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[67 Power Wagon]

While that was all setting and curing drying paint, or glue.... I got the transfer case loose from the donor frame, to refurbish to useable standards. Just like

the transmission will be and the steering box, the transfer case would have also been a cast iron color of steel.

Cast-on detail wasn't real bad, BUT it needed something more..... A good ole oil/grease pan was needed (factory detail part was merely "flat" and was a 2 part

detail all together, With the added "pan" detail painted bare steel color, as it would have been, I made the part from 2 small sections of plastic sheet, one

thicker then the other as the "lip" would not have been real thick anyway, BUT the sump in the pan, would have been..... I have yet to add one last detail to

this part, as it needs a drain cock for transfer case fluid changes.....

Short message, more to follow this one!

 

[67 Power Wagon]

SO, as I had firstly spoke to the uncle, this truck of my Dads, got some decor, added to it, firstly (I should have known) was the stock valve covers, removed,

and replaced with chrome ones that were OEM chromes covers that were Mopar made.....

Then if you look, I added the distributor, and the exhaust manifolds. This truck, unlike mine kept single side exit exhaust. Meaning, I will have to make a

cross-over pipe to go from the passenger side manifold, the the drivers side, in a "Y" pipe.....

Not sure what oil filter Dad may have used over the years, BUT I added mine to his truck as tho it was a OEM "Mopar" replacement part, in white. IF I can find a

"Mopar" oil filter decal, before the engine is ready to go into place, I may add it to the part.... If not, "white" is good enough as the decal depending on

location, wouldn't be easily seen anyway!

The other side of the engine, missing the exhaust manifold, it was drying when this picture was taken. I did however get the starter in place, and if you look

closely, you can see the carburetor linkage and return spring in place.

The one thing this truck have had, was the California Omissions items, I KNOW without asking anyone that my Dad had removed these, (wasn't required to be

inspected in the state of Pennsylvania.) SO, those parts will be omitted from the build!

A shot of the back of the engine. I have to add the PCV valve, and hose, as well as some other small things. I have to add the transmission fluid dip-stick not

seen here, as well as paint the transmission, (I wait till last to paint the transmission as I use it as a "handle" to hold the engine while detailing it.)

A NICE head on view of the engine. A Mopar 360 4 barrel..... I need to get the holes drilled for the plug wires, and add in wire looms.... Those are next to be

completed! -I also need to make an oil dip-stick that will be added to the left side of the front, of the engine.

A short and sweet update to follow....

 

[67 Power Wagon]

And for now..... Last but not least, I was working on the frame and got to looking, theres a nice location for the spare tire! I took the last tire I had,and

got it ready for a spare on Dads truck that will be placed in the stock location....

The tire however, wasn't the best tire, the hole was trimmed (or so it looked) that the rims I needed to put into it would not fit, SO, that gave me the idea to

take this 5th tire I had to make an actual detail part with it!

Dad himself, did not have a matching rim for the spare, BUT what he did do, was take an old Steel wheel, and have it painted, (NOT sure if it was paint, or if

he had it powder coated like he did with the spoke'd rims) But it was in fact "white" so..... I took a spare one I had a as an extra, that matched no other

steel wheels I had, painted it white and it got glued into a matching tire......

Rim glued in, center drilled out.....

looks pretty good! My next treat to this, is drilling out ALL the lug nut holes! It would have any lug nuts on it, as a spare, right?

 

[67 Power Wagon]

SO..... it has been a few days, the rain stopped and the weather got nice, and ole John had some out door stuff to do and yet got more to continue out doors but

I did get a little done!

I took the engine and got the plug wires, and boots in place....

I also got the valve covers on the engine too (I almost forgot that the last I posted), the engine had no valve covers or anything for details up top! The valve

covers ALSO got wire looms mounted to them to hold the plug wires!

The wire looms are how I "directed" the wires to lay as they are too!

Just the opposite side!

Back of motor, showing the coil wire "loose".... BUT the coil in place! (The coil, is a in-shop made part! This model (just like my truck in this build) did not

come box-stock with a "coil" detail.... The "silver wrap" (mount in real life) was made using scrap BMF!

