kenworth s2 tipper build

Assessor. Seeing your truck transform has been great for all of us to see.

Your efforts so far have been truely brilliant. It would be a shame for you to leave the forum without continuing the story.

I am busting to see the next installment.

So please, come back and keep entertaining us with your work on the S2 and valued forum chat.

Stew.

Ass S R
Gudday M8

Must B time for sum happy snaps update
U kno the deal



GiveTillItHurtz
LOL
Thanx in advance
Cya
[ch9787]

Iam going to try and fix this topic up,and re add some pic,s for the new blokes,and the regular fellas that want to look at the build up of my S2, wont be exactly the same but i will try ........ brought the truck in tassie of kenworthc500,s dad....came over on toll shipping and i drove it home from webb dock

This is pretty much the photo i brough the truck from


With the body on ready for the trip to bernie


The drive home down the monash [drove pretty good]


When i brought the truck a deal was done on a tipper body, so ricky sat the body on the back, chained it on, and he drove it sixty odd km,s to bernie dock for me
[good one ricky! thanks mate]

from webb dock, i drove it home, liffed off the body and stripped it back to basic,s to set it up as a tipper

At home



tipper off


In the shed with the guards stripped off!



once things were stripped everything was steam cleaned, and i decided i would fitt a full set of buds, a subframe for the tipper had to be made, and new brakes ,etc

subframe


Made up an oil tank out of a old lpg tank


set of kw 904 buds waiting


Fitting front buds, i converted the front brakes to 5" over the old 4 3/8 ones, new linings, rollers, s-cams,bearings, slacks and boosters


picked up a cheap Texas bar


After looking high and low for some raycor shutters a decided to make my own s/s shutter grill




Young bloke home on leave, likes the old jigga!!!
[stick to flying jets mate,more pay!]




Brought a 13" drop visor from the states and fitted up the rear buds, new brakes ,drums,rollers,s-cams,spring brakes, bearings ,slack adjusters, and a set of vortex air cleaners to replace the rusty ones!

She's still looking good there old mate

Next my attention swung over to the tipper body, so it was dragged in the shed, on close inspection it needed a whole new front, the back wasn't that great either, the body was braced and i took the front out and made a new bizloy one

front out


new one in, i thought i would make a tapered back board like the old hamilex style, to suit the old truck more!


once the front was finished, i attacked the rear end. i decided to shorten it 300mm and completly replace everything in bizoy. i picked up a great s/h bizloy gate and shorted it in height, 200mm to suit the body, while i was at it, i fitted a new two way kit



things were finished off and the body was sat on the sub-frame


Next i fabbed up some "old school hamilex guards keeping in the style i thought would look right on the S2. rope-rails and steps "were gettin there1

The body, is close to finished by this stage, pivot point, rear gate locks,air ram, and hydraulics next


all the body now done, final touchs to hydrulics, fit pto, re-seal hoist, pipe up the controls, in the mean time my vintage bugs arived from the states, eyebrows for the headlights and were nearly ready for the teardown for paint and polish





ok theres the quick re-cap i will squeeze a few more in here and there, soon


cheers Adam

Another job out the way today! fabbed up some tow points for the bar and mounted it all up! other wise come winter, that bar wont last, first time she,s bogged and now where to pull on...........see ya later texas bar, there only made of paper ......... now she,s starting to look like a tipper!!!



Cheers Adam

Adam,
She's lookin' mighty fine! Your handywork (tipper rebuild etc.) is incredible. Old school style rebuild is a real credit to you. Can't wait for the next installment.
Adrian.

Thanks mate, kind of you to say so!

Cheers Adam

Adam
Me be thinkin your talents are wasted ownin and drivin fer a livin.
reckon theres a few blokes in fact a lot of blokes who would pay handsomely for your handywork.
When do you estimate that your project will be on the road and makin you some loot ?
Cheers Adam and all the best with the rest of your work on the old girl.