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Can anyone help identify this model? I was digging through my stash from the past, and can't remember what this is. Thanks

Well now for something completely different..... I decided to set my other projects aside and got started on my 1929 Model A Roadster build for the Buckeye Challenge. I really enjoy building the same kit as Andy, (exesivefire) its a lot of fun tackling the same kit and putting our own spin on it. And since that show is in march, I really needed to get going. This is a couple weeks of progress, mainly because this concept is a bit hard to explain.. and visually I feel its developed enough to be shown. So the idea here is to build a classy classic coach-built touring car using the Model A as base. Maybe a personal street car that would be built in the late 30s by an indy car owner/driver, out of spare parts and some spare time in the metal shop? I dunno how valid that is.. but at least that's where the idea sprouted from. Think this but with a Model A roadster as a starting point: After a ton of planing in my head it became time to start laying things out, and putting the Xacto to styrene. I needed to get the body and shapes into the computer so I can design and draw all of the new components. I haven't invested in a 3d scanner, mainly because they are expensive, and I haven't seen any amazing results from an economical one. So I went oldschool/low tech and just set the body onto a flat bed scanner and scanned it at 100% size. This gave me an actual size, side and bottom view of the stock 1929 body. Once that was done I imported the images into adobe illustrator making sure to keep them at 100% size. In illustrator I was able to draw the new components as lines on top of the images. These lines will be my cut paths for the cutter. Keeping things at 100% size avoids a lot of pesky/time consuming measuring, basically anything you trace will be cut at that size Here are the cut paths for the chassis separated into its own file. And the roughed out assembled frame/chassis The exhaust will run down each side of this raised center area, the plan is to add some trim and ribbed styrene to simulate some extruded aluminum accents under the car.