Jon Haigwood

Looking for aftermarket outside door handles for the early fords, Resin or metal . Thanks

The red box art kit is the one she got me. I will check with Shapways

Wifey just brought home a Monogram 427 S/C Cobra kit that she found at the Goodwill for$4. I noticed it comes with wire wheels. I thought the wires were not strong enough for the 427 and the dropped them. The were on the 289 Cobra only. Where is a good place to find the correct wheels ? Thanks

Same thong with the Canopy Glue. Also use it for mocking up parts before final assembly , it is easily removed

32 Roadster dark Candy blue with pinstriping. A bit of rake with a Flatty w/3 Stromberg's, LaSalle 3 speed , qiuck change diff. Big and Littles wide whites with Torque Thrust wheels Dark blue and white tuck and button and Lakes pipes

Planning on a Ford with after market speed equipment

Didn't even notice it. Just did the "copy/paste" thing from another site. Maybe a "black eve" is the night before Halloween ? (fixed it)

If we are going to bring the meaning of the term "Hot Rod" into this (which wasn't the OP's question). We have to include a comment on the origin of the term. So this brings us the part where it was originated from the term "Gow Job" The following letter appeared in the December, 2001 Street Rodder magazine: Gow Jobs and Other Stuff Here are the answers to your questions about the origin of terms like hop-up, gow job, soup-up, etc. The origin of these terms seems to puzzle everyone but I believe I know where they came from and what they mean. In California in the '40s and early '50s hot rodders despised the term "hot rod" and never used it. They considered it I black eye. To the general public a hot rod was beat-up jalopy with no muffler, careening through a school zone with a juvenile delinquent at the wheel. To the newspapers they were a menace on par with Communism and ought to be stamped out by the police. To the serious .student of speed who had a lot of brains, sweat, and money tied up in a sophisticated performance car, this was nothing but an insult. They used the terms hop-up or gow job. So where did these come from? Well, "hop" and "gow" were names for opium which were in use as far back as the late 1800s and probably came from the Chinese. In the old days they improved the performance of race horses with drugs including opium and cocaine. This was not even illegal until the early '20s and continued surreptitiously after that. Even today the performance enhancement of human athletes and horses is nor unknown. A horse that went faster than it had any right to, was said to be 'hopped-up" or "gowed-up". From there it was a short step to apply the same names to a souped-up car. By the way, human drug users got the same names. If you read a few hard-boiled detective stories from the '30s and '40s you will soon find reference to "hopped-up punks" and "gowed-up hoodlums." As far as "soup" goes, in the '20s, nitroglycerine was called "soup" in the under-world. It was not easy to get -- safe crackers had to extract it from dynamite. It was all illegal substance and possession was evidence of criminal intent, like burglar tools. Hence the code name. "souped-up" probably referred to a race car running on exotic fuel. I know that in the '20s it was possible to buy special racing fuel from the big oil companies. An old-time motorcycle mechanic told me of taking a can of such fuel to the races where his employer had bikes competing, then pouring the leftover fuel into the tank of his hopped-up Ford, and how fast it went on the way home. In the '50s they began to use nitromethane, which is a close relative of nitroglycerine. Small world. By that time "souped-up" had acquired the general meaning it has today and hot fuel users coined new terms like "pop" and "nitro." Now on "hot rod." It is important to remember that until 1955, people used "hot" the way they use "cool" today. A hot date, a hot swing band with a hot trumpet player, a hot time. The reverse -- something inferior -- was not so hot. This was appropriate for hot rods because they actually did run hotter than normal cars, literally as well as figuratively. I have heard the story of the race promoter who abbreviated "hot roadster" to "hot rod" on his posters, but this does not ring quite true. I'm withholding judgment on this one until I see more evidence.

Building a T.R.O.G. car where can I find a good pre-wired distributer for a 4 Banger ? Thanks

First there are "Deuce's" and then there is Model A's that want to be "Deuce's"

I would have to go with the "32". It has it's own nickname "The Deuce" . The Model A, just gets called "The A" (Maybe)

Thanks for the replies . Looks like I will be building a 4 Banger Thanks Again

One of the club ,members maybe starting up a T.R.O.G build off. I never build 4 cylinder engines but thought about it for this one. The AMT 27 Model T kit comes with a 4 Banger wit an overhead valve conversion. Is this period correct for T.R.O.G. or did it come about in later years ?

I think the OP was asking for experience's and user input as well as product information

Thanks. I found this. Looks close just have to darken the blue and add some pink spots here and there. Looks better

Possibly Braniff Green

I am not sure if I could find any lace material that work for a smaller scale. The idea of making decals sounds very doable. I haven't found any patterns real close to the photo but I found several that will work. Thanks for the idea

I am thinking about building the Testers Coupe Napoleon and would like to get as accurate as I can. The kit calls for the rear interior to be black but from what I can find online it had a patterned interior . Is there a good way to replicate it or should I stick to black ?

From the show , looks to be black with black wall tires

I thought it was a French translation for "Holly Molly"'.

I found a couple promos but my pockets aren't that deep. Not sure how well the Comp Resins would convert to a factory car. I may do some comparison between the 66 and the 67 the rear body lines are similar.

I would like to build a replica of my cousins 66 Mercury Comet Cyclone . Is this doable ? All I can find is a 65 and a 67, both are a ways from a 66. Thanks for advice and or info

Keep in mind that you cannot wet sand acrylic paint or Future .

I watched his show for awhile , and classify it as an oddity , It seems like he his biggest fan, maybe only fan

Go to the web site there are lots of informative videos, Also you can go to youtube and to look for videos