'64 chevy 2wd to 4wd

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

heck yeah, i do need to throw some white down the sides.
good lookin' blaze Jeffro!

X2

[dieseldawg142]

coming to fruition...
got the rest of my tires from my son, cost me a super size chicken nugget meal, still need to round up a E40 or rockwell axle for the front...
might do my '72 chev turn wrecker first, this one mite ty me up for awhile

[Ol Blue K20]

Might take a while but the concept looks awesome

[dieseldawg142]

well, hittin' snags with the peterbilt, have'nt found a front axle yet, or any kind of t-case in this scale.
i found some pics of a rockwell T-138, should be fairly strait forward to scratch one up, hoping i dont have to scratch a fr axle....


seeing how i'm not building at the moment....
if you've ever looked at any of my pics i've posted, you must have noticed how "cramped" my bench gets, actually it's the wife's table. see all the jun...-stuff piled up, somehow i just kinda pushed her off it one day. lately it's been getting real bad, my chair became a grinder bench & my work bench got pushed down to a piece of wood on top the garbage can, so....
an older pic but you get the idea


new & improved!!

[dieseldawg142]

now that it's new & improved, i just have to muck it up
finally getting around to the '72. be quicker & easier than the p-bilt, so it's next....
starting with a 20 something yr old build (early '90's), may not look it, but the white is not white anymore, decals are curling, gumby 2 piece rear wheels.....


thinking along these lines....


here we go....

[dieseldawg142]

i will need to order some more swampers for the 1 ton dually rims i'm also ordering, which is ok, 'cause i got a lot of un-easy work to do...
besides the blower hole in the hood, you can see how much susp. is going to have to go in there to make the swamps fit


but as you can really see, here's where the fun starts....
that back half is just not going to cut it, thinking loping it off behind the cab & scratching a whole new rear frame...

[dieseldawg142]

winter routine again, on the rain train, just killin' the hrs. last 3 wks we had maybe 4 or 5 days of no rain, so....
...so much for new & improved....


started hacking the 2wd junk off the "frame", & cut off the rear half


making some new frame rails. before i cut them to length, just messing around, ramp truck in the future maybe...


holes all over this thing


engine crossmember & basic frame set-up in place

[dieseldawg142]

making it fit under... also got some styrene & filler in the holes


actually fits & sits on the frame not bad, like your elbow in your ear....
haft to finalize body to frame mounts yet


not sure what color for sure yet, but leaning toward a bright red with a white stripe, & some chrome accents
just dicking around on paint, when i get what i like i'll print them into decals.
could use your help here Dale, what do you normally have wrote all over your wrecker? this is what i came up with so far, & some conspicuity tape

[Ol Blue K20]

Oh boy ....let the fun begin....what's usually on the truck is Company name, phone #, address. I like your 4x4 recovery. I had a slogan on the boom on mine. It said "you blow em..we tow em"

[dieseldawg142]

"you blow 'em we tow 'em" i like that
well this sucks, cant get no parts from my caster right now, doing re-construction (must of bought too much off him...) other than some bodywork, not a lot to do till i can get the rest of my parts.
did come across a stripper thats cheaper & works just as good...
started adding rivets to the frame

added some bolts to the sling & filling the hood. under the black on the dash was blue, when i orig. built it i was modeling it after my '68 910, but couldn't find a GMC grille, so it became what it is.

350 just aint big enough to go fish trucks out of the muck, was able to scrape together another parts box BB(it sure hurt to de-chrome & de-fin them M/T valve covers!)

[dieseldawg142]

not to hard to tell, we're in our soaker season. stuck inside bored...but who dont like lookin' at pictures?
not a truck, but it's the Intimidator, built this right after he died. was in the shop noticing how scratched & hazed the case was & how dull & shabby looking his Monte was.
was not thinking, should have took a before. added a little more detail, was able to touch up the black in a few spots, tire decals fell off, hit them with white (hand aint as steady as it used to be...), reset the decals & gave it a new coat of clear

[dieseldawg142]

even put a new coat of acrylic on the case, came out great, but cant get a good pic now cause of the glare...

