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Old 03-06-2014, 09:58 PM
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Talking Old School KW A Model...

Well months ago I was very very lucky to be able to pick up Sneeky's Bad A$$ Kw A Model he built a few years ago. I just love the great stance he gave this truck plus the amazing body he built that it was a must have. Now I have no plans on changing really anything but a few parts on the truck and to get a set of IHB's awesome wheels for it to finish it off. I am just going to do a quick freshening up of the truck and lighting.








Now I picked up some parts from True Scale for the truck. I went old school with one of Russ's Valley Chrome edition 22/20 drop bumpers for the front and a 2 light light plate for the rear a set of stack brackets to get the stacks moved back and a new set of tanks from Russ with rounded ends it has Russ's pointed ones on it just not the look I am wanting for the truck. I am also going to fix any extra screw holes in the frame and use the Scale Bolts and put the deck plate in between the rails instead of on top and then just a respray on the frame and that's it..


Now for whats in the left side of the pick. The day cab look is awesome on this truck but I also thin the 46" Mercury sleeper would look killer on it so I am setting it up so it can be both a day cab and a sleeper truck. This is one of two different Mercury sleepers I had Russ make me "I'll post the other one with another build soon". I picked out of bunch of different picks of sleepers to get the patterns I wanted and Russ made it happen for me so here are some up close pics of it..








Ok thats it for now I got my parts unpolished so I got some polishing to do on parts so I can start mounting them before I repaint the frame quick..

More to come soon..


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Old 03-06-2014, 10:22 PM
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Congrats on the KW. Love that sleeper. Perfect old school touch. Hands down best looking truck I've seen.
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that sleeper is bad a$$ can't believe the detail, Russ you da man!!!! As always Paul It's your vision and skills are what makes your trucks awesome!!! Congrats

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Old 03-06-2014, 10:54 PM
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That is a fantastic sleeper.. Russ put some amazing detail into it.. That will make that KW very OLD SCHOOL.. It will be a great looking truck Paul...


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Old 03-06-2014, 11:35 PM
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you lucky s.o.b!!!
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always loved that truck!! parts look great! never personally liked the shiny sleepers but it kinda looks good on this one.
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Old 03-07-2014, 12:52 AM
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i like it a lot think mainly cause of how simplistic it looked.
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Lucky you, Paul! That's one of my favorite Kenworth builds on the forum. I love that sleeper, but I'm not sure I love it on the truck. When I see a sleeper like that I tend to think of earlier models, from the 50's, but don't let me stop you! That is some incredible machining. Are the rivets raised, or are they drilled into the aluminum with a counter sink type center drill? It looks killer. I also like the tapered front bumper. That will be a nice change.
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Old 03-07-2014, 03:21 AM
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yes sir..lovin that bunk...you find all the good deals on trucks..man..lol.i either have to move closer to you or tap your phone lines
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Love the old school sleeper paul
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I think that sleeper is very cool...a first in our hobby for sure...love seeing more old school classic looking trucks...it also looks like you could find a easy way to moun the bunk to allow you to interchange the truck from a day cab to a sleeper...
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What else can be said but WOW!!!
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Really nice! Thanks for sharing.
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That is going to look cool with the new parts on it!
I love the sleeper and think it will look killer when done!
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You lucky dog Paul! I really like this rig and can't wait to see how she looks when your done.

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Congrats on the KW. Love that sleeper. Perfect old school touch. Hands down best looking truck I've seen.
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that sleeper is bad a$$ can't believe the detail, Russ you da man!!!! As always Paul It's your vision and skills are what makes your trucks awesome!!! Congrats
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That is a fantastic sleeper.. Russ put some amazing detail into it.. That will make that KW very OLD SCHOOL.. It will be a great looking truck Paul...

Thank you Wayne.
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always loved that truck!! parts look great! never personally liked the shiny sleepers but it kinda looks good on this one.
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i like it a lot think mainly cause of how simplistic it looked.
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Lucky you, Paul! That's one of my favorite Kenworth builds on the forum. I love that sleeper, but I'm not sure I love it on the truck. When I see a sleeper like that I tend to think of earlier models, from the 50's, but don't let me stop you! That is some incredible machining. Are the rivets raised, or are they drilled into the aluminum with a counter sink type center drill? It looks killer. I also like the tapered front bumper. That will be a nice change.
Nate the hay day for Mercury sleepers was 65 threw late 70's they made food truck bodys before that.. The rivets are counter drilled..

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yes sir..lovin that bunk...you find all the good deals on trucks..man..lol.i either have to move closer to you or tap your phone lines
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Love the old school sleeper paul
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I think that sleeper is very cool...a first in our hobby for sure...love seeing more old school classic looking trucks...it also looks like you could find a easy way to moun the bunk to allow you to interchange the truck from a day cab to a sleeper...
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What else can be said but WOW!!!
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Really nice! Thanks for sharing.
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That is going to look cool with the new parts on it!
I love the sleeper and think it will look killer when done!
Thank you Troy I was hoping you would approve of what I was doing I did not want to change it much it all just a bit but still have it as a day cab as I love that look..

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You lucky dog Paul! I really like this rig and can't wait to see how she looks when your done.

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Thank you very much Mario..

Thanks guys wow that means a lot to me. I was not sure if many would like it..
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awesome! love the old school look!
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**** Paul you ended up with one of the sweetest tractors ever on this forum. So now between your red kw w900a n this kw you have my two favorite w900 builds ever. Lucky man.
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Exactly the kind of style I want for my 1st build, looks great!
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Ok guys Thanks for all the comments I have had this done for sometime and I have for got to do the update picks so here they are...










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