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Tamiya Cowboy
08-13-2010, 03:21 PM
Well some of you older members might remember when I got this truck and rebuilt it the first time. I went ahead and started my rebuild of my first truck. I still have to do the back light plate and deck plate and punisher shafts before I can paint the frame. Then I am going to install the MFU and put the body back on it while I modd another new body for it. I am not sure if I am going to change the tanks and steps I kind of like that old school look on this one..

BEFORE

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/IM002735.jpg

AFTER

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Tamiya Cowboy
08-13-2010, 03:22 PM
Just Finished today is the newly rebuilt Green Pete.This is a truck I first got 6 years ago as a basket case. I have made new stacks, Bird Screen in the air cleaners, Air Clean lights, New light plate in the rear, Custom 4 inch stretch with smooth deck plate, Front fender mud flaps and Brass CB Whips, Rear sleeper window and sleeper lights, Also cattle guard 2 Punisher shafts with carrier bearing and GI JOE "Cowboy" at the wheel, Full Tamiya Alum Rims, Truck has Full MFU all in the cab with extra street glow lights. All paint is Mono Chrome PPG with PPG clear.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/IMG_1967.jpg
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Tamiya Cowboy
08-13-2010, 03:23 PM
Top Row Parking Lights Middle Row Parking and Break Lights with the 2 outside lights amber Blinkers and Bottom 2 Rev Lights
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/IMG_1971.jpg
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Tamiya Cowboy
08-13-2010, 11:28 PM
Here is a updated pick of the truck with Jons new stacks on it and also new steps and wedico tanks and also some custom steps behind the cab.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/IMG_0779.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/IMG_0780.jpg
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http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/IMG_0783.jpg

I have a new proto type bumper coming for it and I have new RC4WD tires on the rear so i will update it again here soon. Ooh I also have new 10 hole rims for it too. Pick to come soon.

Stylin n profilin
08-13-2010, 11:32 PM
Sweet stacks Paul..:D:D

Roadmasters
08-13-2010, 11:33 PM
looks great paul! Ive been waiting for someone to post up mounted pics of RC4WD's new tires

Stylin n profilin
08-13-2010, 11:42 PM
nothing finer then an old 359er!!:rolleyes:

fhhhstix
08-14-2010, 03:52 PM
Am I seeing things or does that truck have green lights that shine down to the ground?

Tamiya Cowboy
08-14-2010, 05:22 PM
Thanks for the great comments guys and Travy it does have green ground lights under it..

dirtpusher9
08-14-2010, 05:33 PM
WOW, didn't think it could look any better and then BLAMO.

RAIDERS
08-14-2010, 05:36 PM
nice king!!!

fhhhstix
08-14-2010, 05:38 PM
Cool I wasn't shure if I needed to get some new glasses.

Tamiya Cowboy
08-14-2010, 05:51 PM
No travy your eyes are good and thanks much Raiders and Joe I know you are a 359 man keep a look out I am redoing the cab to make it look like a pete and keeping the colors and strips but new cab.

JAMMER
08-14-2010, 08:18 PM
Paul I like what you did with this a lot. Ed

Tamiya Cowboy
08-16-2010, 10:52 AM
Paul I like what you did with this a lot. Ed\

Thanks Ed keep a look out I have new goodies coming from Steve for this truck this week so picks to come.

Tamiya Cowboy
08-21-2010, 10:57 PM
Ok boys here we go with another little update on the old truck. Today I put on IHbuilders NEW Alcoa 10 hole 10 lug wheels all the way around. Also a new box bumper with blinkers on the bottom outside corners and Brian in PA's new alum Pete steps with air tanks on them and to top off the new rims RC4WD new tires.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/021.jpg
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ddc333
08-21-2010, 11:49 PM
Paul I don't know if you can answer this but how do the rc4wd tyres compare tread wise to the Carson cross force ones

Tamiya Cowboy
08-21-2010, 11:56 PM
Paul I don't know if you can answer this but how do the rc4wd tyres compare tread wise to the Carson cross force ones

They dont have the heavy tread the Carson ones do but the compound is much better but the scale look of the carson is better by far.

fhhhstix
08-22-2010, 01:26 AM
Paul the rims look fantastic and I bet it was worth the wait.

MadMax
08-22-2010, 05:17 AM
They are some very nice looking rim's, and if it was me i would give them i high polish :cool:

Steve.

ddc333
08-22-2010, 05:30 AM
thanks Paul

JAMMER
08-22-2010, 09:30 AM
Paul all the add on really make for a nice build looks good. Ed

SmallHaul
08-22-2010, 10:23 AM
Great looking Rig!

