Hot Wheels Replica of My Truck.
 

I've been gathering the Hot Wheels 62 C10 to cut up and make into a replica of my 63 GMC. I finally found a few GMC panel trucks a couple months ago so I could get started. After taking 2 C10s and 1 GMC apart I cut out the front rollpan and the very back of the bed on a C10 and dropped it on the GMC base. I also had to trim the sides off the base as the GMC was slightly wider. Then I measured to see how much more bed I needed to add from the second C10 to stretch the truck to the back bumper of the GMC base. After it was cut I JB Welded it to the first C10. The next day I sanded the bedsides smooth and sanded the bowtie off of the tailgate and ground a notch into the back bumper to duplicate the step in a 60-66 pick up's bumper. After some minor tweaking and fitting it was ready for paint. I decided to use paint made for pewter table top gaming figures because when it dries it has a flat finish and shows all the details. It's still not finished yet, I need to finish the inside of the bed and I am still trying to find some wheels to match my truck.

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How it looks now.

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That is awesome! Wanna do mine? haha

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That is just wicked cool!

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Thanks guys! I'm messing around on the computer trying to make a backer card with the Hot Wheels logo and an edited picture of my truck to make it look more like a painting than a photo. I'm gonna make it so I can remove the truck from the packaging without tearing it up.

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That's awesome!

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That's just too cool! Nice work.

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Thanks guys. Here's what I've got so far for a backer card.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91...hotwheels6.jpg

I want to put something else in the background just to liven it up some but haven't liked anything I've tried yet.

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Wow, you do some excellent work on such a small scale. That is always impessive in my book.

You probably saw this, since I noticed your avitar and just went through this thread.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4111/4...e37c6b28_z.jpg

Would you like to see more of it ??

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With the background I'd throw the truck on some orange track... and change the stripe to green ;)

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That's awesome! Is that all hand made?

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I still get the shivers when I see the orange track and flashbacks of when my mom used it to put me in my place when I got out of line. :lol:

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You guys are nuts and I love it!!!
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Yes it is, well the body is. The frame is actually one that someone else made years ago.

I won't completely derail your thread, but I built it after I found this photoshopped picture in a thread over here that I have yet to find again, to see if the guy ever finished it.. I never knew, untill then that Chevy had crewcabs in the 60's, and that were done in outside shops.

I figure one of these days I will find it again, just need to do some digging around in all the old threads.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3481/4...8cc536ee_z.jpg

Here is a shot of it, after I first started it..

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4120/4...c0676627_z.jpg

I can do a thread if you would like to see it from start to, somewhat of a finish...although, they are never really done, or so it seems.


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Nice Work! I wouldn't mind seeing a build thread on that.

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I am in for a thread on that too. :metal:

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Thank you guys, I will do that. It may be later or even tomorrow, but I will show the progression of it.

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Hey Creep that is awesome and creative - nice job!

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Pretty darn neat--looks just like it to me!

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Thanks guys.

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you did a great job with that and I love your truck

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Awesome work!!! I did a Hotwheel replica of mine, but is wasn't as detailed as your little project! Killer! :metal:

Here's mine...