Coil wire in place!

Up next, is short and sweet (I did not get a lot done to the build so far this week), but one more post to follow, right after these short messages!

 

[67 Power Wagon]

I began replicating the firewall. Just like how mine looks, Dads truck was pretty much the same!

A little bit of wire being done, BUT a lot of holes drilled for wires from the engine, and hoses for the heater.. and battery lines as well.... This is almost

ready to have it "fitted" to the frame, like mine was done in my truck! BUT a little detail yet to be done and some touch up paint as well!

Thats it for this quick update, but I guess, something is better then nothing!

ENJOY!

 

[67 Power Wagon]

As you all should know by now, I'm remodeling my shop, and most of the work benches..... Which will

make model building and all a bit easier once done! BUT, in the evenings when the noise has to cease, I work on Dads truck in this build, just to keep it going,

and not stop on it completely.....

SO, what I have done was searched out a "junk" drive shaft, as Dads truck would have had whats known as a Divorced transfer case, meaning it had 3 drive shafts!

One from the transmission, to the transfer case, and then one each, to the front axle and one to the rear axle. The transmission would NOT be bolted to the

transfer case on this truck, as it was on mine! BUT, because, I didn't want to cut up a good one, I took the donor frames "front" drive shaft (not the best of

quality of details), BUT had half ways decent "u-joints" to be salvaged from it to make the needed one to go from the transmission to the transfer case! REALLY

short one I might add, there is no real "shaft" to it..... Mostly all "U-joint" detail!

Notice, the engine? Its upside down! WELL I had to get the plug wires to the locations in the head in order to make this part happen, the loose plug wires would

NOT have allowed me to flip it over like this to "fit" the first drive shaft to the frame! SO, that was a pre-step, I had to do in previous postings of the

build, as it all goes together like a jig-saw puzzle!

Thats it for now, More to come on this build as I am able and have the shop in somewhat of a orderly fashion! (I got my work cut out for me!)

Enjoy, for now.....

 

[67 Power Wagon]

As you all know (or so I thought I've mentioned) I lost my Dad a little over a year ago, now (was a year in March) SO with that, and have had thoughts of him on

my mind with the builds a few of you of/from me, this Father & Son build was directed towards this whole thing, and Fathers Day, all I wanted to do was relax,

(because I had too) and work on my Dads model in this build (because I could), in honors to him, and thats just what I did!

This is one of those postings, to show a little of a lot of little parts, small details that will lead to much bigger sub-assemblies in the near future!

So with that, I got to thinking how the rear axle needed to go together, and got to looking at where I left off on it. THEN before getting into that looked over

the frame to see where I was on that (kind of "reflecting" past work), and where to "pick up" again, so-to-speak....

So, I took the frame, and thought,A LOT had to go onto my trucks frame in this build BEFORE the axle could be placed onto it, (I WAS NOT going to attempt

working around a mounted rear axle!)

Very "end" of the rear brake line. This is the "hard" line that goes to the mount seen mid-frame, to a fitting, that will run forward to the brake master

cylinder lower manifold.... The hard pipe itself, has a fitting on it, that carries it through the little angle iron bracket on the frame cross members! This

line was made formed and placed for the picture. I had been removed, painted and let dry before gluing in place! The fitting is now brass colored, and the line

is steel colored, as these had steel brake lines!

Just like my model trucks frame in this build, the brake line will follow the inside of the frame rails, in the corner of the frame, where it meets the floor

boards, all the way to the front. My trucks frame was built this very same way! Only difference is Dads truck was 2 scale feet longer then mine! (He had a full

size bed "Sweptline" so.... mine was Step-Side short box.

As you can see, I went through drilled need mounting holes, and got the copper line ran to be in place, got it all fitted, and then, removed it all to paint:

Which means, this step to getting the rear axle in place is complete! NOW, I got to get the engine in place, with all the exhaust pipes in place in order to get

the axle onto the rear suspension! I got a ways to go! (Thats what I get for taking the time to remodel my shop!) BUT the things I have done in it to date, has

been much easier, much more user friendly, and way more comfortable to do with it set up as I have it! -SO, that alone makes the time WELL worth the effort

involved! -HOPEFULLY LESS "make shift" tables in the near future (Unless they're in MY WIFE'S side of the shop, then, I don't care!) LOL

Engine work coming up next! ENJOY....

