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Old 11-02-2011, 08:30 PM
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Thanks TC I will try..What do you guys think about mounting a spare tire to the left of the exhaust? I havent seen a pic of a spre mounted their on a 1:1, but I always liked the look of it??Also my plan of making it look rusted just went out the window as I was looking around on google images and came across a sales add from back in the day and it said these cabs were aluminum and the lower skirts were made from fiberglass.. I guess I will have to paint it in an aluminum color and then paint over that and then sand away some of the top coat leaving the aluminum exposed which should look prety cool!
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Old 11-02-2011, 08:33 PM
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Looks great! I haven't looked at this for awhile. The brass work is Great Too!

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Old 11-02-2011, 10:58 PM
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Thanks TC I will try..What do you guys think about mounting a spare tire to the left of the exhaust? I havent seen a pic of a spre mounted their on a 1:1, but I always liked the look of it??Also my plan of making it look rusted just went out the window as I was looking around on google images and came across a sales add from back in the day and it said these cabs were aluminum and the lower skirts were made from fiberglass.. I guess I will have to paint it in an aluminum color and then paint over that and then sand away some of the top coat leaving the aluminum exposed which should look prety cool!
yea the weathered look would be for the spare , IDK , it'll look good with the weathered look , but just the tire no wheel . Great work so far
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yea the weathered look would be for the spare , IDK , it'll look good with the weathered look , but just the tire no wheel . Great work so far
Yea just a tire is what I was thinking, but whey do they only have a tire no rim as a spare on semis? is it so they could use it front or rear?? I have never been a trucker so kinda new to this stuff
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Yea just a tire is what I was thinking, but whey do they only have a tire no rim as a spare on semis? is it so they could use it front or rear?? I have never been a trucker so kinda new to this stuff
lot of the guys I know around here do that . Lighter I guess they change the tire right on the truck with out taking the rim off unless the inner duel blows . I've done it once or twice , it's a PITA
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