Today I’d like to share some images of a 1952 International-Harvester COE Rat Wrecker that my friend Sam Humston is building. Sam has a fertile imagination and likes to build cars that are rather offbeat. His latest project is this 1952 International-Harvester COE that he is making into a mid-engine rat wrecker. This is by far the most unusual vehicle Sam has undertaken but, as with his previous cars, it will undoubtedly be roadworthy and fun to drive.
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For the portrait above I first took my three frame bracket set of +2, 0 and -2 EV exposures into NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 where I created the HDR image. After that conversion I opened the resulting image in onOne Perfect B&W and applied a preset I made a while back for a completely different situation. I wanted to give the photo an old time feel and Perfect B&W did the trick.
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The image above gives an idea of the unusual approach Sam is taking with this vehicle. The International-Harvester truck cab was originally used on a COE (Cab Over Engine) which is a large commercial truck designed for pulling forty foot long trailers and other heavy duty work.
Below are a couple of snapshots Sam made when he first bought the truck.
As you can see from these two snap shots Sam sent me he was really thinking outside the box with this vehicle. When he first described his idea to me I couldn’t see where he was heading. Now that he has the cab mounted on the new frame and rolling I can see that this is going to really turn heads when he finishes it.
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This side view of the vehicle give a better idea of what the final result will be. The frame is also designed to accept a Class 3 Reese Trailer Hitch so that the truck can double as a tow vehicle. Sam also plans to build a wrecker boom over the engine with a winch and cable to make it into a 1952 International Harvester COE Rat Wrecker. Once again this image is a HDR shot created using my normal HDR process.
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This shot of the truck up on stands in Sam’s garage started out as a HDR image that I then took into Topaz B&W Effects 2 and applied a preset of my own creation. When I created this preset I wanted something that felt like an old time post card. By using a HDR source image and then applying this preset I can give an image this look while still showing the detail in the scene.
The next three images are all HDR images that I used different effects to process
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Thanks for stopping by and taking time to look at my latest work. Though I am very committed to chronicling the Ohio River Bridges Project I still love to look for new and unusual subject matter as I explore the world around me. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I do and that you will return to Speeddemon2 Photography to see the world through my eyes in 2015.
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