 

[67 Power Wagon]

Well as I mentioned, Engine work was up next......

I had to add a oil dipstick to the 360 in this truck, which was a fun added part (I make them, myself, paint the "tube" install, into/through a left over wire

loom and done......

The "chrome" loop is just in front of the valve cover, difficult to see, BUT you can see the shadow of the wire itself, on the engine block, just behind the

fuel line! Very fine black line. I will attempt to get a better picture of this next time I snap pictures its such a small detail part!

Then, what took the most "patients" was the engines pullet and belt set up..... What a task! I needed to incorporate the following:

Water Pump
Alternator
Power Steering
Air? Conditioning
Crank
and a single tension pulley

What FUN that was! I took a few "glue Bomb parts, broke factory belts, and removed them, chucked the pulley in the Unimat and left 'er rip.... Spinning the

pulleys back "round" again, to wrap Evergreen Styrene around them (as belts) for strength, and then flattened the outer most pulley glue bomb, to use to over

lay it onto the rear ones, and make it all fit and look the part.....

I *THINK* I managed to get 'er done!

Blue pulley to be the crank pullet, black one to be the water pump pulley, the very highest mounted one A/C Compressor pulley, silver to the left of the AC

pulley is for the Alternator, and off to the right is power steering MID-mounted silver pulley a tensioner pulley.

I'm NOT 100% sure how this was to all be under the hood of my Dads truck, BUT because his was "stock" and NOT trusting on-line sources as being 100% honest to

the stock location, I set it up as best I knew how and look right..... Got to remember this truck is/was after all a 1979 model Dodge! A LOT can be changed over

time so..... SO, I tend to go with what little I know added to the know-how on my own truck was, and thinking how it reflect on a slightly different truck a

year newer.....

I do think however, I pulled it off! -It really isn't a "detail" thats going to be fully 100% seen when all said and done ANYWAY, so only needs to "look" the

part 100% top end! -Which, that I know is 110% accurate!

Tedious little details done, MORE to come as I'm able! Enjoy!

 

[67 Power Wagon]

I did get some done, but could not "handle" for pictures and so, had to

wait till I could.....

Our very own "Stray" had posted pictures of his "spare" wheel on a build, and his persistence, on showing me what he had done, I simply did it on this build! I

wasn't originally going to "open" the "slots" in the steel rim, BUT....... He persuaded me to do and do it just for looks sake! And with that here is how mine

turned out!

I took this:

To this:

With flash ---^

Without flash ---^

I think it came out GREAT! I like how it looks even tho when all said and done, and in-place on the truck it won't be easily seen! BUT, theres more..... Me,

being well, ME, I took it a STEP further!

The truck, has to have a spare tire mount, in the "stock" location under the rear portion of the bed..... SO, I took the frame, and began measuring to make

one......

Right now, it doesn't appear to be much, BUT ohhh yeas it is! This "pole" is mounted to a resin frame, NOT glued, its machine screwed to the frame! This will

hold it in definitely, BUT I plan to also "glue" it to keep it from rotating over time, WHY? WELL thats why I say its something "more"..... The Spare tire WILL

BE REMOVABLE! Once all is done and the mount detail is all added to the pole itself, I plan to go back to where it screw mounts and totally fil in the head of

the screw in the top side of the frame thats fitted by means of countersinking the screw and all and will be covered and buried in the frame itself, NEVER to be

seen again!

I have yet to paint this as I have some angle plates to add to it to date, so is left bare machined white styrene.

Tire "in-place". just setting there for now! I have to make the cross bar that will have a screw that will thread down into the mount pole that will "pin" the

rim with tire to the under side of the bed, AND look as tho it can be removed with a 1/25th scale hand! NOT a screw driver! I however do have a little detail to

add to this and then after that it all will get painted. Exception to painting will be the underside of the cross bar that will hold the tire by means of

pressure to the rim, I do NOT want the cross bar to have black paint get onto the white rim! SO, only 3 sides of that cross bar will be painted!

