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09-05-2013, 03:06 PM
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A second life...as a Pete 281
Hi together!
Several months ago I got me a loveless painted and stained WEDICO conventional cab. Many many times I held it in my hands, thinking what I schould do wit it. My first idea was to convert ist to a Freightliner Classic XL, but the cab did not fit anyhow. During the last days I often searched by Google pictures and there I found the one, that would fit perfectly to this cab: A Peterbilt 281 Here is the first picture of the cab as it is fixed to the chassis. The new frontgrill and hood will be next....if I have enough sparetime for this. Maybe it woll take some time, but by and by I will work on this model.  regards Frank
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09-05-2013, 07:30 PM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Interesting
 It looks good, keep up the good work.  Are going to build an original or try to replicate the "DUEL"?   Either way, looks to be a great project.  - RCT
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09-06-2013, 02:53 AM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
I think it will get a little bit more chrome...
Thanks for the picture! 
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09-19-2013, 04:50 PM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Hi together!
After some hours in the workshop I have some pictures... Because of the narrower frontgrill I had to cut off a few inches from the WEDICO-chassis. The frame of the grill was shortened wit a milling machine and glued togeter again. It measures now 55 millimeters, that comes very close to my drawings...  A sheet of paper shows the dimensions of the hood. Later it will be made of brass or copper. I hope that I can use the old fender fom the WEDICO-conventional... 
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09-20-2013, 12:46 AM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Interesting project Frank. I'm curious to see how this turns out. The fenders could probably be used, but I think I would try to sand down the lip so that it's thinner, like the 1:1 Peterbilt 281.
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09-20-2013, 10:03 AM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Yes you are right. Later I´ll have to fill up the space between the fender and the narrower hood. The dimensions of the cab are nearly the same as on my scaled drawing. The only difference to the original will be a little edge between cab and hood, but this will be covered by the aircleaner I hope...
Here you can see it: http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...t_281_1956.jpg At my model the front of the cab is about 6 millimeters too wide. The rest should nearly fit...for cutting it in the right dimension I´m too lazy.
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09-20-2013, 10:07 AM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
The front grill will be made like this one...:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/...2e6276dd69.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5268/5...620fca92_o.jpg I will tahe a brass or aluminum plate on the milling machine with a angular cutter. Depending on the material it will be polished or chrome plated...
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regards, Frank Last edited by Grainfarmer; 09-20-2013 at 10:15 AM.
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09-20-2013, 11:00 AM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Hello Frank nice start to your Pete and I would like to point out one thing that the piece between the fender and the hood is curved or rolled and starts out high at the fender and slopes downward at the hood. Ed
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09-21-2013, 03:19 AM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Thanks for teh information! You mean this part..:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/...f37a88b44b.jpg Yes, that may become a challenge...
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03-01-2014, 07:26 PM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Nice work on the grille Frank! Sometimes it takes a while to get the motivation and ideas rolling, but the end results are always good.
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03-02-2014, 04:23 PM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
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03-02-2014, 04:52 PM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
grill looks great ..can't wait to see it finished
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03-15-2014, 05:37 PM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Hi together!
Today I found some time to get on with the Pete...Wrecking my mind to get an idea how to fix the fenders I found the solution at Wolfgangs (Seilbagger) Pete 281 project... Here are some new pictures...The fenders and bumper are just tapet to the chassis   regards Frank
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03-22-2014, 12:09 PM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
ahain some small steps ahead...
It took some help to solder the sinde pannels...:  First "test" part for the hood...:   regards Frank
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03-24-2014, 02:24 PM
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Re: A second life...as a Pete 281
Hello Frank,
welcome to the club of copperbuilder. The grill looks perfect
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