07-17-2012, 08:31 PM
I'll keep the engine entirely black according to prototype pictures of the era. It will also be better to hide the fact running board has two different level (prototype run perfectly ininterupted). If painted white, it would pop up at first glance. And honestly, I find painting tires tire-some! 
If you ask me why I won't attempt to modify the running board, it's because it will involve a lot of work that won't pay in the end. Prototype cab rided a little bit higher because of larger drivers. If I don't want to raised the cab, I need to lower the front running board and it doesn't look right (to low on the cylinders)... The answer would be somewhere in the middle... which means a lot of messing works hard to hide. I can go overboard, but this time, I don't feel it would pay in the end.
Matt
If you ask me why I won't attempt to modify the running board, it's because it will involve a lot of work that won't pay in the end. Prototype cab rided a little bit higher because of larger drivers. If I don't want to raised the cab, I need to lower the front running board and it doesn't look right (to low on the cylinders)... The answer would be somewhere in the middle... which means a lot of messing works hard to hide. I can go overboard, but this time, I don't feel it would pay in the end.
Matt
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