Dexter c3500 CC dually

[70stroker]

Extra parts in the model box is always a good thing LOL!

Wow! That instantly took me back! I was incredibly serious about models before they became a thing at car shows. But I that's a whole other thread.

I’ve had a few to drink so maybe I’m overlooking it, but “model box”???

 

[1ton-o-fun]

If you've never been into building plastic car models, it wouldn't make sense to you. Some of them had "extra" parts to customize your model (wheels, etc....). If you had say, 30-45 models, you had a parts box full of stuff. Then you grow up (sorta) and do the same with real cars and trucks.

 

[kennythewelder]

If you've never been into building plastic car models, it wouldn't make sense to you. Some of them had "extra" parts to customize your model (wheels, etc....). If you had say, 30-45 models, you had a parts box full of stuff. Then you grow up (sorta) and do the same with real cars and trucks.

I had a bed room full of plastic models that I built when I was a kid. I remember building a 1970 Dodge Challenger in the early 1970s. In about 1979, I bought the real thing. A 1973 Challenger with a 340, hugh cam, Holly 650 and a big Wynn high rise. If I only knew then what I know now, I would have never sold that car. It was a 13 second car in the quarter mile. Fast for its day. I had it well over 140 MPH more time than I can count.

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[letitsnow]

If I only knew then what I know now, I would have never sold that car.

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I can relate - My first car was a 1970 Mach 1. If only I still had that car...

 

[Aarong23]

If you've never been into building plastic car models, it wouldn't make sense to you. Some of them had "extra" parts to customize your model (wheels, etc....). If you had say, 30-45 models, you had a parts box full of stuff. Then you grow up (sorta) and do the same with real cars and trucks.

I have a ss 454 model kit. I believes it's by AMT and it was a new old stock deal. I haven't gotten around to putting it together. I've been watching videos to make sure I paint it correctly. It has a ton of extra bits like you mentioned.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Right on man. Have you heard of the shop?

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Yup, they were three miles west of me. I had them fix the sagging door on my Suburban. They went out of business a couple years ago, but there's still a shop there doing pretty much the same stuff with about half as much business, so it might have just been a change in owner.

 

[70stroker]

Yup, they were three miles west of me. I had them fix the sagging door on my Suburban. They went out of business a couple years ago, but there's still a shop there doing pretty much the same stuff with about half as much business, so it might have just been a change in owner.

Good deal man. From what I have tracked down on the truck is Donald ducks owner that place back int 2000 ish when this was painted and did all the work over one weekend. Glad to see someone who is close to this Dually in anyway...

 

[Erik the Awful]

The paint job looks really familiar, and I'm pretty sure I've seen that truck before. I did a little google searching and according to Angie's List, Bea Duke owned the shop in 2012 and there's a complaint they weren't getting work out the door.

 

[70stroker]

No pics and not much to write home about, but this weekend the dually got a moog lower balljoint, thermostat, and fuel filter.

 

[PolarBear]

Just read thru this whole post @70stroker ! Good to see ya back! I remember reading about your C10 back in the day, maybe 10 years ago or so? On the 67-72 Chevy board and then the 4wd chassis swap.