Ford Transcontiental

[carsntrucks4you]

KFS Transkit on Volvo FH  frame

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[Jim B]

That looks awesome.  Well done.

[Hermann Kersten]

A model that you do not often see, very nice to see one that is also done well.

Thank you for sharing.

 

Hermann.

[Yahshu]

Never seen one before, very nice build. 

[dw1603]

I worked at a Ford dealership in the 80’s, mostly cars, but we did see some trucks. The Transco wasn’t that common, but we did get one in from time to time. I recall that there was a conflict between the cab suspension and the sprung driver’s seat, over some road surfaces, it could leave the driver feeling quite seasick.

Beautiful model, well done.

[CRUSADER2]

Looks great, brings back memory's, we had one or two where I worked for a while, they were really high geared and you could easily get 80mph out of them without running into the red in the days before limiters and the 56mph/90km speed limits on trucks ( I think the limit is a good thing in most respects these days with the amount of traffic on the roads) it just makes overtaking difficult sometimes if every body is running at the same speed. Dave is right about the cab suspension, at a certain speed and engine revs the cab would start nodding and the only way to stop it was to slow down and change down, I was trying to remember which gearbox was in the transconti's where I worked, I think they were the Eaton twin splitter but it was such a long time ago, they also had one of the Berliet with the same cab, I am not sure how they compared.

Love all the cab detailing, really nice piece of work!!!

[tbill]

Great looking build of a seldom seen rig, well done.