Here's a close up look at Brandon Hintz's remarkable Roadway Express Ford C-8000 truck tractor. Details Brandon added to his tractor: scratchbuilt front bumper hand truck mount, added mud flaps to the cab behind the front wheels, added air and electrical lines behind the cab along with simulating the spring that helps hold them up off the chassis, added Plano windshield wipers and modified mirrors, scratchbuilt cab latch release lever mounted behind the cab, and the bellhousing that is nonexistent on the production model between the engine and transmission. Brandon also added and detailed the top of the transmission with the shift tower since that was a blank hole. He added the fifth wheel  kingpin release and the exhaust pipe to the other side of the engine since these had 3208 CATs in them which is a V-8 style block. Also added were air brake detail (air cans, slack adjusters, S- cams). License plate decals are from J-Bot and added were all additional paint detail where appropriate. Previously featured with trailer in Photo Gallery 539.

Posted November 30, 2012