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Post by Bernard Kron on Feb 22, 2021 17:31:52 GMT -5
’32 Ford Channeled “Pseudo-Tub” Show CarMore photos below Many moons ago, about the time it was first introduced, I attempted to chop a Revell ’32 Ford Tudor. It went OK until I lost a part of the “A” pillars. The rest of the kit was picked clean of virtually all its parts as the half-cut body traveled from one parts box to another, homeless. Recently I decided to remove the top altogether, making what a TRaK member named “Dub” had christened a Pseudo-Tub at about the time of my original ill-fated chop. Dub had built a fine traditional style Tub hot rod from his decapitated Tudor and I had always intended to try something similar. But as I gathered parts for my Pseudo-Tub project I encountered a gorgeous set of resin diamond-tuft quilted bucket seats from Drag City Casting. This caused me to do a full 180 from a 50’s style traditional street rod to an early-60’s style show rod with a Duval style windshield grafted on from an AMT ’32 Ford Phantom Vicky which also contributed it’s chassis and cowl. Instantly this turned into a monster kit bash. All the parts sources and details are listed below along with more photos Revell ’32 Ford Sedan: Main body (top & cowl removed), firewall, front shocks and headlights, taillights, license frame, coil springs and shocks AMT ’32 Ford Phantom Vicky: Chassis (2 scale inch Z at rear), front half of floor pan, Rear axle and suspension, grill shell, cowl, dashboard, DuVal style windshield Monogram Lil’ Coffin: Wheels front and rear, rear slicks, shift lever Revell ’29 Ford Roadster: Buick Nailhead motor including carbs and exhaust headers Revell ’30 Ford Phaeton: Steering wheel Aftermarket parts: Drag City Casting: Diamond tuft quilted seats, front Buick finned drum brakes; Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland: Carb scoops; ThePartsBox.com: wire-reinforced resin ’40 Ford 4” dropped front axle; Modelhaus Tires: T120A front whitewalls; Aurora Plastics Corp.: "drawer pull" grill from vintage #592 Custom Grills & Trim 1/25 Scale Customizing Automobile Parts Scratch built parts: front leaf spring, tonneau cover, interior side and rear upholstery panels, rear half of floor pan Paint and finishes: Duplicolor white primer and Duplicolor Universal white base coat, Tamiya TS65 Pear Clear (3 coats), “Fade” panel paint job done with home-made decals, all sealed with Tamiya TS-13 clear (5 coats). Thanx for lookin’ B.
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Post by lo51merc on Feb 22, 2021 19:11:41 GMT -5
Love it!!!👍👍🏻😛
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Post by Duane on Feb 22, 2021 20:45:03 GMT -5
sweet !
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Post by Bernard Kron on Feb 24, 2021 13:24:25 GMT -5
Thanks to you both. This started out as a casual build to get rid of some parts-box items, but it soon got more ambitious than I first thought. I still think Dub's build is a classic and I admire the pure hot rod feel he achieved. But the Lil' Coffin wheels and whitewalls, and the Phantom Vicky cowl and Duval windshield, pointed me in the show rod direction. The large surface decals were a high-risk item and, frankly, I'm surprised it came out as well as it did. I know the show rod style isn't to everyone's taste so I appreciate your positive comments.
B.
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Feb 24, 2021 14:35:25 GMT -5
Wow! A lot going on there I can study the details for hours. Great creativity and execution. Well done!
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Post by dodgefever on Feb 26, 2021 12:23:52 GMT -5
Period perfect. Well done.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Feb 26, 2021 20:00:39 GMT -5
Thanks a lot, Ron and Stu. It's much appreciated.
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Post by skip on Feb 26, 2021 23:11:54 GMT -5
Totally Tasty ShowRod all the way! You hit that one outta the park!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2021 6:40:14 GMT -5
Captures the show rod era to a T. Very well done. I like it it all, but I'm especially fond of the grille. Nice work!
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Post by krowkustom on Feb 27, 2021 8:32:16 GMT -5
Superb
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Post by Bernard Kron on Feb 27, 2021 12:32:03 GMT -5
...I like it it all, but I'm especially fond of the grille. ... Thanks again, you all! Show rods, like certain flavors of post-modern, neo-traditionalist (viz. Weezner, Rolllng Bones, R.O.G., et al), are a tough needle to thread here on TRaK. After all, everything about shows rods is far earlier than the early 70's we tend to associate them with. Larry Watson's first panel paint jobs and fades were done in 1957, Don Tognotti's King T (the virtual instruction book for all things Fad-T) was built in '63, and even literalist novelty cars created specifically to tour on the show circuit, like the Druid Princess and The Bath Tub Buggy were built in '67 and '68 respectively. Indeed most show rods and aRt Rods are banned here on TRaK, but where to draw the line?. This whole project was all about that narrow opening, even though I didn't think much about it until the decision to make the grill a drawer-pull one. By that time I was committed and there was no going back. But the early show-rods (The King T, for example) have their roots firmly in the post-war hot rod tradition - they're elaborations on the traditional forms, Very much in that manner was Dub's superb primered Pseudo-Tub the inspiration for mine, despite the fact that I did a virtual 180 from his by the time I was done. As I've said before, I'm a very improvisational builder, and I really don't know what the true final outcome will be, despite the occasional claim to the contrary. In any case your interest and support is always apreciated, B,
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Post by HotRodTom on Feb 27, 2021 15:00:01 GMT -5
Very nice execution! Took a while to pour over some of the details. The grille caught my attention, as well as the panel fade paint-job and the interior and other "little" touches. I could very easily see a lanky, freshly crewcut kid with his "Walter Cronkite" glasses and white t-shirt with sleeves slightly rolled and posing with his trophy next to this car at his local indoor car show while smililng from ear to ear. I especially was drawn to the panel paint job. I first thought it was a cleanly executed airbrush deal. I LIKE it! Great job!
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