Post by Chuck Most on Mar 12, 2011 23:52:41 GMT -6
Here was my first mockup...
Here is what you are seeing- a front tire/wheel from a Galaxie '46 Chevy, a rear tire/wheel from a Monogram '41 Lincoln Continental, a modified V-12 from that same Lincoln kit, with scratchbuilt finned heads and three carbs from three different Revell '37 Ford pickup kits, and a cab made by cutting down one of those shrunken Revell "Saints" '34 Ford roadsters (the body was 'shrunken' to fit the Lil John Buttera chassis from the earlier '26 T street rod kits, why, I have no idea...) I liked what I saw, so I set about connecting the dots...
The frame is (wait for it...) a '78 Ford Courier piece, Z'd in back with a '37 Ford buggy spring and Banjo axle. Up front, I cut away the Courier IFS, and replaced it with an early Ford style cross spring setup with parts box hairpins. I also made up some headers for the V-12 using solder and aluminum tubing, and slapped on the nose from a Revell Kurtis Midget, with the bullet headlamps from an AMT '62 Electra 225. I also scratched up some floor boards, a firewall, and a driveshaft hump, and cut down the '41 Lincoln dash to fit the cab, but we'll be seeing those later on when the interior has a bit more to look at. Still on the agenda- steering linkage, bed, headlamp lenses, and the aforementioned interior goodies!
Here is what you are seeing- a front tire/wheel from a Galaxie '46 Chevy, a rear tire/wheel from a Monogram '41 Lincoln Continental, a modified V-12 from that same Lincoln kit, with scratchbuilt finned heads and three carbs from three different Revell '37 Ford pickup kits, and a cab made by cutting down one of those shrunken Revell "Saints" '34 Ford roadsters (the body was 'shrunken' to fit the Lil John Buttera chassis from the earlier '26 T street rod kits, why, I have no idea...) I liked what I saw, so I set about connecting the dots...
The frame is (wait for it...) a '78 Ford Courier piece, Z'd in back with a '37 Ford buggy spring and Banjo axle. Up front, I cut away the Courier IFS, and replaced it with an early Ford style cross spring setup with parts box hairpins. I also made up some headers for the V-12 using solder and aluminum tubing, and slapped on the nose from a Revell Kurtis Midget, with the bullet headlamps from an AMT '62 Electra 225. I also scratched up some floor boards, a firewall, and a driveshaft hump, and cut down the '41 Lincoln dash to fit the cab, but we'll be seeing those later on when the interior has a bit more to look at. Still on the agenda- steering linkage, bed, headlamp lenses, and the aforementioned interior goodies!
