Old Skool 281

[plow jockey]

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

Now that is sweet and I love the colors cant wait to see more.

Thanks!! Could almost be a twin to your 359 pete,love that truck.

Originally Posted by sharkey

this has got me thinking, i might strip my MAN down, and stretch the frame and paint it a really nice colour, and give the cab a fresh brighter look to it. i should have done that in the 1st place lol, think that will be my winter project!

I like the way your truck looks.But I'm sure if you redo it you'll have a show stopper by the first snow.lol

[Tamiya Cowboy]

[QUOTE=plow jockey;65519]Thanks!! Could almost be a twin to your 359 pete,love that truck.


Yeah that is part of the reason I like it but the other part is it is just plain sick looking keep up the great work..

[woodhog]

Truck looks great i luv the blue

[tbtrucking104customs]

Great work man can't wait for more

[plow jockey]

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

Fred Slide it back and spread it the trailer this truck pulled was a whit spread great daine with a old school thremo refer on the front I still need to get you picks..

That sounds kool. Old school reefer on a spread axle trailer. Sounds like a plan. It would be awesome if you could find those pics. Thanks Paul.

Originally Posted by tbtrucking104customs

Great work man can't wait for more

Thanks buddy!! Time to rework the trailer.

[plow jockey]

Well I made an old school reefer, havent slid the tandams back yet. Here are some pics. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

[Exthood359]

Originally Posted by plow jockey

Thanks!! Could almost be a twin to your 359 pete,love that truck.


I like the way your truck looks.But I'm sure if you redo it you'll have a show stopper by the first snow.lol

Well I will shed some light on this matter on this truck............

The reason it looks so much like the truck that Paul did the 87 359 of Derrel Snow is because Derrel built this 1957.

Derrel bought the truck in Colorado and took it to Les Barnhart who was the owner of Panelite before losing it all to his wife in a divorce here 5 yrs or so ago. Anyway Derrel and Les put the truck together in the early 80's and Derrel owned the truck until the late 90's. He sold the truck to a guy by the name of Humphrey in Springfield MO who extended the hood and put the big vortex breathers on and the sleeper vents in the hood and after a few yrs sold the truck to someone in Long Island New York.

If you want to know if I drove the truck YES I did. It is a model 281 year 1957 when I was around it, it had a butterfly hood, 272 inch wheelbase, with a 72 inch flat top American sleeper. It had a 400 Cummins with a 13 spd and 3:70 rears. The next time I'm at Derrel's I need to take some digital pics of all the pics he has of the truck and post them back in the day. It was for sale here a yr or so ago and was asking mid 60's for the truck.

Very nice ride to do and looking forward to the finished product......

Great job

Wade