White 7400 & Detroit 6V71 project

[Old Buckaroo]

I have real internet again - no more slower then dial-up satellite. I can look at stuff again which means I have had a lot of forum catching up to do from the past year.  In my spare time I found a "how to conversion " for a Detriot 8V71 to a  6V71.
 I had to give it a go and it was pretty easy and fun except my Miter box is wore out and cuts vertical angles.

Here is the conversion , now I need to find a project worthy of it.

Thanks for looking in

Edited November 19, 2015 by Old Buckaroo

[Brinx]

Nice looking plant Sean, might go really well in a short-hooded DR/White?

 

brinx

 

[Petetrucker07]

That looks great Sean. I'd say build a P.I.E. cabover, 2 axle daycab. Like this...

A Freightshaker ...

Or a KW...

I know this KW has a 6V71 in it. The first truck my Dad bought was an old P.I.E. truck, with a 6V71.

Edited November 18, 2015 by Petetrucker07

[Jim B]

Nice conversion.  Where did you find the "how to"?

[Old Buckaroo]

Nice conversion.  Where did you find the "how to"?

Jim - over at your site

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Very nice work Sean! You know there is always the custom pickup option, or even the custom 2 1/2 ton custom pickup.

[Old Buckaroo]

Clayton thanks for the great ideas - I love the trucks in the pics.  I have for years wanted to do a coe 2 axle daycab. I dont have anything around here though for a accurate single axle setup.

 

Brian - my older brother in Colorado has a '59 Ford 4wd on 1 ton axles that he built about 30 years ago. It has a 4 cyl Detroit with a 5&4 Brownie followed by the transfer case.

Edited November 18, 2015 by Old Buckaroo

[gatorincebu]

 

Sean,

         Your motor conversion looks pretty good! I think the single drive Frieghtliner would be a good truck to put it in.

 

 

   Be Well

    Gator

[gino]

nice work sean !   that engine looks great !

[Jim B]

Jim - over at your site

Over at my site?  I'll have to take a look for it.  It's been pretty dead over there for a long time.

[Tesla]

That conversion looks great Sean!

[Old Buckaroo]

Thanks guys for the kind compliments even though you can see how crooked some of the parts are

That miter box is history.

I have decided to install this engine in a White 7400 coe I picked up some time back. 

Found some parts to get the interior looking like business.

I am going to cheat and put a curtain divider in behind the seats .

Edited November 18, 2015 by Old Buckaroo

[DRIPTROIT 71]

You're giving me the fever, I've got three of these to build! The 7400 White was the first truck that I ever rode in. I will be watching this one closely! Can't wait to see more!! Great choice by the way!

[Old Buckaroo]

 The 7400 White was the first truck that I ever rode in.

Way cool, do you happen to remember the interior colors ? I am having a devil of a time trying to figure out how to paint the inside.

[lapazleo]

Interior green. Similar to ww2 aircraft and rr locomotives, Can be found in both model rr and milatary paint sections of your lhs usually called interior green.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Way cool, do you happen to remember the interior colors ? I am having a devil of a time trying to figure out how to paint the inside.

Interior green. Similar to ww2 aircraft and rr locomotives, Can be found in both model rr and milatary paint sections of your lhs usually called interior green.

That's right on some, but to me the model aircraft colors look a little too florescent or something. There are a color that appear to be more of a blue, and if I remember right, that was the interior color of the one that my dad drove.

How are you going to do the air intake??

[Petetrucker07]

That's awesome Brian, you first ever rode in a 7400. Guess it shows my age. My first ride was in a flat top K100.

[disabled modeler]

Nice work on the 6V71 conversion....love the White cab...

[jacobus]

 

here is the routing of the airintake the pipe go true the cab and crossover to the bleu filter

here a other picture of it

 

 

i have both picture,s now on my computer 

was to late for the white i have build but for the second one i use this and also the colors of the interior

that green looks like the mack green

hope this helps for you guys

jacobus

[DRIPTROIT 71]

That's awesome Brian, you first ever rode in a 7400. Guess it shows my age. My first ride was in a flat top K100.

It was the last trip that truck took too. My dad pulled it into the shop that night and it burned to the ground over night. The company had two more though. But my dad also drove a K100 with an 8v-71 and I rode many a mile in that one.

 

here is the routing of the airintake the pipe go true the cab and crossover to the bleu filter

here a other picture of it

 

 

i have both picture,s now on my computer 

was to late for the white i have build but for the second one i use this and also the colors of the interior

that green looks like the mack green

hope this helps for you guys

jacobus

Jacobus I have been trying to get a picture from the angle of your first picture. That is the best one that I have seen yet. Thanks for that post!!

[Old Buckaroo]

Thank you for posting the pictures and interior color information , I spent most of the day looking for references and only found one decent pic. All of those pics are a great help.

Not sure what I am going to do for the air intake - the "wall furnace" intake looks kind of plain , I might have to do an fleet / owner added custom .

[lapazleo]

Last one I saw was a 68. I remember someone put green shag carpet on the doghouse and custom plywood box housing the kraco 8 track and fuzzbuster but hey it was the 70s LOL.

[Old Buckaroo]

Last one I saw was a 68. I remember someone put green shag carpet on the doghouse and custom plywood box housing the kraco 8 track and fuzzbuster but hey it was the 70s LOL.

Hey I remember those old Krako Breakos and those fuzzbusters that were half the size of a shoebox. Shag carpet I try not to remember...

Making forward progress but slowly. I am not even going to tell you how much time I have spent getting the cab mounted and lined up.  I have it in the ballpark and currently modifying the Astro round fuel tanks.

[gino]

looks good sean !

[Superpeterbilt]

Looking good Sean. I have a few of these stashed. Ive always loved these cabovers.