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Post by Meguntic on May 21, 2011 2:01:03 GMT 1
Pretty neat whatever it is When I was working in highway construction we had several of these units. Ours were mounted on a truck chassis for highway use. ( PDE was a vibratory unit & Texoma was a drop hammer ) The ones we had were used for driving steel highway posts into the ground that highway guide railing is mounted to. The operator sits in the seat on the back to operate the unit. The boom raises and slides in and out while the entire unit rotates on a chain driven turn table. The operator rotates with the table. Ours were modified in our shop so the operator could move the unit to the next post from the rear seat. This eliminated the need for a teamster in the truck cab during operation. It also let the operator stop exactly where he needed to be without telling the teamster to pull forward or back. The last one they built while I was working was mounted on a White COE tandem axle truck tractor.
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Post by jim68cuda on May 21, 2011 4:06:44 GMT 1
Recieved my shipment of A-100 vans today from Truckstop Models (along with a few of the nice little Vereem 1950 Chevy 4 door sedans). The A-100 vans are as nice as they look in the photos. I hadn't noticed before, but some have the chrome bumpers, and some have the white bumpers. While the window vans have the side doors on the passenger side, the panel vans have no side cargo doors. That should make it easier to modify them into A-100 pickups. The cargo vans could be ordered from Dodge with cargo doors on one side, or on both sides, or, like these, with no side cargo doors.
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Post by Albert on Jun 8, 2011 13:27:38 GMT 1
A new reference for June, really a surprise. The Fiat 600 Multipla.
22450 “oceano blu” (ozeanblau) 22451 “grigio da topo” (mausgrau) 22452 “avorio chiaro” (hellelfenbein)
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Post by cfesmire on Jun 8, 2011 18:19:32 GMT 1
Received my A100's as well. Don't know when I'll get around to it but these are so nice, I'm sure I'll try the conversion to the L 700. Let me clear up any doubt over whether they are the same cab as the L700. As I stated before they are exactly the same. Dodge used the very same tooling for them both, all dimensions of the cabin itself are identical.
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Post by charlieb53 on Jun 9, 2011 1:43:56 GMT 1
That makes sense because the few I saw seemed a bit smaller compared to their other trucks of that era
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Post by BillC on Jul 13, 2011 3:56:14 GMT 1
To answer the various points that have been raised:
The vast majority of the AT&T vans were Ford Econolines - it was the standard order item. A100s were an alternate purchased as required. The window arrangement was no big deal; there were 20 different factory combinations of doors and windows for the A100 van: you could get side doors on both sides, one side or not at all (that was a special base model called the Panel Van which is the prototype for the Brekina model). You could get doors with windows and doors without windows as well as windows in the rear side panels.
The A100 started with the 170 CID Slant Six with the 225 CID Slant Six as an option. The LA 273 V8 was added in 1965, making the A100 the only van with an available V8 until the second-generation Econoline came out in 1968. The LA 318 later replaced the 273 and the 198 CID Slant Six replaced the 170 CID engine, which really wasn't sufficient for the vehicle when it had a load.
The standard front bumper was painted white: chrome was an option on all vans and standard on some of the upscale Sportsman window vans that were marketed along with the regular Dodge station wagons. BTW: All Dodge passenger vans were called Sportsman.
The A100 was small: the base model had a 90-inch wheelbase, comparable to the Econoline and Corvan. Dodge later added a 108-inch wheelbase model. BTW: The dimensions of the Brekina model are quite close to factory specs for the real thing.
The A100 drag racer was Bill "Maverick" Golden's "Little Red Truck" famous for being able to pull a wheelie just about the entire length of a drag strip. It was powered by a 426 Hemi engine.
The A100 was also the basis for the Deora, a beautiful custom truck immortalized as a Hot Wheels. In addition, it was the real "Mystery Machine" from Scooby-Doo. Hanna-Barbera bought a 1966 A100 and had it painted and the interior redone to match the cartoon van. It was used as a promotional vehicle.
The L-Series trucks used the cabs from the A100. The majority of the body and interior components were interchangeable.
I got my models from German Aircooled. Why? Because German Aircooled sells them for US$15.00. That's the same as 10.72 euros, nearly a euro less than I would pay in Germany.
The Camaros are also $15.00; the '59 El Caminos are $16.50. No price yet on the 1969 Corvettes.
The Brekina Corvette's prototype is the '69 C3 'Vette. Spotting features are the side pipes, blacked-out grille, chrome trim on the side vents on the front fenders and the "Stingray" script.
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