Post by zbuckster on Apr 1, 2010 8:58:20 GMT -8
This is a model of my sons truck. He has owned the truck since he was in high school. He is now almost 40. Claims he will be buried in it. I told him as long as I don't have to dig the hole I don't care. When he got found it it was sitting on the back row of a car lot in Phenix City, Alabama. It was so rusty you could see through it. Over the years he built the truck and it ended up as a drag race only truck. He raced it in the B&M series and made enough points to put it in the Million Dollar race in Mephis, Tenn.
The model was built using a Revell truck for the frame and a Monogram kit for the body. I opened up the grille, added front suspension from the junk yard. The kit had a straight bar front axel which these trucks never did. The exhaust system is aluminum tubing as is the drive line. I added complete brake system plumbing, battery cables, fuel lines and spark plug wires. The hardest part of the build was doing the hood. Right after he got it painted (he was very proud) the hood flew off the truck going down the strip. It landed on the hood scoop and cracked it. He took it home and tried to fix it using a fiber glass repair kit from Walmart and a poof can of spray paint. I cracked the hood scoop and then left it not to sweet. When I told him I was building his truck the first thing he said was at least it will have a nice hood. I just laughed. Here it is.
Thsi picture ewas taken at Montgomery Alabama.
Here is my rendering.
Hope you enjoy the view as much as I enjoyed the build. All comments and questions are welcome.
The model was built using a Revell truck for the frame and a Monogram kit for the body. I opened up the grille, added front suspension from the junk yard. The kit had a straight bar front axel which these trucks never did. The exhaust system is aluminum tubing as is the drive line. I added complete brake system plumbing, battery cables, fuel lines and spark plug wires. The hardest part of the build was doing the hood. Right after he got it painted (he was very proud) the hood flew off the truck going down the strip. It landed on the hood scoop and cracked it. He took it home and tried to fix it using a fiber glass repair kit from Walmart and a poof can of spray paint. I cracked the hood scoop and then left it not to sweet. When I told him I was building his truck the first thing he said was at least it will have a nice hood. I just laughed. Here it is.
Thsi picture ewas taken at Montgomery Alabama.
Here is my rendering.
Hope you enjoy the view as much as I enjoyed the build. All comments and questions are welcome.