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I have a question, not claiming to be right by any means but isn't that Kenworth a T800W? Doesn't the C500 have steels fenders and hood that sit much higher? Great photos either way!
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Someone mentioned in the videos comments that this C500 has an identical Hood to the T800W but is in fact a C500 so I can only assume it can be ordered with a T800W hood. Don't know if that's true or not but I can understand not everyone liking the big square C500 hood.
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KyleS wrote:Someone mentioned in the videos comments that this C500 has an identical Hood to the T800W but is in fact a C500 so I can only assume it can be ordered with a T800W hood. Don't know if that's true or not but I can understand not everyone liking the big square C500 hood. Thanks, I didn't watch the videos, looking over that sloped hood sure would be better than the big square one when you need all the room you can get.
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Claus wrote:I have a question, not claiming to be right by any means but isn't that Kenworth a T800W? Doesn't the C500 have steels fenders and hood that sit much higher? Great photos either way! So from what I have gathered it can be ordered with either a steel Hood like on the Wsi c500 or with a fiberglass hood like in the pictures. If I could find a red Wsi c-500 one I would love to build this truck. But of course as soon as I was going to buy one there discontinued and out of stock everywhere 
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 honchoforever: I saw one a couple of months ago, but the guy wanted $275.00 There's really none left. Try the blue one in Ocean Traders livery or the Sarens livery. Same truck. Glad I got my red ones though. CAW
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Claus wrote:I have a question, not claiming to be right by any means but isn't that Kenworth a T800W? Doesn't the C500 have steels fenders and hood that sit much higher? Great photos either way! Its a C500W. I thought it was a T800W at first too.
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That's pretty much the story of my life with every model I want. I'm about 5-10 years late getting models that are now almost impossible to find.
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That's pretty much the story of my life with every model I want. I'm about 5-10 years late getting models that are now almost impossible to find.
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More pics; 
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honchoforever1 wrote:Claus wrote:I have a question, not claiming to be right by any means but isn't that Kenworth a T800W? Doesn't the C500 have steels fenders and hood that sit much higher? Great photos either way! So from what I have gathered it can be ordered with either a steel Hood like on the Wsi c500 or with a fiberglass hood like in the pictures. If I could find a red Wsi c-500 one I would love to build this truck. But of course as soon as I was going to buy one there discontinued and out of stock everywhere If I were going to try and replicate that truck I think I would start with a Sword T800W, remove the battery boxes, slide the fuel tanks under the cab and add rear wheels and planetaries off of the WSI Kenworth. I think just the wheels and centers would be enough to give that look. Just my two cents.
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By the way, the wheels on the WSI Ocean Traders version of the C500 are aluminum buds vs steel white wheels on the red version if you want the look of the real truck in those photos.
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Claus wrote:honchoforever1 wrote:Claus wrote:I have a question, not claiming to be right by any means but isn't that Kenworth a T800W? Doesn't the C500 have steels fenders and hood that sit much higher? Great photos either way! So from what I have gathered it can be ordered with either a steel Hood like on the Wsi c500 or with a fiberglass hood like in the pictures. If I could find a red Wsi c-500 one I would love to build this truck. But of course as soon as I was going to buy one there discontinued and out of stock everywhere If I were going to try and replicate that truck I think I would start with a Sword T800W, remove the battery boxes, slide the fuel tanks under the cab and add rear wheels and planetaries off of the WSI Kenworth. I think just the wheels and centers would be enough to give that look. Just my two cents. Your right it would be close. But I'm just not that kinda guy lol. I have to stArt with a c-500. I've thought about using a blue sarens or ocean trader but then I have to do a color change to red anyway and that's a pain in the ace! Lol
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Of course there's one when I have no money... I bought a jeep so I'm broke. J ust E mpty E very P ocket LOL!
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That one on Ebay looks good. Only one antennae broken, which is almost always the case. The rookie rods have been painted yellow, which looks pretty good. We'll see how high it goes. It's definitely been used though. That should tamper the price a bit. CAW And Claus, I like the white rims. I would like a trailer with white rims with it. Thanks for the pics by the way.
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