Those rims really look nice too.

sneaky-pete
08-22-2010, 05:00 PM
I got rims in too,they are super cool!:eek:

Pics don't do them justice do they? :D

Tamiya Cowboy
08-24-2010, 10:56 PM
I got rims in too,they are super cool!:eek:

Pics don't do them justice do they? :D

You are right they are a work of art I would say.

GlobelinerBrad
08-25-2010, 12:12 AM
Sweet updates...Awesome job Paul!

Ace Trucker
08-29-2010, 09:13 PM
wow that is a really cool looking pete

Tamiya Cowboy
08-29-2010, 10:21 PM
Thanks Much Brad and Ace Trucker..

cummingsman29
08-29-2010, 10:24 PM
All the new parts on this rig are super! Did you make the front bumper and do the blinkers work?

Tamiya Cowboy
08-29-2010, 10:29 PM
All the new parts on this rig are super! Did you make the front bumper and do the blinkers work?

Thanks Much Donny. The front bumper was a Idea of mine and this is the prototype I have 2 more comming and they should be the finish product. I drilled the blinkers in I do not have them hooked up yet but I will soon.

cummingsman29
08-30-2010, 08:08 AM
Sweet ,If you start making extra's let me know!

Tamiya Cowboy
09-02-2010, 07:48 PM
Hey can do Donny I am sure that they will be available in the store when it is opened.

Ace Trucker
09-04-2010, 01:26 PM
really nice pete now i really can not wait until i get a truck

Diesel Demond
09-05-2010, 02:12 PM
Those rims half got to be the sickest rims out there and wrapped in those new tires look reel good. I also love that front bumper with the corner lights. Great remodel. But then to be pulling your cattle pot on top of that daaaaammmmnnn!!! Cant waite to see it in kasson. You better bring it then im gonna slip you a roofie and take it.

Espeefan
09-05-2010, 04:34 PM
I the rims and bumper, Paul. Makes for a sharp looking truck, that's for sure. After seeing all these trucks with stretched frames, the stock frames look so short it's silly!

TINY-TRUCKER
09-05-2010, 09:03 PM
Hi i have two word`s for you very nice :D:D:D
cheers Paul
tiny trucker

Tamiya Cowboy
09-06-2010, 05:29 PM
really nice pete now i really can not wait until i get a truck

Thanks Much Ace

Those rims half got to be the sickest rims out there and wrapped in those new tires look reel good. I also love that front bumper with the corner lights. Great remodel. But then to be pulling your cattle pot on top of that daaaaammmmnnn!!! Cant wait to see it in kasson. You better bring it then im gonna slip you a roofie and take it.\

LOL Thanks Much Cory! :D

I the rims and bumper, Paul. Makes for a sharp looking truck, that's for sure. After seeing all these trucks with stretched frames, the stock frames look so short it's silly!

LOL did not take long to get you to see why Longer is better..:D Thanks for the comments Nate..

Hi i have two word`s for you very nice :D:D:D
cheers Paul
tiny trucker

Thanks much TT!

Darkrider
03-20-2011, 06:29 PM
Sorry for diggin this up but nice truck man! How long are the chassis rails on it?

Tamiya Cowboy
03-22-2011, 07:57 PM
Sorry about that I missed this the rails are 26 1/2 long on the truck.. Make sure you get the good frame rails from Freddy..

Tamiya Cowboy
07-30-2011, 10:08 PM
Ok I have said I was going to do this someday and Jon talked me into it so here we go. Jon did all the body and paint work for me and it is flawless just like the wife's truck so if you can do it your self ask Jon..LOL ok got my plug for Jon out of the way..

The 359 is NOW a 379EX with a new color of Green with more gold flake in it.. The color is deeper and pops more in the sun light. Other little bits I had Jon repaint the hole frame work too just tore it down and shipped it to him for paint. Also added a custom bumper Russ made me with Lynn's lights in it and a Set of IH Builders air cleaners and some new mud flaps with weights and it was done. I also pieced a KH decal kit together to work on the new body..

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/004-36.jpg
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http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/011-17.jpg

Working Class meets Show Baby..
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Claus
07-30-2011, 10:34 PM
Very nice!! Where's the cattle trailer?

