2023 BRGB International 9670 cabover

[cifenet]

Good looking orange!

I have a feeling this one is going to be amazing once finished!

 

[37 caddy]

That orange looks like a schneider truck?,looks very nice so far. harvey

[gotnitro?]

Great job on the orange ! Enamels gassing out seems like it takes forever, but they hold their shine really well

Looking forward to your progress 

[tractoraholic]

Thanks Guys

[Pete68]

Updates and the cab looks great 

[tractoraholic]

Did alittle more on my International this weekend and we finally have a rolling chassis. I scratch built a support for the shift rod that mounts on the intercooler that somehow walked away somewhere lol. So I have to build another for the shift rod. Once that's done then battery box sits on cross members above transmission and remaining wire goes to battery box. Once everything is in place I'm probably going to weather the immediate engine area alittle more. The last picture is my fifth wheel with a trick for you guys, I use permatex ultra black gasket maker, just dab some on and use a bottle cap and smear, looks convincing enough for fifth wheel grease and drys so there is no mess.

[cifenet]

Bravo on the frame details!  Love intake piping work too!  I really like the overall look of the frame setup.  

[tractoraholic]

1 hour ago, cifenet said:

Bravo on the frame details!  Love intake piping work too!  I really like the overall look of the frame setup.  

Thank You, on some of my intake and exhaust piping, I've started using aluminum tubing. With a little finesse it can be manipulated into certain curves and bends.

Edited June 19, 2023 by tractoraholic

[tractoraholic]

Good Evening,

Progress update. Chassis is about complete, just have a little more light weathering to do.

  

Started on the interior,

 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Very nice! I’m looking forward to seeing this one finished!

[Bills72sj]

All them hoses! You are way braver than me! Looks great.

[tractoraholic]

17 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Very nice! I’m looking forward to seeing this one finished!

Thanks Brian.

[tractoraholic]

14 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

All them hoses! You are way braver than me! Looks great.

Thank You

['70 Grande]

Stunning work! Looking forward to seeing this build cross the finish line! You don't happen to have any pics of your plumbed engine before it was installed into the chassis, do you? (I'm trying to better educate myself on diesel engine fluid lines and their locations and purpose).

[tractoraholic]

5 hours ago, '70 Grande said:

Stunning work! Looking forward to seeing this build cross the finish line! You don't happen to have any pics of your plumbed engine before it was installed into the chassis, do you? (I'm trying to better educate myself on diesel engine fluid lines and their locations and purpose).

Thank You! Unfortunately I didn’t take enough pictures of the engine. But I used this article From Dutch Model Truck club on Fotki,https://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/car_modeller/cm05_jan_1991_cummi/.  Hopefully this helps and there is all kinds of reference material on there for model trucks.

 

 

[Bronzekeg]

beautiful work!

[tractoraholic]

2 hours ago, Bronzekeg said:

beautiful work!

Thank You

[Trendsetta68]

Sweeeeet !!!

[tractoraholic]

Good Day Everyone, 

I started some work on the cab, polished the paint a bit, but didn’t go overly crazy with it, as I don’t want a show truck gloss finish but more of a fleet look. I installed the cab glass which was a lot of test fitting and trimming. I put on the decals and think it turned out all right. I think I will add a IFTA sticker and a couple fuel tax stickers on the sleeper compartment storage door.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Looks great!

[Bowtienutz]

That is coming along great. I've been waiting to get Dave's version of the cab. I really want to build a replica of this local beast. 'GVW "A Lot" two lift axles and a detachable tag. 

[tractoraholic]

2 hours ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said:

Looks great!

Thanks Brian 

[tractoraholic]

14 minutes ago, Bowtienutz said:

That is coming along great. I've been waiting to get Dave's version of the cab. I really want to build a replica of this local beast. 'GVW "A Lot" two lift axles and a detachable tag. 

Thank You! That would be a cool build. That truck based out of Michigan with that many axles?

[TruckerAL]

7 hours ago, tractoraholic said:

Thank You! That would be a cool build. That truck based out of Michigan with that many axles?

That truck is actually based out of mid-east Pennsylvania. They recently added that extra 5th axle in the rear a few years back. Beast of a rig!

[Bowtienutz]

It's out of Pottsville/Cressona Pa. The 5th tag axle is removable.