EFES PiLSEN Beer Can Truck

08 April 2006:
I glued the leaf spring assemblies below the chassis.

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Next, I had to decide on what I should use for the whels and tires. Since this was a truck utilizing as much Efes Pilsen materials as possible, I gave up the idea of using wheels and tires from my parts box, and went on to manufacturing them from bottle caps. I made a press die set for the wheel center effects. For the fronts, I made a convex stamping and for the rears, a concave one.

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Now the fuel tank is glued to the chassis.

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For the differential casing, I made two stampings from the can aluminum like the photo, and trimmed.

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Parts to form the rear axle and differential.

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The rear axle assembly.

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Then I drilled one pair of "rear wheels" for the axle, and fixed the rear double wheels on the axle by kneaded steel putty between the wheels.

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I also prepared the front axle with kneaded steel putty and steel wire, and with the wheels posed slightly to the left.

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Then I glued the front and rear axle assemblies to the leaf springs and got the "rolling" chassis...

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For the air tanks, I prepared the domes by forming the beer can metal and some plastic tubing for the body.

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10 April 2006:
I manufactured the air tanks assembly by making two mounting brackets and glued them on the chassis too. I also made the spare wheel and the hanging bracket as in the photo.

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I tailored, bent and installed the ladder steps between the bumper and the mudguard.

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I made the mirrors from the can aluminum as in the photo. The mirror itself is a separate piece from a bright polished beer can. You can see the reflection of my fingers holding the camera...

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Then I glued the mirrors on the cab.

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I made the drive shafts from steel rods with formed and glued joint ends from the beer can.

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11 April 2006:
I manufactured the rear mudguards.

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Then I glued in the driveshafts.

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I fixed the rear mudguards to the chassis by brackets made from steel nails, with epoxy glue.

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