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going frankenstein with left over parts and stuff i already cut op tpo use parts for other builds

started with this 1940 ford pick-up cabine , back then i chopped this cab and put brass tubing on the firewall

sanded of the red paint first to reveil the black underneith

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after a lot of sanding i got through the black and then the primer and found styrene again

then took the rear quarter panels of a 57 chevy and cut up the roof of the chevy to use as bed cover

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put a wheel in the rear

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and started to look at difefrent wheels and tyres

here with a styrene sleeve and a small styrene rim as center

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same but used a hub cap in the center

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i loved this one myself

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now i want to use the front clip of the chevy but there are no headlights or bumper or grille , so i then should make a custom front end .. or maybe i can look at a nother front end from left overs

i want a blown v8 sticking through the hood , i will just let the parts lead me

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decided to go with the style of the rat pick up with the coronet ass >

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started on my version , instead of a coronet its a 57 chevy rear end

placed the light houses , bumper , that became a whole lot shorter

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found the perfect tyres with a good sand they will look like the reference rod

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made a tailgate , the chevy trunk was not usable i already used part of that .. so i took a chevy trunk lid and bend it into shape did the round shae myself by heating and bending ....

i had 3 corvette bodus so i hacked one up .. other parts are usefull in the future :)

glued a bar of sprue on the top rear of the trunklid wich i will flatten and file into shape later

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thnx bryan !

i made good progres this morning :)

first i took the rim backsides that fit the axle and made them a lot smaller (width) and for the picture with dryfitting put some deeper bbs rims in the tyres

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made a closed part in the bed , underneith i can slide in a gas tank (need to make that) and let the fillerneck come up through the top plate..

need to make wheel wells and a floor

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i had old new beetle rims i saved from the bin ounce .. and took the revell rims you find in a lot of kits ..

i never use there revell rims because they are to common ..

so now i could use them as a center for deep dish rims

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and ... need to spray them chrome

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under the rod

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like the reference rod the rims fall deep into the tyre and are nice and deep

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:)

sprayed the rims chrome and then after drying painted them with brown oild paint and with a wet cuetip removed the brown oild paint leaving it in the edges and deeper parts

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sanded a bit on the primed rear end

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here you see its brown in the rims

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the cabine is next i guess thats not primed , need to make a strip on the side and clean up some stuff like pannellines

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thnx !!

the rear will sit higer eventually so that its got a rake in the cab and bed

just closed some gaps on the inside of the bed , the underside and on the sides of the tailgate .. beside the cut chevy parts its all left overs and some old plastic so i just filled in the gaps with car bondo that becomes rockhard

its drying tomorrow i can sand the bondo

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the inside of the bed will get more detail later

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thnx !

started on the front suspension , went for the leaf spring suspended .....

oh and for the purists its a chevy front axle with a ford leaf spring ... i know some may go nuts and thinking its sacrilege ..

well its just stuff i think looks cool and it so happens to be chevy and ford parts mixed up hahahaha

"bad mariage" hehe

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only need to make the bars from the axle to the chasis

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i tried every combination of wheels and i have enough choise , already was thinking nothing would work , it just didnt look right in the front earea ... untill i tried these thinking they would not look good and whow perfect proportions and look

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hacked up some rim backs

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made a gass tank , and the fun part is the words mean nice hey ? .. that was not done on purpose i sawed a pen to pieces and glued the end caps on and then saw that hahahaha

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