Carolina Freight Ford WT9000

[DRIPTROIT 71]

This is an A.IT.M. cab on an AMT Louisville chassis. It has 8v-71 Detroit power, Clint Freeman 2 hole Budd wheels, Double Take steer tires, Scenes Unlimited drive tires, and various other parts box items. This is meant to depict a restored tractor. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim B]

Really great looking Ford.  Very well done.

[1959scudetto]

Super build, Brian - someone, who knows his stuff... I can't remember seeing any pictures of Carolina truck tractors looking this clean - they always seemed to be covered with dirt, dust and road grime (be it in one of my trucking books or on the - unfortunately long defunct - Hank Suderman site). You must have a great collection there...

[Warren D]

Looks great.  Must get terrible mileage with the aerodynamics of a brick.

[leafsprings]

Great looking fleet tractor!  The paint scheme goes well with the Ford cab, like the detailing and tire and wheel choice, very mid 70's looking!

[tractoraholic]

Looks Great Brian,

Nice job

[Bronzekeg]

great build as usual Brian.

[Force]

Very nice.

[cifenet]

This is one good looking truck!  Nicely detailed and faithfully reproduced!

[lwwoodss]

You do a great job building on these older truck, particularly the fleet unis. You are able to capture the simplicty this era of truck has compared to today. Great work.

[J.B. Customs]

Really like the paint and the plates to put the IFTA stickers on nice detail 

[catpack68]

Very nice work Brian! I remember seeing those Carolina Freight trucks?

[Dutzie]

Great looking build as always, Brian. Awesome looking paint work. 

[Rockford]

Great looking fleet truck. I like the cut-off front bumper. So many fleets did that. I believe they thought it helped fuel mileage. 

[happy grumpy]

Great build Brian. Looks really cool in the natural light.

[RSchnell]

Very nice work! Reminds me of all those Gene Tracy jokes about Carolina Freight drivers, most of whom would never have kept their truck as clean as yours!

[grodudulle77]

Nice looking Ford !! ??

[vincen47]

Another great vintage fleet truck! Beautiful work.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

On 6/30/2023 at 12:57 PM, Jim B said:

Really great looking Ford.  Very well done.

Thanks Jim!!

On 6/30/2023 at 1:46 PM, 1959scudetto said:

Super build, Brian - someone, who knows his stuff... I can't remember seeing any pictures of Carolina truck tractors looking this clean - they always seemed to be covered with dirt, dust and road grime (be it in one of my trucking books or on the - unfortunately long defunct - Hank Suderman site). You must have a great collection there...

Thanks Helmut!! I never saw any working Carolina trucks this clean either. I decided to make this one represent a restored truck.

On 6/30/2023 at 4:40 PM, Warren D said:

Looks great.  Must get terrible mileage with the aerodynamics of a brick.

Thanks Warren!! I haven't driven it far enough to get an idea of the mileage.?

On 6/30/2023 at 6:30 PM, leafsprings said:

Great looking fleet tractor!  The paint scheme goes well with the Ford cab, like the detailing and tire and wheel choice, very mid 70's looking!

Thanks Tommy!!

On 6/30/2023 at 7:34 PM, tractoraholic said:

Looks Great Brian,

Nice job

Thanks Justin!!

On 6/30/2023 at 9:20 PM, Bronzekeg said:

great build as usual Brian.

Thanks Ken!!

On 7/1/2023 at 12:47 AM, Force said:

Very nice.

Thanks Force!!

On 7/1/2023 at 12:51 AM, cifenet said:

This is one good looking truck!  Nicely detailed and faithfully reproduced!

Thanks Steve!!

On 7/1/2023 at 8:02 PM, lwwoodss said:

You do a great job building on these older truck, particularly the fleet unis. You are able to capture the simplicty this era of truck has compared to today. Great work.

Thanks!! Old fleet trucks are my favorite! The 70s and 80s are my favorite era.

On 7/1/2023 at 8:18 PM, J.B. Customs said:

Really like the paint and the plates to put the IFTA stickers on nice detail 

Thanks Jeff!!

On 7/2/2023 at 7:23 PM, catpack68 said:

Very nice work Brian! I remember seeing those Carolina Freight trucks?

Thanks Scott!! I remember them too, and it doesn't seem that long ago either. ?

On 7/3/2023 at 6:44 PM, Dutzie said:

Great looking build as always, Brian. Awesome looking paint work. 

Thanks Brian!!

On 7/4/2023 at 4:06 AM, Rockford said:

Great looking fleet truck. I like the cut-off front bumper. So many fleets did that. I believe they thought it helped fuel mileage. 

Thanks Steve!! I remember back in the 80s that truck bumpers seemed to get bent all of the time; deer, dogs, etc.. I don't know if this is truly the reason, but a driver told me that the short bumpers were to keep the bumper from being pushed back into the steer tire causing the truck driver to be unable to steer the truck, for example if a deer was hit. Of course there could have been multiple reasons. The company that my dad worked for put a small bumper on a Freightliner to save about 30lbs.

On 7/4/2023 at 1:20 PM, happy grumpy said:

Great build Brian. Looks really cool in the natural light.

Thanks Mario!! I agree, outside pictures do look a little better, at least for my builds.

On 7/4/2023 at 1:29 PM, RSchnell said:

Very nice work! Reminds me of all those Gene Tracy jokes about Carolina Freight drivers, most of whom would never have kept their truck as clean as yours!

Thanks! You're right. I built this one to represent a restored unit.

On 7/4/2023 at 3:12 PM, grodudulle77 said:

Nice looking Ford !! ??

Thanks Philippe!!

On 7/4/2023 at 4:45 PM, vincen47 said:

Another great vintage fleet truck! Beautiful work.

Thanks Victor!! I may end up with a Carolina fleet.

[spencer1984]

Nicely done!

[slusher]

Beautiful Ford Semi!  I have always liked how Ford semis and pickup look…

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

On 7/10/2023 at 3:21 PM, spencer1984 said:

Nicely done!

Thanks Bill!

On 7/11/2023 at 2:37 AM, slusher said:

Beautiful Ford Semi!  I have always liked how Ford semis and pickup look…

Thanks Carl! I like them too.

On 7/11/2023 at 6:27 AM, ChrisR said:

Very nice!

Thanks Chris!