gasser59 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 OK Bill, last post of yours was early April. Where are you on this build? November is nearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 OK Bill, last post of yours was early April. Where are you on this build? November is nearing.Thanks for the reminder. I haven't touched it since then, but will try to get some time off after Labor Day to make some decent progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 I love it!!! I'm definitely gonna have to get me one.Thanks for your interest. These big kits are a lot more like building real cars than the smaller scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 Well, it's official. I just put a deposit on a full-scale '32 roadster body. I've been collecting parts for several years...frame, double-hump heads, block and crank, real OEM forged '32 dropped axle, Jag wires for the front, Finned Buick and Lincoln drums, etc...but waited to pull the trigger on a body until 1) it looked like I'd have time to build the thing in the foreseeable future, and 2) I found a smokin' deal on a fiberglass body shell I could get built more-or-less to my specs. Only other big-ticket item to save up for is a quick-change. Everything else will be used vintage, junkyard, or fabricated/machined by me (and I'm looking for an early Culver City Halibrand QC, though I OUGHT to run a repop that takes late-model gears and axles). The only real deviation from a "traditional" car (other than the glass body) will be a 5 or 6 speed gearbox (junkyard). Gots to have long legs for cruising cross-country, and fairly short 1-4 gears for tire smokin'. Time to get back on the model, as there are several things I HAVE to work out for the real one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) Hope you do a thread on your 1:1 build. I for one would be very interested in seeing it. Edited April 3, 2018 by afx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Cool looking forward to seeing more of this project and its big brother. Some very cool ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I would also be interested is seeing any progress on both projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spex84 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Congrats Ace! Looking forward to seeing more of both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) Full scale American Stamping repop '32 frame rails when they arrived here during some demolition a couple years back... 100% American made... And the repop glass body, a clone of which I'll be dragging back here in a few more weeks...'cept mine will be lacking the bonded-in firewall, floors, and inner door and decklid panels. All that aside, it will still be at LEAST 6 more months before I can start in on actually building the real one. Edited April 18, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces ll Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Very cool thread!.... ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 1/5/2021 at 12:35 AM, Deuces ll said: Very cool thread!.... ?? Thanks. This is the one I'd finish up first if I had the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 This will be a cool car for cruising in AZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp1839 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 good luck on the 1:1 build. perhaps we'll meet up cruisin' somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 11:56 AM, comp1839 said: good luck on the 1:1 build. perhaps we'll meet up cruisin' somewhere. Thanks. I'd really like that, and the plan is to drive the wheels off the thing when it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrevellfan Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 nice work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 22 hours ago, oldrevellfan said: nice work ! Thank you, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 I dropped the ball back in 2018, far as getting the 1:1 f'glass body went. Just too much other stuff going on like finding and buying the house in Az,. etc. But I finally arranged to get a body built like I wanted it about 6 months back, and have just been notified it's done, awaiting me to pick it up. I'll be having it here within two weeks, will post shots of it after unloading. I'm pretty stoked. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said: I dropped the ball back in 2018, far as getting the 1:1 f'glass body went. Just too much other stuff going on like finding and buying the house in Az,. etc. But I finally arranged to get a body built like I wanted it about 6 months back, and have just been notified it's done, awaiting me to pick it up. I'll be having it here within two weeks, will post shots of it after unloading. I'm pretty stoked. Exciting! Congrats! I’m excited to see it (PLEASE do a build thread - I’d love to see more of your 1:1-scale work) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 What's this Bill?? You're in AZ? Whereabouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, CabDriver said: Exciting! Congrats! I’m excited to see it I'll be picking it up Aug. 20. Have to rent a van, as I don't want to risk a long run in my daily pickup until she gets her new engine, and the possibility of having the body disappear from the side of the road if I had a breakdown and had to leave it has very little appeal. Stay tuned. Edited July 27, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy TYPO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 13 hours ago, gasser59 said: What's this Bill?? You're in AZ? Whereabouts? The new place is in the dead center of Mohave county, right on the longest remaining segment of old Rt. 66. But I'm still working in Georgia, finishing up two long term projects before I finish moving West. Running WAY behind, as usual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 Finally got the full-scale f'glass shell. Just like a big kit, but no box, instructions, numbers, or alignment pins. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 This makes me happy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Bullybeef said: This makes me happy Me too. Now if I can just live long enough to build the thing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Would love to see what you do with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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