Something different for the Beer Wagon-the Coca Cola Hauler!

[donculley]

Finally got this long stalled first ever kitbash finished ! In addition to the in progress shots, some things added were the coke bottle shifter, steering and front suspension from the Garbage truck , wire rims from the Pie Wagon for a vintage look , a resin ice cooler in place of the beer keg, with hard to paint coke cans inside. The clear red bottles I've had for years ; I sanded one side flat and they made nice taillights. The wood dash and rear bed decals are from a recent AMT Coke series kit. The Coke cases are from a trashed Franklin Mint truck. The truck is painted pale yellow and black like the old Coke trucks . The great part of this build was that all the parts came from my parts stash ;no complete kits were harmed during this build. I hope you guys like it !

[plastimatic]

I appreciates this build.
My dad was case slinger back around 1970, and I have fond memories of him in the yellow truck, in his pinstripe uniform (his summer look).
Of course, his ride was barely as cool as this one.

[davevan1]

Cool spin!

[stevielewis]

Really cool, Don!

[Bert]

Makes me want a 6 or 8oz Coke in a bottle. I like all of the changes. The cooler between the seats is a nice touch. Did you can the chain drive?

[donculley]

Jun 20, 2021 16:15:17 GMT -6 Bert said:

Makes me want a 6 or 8oz Coke in a bottle. I like all of the changes. The cooler between the seats is a nice touch. Did you can the chain drive?

Yes, the chain drive and transfer case was all cut out; I used the rear diff from the Garbage truck and a driveshaft from the parts bin. The Kegs were also not used and a gas tank from an old Jeep Commando kit was installed. You can see some shots of the underside in the "in progress" section .

[showrodjohn]

Sweet build I hope you did not have to paint all the coke bottles.

[snakeplissken81]

Sweet build.

[Dennis M]

Amazing build.

[donculley]

Jun 24, 2021 1:04:20 GMT -6 showrodjohn said:

Sweet build I hope you did not have to paint all the coke bottles.

Originally I was looking at craft stores for doll house coke cases, but luckily I found a beat up Franklin Mint truck that had pre painted parts which supplied the cases . Each row has a full set of cases in it ; when I finished it I found I didn't have to do that since you can only see the outside ones !