Tilt nose Pete 379

[PaulNZ]

Great looking truck, the paint is perfect! nice work

[Kaf343]

Originally Posted by Straywolf

Beautiful Rig, excellent work. Do you have any how to's or picture's of how you did the hood hinge? Again excellent work!!!!

Mike

Thanks Mike,

I'll post some pics of the hood hinge, I use brass flat plate 1/2" x 2" bent to 90degrees, solder a piece of 1/8" ID tube to it, drill and tap the bottom of the grille and mount the plate to the grille. Then I use two pieces of brass 1/4" x 1" with three holes drilled in them, mount the two pieces to the front spring hanger and then use a 2-1/2" piece of brass rod to slide thru all three pieces. The bottom of the grille needs to be notched a bit as well.

[PaulNZ]

Originally Posted by Kaf343

Thanks Mike,

I'll post some pics of the hood hinge, I use brass flat plate 1/2" x 2" bent to 90degrees, solder a piece of 1/8" ID tube to it, drill and tap the bottom of the grille and mount the plate to the grille. Then I use two pieces of brass 1/4" x 1" with three holes drilled in them, mount the two pieces to the front spring hanger and then use a 2-1/2" piece of brass rod to slide thru all three pieces. The bottom of the grille needs to be notched a bit as well.

Great work with the tilting Hood, how close are the guards to the air cleaners when you tilt it? have you lengthened the bonnet?

cheers
Paul

[Kaf343]

Originally Posted by PaulNZ

Great work with the tilting Hood, how close are the guards to the air cleaners when you tilt it? have you lengthened the bonnet?

cheers
Paul

Paul, the hood and breathers clear each other when tilting. The hood was not lengthened.

[PaulNZ]

Originally Posted by Kaf343

Paul, the hood and breathers clear each other when tilting. The hood was not lengthened.

I think the difference must be the guards as I can not tilt the hood with the air cleaners on as the guards catch the bottom of them. My solution is to lengthen the Hood 20mm, this will make it more scale to the truck I am building anyway.

Cheers for the reply........ps: great trucks!

[BRICKNICK]

Gorgeous Pete Keith, great job.

[#Hauler]

WOW!!! She sure is pretty! great craftmanship your and artist.

[Kaf343]

Originally Posted by PaulNZ

I think the difference must be the guards as I can not tilt the hood with the air cleaners on as the guards catch the bottom of them. My solution is to lengthen the Hood 20mm, this will make it more scale to the truck I am building anyway.

Cheers for the reply........ps: great trucks!

Thanks Paul

Originally Posted by BRICKNICK

Gorgeous Pete Keith, great job.

Thanks Nick

Originally Posted by #Hauler

WOW!!! She sure is pretty! great craftmanship your and artist.

Thanks for the complement.

[carman29906]

Where did you get the grill from, do the headlights come with the grill?

[carman29906]

Nice build though.

[The Wurst]

Beautiful build. Love the details!

Great job!

Brian

[BRICKNICK]

Originally Posted by carman29906

Where did you get the grill from, do the headlights come with the grill?

Im pretty sure the grill is one from a memeber on here who made some pretty awesome grills. His name is Brian in Pa. Im not sure if brian is still making them. I do have one and they are awesome. And no the headlights dont come on that pr most grills, unless they are the ebay ones made in china. Which still look nice also. Im pretty sure keith got the head lights from rick at PMD his website is www.gardentrucking.com and he is a vendor on this forum.