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  1. Jeff
    That looks so clean and professional. Nice job bud. It will be like or better than new. We will want a full review on the new parts
  2. Jeff
    Looks like an early C-4 under the cover behind and a C4 ZR1 on the other lift......
  3. Jeff
    But its full of Chevy’s !
  4. Jeff
    Just a quickie. Only 6 hours so far but she is starting to look somewhat presentable.
  5. Jeff
    I have or can make space !!!
  6. Jeff
    That is SO cool !!! I have room too. Just have to move one over
  7. Jeff
    EXACTLY,................... that is what inspires me too....and that is the basic idea of my build, a few similarities with this photo and my vision as to how my truck will look.... except I won't have the HUGE heavy duty Planitary's on the drivers as in this photo, nor will I have the water tank for the air brake system, this Canadian Kenworth looks like it has double air cleaners, and I see the luberfiner is mounted at the rear of the cab, this one appears to possibly have a v12 Detroit engine as well, and may even have an automatic transmission....... and the logging truck style headache rack and a VERY heavy haul low bed old school single air horn ( which my truck will have )and no fancy chrome clearance lights....also Roadx style heavy rubber, that I talked about in an earlier post, if you compare the tires on this truck to the one in the back ground, a stark difference..... this is a photo of a no nonsense heavy haul working off road Kenwworth, probably photographed on Vancouver Island............. I LOVE this pic, thanks Martin... GREAT stuff............ I hope I'm not boring you guys to tears with the details, obviously trucks are my passion, and it is nice to be able to share some of what I have learned and lived with most of my life.... thanks for your patience..... Jeff
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    Rob, Hubert, thanks for your kind words and great observations. It is interesting to me that, like you say, Rob , how the ‘dust’ brings out the details. I guess it must be the different shadows it can cast in different light. I suppose its akin to the preshading you guys do and that is something that has eluded my skill set. When I see what you guys do, I’m in awe and consider my self just a model ‘dabbler’ . In this case I am using my years of being around old iron most of my days. There is a little more to come. Jeff
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    I'm liking it , John.... looking forward to the next installment Jeff
  10. Jeff
    The next item required for a heavy off road haul tractor is a rear roller and 5th wheel slide.... as this particular truck is actually set up as a logging truck, but needs to be multi use, the logging rigging, ( the bunks ) were removed and a 5th wheel and roller and slide were installed so the truck can be used as already mentioned to pull a low bed to move equipment. the roller and slide really helps with backing under a trailer, and had this truck been a specific heavy haul tractor only, it probably would have had a 30 or 50 ton winch mounted behind the cab. As it is in the first pic... so aftermarket to the rescue, and I installed this fabulous piece... it required a little modification... I cut off the 'ears' for the taillights and mudflap hangers, as that particular application would not really work very well in an off road situation, so I made a pair of brackets for tail lights under the roller support gusset, which is more practical.
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    Just a little more to this....so for a heavy haul unit, as well as highway trucks, are mandated to have what is called a headache rack.... which is a 'cab guard', and the idea is obviously to protect the cab from a load impact should the truck come to a sudden stop, prior to this innovation, there had been a number of fatalities due to the loads sliding forward during a sudden stop, and crushing the cab with disastrous results, see the first photo, ( for reference only ) , so this action was not acceptable, and someone, had the brilliant idea of making a cab guard or headache rack... here in Canada it is mandated on all class 7 and 8 trucks. It has been known to save a lot of lives, and is very successful.... there are many different styles but for logging trucks it is a robust design of very heavy duty tubing, sometimes round and other times square....so my heavy haul would need a headache rack.... the one I got was an Auslowe product, from Australia model truck supplier, it was a good representation of what was needed, but I added a few extras to it, I scratch built the back up light brackets, added back up lights and some extra rear tail lights as the ones under the rear frame could not be seen with a low bed hooked up, I added a shovel bracket/ holder, chain hangers and a hook in place of the 'Pogo stick' to hang the air and electrical lines to prevent them from falling on the ground and being dragged and damaged.
  12. Jeff
    That is beautiful. Looks absolutely real. Love it Jeff
  13. Jeff
    Mike, even with all your trials and tribulations, this is still a very cool build. The true art of modelling is a joy to watch. Your mega efforts are not going unnoticed. Keep going. This is so cool Jeff
  14. Jeff
    Outstanding as always , Carl. Looks perfect Jeff
  15. Jeff
    Being a Corvette owner for over 30 years and having two of them in my garage…. This is REALLY cool. I hope he does more if them. I wish him great success Jeff
  16. Jeff
    I echo all the previous sentiments, Peter. Wish Diane a speedy recovery and very glad it wasn’t worse. Take good care of her. And you too. Jeff
  17. Jeff
    Scott………. Gorilla ‘snot’? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 now that’s funny!!!! 🤭😆
  18. Jeff
    The leather effect is eye watering good! It looks like the real deal. Thats really impressive. Jeff
  19. Jeff
    I'm lovin this !! Weathering is spot on ! Jeff
  20. Jeff
    This is rather cool !!
  21. Jeff
    Time to dust her up a bit...
  22. Jeff
    Time to mount the cab and line it up with the hood and rad.... and the fenders...and the bumper, as mentioned some care has to be taken with these old kit, to make sure everything is true and square to line up , and the end result is usually quite good, but this is still old 1980's technology.... lots of cleaning and dry fitting, like some of you guys are used to....
  23. Jeff
    Time to mount the radiator and grille and cab.... I toned down the grill by using a dull coat and then the sides were dealt with by putting 'chrome' automotive tape on and burnishing it to appear to be old aluminum, rather than chrome. roughly painted the Autocar emblem, so as not to be perfect as few of them were for very long also the top for the grille had to be scuffed to show some shiny 'chrome'.....
  24. Jeff
    Thanks for the video, Martin, I watch a lot of Diesel Creek stuff, talk about old school...... super cool.. I am doing the same clearance lights and single air horn, that is old school.... Geez, he came VERY close to burning the starter out, holy... love it when the cold engines bounce off the governors .... beautiful engine... I noticed no Front Brake Limiting valve on the dash, which tells me maybe no front brakes, and I see a Deep Reduction switch, air operated w/s wipers too... cool stuff.....
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