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  1. 8th September 2020, 11:16 PM #1
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    Default Peterbilt Pantech Truck scratch built

    Peterbilt Pantech Truck scratch built which was to be a prize for the local Boys and Girls Club “Guessing Competition”;
    but the pan on the back has proved way too big to stuff with lollies/candy.


    Yes it’s 12” long x 8” wide x 6” high and that’s be the end of end fund raising filling that space with all the lollies/candies it’d take.


    SO GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?


    The grandsons took it for a test drive and have now claimed it .


    I’m in the process of making another wheeled vehicle to hold a smaller amount of lollies/candies for the community clubs fund raising.


    Let’s run through the truck build.

    The pan is marine ply side, radiata pine roof on a merbau floor and dressed with some spotted gum & iron bark.
    The engine is merbau as is the radiator.
    The doors and cabin roof are jarrah with an insert of gudgee.
    The front mudguards/fenders and front bumper bar are spotted gum.
    The back doors and the rear bumper bar are red gum.
    The wheels are shop bought with that rear axle boggy being centre articulating.


    A good fun build which i got a little carried away with…

    I started the built with designing and building the cabin with everything worked out from it.


    I tried to do a bit of a blog on the build…
    Peter Bilt Trucks #1: One mean looking PanTech is started! - by crowie @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community
    Peter Bilt Trucks #2: And on to the next part of this make it as I go build! - by crowie @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community
    The finish is slightly different this time as i added some stain into the Home Made Wipe-On-Poly.
    That’s 30% Tung Oil, 40% Clear Satin Polyurethane, 30% Turps; with 6 drops of jarrah stain & 6 drops of Mahogany stain in 50mls of WOP.
    Anyways the grandsons are very happy and I get to create another masterpiece from the shed of “A Crowe Creations” for the community club, life is surely good.

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  3. 9th September 2020, 08:09 AM #2
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    Top work Peter

    You're a good man

    Regards

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  4. 9th September 2020, 01:31 PM #3
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    Nice work Peter, even better with a few kilos of lollies, yummy.
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  5. 9th September 2020, 02:05 PM #4
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    Awesome job Peter.

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  6. 9th September 2020, 07:20 PM #5
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    Well done Crowie. You do a great job in helping them raise much needed funds.
    Dallas
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    Great work Crowie, I can see why the kids appropriated it for themselves )
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  8. 9th September 2020, 09:19 PM #7
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    That’s impressive!!
    Great job and a worthy cause. Well done Crowie.
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  9. 9th September 2020, 09:40 PM #8
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    Great work as always Handy, well done!

    I assume Peter helped a bit...
    Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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  10. 9th September 2020, 10:30 PM #9
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    At first glance I thought you had shrunk poor old Handy, then I checked the dimensions! I reckon you would have received some funny looks from the cash register jockey when you bought all the bags of lollies to fill that truck.
    You have had a lot of fun making that truck and I am sure you will have just as much fun making one a tad smaller for the fundraiser, let alone the fun the grandson will get when playing with Grandad's latest project.

    Good luck with the next build,

    Alan...
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