Speedpro

If I were you, I would leave it as is. Don't look bad from here. Why throw yourself into a total repaint. I'm saying this because a touch up of such a big area almost always turn's into a repaint.

Your build is really coming along nicely. I see nothing but good things here! May i suggest trying a toothpic instead of a brush for touch up of a deep gouge in your paint. Brush holds alot of paint hence bigger chance of failure.

Monogram '32 Ford Roadster with a '34 Ford ZZ Top roof, suicide doors, frame, roll bar, fatties in the rear, and ya, it's got a hemi with a lenco trans.

While going through the interior parts, I noticed the trunk divider and thinking, pretty cool part. Directions show that you can see it behind the aluminum seats and also can see the gas tank and battery through it. But I think I have another way to see this part when using it. And it's from the other side. Opening the trunk is the first. That was easy. Will be using a donor body for the new trunk lid. That will be later. The new trunk divider is next. My idea is to cover the back side of the divider with some sheet styrene and then turn it around so you are looking at the frame work from inside the trunk. Had to trim to fit and add a few scraps of evergreen to complete the now new divider. Finished some small this and that's and think about what i'll do next.....................................

In this update, I did some more chopping on the '30. This time, it is in the suspension that needed to loose a couple inches. I figured that a 4-5 inch drop up front and lets say 3 inch in the rear would get it close to what my eye wants to see. The most important part that I want to keep its factory position is the radiator. There is no reason to mess with the way it mounts. Just need to shorten the grill shell. The rad and the shell were taped together and cut. The hight the radiator needed to be was determined, cut, sanded and everything glued back together. This will mount in the stock location with no other changes made. With the radiator out of the way, I can do the front end drop. Here is how I dropped the front on the '30. In the first pic I wanted to pinpoint the rad mounts with the red arrows. We want to leave those alone. A line was drawn across the cross member. This is the cut line. You can see that the line is right at the radiator mounting notches. Everything behind the line is removed to make room for the new cross member. The new cross member is going to be mounted level with top of the frame. It's location will be determined by the width of the leaf spring. Need a nice snug fit between the rad mount and the new cross member. Made up the cross member with some evergreen sheet and installed it using the front axle as a helper. One leaf was removed from the front axle. To get the leaf spring to touch the new cross member, notches had to be filed into the frame for a relief for the spring. A location pin was added back to the top of the spring. Might have got 5 inch drop out of this mod. The front axle is getting striped of it's chrome as are the rest of the front end parts. Down the road, I get to shorten the shocks also. Happy with how the front came out. Still get to do the rear. Its super simple back there. More to come. Thanks for looking and appreciate your comments.

Thanks Bob! Thank You Craig, Appreciate you checking out the build.

Thanks Brother! Without some of the very in depth conversations we have had, it would have never made it to this point. Thanks for the inspiration.

Bill, you said a word I never thought I would hear in a comment about the mods that I am putting this '30 through. If you look up the word "Radical" one of the definitions say "Very different from the usual". And different is what I'm aiming for. At times I have to let things grow on me also. Thanks for the ideas! You just had to throw in the Suicide door thing didn't ya! It was never in the plans but plans change. I am getting closer to choosing colors though. Thanks for following along

Outstanding Build! I also like that you filled and smooth the front end. Perfect paint and alclad application. That alclad can be tricky. Great pics too!

I like this. Something you don't see everyday! Can't beat 3D printing. I myself have not tried any of this printed parts stuff. If I was younger, I might take some interest in it. For now, there is enough builders using it that I just look at the work they do. Like you!

Alway's fun to see a Monkeemobile! Well done.

Stock is cool. Nice work!

Great weathering. I think its so well done, I would be afraid to ride in it if it was 1:1.

Very nice. Really clean work and I like the color.

The '30 is back with another mod to share. I'v done quit a bit to the body at this point. Things like chopping the top, wedging the body, and filling in the top, you would think would be enough. But there is still one more change or mod I'd like to do. This mod has to do with lengthening the doors a couple inches. And while doing this, the Quarter window will get shorter. I'v always felt the doors on the roadster and coupe kits were too short. I feel that adding 2-3 inches will tend to give the car a longer look....maybe! Started by making the new door line .090 is 2.25 inches in scale. The old lines were filled in will evergreen stripes. the door handle hole was also filled. The added material was sanded down and covered in super glue. It was then sanded smooth. The tops are set side by side so one can see the difference after the chop. A donor top was cut apart. All I needed was the window frames. The top and new window frames were marked. With my exacto knife, the marked area was cut out. Then the new window frame was cut to fit the new opening. The whole time I was worried I would ruin the top and have to start all over. This actually all worked very well. And I would do it again on other builds. I need to start thinking about an engine for this thing. It will take some work to get one in there. That's it for now, I appreciate the comments.

Very nice!

Very nice build!

And yet another outstanding build!

Pretty cool!

Really like your approach to the weathering and adding nice new performance parts concept. Engine is looking great with the details you've added. Nice build.

Cool! Tooling looks very poor. But it looks like you got a handle on this.

I'v been wanting to make a way of being able to attach the floor to the frame repeatedly during the build process. Especially on this '30 as there is quite a bit going on. There are only 4 body mounts. Two holes at the rear and two with a little nub that fits into a recess on the floor at the trans crossmember. The plan is to redesign the mounts at the crossmember. My main goal is to have something that will hold the floor and frame together while I'm working on it. First things first, things are a little tight around the shock mount and exhaust route since the floor is closer now. A couple of recesses were added built with some evergreen sheet scraps. The body mounts at the trans crossmember are the next area I would like to change. Figure if I was to put round rod in the floor were the recesses are for the old mounts, then I could make a tube to slide over the rod. Using this rod/tube method, should be able to install and remove the floor to the chassis as many times as needed. A round tube support frame was built using a old tamiya engine stand from the parts box. For now, everything fits and performs the way I had hoped. After all said and done, This thing just clicks together. The frame will always be in the same spot now also. Good stopping point. And now there are a few more things to ponder and figure out. Next time the body gets another mod.

This is one outstanding build. Engine choice and the roof are my favorites. Great color choices and engine details. Very nice!

Turned out very nice Bill! Great paint and BMF application. Day 2 wheels are perfect.

Geat looking build. Your work is very clean.