[Ol Blue K20]

It's all looking great..be glad you're getting rain. We're hoping to get rain, the drought is getting kinda scary. I'm actually taking the Harley for a ride today.

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, isn't that how it goes.... we're drowning & dying for sun, & your frying hoping for rain
i hope you dont mind if i snag your slogan, wont fit on the boom, but it will fit across the front of the hood

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

yeah, isn't that how it goes.... we're drowning & dying for sun, & your frying hoping for rain
i hope you dont mind if i snag your slogan, wont fit on the boom, but it will fit across the front of the hood
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We did get a little rain here and snow at my cabin Friday and Saturday. Every little bit helps. I don't mind at all, I would like that you use it.

[dieseldawg142]

this really bites not being able to get parts.
did get some of the int. & motor done...

[Ol Blue K20]

Interior looks great and so does the engine and trans. They have a lot of detail to them. I also noticed that the big block has ramhorn marigolds. ..

[dieseldawg142]

good eye Dale! thought i could sneak them in.
like i said, running low in the parts box & cant get nothing ordered right now, so it was just using what ya got. if my caster hurry's up his reconstruction, i'll order a few sets of these & swap them out

[dieseldawg142]

yes! talk about good timing, my caster is open for buisness again.
been doing some work on the deck, added an air compressor, got some jerry cans & a few other things for it-hole in the hood is gone


added some expanded steel to the headache rack


raided my sons "too old too play with" toys & made some dollies from this old tonka


body sure was a pia. it orig had body molding that i had sanded off, but they kept "ghosting" threw the paint, which was why i prob decaled it the first time. they came threw after 6 or 7 sandings, so i sanded a divot down the trim till i KNEW they were gone, then filled in the depression with filler. took the weird vents off the headache rack, same drill as the body....
just painted, still have to detail & clear

[Ol Blue K20]

It's looking great. .. keep going. .good idea on the dollies.

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale!
what kind of stuff did you usually carry? i also got a fire ext, & a toolbox, & a bunch of chain-too much? not enuff? anything else?
sadly i cant go white stripes & lettering-printer dont print white so it will be red with black stripes & lettering (kinda sucks, really wanted white....)
just slapped my order for everything in, so a bit of a hold....but before they get here, this should be here first....yeah, i got too many projects flipping threw my mind, but these dont come up often anymore (wish they would re-issue!) & i was totally surprised by the price i won it for, & it's one of my fav kits
going to add this shortbox to it to make a longbox...

[dieseldawg142]

a little more done....

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

thanks Dale!
what kind of stuff did you usually carry? i also got a fire ext, & a toolbox, & a bunch of chain-too much? not enuff? anything else?
sadly i cant go white stripes & lettering-printer dont print white so it will be red with black stripes & lettering (kinda sucks, really wanted white....)
just slapped my order for everything in, so a bit of a hold....but before they get here, this should be here first....yeah, i got too many projects flipping threw my mind, but these dont come up often anymore (wish they would re-issue!) & i was totally surprised by the price i won it for, & it's one of my fav kits
going to add this shortbox to it to make a longbox...
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I carried a floorjack, small trashcan to hold grease sweep a Brooklyn and a square nose shovel.Yep, the rear deck could get cluttered. I edited my last response because I noticed my phone changed dollies to rookies. ......I dont think it's as smart as it thinks... it's looking great though.

[dieseldawg142]

thanks OlBlue, have'nt got nothing much done the last week, was on a big downer 'bout my mastiff passing away....
still waiting for my tires & rims for my wrecker, & (surprise, surprise!) it's raining (almost inch & a half), so i decided to start my long box conversion while i'm waiting
making lots of plasti-dust, tonight i will either have a LB or i will have wasted 2 short boxes....


a little more on the '72, your right Dale, need a broom & shovel

[dieseldawg142]

when the wife got home tonite, she was not impressed with me cutting up a new 40 buck model, was going to slap me up the side of my head if i wasted it....dodged a bullet....i think...
lots of cutting & sanding & then more sanding, & then i got a load of sanding ahead of me yet. actually missed the proper length by a 1/16", according to my rmr crew model i'm a bit short...