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[crazyrichard]

hi all , saw this kit for sale and had to buy it straight away , back in the day people here got their license in a opel blitz , they where made from van like to mild truck like this one..
when they passed the drivers test they got a lisence for car and truck in one go

so far the boring part , just knew i had to hotrod this kit and i decided to trun it into a hotrod flatbed transporter










the shapes are so perfect to hotrod it

Edited by crazyrichard, 10 November 2012 - 10:49 AM.

[crazyrichard]

started this after posting the topic and i already had a good head start today


chassis



then used the engine from the kit i was thinking of using a ford v8 but i will keep the hood closed and a removable hood would ebcome too flimsy atm with the cab in several sections





then started to build the cab









getting some idea's





the kit includes tyres from hard plastic instead of rubber so i looked in the partsboxes and used these rubber ones



then channeled the cab and set it nice and low , not to low , still needs to be a kind of flatbed truck



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tyres still run free and the whole assembly still steers

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[crazyrichard]

put some new tyres in the rear wheels



and just put this on the table and started to think waht to do at the back







then it hit me , use teh chassis and engine from the dan fink woody witch i used the body from for the towtruck build
and i had a loose deuce body with no roof lying aound ....and make a salt lake racer to put on it

[crazyrichard]

sanded the body tonight ....turned out great after building that cab out of several lose parts , doesnt involve a lot of extra work

[Custom Mike]

Richard, this kit would be the perfect candidate for a chopped top, the body is already in pieces! Great work so far, I'll be watching!

[jcbigpaw]

Looking good so far. These kind of matched builds are very popular at the car shows. Keep it coming.

[cobraman]

Nice job with the muli piece body. I still cringe when I see one due to the ones I built years ago by Palmer and Pyro.

[crazyrichard]

Richard, this kit would be the perfect candidate for a chopped top, the body is already in pieces! Great work so far, I'll be watching!

thnx and yes i thought about chopping the roof but the roof is not real high stock .. and seeing how high the actual cabine is at the sides .. would become a bit out of proportion .. at least that was what i thought liooking at the body ..
there would be a bog chance it would look odd ...

but dont worry i have some plans to spice up the looks of the cabine a bit

Looking good so far. These kind of matched builds are very popular at the car shows. Keep it coming.

thnx !

Edited by crazyrichard, 03 November 2012 - 11:50 PM.

[crazyrichard]

Nice job with the muli piece body. I still cringe when I see one due to the ones I built years ago by Palmer and Pyro.

well when i saw the cabine i was really expecting a lot of work ...i never did one like this also
when putting the parts together there was some tension / stress on the parts but after some tape to hold it togheter it really wasnt that bad ..
also helps to really sand the contact lines flat , when you look real close they always have some inperfections


ps i needed to do 2 posts for 3 quotes ?? it said to many blocks of quotes .. weird why would there be no room for 3 quotes in one post ??

Edited by crazyrichard, 03 November 2012 - 11:52 PM.

[crazyrichard]

started with the deuce body , flattened all the edges after the roof removal .. sanded some round shapes in it again
and made de interiour flow nicely into the body edges at the back





then started a visor , used a chevy rear bumper for this






made some rough side caps



aftyer the first flattening





sanded some more and made strips wich run from the visor onto the side of the cab

[Erik Smith]

I like it! Great looking stance.

[Foxer]

Nice visor ... the edges put just the right look on it!

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys

just did some work on the racer ... crappy pics due to the red of the body and the fact its dark outside

i narrowed the bottom of the body slightly by glueing it onto the interiour box , this created a more sleek shape
then glued the forewall against the front and not inbetweer the body .. and at the bottom let it stick outside the body



then flattened that so its one piece with the body





after some sanding its flush and the kind of raised line on the side runs through into the firewall now , because i kept that lower and created a edge , i love the shape like this



really crappy pic of the interiour wich also is worked onto the body so you dont see ugly gaps inside



then put the dash onto the edge and not under it and also let that stick out and made it flush / whole with the body



then started a tonneau cover all just basics and nothing will really stay this way

[ryanm]

thats awesome man ive got dreams for a hauler my self might do half van we,ll see

[crazyrichard]

thnx , yes something i had on my mind for a while also
and i'd love to see more of these build so go for it , and a more van like hauler is also very very cool

[Ace-Garageguy]

Great work so far. Really cool.

[crazyrichard]

thnx

small update

[H.A.K]

This looks soooo goood

[crazyrichard]

it does fit well yes
but thats the fun i can put any rod on the back , so in the end i wioll make some pics with several rods

[crazyrichard]

closed the front today