Claus
07-30-2011, 10:43 PM
Paul is that a Wedico sleeper? Looks great!

gun
07-30-2011, 10:54 PM
Wow paul you sure have some of the most bad azz trucks on the board ! Makes me jealous and I hope my truck is half the truck yours are !!! Nice work ( perfection)

Espeefan
07-30-2011, 10:59 PM
I'm glad you finally shaved the headlight buckets! That's one of the bigger changes that help make a KH look like a Pete. Very cool. Nice to follow the transformation all along the way. I also think it's nice you kept the stripes. Kind of like keeping some of the truck's origins.

Tamiya Cowboy
07-30-2011, 11:31 PM
Very nice!! Where's the cattle trailer?

It is camped out on the shelf sun was setting and I was alone moving the trucks..

Paul is that a Wedico sleeper? Looks great!

No it is the stock sleeper redone the right way Jon "Styln n Profiln" did all the body work and paint.Thanks Much..

Wow paul you sure have some of the most bad azz trucks on the board ! Makes me jealous and I hope my truck is half the truck yours are !!! Nice work ( perfection)

Thanks Much Shane but there are some crazy sick rigs on here including yours I am just trying to keep up..

I'm glad you finally shaved the headlight buckets! That's one of the bigger changes that help make a KH look like a Pete. Very cool. Nice to follow the transformation all along the way. I also think it's nice you kept the stripes. Kind of like keeping some of the truck's origins.

Thanks Much Nate I knew you would like the old school stripe on the truck.. The lights were not shaved it is a hole new hood sides and fenders Styln n Profiln did all the body work and paint for me..

Hos1880
07-31-2011, 01:43 PM
Paul,

now that is one sweet rebuild of the green pete fits in perfectly.

Merritt

RAIDERS
07-31-2011, 02:09 PM
Paul that turned out freakin sweet....The headlights look **** good also...

Exthood359
07-31-2011, 05:54 PM
Paul,

The picture with the corner of the building in it if I did not know any better I thought I was looking at a pic out of the truck paper................

The mods this go around made that unit POP.................

Can't wait to see it hooked up to the cow taxi........

AWESOME

Tamiya Cowboy
07-31-2011, 06:58 PM
Paul,

now that is one sweet rebuild of the green pete fits in perfectly.

Merritt

Thanks much Mert!! Thanks for your help hooking me up with a extra set of decals too.

Paul that turned out freakin sweet....The headlights look **** good also...

Thanks Man! Ill get some vid of the blinkers working I mounted them threw the top of the light like some have..

Paul,

The picture with the corner of the building in it if I did not know any better I thought I was looking at a pic out of the truck paper................

The mods this go around made that unit POP.................

Can't wait to see it hooked up to the cow taxi........

AWESOME

Wade you know that your comments mean a ton to me with your total knowledge of trucks and the industry you word is gold man thanks much..

ihbuilder
07-31-2011, 07:53 PM
Paul , Wade said it :eek: thats as real as they get , short of a working kitty under the hood :eek::cool:

Tamiya Cowboy
08-01-2011, 08:38 AM
Paul , Wade said it :eek: thats as real as they get , short of a working kitty under the hood :eek::cool:

Thanks much Steve.. As soon as I get my LED's in Ill have some more picks maybe a video if my slow internet will upload it..

sneaky-pete
08-01-2011, 09:53 AM
Nice rig Paul,I was wondering when you were going to rebuild this one!

Tamiya Cowboy
08-01-2011, 08:47 PM
Thanks much for all the great comments guys.. Wade 359 ExHood ask for a side by side of what the truck looked like 10 years ago and the new over haul.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/IM002735.jpg


http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/004-36.jpg

petermoblin
08-01-2011, 10:08 PM
Wow Paul, You did an amazing job. Wish I could be there to see it this fall at the show.

Pippoe
08-02-2011, 12:44 PM
Fantastic job. I like how you nailed the proportions on this truck: not to long and not to short. ...that and the round headlights combined with the square bumper. Perfect!

Cheers

Pip

hawgfanman
08-02-2011, 02:02 PM
I may have missed it, but where are those new headlights from?

fhhhstix
08-02-2011, 07:14 PM
I may have missed it, but where are those new headlights from?

The head lights are from Tamiya.

Travis

Tamiya Cowboy
08-06-2011, 12:42 AM
Thanks much for the great comments guys.. Travis is right the lights are from Tamiya.