More to follow, stay tuned!

 

[67 Power Wagon]

So while I was working on the engine, and working on the spare tire, I also got to thinking WELL I've got the frame near ready for the rear axle, so why not

assemble and detail it as for when I am done with the frame, I'll have the rear ready to go right onto the suspension!

SO, I did.....

Now, as you all reading should know by now, I had been taking parts from a Donor frame, to make all this happen, this rear axle came from that donor frame!

Thing is, even in good shape, it was still too narrow to fit right and look right, SO, I had to widen it just a bit 3/32ns per side to getthe width right....

BUT the issue with that came along as I was not using the stock rims or wheel backs! Meaning, I had to make a lot of my own parts to have this all come

together. The wheels in the tires and the wheel backs used left NO rear brake drums! I had to turn my own brake drums, to fit the application. Which you'll see

better views of in just a bit. BUT adding all that, plus having the narrow axle issue, I had to fit the axle casing with a turned "addition" to get the width

right so it went from 3/32nds inch to something to the tune of 5/64th inch to get it close.... SO, I turned one longer piece about 2 and 1/2 the needed length

that way I had the same diameter addition for both sides! OR some for error.....

Once I had all that assembled and ready to go, the detail adding was next! I took the rear, and added "L" angle brackets to hold the hard brake line plumbed on

the rear axle, to these brackets on either side, drilled and then fitted with the pipe itself. Once glue was dry, I took and then fitted the ends of each with

fittings, and ran into the rear of the brake drum housing. And then let alone to dry, for an hour or so, and once ready, slid the fittings to their proper

locations in the line CA glued them, and let that to dry.... Once dry ALL got painted in-place. Brackets painted gloss black to match that one the rear axle.

The lines painted steel, as per factory Mopar. And fittings painted brass, as per materials they're made from, and then from the brackets to the brake drum

housing "rubber" for hoses......

That large "brass" fitting seen next to the rear axle "pumpkin" is the fitting that will have a hose running from it, to the little cross member bracket fitting

on the frame that will have a hose going from one location to the other. You can reflect this detail on my truck in this build, both were the same but slightly

different. NOT by a lot tho..... I think mine was on the other side of the pumpkin, but the frame bracket was in the same location.....

Other side, same thing.....

Over-all it looks really good! Detail is spot on to a real truck of the same type and everything is just...................... pleasing to date! I'm happy thus

far with everything......

Then as you all know, I made my own belt system set up for this truck, last you seem there was no power steering pump on the belt cluster, that has been

remedied.....

I got to paint the "cap" to it flat black, and this whole detail assembly will be ready to go onto the engine!

One step closer to getting the engine in the bay..... THEN I'll be able to begin running exhaust pipe!

Thats it for now, more to come when progress happens! Enjoy!

 

[67 Power Wagon]

Well its been a little since I've added any updates. Just a few "short" ones, but no less........"PROGRESS"!!!!!

SO, As you guys know my last posting, I was working on making a removable spare tire mount. WELL, its done, and on the model! Took a bit to figure out how I was

going to go about it! But, its in-place!

The "pole" was turned on the lathe as you know, but the ring base, was a part I had to drill out a center hole, and then pop the scrap through a hole punch to

get the roundness of it, slightly filed the hole as the drill bit I used was undersized, so I could "fit" the part to the pole and then off to glue it to the

frame as well as the pole with a good CA on the trucks frame (remember the frame is resin) and the pole is styrene! SO, once the frame CA dried, I glued the

ring to the pole with Tenax 7R!

Then while that was sitting and drying, I worked on the firewall. Now this was FUN, as I had to make an identical copy of the one I made in my truck (in real

life, on the 2 trucks, they would have been VERY close the same!) SO, I had to take my Power Wagon truck, and literally "copy" it, a second time!

