The Mock-up Truck

Front roll pan with chin spoiler, custom grill, pancaked hood with custom scoop and front hinge, vent windows removed with mirrors added, hinged hard bed cover, replaced tail gate with custom piece and spoiler, six tail lights, lowered with working suspension (air-bags)

custom made front and modified rear

Chassis and suspension were made to allow 1/4″ of movement to mimic an air-bag suspension and can be posed up or down

headers and full exhaust hand made from aluminum, fully rewired and plumbed including throttle linkage, plug wires with boots, ac and heater lines

custom seats, roll bar and tilt steering column

(above)

wheel spokes painted with tri-bar knock-offs added, the rears were modified (widened) to an equivalent 18″ tread width

Those of us that build/modify diecast cars are a pretty close group. Always trying to out-do one another but more than willing to share talents and help each other. That is how this started. My good friend Richard Olheiser contacted me looking for some help making a grill for a project truck. My Holley shop truck quickly became the mock-up truck and the ideas started flowing. One thing led to another and before we knew it I also had Richards truck on my bench to apply some of the mods we had dreamed up. Richard didn’t want the slammed look and I did, so as I thought about it I figured out how I could accomplish the look of a truck with air-bags to be posed up or down. With my plans for this year I figured Richard would easily complete his truck before me. This being 2020, everyone’s plans changed. Hoping to see Richard’s truck soon!