Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

I had started this a while ago and well frankly I could use some thoughts....so I won't bore you with the chassis build pics but here goes....

standard rear of the king hauler....
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0419.jpg

my conversion - picked up the center plate on a trade
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0420.jpg

picked up these pete styled fenders from S&P here on the board.... alittle sanding and trimming and their looking real good...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0422.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0423.jpg

Choping the cab fenders off....

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0421.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0424.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0425.jpg

had to do a test fit of the cab -
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0426.jpg

here's where I have the cab now .... moved the front axel forward and lowered the cab a bit....
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0437.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0438.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0439.jpg

some PMD tanks I had from some other trading...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0427.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0431.jpg

standard steps with some air tanks that were in a trade...
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/IMG_0436.jpg

what ya think so far??? Thanks for lookin..

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Always a fan of your work

Great Job So far


Alfy

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

WOW! that's all i got is WOW!

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Looks great!!! You are good my friend.

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

looks good, please tell me where do you guys get those realistic looking tires from love the look of the drives they look so real

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

nice work on the day cab Izzy

I got mine off ebay.co.uk, item No. 190609765954

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...k/GEDC0084.jpg

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Nice start, Izzy. Any hints as to what you are going for???

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Awsome truck Izzy ! I like the fenders

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Great start! The fenders are really nice. We never see many photos of them, in a raw state, or slightly cleaned up and sanded. It's the best way to make a King Hauler a Peterbilt. Looking forward to this project!

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Very nice I love the rear suspension awsome:cool::cool::cool:

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Looks real good Izzy

Tony

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

off to a good start.. i really like the black rim and nice job on the fenders

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Great start! Love all the references to trading! Great way to get stuff you need!

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

as always , nice work Izzy

I noticed here a problem
on the suspension photo from our UK trucker Brel

Brel , do I see this correct and you use a solid drive-shaft ( no length-adjustment ) instead of the original dog-bone for your rear axles ?

You can not do that , you gone put your suspension in a bind .
If you want to do this you need to replace the lower control-arms from at least one axle
and replace them with something what has a variable length , like a shock

check out this link here ,
http://www.customrcmodels.com/Trucks/new_6wd_project.htm
it shows one of my 6WD builds
and pay close attention to the photos how I did the rear-axle suspension

http://www.customrcmodels.com/Trucks/7f1902c0.jpg

Willy
CustomRCmodels

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Nice work looks great.

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Looks great so far Chris! Any idea on color?

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Willy, I believe that is a rc4wd shaft in-between the axles and it has a slip yoke in it. Don't quote me on that, but it looks just like the one I looked at yesterday on the rc4wd website and it says it can be used for the semis:D

Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy
 

Now that is interesting .. I just looked at that too …
Guess you are right , that could be it , since by the dimensions they list there it should fit/work .
Good find ! Must be a new item …guess I need to get me a set and check it out .
I am wondering how it’s done , if it can fall apart when you excide these 50mm length ?

What irritates me on the UK-trucker photo is that the u-joints are lined up so strange ,
not even , not 90 degrees offset , just a few degrees offset

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the truck is looking good Izzy what color you going to paint it ?:confused: