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No track is complete without a fuel truck! Well, mine wasn't.

I started off with a First Gear fuel truck from eBay that was a blem. I paid under $20 with shipping. There are dozens of these trucks available - Fords, GMC, International, etc. I purchased this one as it was a Sunoco and I really thought I'd keep it that way, but as there are no Sunoco stations in Colorado, it had to be changed!

At the PDR, all fuel is delivered by a real local petroleum company that has been in Colorado Springs for over 40 years; Chief Petroleum.



After a few quick coats of primer and white paint, I added some home-made decals of the logo, weathered it a little bit, and voila! A new truck that fits the era of the track.

Nice one. But he must be on the first delivery for the day. Too clean.

Ember, well I figure the boys from Chief would like their truck to look nice in the paddock. However, it is actually pretty dirty, it just doesn't show up well in the pictures.

Nice looking truck.Fits right in with your layout!!

Rusty

Very cool, great job. It does fit right in.

Thanks! Wait until I finish painting the ABC Wide World of Sports crew and finish their VW van...now that takes me back!

I have 4 or 5 First Gear trucks for use on my future, permanent layout. In particular I have one of the White 3000 stake bed trucks that is just begging to be converted to a transporter ala Ecurie Ecosse or the Fiat transporters that Ferrari used.

I was wondering how I was going to repaint my Valvoline fuel truck....now you've given me incentive.

Very cool Dave, fits right in with the era of your track!

TsgtRet - I'd love to see how these turn out!

I know a guy that could make that truck go :banana-rock: Give that to Tom and he will have it going and pumping fuel in like 16 min.

I just picked up a very strange 1\24, its a 1968 monogram kit, here is a hint, it has 6 wheels and flys


great repaint Doc

That is very cool. I like the change but also liked the Sunoco version too. It definitely looks the part. As far as the dirtiness of the truck, If I know the owner of PDR I'll bet he has a mandate for cleanliness of all vehicles entering the facility. Jim

That came out nice! I have a old Texaco Dodge Airflow tanker delivering at my track.