Cover of Car Model magazine from April 1971 showing an original AMT "T500-500 California Hauler" with working lights
From the same issue, Phil Jensen, "The Tidewater Trucker" showed his California Hauler.
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Line up of tractors at Peter Archibald's truck stop
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Two Ford LNT's by Peter Archibald, one built when he was a teenager, the other build today.
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Leo Vanderstelt's Kenworth T600 tractor.
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Guenter Boenisch's Iveco.
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Mike Perhach converted a 1/16th scale Peterbilt 359 into a 379
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Mike's 1/16th 359 to a 379 gave me the idea to try it in smaller scale
Tim Ahlborn (your friendly Plastic Cowboy webmaster) built this AMT Peterbilt. It started as the AMT-Ertl Pete 359. I reworked the cab, hood, fenders, added spar parts from a Revell "Can-Do" wrecker kit, and came up with cosmetically similar modern 379!
With some work, the AMT kit can look like a 379, add a modern resin engine, or kit bash from an Italeri kit, and you're doing even better!
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