50 Ford PU redo

[Geezerman]

Now that I have myself reinstalled on the board, please let me bore you with my latest adventure.

This 50 never pleased me, even tho I had got a pretty good chop on it.

SO, I tore it apart. the wheels and chassis went on my 40 Ford beater 'vert.

The cab is now in black primer and I am working on a slammed frame. Was going to use a blown engine salvaged from a different build. but instead am planning on a new nailhead Buick with 6 Deuces on a log manifold.

Here's the carcass.

Stuff for this build. Nailhead and intake parts in the forground. Other engine and parts will return to the salvage yard ;D

I decided to open up the cowl vent for this baby.

Sitting next to the stock body thats from the new kit I got for xmas. Don't know what I'm going to do with that kit yet. Almost too new to mess with.

Here's the scratched frame ready for engine mounts and other thingies that I'll need to get on it before I paint it.

I have a LOT of small stuff to do yet. Haven't even touched the engine other than getting the block together, but the mind is whirling !! ???

Edited July 4, 2010 by Geezerman

[Geezerman]

Iff'n I had a nice lathe, I coulda whipped out a neat symmetrical tank in a matter of minutes. Geezerman don't got no such luxuries.

Instead, I spent a pleasurable couple of hours making this not so symmetrical tank.

Coupla Ticky Train barrels, top off of an acyetlene tank and the noise end of a horn. Hubcap rounds off the bottom end. ;D

Going slo, but I haven't stopped.

Working on little stuff that adds to the whole. NOS gauge is off the acetylene tanks, and the smaller gas tank is the smaller tank off of the same torch outfit.

I'm thinkin, "More bottle, less throttle" :

[Terror]

Great to see you back Geez!I like the truck.Have you been out searching for more rodent shells?LOL

[Geezerman]

I know there are a lot of 'serious' modelers on this forum and I hope I don't offend them too much with my silly 'imagineering', but it's what I do!

My 'imagineered' plumbing for the NOS to the engine :

Seem like Revell's prototypers weren't too concerned over the backside of the grill piece, as it's normally buried inside the model.

But for my purposes it needed a bit of detail.

[george 53]

Geeze, GREAT to see ya back!!! YOU been missed!!!(at least by ME!) Your builds are ALWAYS over the top! Don't worry about the other so called pro's, cuz with your imagination, youre LIGHT years ahead of them! at least to me you are! WHO ELSE here woulda used a Squerril skull to build a grille shell??/ THAT'S outside the box thinkin Daddy-O!!! REAL happy to see you back!

[pharr7226]

She's looking good Geezerman.

[Foxer]

Your great chop hit me in this view ... it's just so right! This sure looks like a fun build

[Geezerman]

Now I had to make some pipes that were worthy of this thing. I liked these, but they were too short. So I gathered up some stuff to rework them.

I like them now, but they're threatening the cowl, so the cowl will just have to adapt.

[george 53]

The ends of 'em look like pistons, WAS that your intent? Either way, I like 'em!!!

[Geezerman]

Not quite finished, George.

Bandaid treatment is next....if I can pull it off halfway decently.

[sweptline64]

awesome looking build can't wait to see it finished. you got some neat ideas keep'em comin.

[Geezerman]

I got called out on the pipes I picked out of my salvage junkyard.

So I googled, and sure enuff, Nailhead exhaust ports are paired up with a gap between the front two and the rears.

No matter to me. probably would have been easier to wrap them as pairs tho.