Tilt nose Pete 379

[Kaf343]

Just finished this Pete 379 for my buddy who paints most of my trucks, he wanted a nice looking daily runner that a working man would be proud of. He wanted the tilt nose with an exposed engine and lights but not to many, that was the hardest part for me, lol. I wanted to add more lights. Steve's rims and front bumper, rods visor, PMD breathers, Brian's grille. Paint and fenders are by Bob.

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Oh and we added smoke

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[rctrucker2]

OMG, that is gorgeous! Great job! Where is the electric motor? Is there an MFU in the cab?

[Kaf343]

OMG, that is gorgeous! Great job! Where is the electric motor? Is there an MFU in the cab?

I used a R2 Trans with a 27 turn motor and yes it has a full MFU in it as well along with a Pico switch to control the smoke and a battle switch to control the aux lights.

Thanks RCtrucker2

[dabears]

Nice looking Pete!!!

[Supermario]

Another beauty from the Keith camp ! :)
Very nice work. Air bags all around I see ! :cool:
Is that tail light plate from PMD? Looks good with the tapered rails.

Mario

[Kaf343]

Nice looking Pete!!!

Thanks Aaron.

Another beauty from the Keith camp ! :)
Very nice work. Air bags all around I see ! :cool:
Is that tail light plate from PMD? Looks good with the tapered rails.

Mario

Thanks Mario, yep it's a PMD tail plate and Russ's air ride all around.

[Kaf343]

A better pic of the smoke

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q564/kaf343/Bondo%20Pete/378c58a5b2c0b4ad21944d4f2b1ac9fa.jpg

[Lmackattack]

truck looks fantastic....But you better get that bad injector looked at. LOL!

Nice work on the build!

[flatdeck]

Very Nice..

Wayne

[Diesel Demond]

man thats a sweet truck very nice!

[bigford]

white smoke looks more like water getting into the cylinder
great build..
Now I see the problem there is no radiator under the hood
head is most likely cracked

[Kausekaos]

Great work man

[Espeefan]

Wow, I like this one! I think it's my favorite that you have built. Maybe this one and the Triple 3. The only thing I would change is the air cleaners, or just the intake screens.

[Cossett]

The smoke coming out the stacks is cool.
Have you got any pics of the hing and how you mounted it ?

Cheers Tracy

[Grainfarmer]

WOW! Fantastic conversion! :D

[glorydays24]

Amazing looking truck.:D:cool: I love everything about it. I do have a question, what smoke generator did you use, and do you have pic's of it hooked up? I'm wanting to add one to one of mine.

Thanx, Big John

[Exclusive RC]

You know I'm a Cat and Pete fanatic! Perfect combo, good job bud!

[cabrover]

Very nice build Keith. Love the look!!:D

Tim

[Kaf343]

truck looks fantastic....But you better get that bad injector looked at. LOL!

Nice work on the build!

Thanks, lol, yeah needs a cleaning for sure.

Very Nice..

Wayne

Thanks Wayne.

man thats a sweet truck very nice!

Thanks Corey.

white smoke looks more like water getting into the cylinder
great build..
Now I see the problem there is no radiator under the hood
head is most likely cracked

Thanks. Yeah the guy I built it for is going to detail under the hood so maybe he'll get the smoke under control.

Great work man

Thanks bud.

Wow, I like this one! I think it's my favorite that you have built. Maybe this one and the Triple 3. The only thing I would change is the air cleaners, or just the intake screens.

Thanks, yeah I suggested he go with another set of breathers to clean it up but he had them already.

The smoke coming out the stacks is cool.
Have you got any pics of the hing and how you mounted it ?

Cheers Tracy

Thanks Tracy, the hood hinge?

WOW! Fantastic conversion! :D

Thanks.

Amazing looking truck.:D:cool: I love everything about it. I do have a question, what smoke generator did you use, and do you have pic's of it hooked up? I'm wanting to add one to one of mine.

Thanx, Big John

Thanks Big John. It's a set of Seuthe no. 5 smoke units that I wired through a Pico switch. As you can imagine I was running out of room inside the truck so I installed one in each stack, it allows access to fill them with the smoke fluid easier as well.


I filled them down to fit snugly in the stack.
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You know I'm a Cat and Pete fanatic! Perfect combo, good job bud!

Thanks bud, glad you like it.

Very nice build Keith. Love the look!!:D

Tim

Thanks Tim.

[Straywolf]

Beautiful Rig, excellent work. Do you have any how to's or picture's of how you did the hood hinge? Again excellent work!!!!

Mike

[PaulNZ]

Great looking truck, the paint is perfect! nice work

[Kaf343]

Beautiful Rig, excellent work. Do you have any how to's or picture's of how you did the hood hinge? Again excellent work!!!!

Mike

Thanks Mike,

I'll post some pics of the hood hinge, I use brass flat plate 1/2" x 2" bent to 90degrees, solder a piece of 1/8" ID tube to it, drill and tap the bottom of the grille and mount the plate to the grille. Then I use two pieces of brass 1/4" x 1" with three holes drilled in them, mount the two pieces to the front spring hanger and then use a 2-1/2" piece of brass rod to slide thru all three pieces. The bottom of the grille needs to be notched a bit as well.

[PaulNZ]

Thanks Mike,

I'll post some pics of the hood hinge, I use brass flat plate 1/2" x 2" bent to 90degrees, solder a piece of 1/8" ID tube to it, drill and tap the bottom of the grille and mount the plate to the grille. Then I use two pieces of brass 1/4" x 1" with three holes drilled in them, mount the two pieces to the front spring hanger and then use a 2-1/2" piece of brass rod to slide thru all three pieces. The bottom of the grille needs to be notched a bit as well.

Great work with the tilting Hood, how close are the guards to the air cleaners when you tilt it? have you lengthened the bonnet?

cheers
Paul

[Kaf343]

Great work with the tilting Hood, how close are the guards to the air cleaners when you tilt it? have you lengthened the bonnet?

cheers
Paul

Paul, the hood and breathers clear each other when tilting. The hood was not lengthened.

[PaulNZ]

Paul, the hood and breathers clear each other when tilting. The hood was not lengthened.

I think the difference must be the guards as I can not tilt the hood with the air cleaners on as the guards catch the bottom of them. My solution is to lengthen the Hood 20mm, this will make it more scale to the truck I am building anyway.

Cheers for the reply........ps: great trucks!

[BRICKNICK]

Gorgeous Pete Keith, great job.

[#Hauler]

WOW!!! She sure is pretty! great craftmanship your and artist.

[Kaf343]

I think the difference must be the guards as I can not tilt the hood with the air cleaners on as the guards catch the bottom of them. My solution is to lengthen the Hood 20mm, this will make it more scale to the truck I am building anyway.

Cheers for the reply........ps: great trucks!

Thanks Paul

Gorgeous Pete Keith, great job.

Thanks Nick

WOW!!! She sure is pretty! great craftmanship your and artist.

Thanks for the complement.

[carman29906]

Where did you get the grill from, do the headlights come with the grill?

[carman29906]

Nice build though.

[The Wurst]

Beautiful build. Love the details!

Great job!

Brian

[BRICKNICK]

Where did you get the grill from, do the headlights come with the grill?

Im pretty sure the grill is one from a memeber on here who made some pretty awesome grills. His name is Brian in Pa. Im not sure if brian is still making them. I do have one and they are awesome. And no the headlights dont come on that pr most grills, unless they are the ebay ones made in china. Which still look nice also. Im pretty sure keith got the head lights from rick at PMD his website is www.gardentrucking.com and he is a vendor on this forum.