Project : Petico (Pepe Le Pew) it's gettin deep

[Roadmasters]

Cant wait to be filled in on the next update

[Straywolf]

Speaking of Stool Bus i think i have found the perfect paint job for your build

Mike

[ihbuilder]

LMAO Now thats 1 SHORT stool bus IDK I was gona polish the tank

[ihbuilder]

staring at this thing , an Idea to be different with a wedico pete popped into my head and I just had to see how it would look It's a little rough but just a mock up so I know how I want to proceed . I think I'm liking the 379xth look ( I think ) Now new fenders or needed and diffinately a new grill also a new scale front axle to get the hight right thats not going to happen anytime soon as I got enough on my plate
when I make the actual hood it'll be in 3 pieces panel glued and rivited ( not p rivets either) .







thanks for looking aaand more gray hairs till next time

[Bill 832]

I think that truck will be awesome! I just hop it doesn't leak like the one I was following on my motorcycle a couple of weeks ago! Thought I was following a cattle truck.....and found out it was worse!

[Stylin n profilin]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

LMAO Now thats 1 SHORT stool bus IDK I was gona polish the tank

That's right Steve...Who say's you can't polish a turd!!

[SWAGGER]

Aha, excellent. New and different. Another name company name suggestion, "R.C. Crapper"

You guys do realise that the modern flush toilet was actually revolutionised by a John Crapper? Hence where the phrase comes from.

[Brian in PA]

Looks good Steve. May I suggest that you lower the fenders a bit though.

Brian

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Brian in PA

Looks good Steve. May I suggest that you lower the fenders a bit though.

Brian

Oh those ------- things are findin a new home yea they're to high I'm starting to get the feel for making a pete ( I hope ) I only grew up around IH or mack and wished to have a W900A

[Brian in PA]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

Oh those ------- things are findin a new home yea they're to high I'm starting to get the feel for making a pete ( I hope ) I only grew up around IH or mack and wished to have a W900A

Thats alright Steve you''ll come to your senses someday JK!

Brian

[ihbuilder]

LOL, a friend once told me you wanna drive in style you get a pete , you wanna work get a IH

[Brian in PA]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

LOL, a friend once told me you wanna drive in style you get a pete , you wanna work get a IH

LOL!

[doodlebug]

Hey Steve, which Mack's have you owned or driven?
I had an RD and now a CL713
Later, Neil.

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by doodlebug

Hey Steve, which Mack's have you owned or driven?
I had an RD and now a CL713
Later, Neil.

owned "74" u685 tractor drove a DM can't remember the # long a-- hard nose w/300v8 the bigest dog I drove I never got in any post 80's the DM was a 2 stick no PS

[Dreamweaver]

Hoods, grills, wheels, tanks... Ya just need to try your hand at a few more pieces and before ya know it you'll have made a whole truck from scratch...

Looking goood.

[doodlebug]

Yah those v-8's sounded great!
Later, Neil.

[Snowman]

Wow Steve, nobody but you would attempt body work on a metal cab wedico! And I always wondered to myself if anyone had ever attempted converting the wedico 359 to a 379. This may be a world premiere! If you're making this into a long nose pete, are you still gonna make it a poop truck?? New fenders, long hood, lower axle... Sounds like a large car to me!

[ihbuilder]

yea , still a pumper but not sure on keeping the wedi chassis I was toying with doing this before I even got a hold of a wedi it's nothing new to me I remade a lot of old IH rusted out body pannels . I'm not sure I'll be the only 1 but I'm only doing this once . I thought about making a die , but for just this 1 , I'm going with the hammer and sand bag route . I might make a mini english wheel though

[doodlebug]

Hey Steve, have you considered cutting the mold & die via cnc, and using a hydraulic press to crunch out the pieces? My neighbor's make there mold's out of hardwood for 1 time use, or aluminum for multi use. Market for the corn binder's?
Later, Neil.

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by doodlebug

Hey Steve, have you considered cutting the mold & die via cnc, and using a hydraulic press to crunch out the pieces? My neighbor's make there mold's out of hardwood for 1 time use, or aluminum for multi use. Market for the corn binder's?
Later, Neil.

Neil I don't think to many people restore the old bubble nose fleetstars I did enough of them 1 of them is 3 cabs in 1 + new hammered back corners the 1st 1 I ran I put 3 549 gassers in then converted it over to diesel with a 466B then rebuilt that motor before the frame rotted through at the tandems its now a single axle . still has the best cab in the fleet next to my 2070A . the 3 cabs in 1 has yet to get back together My dad is hoping to put it on a s1900 frame before he passes to put my 1st back together , to complete the old fleet . If he doesn't I will in my spare time