Holy cow!! Definitely have some meats on that one. With some rake too. Looks cool, really like the black rims.

yeah, i think them goodyears look better than the stock ones too...lol
must be getting old, the '99 (not '98) that dawg broke, is a 2wd. built it so long ago, i just assumed it was a 4by. with my crappy winter hrs & losing 20 something cents on every dollar, it has temporarily put a hold on ordering parts from the states, so the '99 is now going to sit....but i couldn't keep my hands off the snowplow truck.....sure feels good working on trucks again-NO MORE CARS
revell.....getting less impressed with them every yr. the snowplow truck is a re-issue, you think they would have fixed some of the screw-ups. box was a lot harder to convert to a longbox than the amt '84 was, mainly cause it's in pieces, very thin bed & fenders, a lot flimsier then the '84 one piece box, lots of warpage, lots of heating & straitening


a day of farting around & a couple oz's of blood later, got me another longbox...(just picture that with some dually fenders...yeah)


and because i want a dually & cant find chevy stepside fenders, going to pick this up tomorrow for $15. buddy says the fenders are a dead ringer for the chevy fenders, wouldn't surprise me, monogram used a lot of the same parts in a lot of their truck kits, & if they dont, their 1/24 & i got a good starting point to modify. not to mention i'll get axles, t-case, terra tires, etc....know a ford guy i can swap the motor & body for something chevy...

[dieseldawg142]

well, i think the guy i got the Krusher from has been inhaling too much Testors....
hardly what i'd call a "dead ringer"


it's actually not a bad kit for a ford. i'm going to see if a ford fanatic on my model site will swap it for a chevy first, if not, out comes the razor saw....


really not getting impressed with this revell truck, i think this is worse than the old ones. blank door panels with NOTHING on them, another crappy revell "separate back cab wall", molded exhaust, & worst, no cab floor....jeez
got A LOT to do on this one....

[Ol Blue K20]

Those fenders are dead ringers for Ford fenders lol

[dieseldawg142]

didn't really want "f" fenders on my gmc ....
after countless hrs of looking, finally found a stepside. might take a bit to get here, coming from FLA
by the time this thing is done, be looking at about a $125 model....


all i got to say about this kit is revell is sticking true to their tradition of turning out the crappiest 73-87 models ever made...
no drip rails, trim across the top only on the rear window, sink holes all over it, 4 big ones inside cab roof....before/after


nice boring nothing door panels....been scratching some panels, little more work needed....notice more sink holes in the floor....

[dieseldawg142]

here we go again with that fine revell detail....never seen a smooth box floor (notice them dang sink holes!) would have been easier to use a piece of corrugated styrene, but it's to thick & throws the cab/box alignment way off, so going to do it this way....plus side, enough room at the front & rear of the box for bed brace rails...


started making some kind of floor. not accurate, but cant get to fancy or the trans & t-case won't fit....


and got the frame stretched out & started knocking some of the junk off it, could'nt get rid of the mufflers though, cut them off & there goes the crossmember....

[Dieselburb86]

Didnt monogram do one of these trucks in stepside form? If so could those fenders work. I think this kit looks better as a long bed! Keep up the good work!

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dieselburb
monogram & mpc make a stepside, just a matter of finding one that is'nt made of
gold
the revell truck is the only current 73-87 being made right now that i know of, all other 73-87's are out of production-hence stupid prices on them.....sure wish someone would tool up a 73-87 longbox....

even though our buck sucks right now ($0.80), my caster is having a free shipping sale, even to canada-yeah! makes up for the exchange. talked to the wifey, have to make a sacrafice if i want to buy parts-no booze till the end of the month....
but she didn't say how much i could buy.....should have $96 worth of parts showing up in 10 days......i'll worry about the 96 when the M/C bill comes in.....
bought enough parts for the dually, the '99 dawg wrecked & parts to convert my '94 dually C3500 to a solid axle K3500
have'nt got a lot done, waiting....
some more work on the bed & floor


way to go revell! two gas tanks & only 1 filler...scratched out a couple caps


it comes with a 350 that has the goofiest FI set-up i have ever seen, never seen a '77 with factory FI either....my last parts box 454 (till my 96 gets here) with a carb is going in it. pretty strait forward, did have to mickey mouse a air cleaner together from a newer style one.

[Ol Blue K20]

Your attention to detail and the skills to see it through. Looking great

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale. just cant belive revell would RE-ISSUE with so much wrong....

whats that old saying, enjoy now, pay later, well i "Mastered" the moment...
my casters free shipping sale runs out on the 28th, so i threw another order in. wife was a little ticked at first, but all the parts are for re-builds so there's no initial kit cost.....
a Cameo i built back in the early '90's, paint is starting to peel & roughen up.
ordered some 41" Ground Hawgs for it


i'm not crazy about having 2 junkers on the go, but on the rain train i'm getting bored waiting for parts.
this is my other dually, '94 C3500. a cheap snap-tite that i had to add a motor to, going on 38" swamps. another '90's build, this is what it looked like yesterday....

[dieseldawg142]

....this is what it looks like now....
a trip in the stripper


rear window broke on disassembly, not to concerned, it had a big glue blob on it anyway....


the suspension on this one is going to be a CHALLENGE! still working on how i'm going to make it work, the front i'm not worried about-SAS


re-did the int for it, not so much black now

[dieseldawg142]

there....worked out how to make it work....

[dieseldawg142]

well, end of the month, but still no beer....spent the day driving to the hobby shop & blowing more money, mostly styrene supplies, just cant control myself in there.....
first attempt at loping off the 2wd a-arms, didn't care for it


second attempt will work better for mounting shock hoops. if your wondering about the styrene on the back of the frame, go look at a '88-'98, i hate that you can see right threw under the box....


seeing how the bed bottom was attached to the old frame....new bed & rails. ended up chopping the fuel tank in 3 pieces, some aluminum pop can straps should hide the cuts


cant wait to sling them swampers under there....

[Ol Blue K20]

Interesting color, waiting to see how it looks in it.

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, the color just kinda jumped at me while i was standing in front of the paint rack....
just finished the '77's interior & was prepared for a wait, till i got home from work & found this in my mailbox, the first of 4 order's to roll in, real good timing!
1 visor, some BBC valve covers, couple D60 diffs, couple of 205's, bunch of rotors & calipers, most of a dually rim set, & a whack of 38" swampers.


unfortunately 1 front dually rim did not show up.....

[dieseldawg142]

here's that green...


scratched up some shock hoops...


snap-tites are pretty bare, adding & changing


liking the look of the swamps on there


REALLY liking the swamps on here, like it even more when my fenders get here...

[Ol Blue K20]

The green looks great. So do the swampers on both trucks.