Bsorenson79
08-06-2011, 07:54 AM
Hello Paul! I'm a newbie here. First off awsome truck! Did you make the deck plate. Also I see all these Pete emblems. I search every where for them. I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction where to get them.

Tamiya Cowboy
08-06-2011, 07:59 AM
Hello Paul! I'm a newbie here. First off awsome truck! Did you make the deck plate. Also I see all these Pete emblems. I search every where for them. I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction where to get them.

Thanks for the great comment.. The deck plate I did make it is just think Alum sheered and bent to fit. The pete logo you can get from garden trucking "PMD" I think they are 7.00 dollars each..

http://www.gardentrucking.com/

Bsorenson79
08-06-2011, 05:47 PM
Thanks for the great comment.. The deck plate I did make it is just think Alum sheered and bent to fit. The pete logo you can get from garden trucking "PMD" I think they are 7.00 dollars each..

http://www.gardentrucking.com/





Yea I've been looking and ordering from there, I just can't seem to find them. LOL. I'm sure I go right past them and don't see them. Thank You!!

fhhhstix
08-06-2011, 05:55 PM
Yea I've been looking and ordering from there, I just can't seem to find them. LOL. I'm sure I go right past them and don't see them. Thank You!!

Try this link. Click Here (http://www.gardentrucking.com/products.tpl?action=Search&cart=13126677959934574&max=10&eqMAJORCATEGORYdatarq=products&Titlesumm=t&Titlesort=1&group1field=SKU%2BPartline%2BCategory%2BTitle&wsgroup1datarq=emblem&x=11&y=11)

Travis

Bsorenson79
08-06-2011, 05:58 PM
Yea I've been looking and ordering from there, I just can't seem to find them. LOL. I'm sure I go right past them and don't see them. Thank You!!

I actually just found it. Thank you for your the help!

BRICKNICK
08-07-2011, 12:44 PM
****, I have a plan for my truck, then i see this old school lookin Pete conversion,. and nakes me second guess my build plans, and Go with my original build idea of an old school 359 Pete exhood. Truck lioks amazing, those photos of it looks like a photo shoot for a **** calendar. Shell mini super rigs LOL

Tamiya Cowboy
08-07-2011, 06:43 PM
****, I have a plan for my truck, then i see this old school looking Pete conversion,. and makes me second guess my build plans, and Go with my original build idea of an old school 359 Pete exhood. Truck lioks amazing, those photos of it looks like a photo shoot for a **** calendar. Shell mini super rigs LOL

Hey thanks for the great comment! You know your first idea is usually your best idea to go with? So :confused:

mustanggal2005
08-15-2011, 05:28 AM
Tamiya,
For a old truck this this sure looks real nice.

Amanda

Tamiya Cowboy
08-15-2011, 06:01 PM
Tamiya,
For a old truck this this sure looks real nice.

Amanda

Hey thanks much Erica.. :eek:

Tamiya Cowboy
02-03-2013, 10:29 AM
Well since I redid this truck almost 2 years ago now it has never been finished and the MFU went crazy on me so with some great help from Mr. Robbert we got that fix and I got my sleeper lights done and my light bar working it has 4 parking lights on each side along with 4 working break lights and blinkers. Sorry the video is a little tuff it is hard to run the cam and truck at the same time and make sure it dont go off the bench.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsBhbrItpjY&list=HL1359920962

Diesel Demond
02-03-2013, 12:52 PM
**** that truck just gets better and better when you think it cant get better. those lights are bad a$$. next time get joe to hold the camera or give him a knuckle sandwich!

Tamiya Cowboy
02-09-2013, 05:52 PM
**** that truck just gets better and better when you think it cant get better. those lights are bad a$$. next time get Joe to hold the camera or give him a knuckle sandwich!



Thanks Cory I am happy with the way the bumper works now I can wire up my other ones..

dabears
02-09-2013, 05:54 PM
Awesome!! Thats how i wish mine were

Tamiya Cowboy
02-09-2013, 05:58 PM
Awesome!! Thats how i wish mine were


;) Thanks much Aaron I got caught up in the moment when I was doing it so I did not get picks BUT I have 5 more of these lights bars to wire so Ill get good picks on how I did it..

Claus
03-10-2016, 10:59 PM
It doesn't get any better than this.
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Tamiya Cowboy
03-14-2016, 08:32 PM
It doesn't get any better than this.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/008-26.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/009-22.jpg

Thanks much Claus this is one of my Favs because if I could build one to run it would look alot like this one..