British version of Thames Panel

[maltsr]

I was inspired by the many UK built Fordsons (as we call them) from the 70's.  Starting with the Revell gasser kit, much work was done to convert the drag racer to a street rod:

Front struts and steering rack from the Revell Pro Stock Camaro, with lower arms from a Buttera T.  The rack was cut into four pieces, adapted to right hand drive and narrowed (a lot!). The upper strut mount had to be moved, and the inner guards were extended back with plastic card.  Rear end was sourced from the Dodge A100 pickup, shortened and narrowed with parts box shocks.

The engine and 'box came from the Revell Ford Escort rally car, with a scratch built exhaust.

For a cleaner look, the door hinge systems were removed and the resulting 16 holes filled.  Strip styrene was used to enlarge the doors for a better fit.  Model Car Garage provided the photoetch grilles, and parts box clear headlight lenses replace the chrome plated kit items.  The front tyres came from the kit, wheels and rear tyres are parts box items. 

Paint is my usual Tamiya rattle can, this time Metallic Orange.  Back in the day, many hot rods in the UK had names, a Slixx decal sheet provided a suitable name for mine. A couple of details are still to be added but I'm pleased with the result so far.

Thanks for looking.

 

Edited September 3, 2018 by maltsr

[James2]

Very nicely done. 

['70 Grande]

Simply love this build!  I have had this same kit-conversion in my mind for many years, but I never started it because removing all of those awkward door hinges and re-doing the doors for a better fit were too big of stumbling-blocks for me!  I really like the integration of the Rally 4-banger and the paintwork looks outstanding as well!  Do you remember where you sourced that rear axle/suspension from?  

['70 Grande]

Oops; just read that the rear suspension came outta the Dodge A-100 pickup... nice.

[Tom Geiger]

Very nice build!  I've always wanted to take that kit back to a stock panel.

Edited September 3, 2018 by Tom Geiger

[Snake45]

Very, VERY nice! Love the color! 

[Tom Geiger]

2 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

Very, VERY nice! Love the color! 

What's up Richard?  Tried to PM you, system says you cannot receive messages!

[cobraman]

Sweet looking model. Nice work.

[Nacho Z]

As always with your work, Paul, very nice!

[Gramps46]

18 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

Very nice build!  I've always wanted to take that kit back to a stock panel.

Tom,  I bought a glue bomb Thames with the same plan to take it back to stock.  I have gotten it disassembled but that is as far as I have gotten.

Edited September 3, 2018 by Gramps46

[Silver Foxx]

I like this a lot , great idea to use the Escort engine , suits it just fine , nice choice of rims and tires . Well done .

[oldnslow]

Nice looking rod , really like the little Thames .

[doggie427]

Very clean build. Well thought out and assembled. Lovely choice of colour. Love it ? 

[espo]

Great looking little street rod. Nice paint work. I like the idea of a warmed over 4cyl. engine in that light weight body. 

[slusher]

Fantastic model and work!

[Tyler62990]

Oh yeah, that's awesome!

[ChrisR]

Very nice!!

[crazyjim]

Excellent build.  I just love it.

[Richard Bartrop]

Nicely done, and I like that idea of doing regional variations on the hot rod theme.

[PatW]

Superb! Using so many other parts to build it was brilliant!

We had so many of these on the streets when I was growing up in the late '50's and early '60's. We called them the Ford Anglia van as the car (Anglia) was very similar. Thanks for sharing. 

[peekay]

That is really nice, my favourite build so far of this kit.

[stavanzer]

Outstanding Build. The colour is perfect, and the little Escort engine fits just right.

[o-man]

That's a cool build