Just Another Peterbilt......Half Breed.

[Claus]

I met with Espeefan this weekend, He brought me my front springs that he did some work to and He also brought along a Wedico Peterbilt cab to see how it looked on my chassis. It actually looked pretty good, the Shapeways hood fit the cab very well except for the body line on the cab skirt. A Wedico cab is what I had planned on using all along but the $500 price tag and not being a perfect match had me looking for another option. Enter Russ. Russ and I came to a deal tonight on this here cab and hood;

Looking forward to seeing it on the chassis and making some progress but for now I will leave you with this...

[bigford]

Oooo you got the large sleeper!!

[Claus]

Originally Posted by bigford

Oooo you got the large sleeper!!

Well, I got the 60"

Goose has a 48", 60", 63" and 70" listed.

[Claus]

Those stack need some work, right now they are wider than the sleeper.

[Northern Farmer]

Originally Posted by Claus

Those stack need some work, right now they are wider than the sleeper.

Pretty easy mod with these stacks, just take a disc cutter to cut a bit off the ends to make them hug the body closer. Good progress so far

[jared31]

looking good

[bigford]

philberg can hook you up with a nice set of stacks if you want

[Claus]

I have been doing a lot of mock up work tonight, things didn't just fit together. Even though I had moved the front axle froward a bunch I still had to move it more by putting together some different front spring shackles. The sleeper is on backwards for now because I have to sand down the shroud around the walk through, it is too tight against the cab. I also need to play around with the front spring ride height. I have a bunch of extra spacers in it for now, I want to lower it some. This truck will not be a lowrider by any means but want it lower than it sits right now.
Don't worry the ugly stock bumper is not staying, just test fitting. The cab has the skirts along the bottom so my stacks won't work without notching them.

[Claus]

Moved things around and was able to get things fitting much better. Moved front bumper ahead slightly, lower ride height and got the sleeper where it is supposed to be. Really liking these body parts.

[Northern Farmer]

Nice lines! Looking good...I'm staring at your other models to

[Claus]

Originally Posted by Northern Farmer

Nice lines! Looking good...I'm staring at your other models to

Thanks Brandon! Using this body is much better than me trying to modify a king Hauler body, when it comes to body work I'm a shoemaker. As for the other models, I've been a long time toy tractor, truck and train junkie.

[Claus]

Here's a piss poor update! The Red Transmission is gone, I went with this transmission instead, wider planetary with 15:1 first gear and 10:1 second gear. The red one was 16:1 and 4:1, I doubt I ever need a 4:1 second gear.





For now I added this aluminum bumper and bumper hitch. Still thinking about one of Steve's work truck bumpers but not sure if I can get these meats to clear it. I didn't get the hitch on perfectly straight so more than likely this bumper is not staying anyways.



Waiting on more parts!

[Kausekaos]

I was really thinking about getting that grill setup but went with just the grill option again. I like the sqaure lights better. But your rig is coming together very nicely I will say.

[Claus]

Originally Posted by Kausekaos

I was really thinking about getting that grill setup but went went with just the grill option again. I like the sqaure lights better. But your rig is coming together very nicely I will say.

Thank you very much! I have double squares on my Wedico so double rounds are a good change for me.

[Just_Build_It]

I may have to use this thread for reference on my build. Your Pete is looking really good, but wat makes it a half breed, I'm just curious.

[Claus]

Originally Posted by Just_Build_It

I may have to use this thread for reference on my build. Your Pete is looking really good, but wat makes it a half breed, I'm just curious.

Thanks, when I named it that my plan was to use a Wedico Peterbilt cab. That did not happen but even still the only parts that are Tamiya right now are the frame rails, floorboards and spring shackles. Everything else is aftermarket, different brands.

[Claus]

Tekin 45T Motor, Integy 3 Speed and PMD 4:1 Reduction. The transmission is really nothing that impressive, all aluminum but it fits like the factory one, I like that.

[Claus]

I'm hoping for this truck to have some kind of a lowboy or drop deck someday, really like to get an RC4WD lowboy for it. Anyways I love my rear suspension kit but the truck always seemed a little bit soft to me in the back, I have seen on this forum where ground clearance on that lowboy is a real issue as well as the weight of that lowboy compressing all of the trucks springs. This had me thinking.......I need strong or more springs. Well, a big THANK YOU goes out to Bo Wallen who sold me an extra pair of leaf springs identical to the ones on my truck, this saved me from having to buy another rear suspension kit for parts. I took the leaf set apart, removed all of the spacers and replaced them with a second leaf of each length. I cut the second leaves off at the bend on each end so basically when it was all done my springs now have longer spacers in them which removed a lot of the flex. My springs are no taller than they were before just stiffer.

Top spring is before, bottom is after my modification.

[bigford]

It's a mutt

[Claus]

Originally Posted by bigford

It's a mutt

And getting Mutty-er!!