Post by scones78 on Mar 28, 2008 22:22:07 GMT -5
here is the t600 i mentioned in the t904"big blue" thread,built some time back its a little dusty and needs a few little repairs and a few little bits and pieces reattached,
this started life as an ebay glue bomb which i bought,i stripped it down,a quick soak in caustic to remove the enamel paint,filled the grille to the bonnet,filled the rh peep window and cut out a new one on the lhs,daylite doors ,next came the chassis,first thing to go was the old walking beam rear i swapped in an 8 bag rear from an old built up aero awaiting rebuild,i also borrowed the front axle and wheels from it too,the parts from the t600 i will use when i do the aero,i made up a new mount for the turntable as i didnt want a slider added mounts for quad tanks,the chassis i painted i a deep maroon,the cab is painted in gunmetal and stripes are painted,the engine i cleaned up,added a new trans and did away with the aux box,the wheels were added from the donor aero and i fitted some of my drive caps to them as well,the rear tailight bar is made from plastruct,the alloy rear gauards i made from alloy sheetr rolled around a caulking tube mounts are plastruct,a scrap piece of kfs chequerplate for the gap between cab and turntable,suzi is madefrom alloy tube and some phone cable,the interior was also updated with a right hand dash,new gearstick and the original seats just didnt fit the bill so i replaced them with some high backs from the spares box,other odds and ends to finish it off as well,ses no show pony but the whole thing only cost about $20 all up to build,i started rebuilding a built up extendable for it which i converted to a tri axle,10 stud wheels and made a new top with aus style coaming rail but i havent gotten around to finishing yet
cheers danny
this started life as an ebay glue bomb which i bought,i stripped it down,a quick soak in caustic to remove the enamel paint,filled the grille to the bonnet,filled the rh peep window and cut out a new one on the lhs,daylite doors ,next came the chassis,first thing to go was the old walking beam rear i swapped in an 8 bag rear from an old built up aero awaiting rebuild,i also borrowed the front axle and wheels from it too,the parts from the t600 i will use when i do the aero,i made up a new mount for the turntable as i didnt want a slider added mounts for quad tanks,the chassis i painted i a deep maroon,the cab is painted in gunmetal and stripes are painted,the engine i cleaned up,added a new trans and did away with the aux box,the wheels were added from the donor aero and i fitted some of my drive caps to them as well,the rear tailight bar is made from plastruct,the alloy rear gauards i made from alloy sheetr rolled around a caulking tube mounts are plastruct,a scrap piece of kfs chequerplate for the gap between cab and turntable,suzi is madefrom alloy tube and some phone cable,the interior was also updated with a right hand dash,new gearstick and the original seats just didnt fit the bill so i replaced them with some high backs from the spares box,other odds and ends to finish it off as well,ses no show pony but the whole thing only cost about $20 all up to build,i started rebuilding a built up extendable for it which i converted to a tri axle,10 stud wheels and made a new top with aus style coaming rail but i havent gotten around to finishing yet
cheers danny
