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1969 White 7400 Hudson Transportation

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This is a model of the first truck that I rode in as a kid with my dad. It was the spare truck and my dad had driven it to Kentucky where another 7400 had a broken steering box. Instead of swapping trucks, he just fixed the driver's truck and drove the spare back home. He let me ride back to the shop with him. That night for unknown reasons this truck burned to the ground. It was my first ride and the truck's last.

This one was built from memory, starting with a cab from Spaulding Trading and Shipping. AMT K123 provided a chassis and AMT 352 Peterbilt provided the engine and transmission.

49395438168_a8fd562736_k.jpgIMG_E6164 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

49395920761_3274890475_k.jpgIMG_E6144 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

49396124692_9c6a9b7f00_k.jpgIMG_E6154 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

49395925171_b8f934efdd_k.jpgIMG_6148 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

49395450208_4f09073013_k.jpgIMG_6168 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

49396130537_df83029484_k.jpgIMG_E6141 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

 

49396129252_ccd73133bf_k.jpgIMG_E6177 by Brian Smith, on Flickr

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Came out nice...one hell of a memory from your first ride in it

Edited by Bully

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5 hours ago, Bully said:

Came out nice...one hell of a memory from your first ride in it

Thanks!

I had reference photos of some of the other trucks that the company had, mostly 83 Freightliners, along with reference photos that I took of a real 7400. I spent a lot of time with my dad at work back then. The company had 3 7400s, but we never took any pictures back then. We probably thought that they were too ugly to waste the film on.😀

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