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Would like to see more images of that engine!
MJinTN

Good morning, time for an other installment.

Next I needed to get a start on the engine. The proto picture shows a Holt gas engine, I didn't have time to research and plan that build so I went with a Cat 60 gas engine because I had built a couple of them in the past so it felt more doable considering the time squeeze. Besides Holt and Best tractor companies merged and formed the Caterpillar Company in the 1920's so close enough.

One of my Cat 60 builds.


Starting the engine block, PVC pipe, styrene and wood form the base.


Started filling the frame with lead sheet while it was still accessible this was necessary especially in the front so I could build the engine mounts. When the build was complete it came within 2 ounces of the stock engines weight, pretty close




Reached the 4 picture max so more later.
Thanks for taking a look
Rick

Very very nice indeed. I love the regulators on the gas tanks, they look just right, and the cylinders look like they are in pretty good nick compared to the ones we get delivered at work.

Very nice.  I have this crazy notion that once I am done with my gas station/garage project I would like to build a 1/12th scale version of an old time diner, one that resembles a small railroad passenger coach or perhaps the sleek stainless steel art deco variety.  Time will tell.

Stuart

garage is looking good 

Cool!
I own a 1954 Chevrolet half ton!
MJinTN

Nice looking kit inside and out.

Nice job of engineering the kit. -- Russ

A few more shots of the interior and the prototype.

I need to modify the glazing for the windshield a bit to fit a little tighter.

In 1947, Jack Hickey took possession of a brand new lunch wagon which he had designed himself. Custom built, the 8' x 18' cart was manufactured by the Worcester Lunch Car Company at a cost of $12,000. It was placed aboard a 1954 two-ton Chevrolet truck frame.
 
Every day, except Sundays and legal holidays, Hickey's would open at the far end of Court Street in Taunton. When the diner's doors were unlocked at 6 A.M., its regular customers would already be waiting for their morning coffee. About 350 people a day visited the lunch cart, some inside trying to find a place on one of the stools, others outside, mounting the portable steps for take-out.

Then about 3:30 P.M., the diner would be packed up and disconnected from its utility fittings. The old '54 Chevy motor would rumble to life and the diner, top-heavy and teasing the laws of gravity, would crawl down the Street, nudge its way into the inside lane of traffic around the Green and move to its appointed place until closing time between 1 and 2 A.M. Fire the beast up again and back to Court Street and open again in a few hours.

There is still a bunch of weathering to do, along with re-coloring the exterior, but the prototype of our new kit is just about ready to put into production.