Sam I am

Awesome!

Looking sharp Kerry! 

Welcome aboard, and back to the hobby! 

Wow!

Welcome! 

Awesome color!

WoW!  That would have been hard on the drivers in that beast.

That is one sweeet....smelling....rig. 😁

That looks sharp !

An early support vehicle.  Cool! 

Funny how things change, now the support vehicles are part of the race. 

That is looking so cool. Parts box build, awesome!

Welcome Lee, and I am sure you build just fine. 

Glad to see you bring it out and wash it off. Bet it feels good to get it back on the bench. 

Will be getting out the popcorn for this one. 

I have seen so many of these boom trucks in Wyoming.  Even used one once to pull an engine. You nailed it Paul !

So cool as a shorty. 👍

Welcome aboard Vince !

This thing is off the charts !

I hate to ask what's next on the bench, each one seems to be better than the one before. 

I would say yes to the lift gate as well.

16 hours ago, 41CHEVY said:

Yellow is a good Binder Color! Wood on the trailer deck is easy, just like doing a house deck only less stressful.

Good, because I am working on one of those as well. 😄

The view...

There is just something about red and black...

😍

On 4/9/2019 at 1:23 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

I Like Yellow!!

Glad you like yellow because I also have this in a box of trailer parts....and I have never done a wooden deck...

So I think I figured out what direction I am going with this finally. The dump box really wasn't working for me, so I am putting a fifth wheel on it, changing out the wheels and tires, maybe modifying the front bumper, and oh yea, it's going to be yellow. 

Hey DJ, glad to se you!  

On 4/5/2019 at 5:29 AM, jpage said:

Back in 1976, my wife built a model 4300 for her dad as his personal truck was an IH 4300. She did a great job for her first foray but over 40 years takes it's toll! I started a restoration on it recently and ordered the new 4300 kit for parts. Found out they are 2 different animals. The older kit had the spoked wheels, a shorter hood, round headlamp bezels, a different engine, plain seats and no sleeper. fortunately, I was able to reuse most of those parts and I did need the sleeper as her dad's truck did have one. His truck had the longer hood, but I kept the original kit engine and just moved the cab back. His truck had one of the special paint schemes which is giving me a little trouble but hoping to remedy that soon. I've weathered the frame so it looks more like a working truck. i'll have to post some shots, although I don't have any photos of the original model. Good luck with your rebuilds, they can be tricky.

Start a wip, I would love to see it.

So I now have the cab and chassis sorted, and thanks to a fellow builder,  the missing steering column and a new set of air horns.