That looks pretty good (There is ONE, difference!) I had thought my Dad, (being "Dad") and thinking, I knew him, and I did....... BUT, in normal things with

him, he would HAVE removed the A/C, for the power consumption it used. BUT to hear my uncle, he tells me Dad NEVER did it on this truck! Which, surprised me to

hear, as I know for a fact this was one of VERY FEW that Dad didn't remove the A/C compressor from! SO, with the firewall detail, I'll be adding the heater core

hoses and fittings (like I did on my truck, BUT I'll also be adding the A/C piping too, that runs from the compressor to the firewall! (Meaning, I'll have

running pipe from the front of the compressor to a condensing radiator near the standard radiator!) SO, a little "extra" detail being added over-all, BUT the

extra fittings to the firewall as well and I have yet to add them!

So, while some of the paint was drying,and CA drying from the added wiring to the firewall. I got to working on the belt set up on the engine, A/C compressor

added, as well as the power steering, and alternator. This all looks GREAT! Alternator is painted so, the internal wires are seen between the cooling ribs of

its casing, as well as "drilled" for the wires that lead off of it, just as I did on my Power Wagon model. The blue wire runs to the coil, and back to the

firewall. The red wire on the alternator runs to the battery, and across the radiator core support. (I have to get that all detailed up pretty soon too!)

-and now to top it all off, I'm working on adding valve stems to the rims on Dads truck! I haven't yet gotten pics of that yet, BUT, they are drilled for them,

and 2 or 3 have them in place! -Thought I'd let everyone know, I did choose to add them, as I said, they are drilled with having the hole smaller to "press fit"

the valve stem, and because on Dads truck the tires are solid vinyl, I drill partly into them and press the wire "valve stem" into the vinyl to "grab" and hold

in place without glue!

I'll add more in time, I type all of these sorts of posting in "notepad" that way I can save them to post multiple places..... -BOTH these models were being worked on the end of last winter, beginning of this spring/summer. I haven't done much since June on either of them as the time of year makes it difficult but, I'll be back working on them soon, the cold will keep me in so.. abd believe me, I won't be bored..... I got plenty to work on so....

ENJOY for now!

 

[lou3500]

This is my collection of models that i built when i was 13-17 years old that i have saved all these years.

 

[67 Power Wagon]

Lou,
That red van a Dodge by chance? I'd almost kill to get my hands on a model of one of them! NICE collection, worth holding onto them, I got a '69 Dodge Charger R/T "General Lee" that was from when I was like 12 or 13....... (the rest I lost in a house fire, sadly)

NICE tho!

 

[lou3500]

Nope Chevy but i have a blue Dodge van there some where!!

 

[67 Power Wagon]

Nope Chevy but i have a blue Dodge van there some where!!

You ever go to part with it, I'd be interested (I'm a "Mopar Only" model car builder) And am trying to get one for a build I have planned from an uncle that had a early 80's Ram Van...... (I'm trying to build models to those I know of from my family, over the years) I even have a model of my '67 Power Wagon!

 

[lou3500]

My father sold hobbies and crafts back in the day at one time i believe i had over 200 built models and half again that in unbuilt ones in the box just about every model anyone has ever posted up i have had no less than two [only because he worked selling that stuff].

 

[67 Power Wagon]

lucky you are!!!!! I might have 50 kits to date and I've lost quite a few many years ago when my home place burnt to the ground, (I won't even go there it actually hurts to talk of what I lost) as I'm 900 miles away!

I'm just trying to get some of the favorites back that I lost.... for the same purpose they were gonna be way back when.

 

[lou3500]

I don't build anymore [no patence and eyes are not great] they still intrest me tho, i cleared out those several years ago due to the storage conditions on those shelves it was not doing them any good they were falling apart [and i can't see good enough to rebuild them] so i sold the whole lot except for a few favorites which i keep indoors in cases.

 

[67 Power Wagon]

Yeah the patient factor as well as sight goes hand-in-hand with model building.... Needless to say, with those I've posted so far, I really get into it to keep me outta trouble and have something to show and even win a contest every now and again..... Beginning of the year, I built a '57 Chrysler 300C and entered it in an online contest, got 3rd place, and in June I put it in a local contest and got a 1st place backed by a Best of Show" and took a couple models home for the win on it. So......

Yeah I'll be a grandfather and still building as long as my hands and eyes hold out!

 

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New slot car set up, not a model but cool!

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