LN 8000 Crew Cab and F600 COE

Mill City Replicas has re-released their '53 Ford F600 cab-over-engine (COE) resin kit. Looks well done and it also looks like a crew cab could be built by sacrificing an F100 cab (from an AMT or other kit).



However my LN 8000 crew cab is coming along nicely if slowly, so the COE will sit on the shelf for now.





The plan is to cut up the race car carrier to fit without a change in wheelbase. This would result in shorter or non-existent lockers; I am also considering building an upper deck that could take a second car. The upper deck would extend over the cab; the COE being shorter but taller, the LN 8000 is probably a better choice for this type of modification.



Stay tuned. Putty is going on, slowly, in multiple coats to cover up the space between the cabs.