C8 progress in Texas

gordon · #1 30-10-11, 10:07

A very nice body there, but I see my favourite Dodge dump truck has a new pair of suicide doors too.

Is the Dodge next on the list? I still have to pick up those parts from Belgium but that was delayed for the best possible reason - too busy at work.

A rear hood for the Chev too?

Gordon

Alex van de Wetering · #2 30-10-11, 14:05

Very nice David!

alex

David DeWeese · #3 30-10-11, 16:49

Thanks all for the kind words !
This rear body has to be the most labor-intensive version I could have chosen to build for this truck, but I've always liked this type.

I will say that without the great help and CD plans from Mike Kelly, building this body would not have been possible. Thanks, Mike!

Hi, Gordon. Yes, the Dodge is next in line. Been locating parts for it here and there, but some of them are not too pretty. Had to piece together a pair of fenders after some hot-rodding kid took a plasma cutter to them (photo).

Got that butchered Radio Commmand Car re-joined and sold also...
Thanks, David

gordon · #4 30-10-11, 17:44

,,, certainly looks better in the AFTER shot than it does in the BEFORE one David.

That '34 will be a nice truck, given time, but I expect you'll be looking for an uncomplicated home for it when the time comes. If only my lottery tickets would kick in.

Anything left to find for the Chev ? there's none of that stuff round here. Only ever seen one CMP in Scotland that wasn't a 13 cab and that was an 11 or 12 cab Ford that Tom Bewick got many years back.

David DeWeese · #5 31-10-11, 04:45

Gordon,
Nothing needed now for the C8 that I can't source here from domestic vintage Chev truck suppliers, except for an extra 13" wheel as a spare. Am going to try and make a spare wheel that looks the part from a couple of wide 13" Corvair rims that were given to me. It won't ever touch the road, so.....

I can't imagine a better home for this '34 Dodge than in your garage....only thing is that you have to finish the T-36 Iron Fireman first!

Thanks, David

gordon · #6 31-10-11, 10:03

I have to finish the TD 20 one ton, the VC3 half ton, and the WD21 one ton first, THEN the T-36, and then take a rest before even thinking of anything else. I do actually have the Sno-Cat and various trailers complete, but all my completed Dodges have been sold so it is probably some kind of defense mechanism.

I've no idea what markings you could put on the Chev though.

David DeWeese · #7 01-11-11, 07:04

I will admit to knowing very little if anything about putting the correct vehicle markings on this truck.
Thanks, David

edit- did a search on this forum this morning and found all the information I needed, plus some... Did have a question on the placement of the division formation sign, though. Is left or right side correct?