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Old 01-31-2011, 01:32 PM
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Kerry, you probably ought to take a look at this.

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Old 01-31-2011, 03:14 PM
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How funny, I was just driving back from helping my son and thinking about the White and wondered if it would be simpler to just stretch the dually chassis and make a streamlined back off the white cab.

I LOVE what they're doing.
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Here ya go Kerry, something like this?/

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The sleeper on that truck could have been blended in to the upper roof a bit better. But I like it!
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I think those big side windows look a little too squared off when compared to the rest of the cab.
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I think those big side windows look a little too squared off when compared to the rest of the cab.
But at least they made the w/s flush-mount too and blacked out or removed the door glass trim.
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Old 02-01-2011, 10:24 PM
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I wonder if the cab still tilts?
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Old 02-01-2011, 10:28 PM
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I wonder if the cab still tilts?
Good point. How would you work on the engine?? Like a full size conversion van?? Take the doghouse out????
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Old 02-02-2011, 06:24 AM
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But at least they made the w/s flush-mount too and blacked out or removed the door glass trim.
It's a cool truck. And it's nicer then anything I'm building. It's just some of the details bug me.

There's no continuity with the window shapes. I may be seeing things but it looks like the corners on every window have a different shape to them. Look how the windshield has the nice big sweeping curves on the corners. The big side windows have much more squared off corners. It might be an optical illusion but to me the rear window actually looks like it has slant cut corners.

If they would have matched the corners of the sleeper windows to the ones on the windshield it would have tied it all together a little better.

The other thing is the side sleeper window isn't centered in the sleeper. I know that is probably more due to the interior lay out. But that just looks a little off to me too.

And the size of the side sleeper window is a little to tall. If they could have sized it to match the rear of the door glass and line it up with the door glass it would have flowed together much better.

Again this is just my opinion and I'm a nobody skill wise so I don't really have any right to judge somebodies work but my own( which is bad enough right now ) .


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Good point. How would you work on the engine?? Like a full size conversion van?? Take the doghouse out????
I'm just guessing, but I would say there's probably an access cover in the sleeper area.
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Old 02-07-2011, 12:31 PM
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... Does this include the cab tilting mechanism? ...
Peter, I talked to Terry yesterday at the Stones River Swap meet in Nashville. He does have the electric tilting mechanism and he said it worked fine when he took it off and stored it.
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