Jon Haigwood

Maybe if we really stretch our imagination instead of calling it a "discord" why don't we call it a "chatroom" As Kookie would say all this "discord" talk is giving me "Smog in the Noggin"

Just picked up a Beatnik Bandit kit in a bag at one of our swap meets. No instructions and the noe chromed parts are molded in a almost clear cream colored plastic . Any insight or information would be helpful Thanks

has the American 56 front turn signals , missed the 57 on the plate oops doing some research it seem there are purposely built Utes that are based on the passenger car and Utes that are the same as what we Americans call pickups. They call anything with a cargo tray a Ute. The bottom one looks like a standard 57 pickup truck with 57 car rear fenders. The web page stated it was a rare 57 Ute. Maybe they were just jesting.

Definitely a 56 Little confusing , these are both supposed to be 57's

Home grown "snorkel" or home grown "Chortle"

With the discussion on another thread about Utes I was considering building a Ute from the Revell 57 Ford wagon kit. But are there any right hand drive dashboards available or would it be something you need to scratch build? Do the kits sold in Australia have right hand drive or do they have to just deal with the backward American kits ?

Thanks . I can see a 56 Ford Ute in my future

Thanks for the info Alan. Lots of great stuff. One thing I noticed that the term "package tray" was used rather than calling it a "bed" . I will save the info for future builds. thanks again

Ute (vehicle) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A ute – originally an abbreviation for "utility" or "coupé utility" – is a term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe trayback vehicles, that can be driven with a regular driver's license. Traditionally this meant (usually two-wheel-drive) passenger-car based vehicles with a cargo tray in the rear integrated with the passenger body; as opposed to a pickup truck whose cargo tray is not integrated with the passenger body. Present-day usage of the term "ute" in Australia and New Zealand has however expanded to include all regular pick-ups. Both the Australian and New Zealand national automobile associations call for instance Toyota Hiluxes or Nissan Navaras utes,[2][3] and major news outlets also report news using the definition frequently that way. [4][5][6] The Australian automotive press also uses 'ute' that way, including the Hilux and Ford Ranger,[7][8][1] and a popular New Zealand automotive magazine even includes pickup versions of Land Cruisers and Land Rovers in their definition of utes.[9] In South Africa, the term "bakkie" is generally used, although General Motors in that country now sells the Australian Holden in small numbers there and calls it a ute, while a small front-wheel drive Chevrolet pickup sourced from Brazil and sold in South Africa is called a utility. However, only General Motors uses this terminology.[

Ranchero Ute

The AMT kit appear to have the 67 427/ 66 GT grille. Somewhere in the back my head I remember there being an error on the box for the Fairlane GT/GTA. Some boxes had 1966 on them and some had no year designated .

Just checked mine. 110-120 deg

Mine is plug and play, no settings,no temp gauge. I haven't had any other problems that I know off. I will pick a thermometer and take some readings. The heat is only regulated by the openings in the top and maybe the distance (levels) that the parts are from the element . I just checked a Lindeberg 64 Belvedere (Petty) that has been thru the same route as the red Dodge and it is fine, but the structure is a bit different so it may not be effected like the Dodge

I could be the dehydrator. I don't remember test fitting the hoods or the grille until now. The red one has spent more time in the dehydrator , it has more hood fitment issues than the white one but the white one has a bigger gap on the cross piece which has spent little time in the dehydrator. Paint is not thick, I sanded the hood sides and the fender side down to bare plastic and they were still to big by as much as .050" on the red one, less on the white.

I have been working on two Lindberg 64 Dodge Color Me Gone bodies for some time and have had numerous paint issues with one in particular. One has been in and out of the Purple Pond several times and has had a couple rounds in the dehydrator. The second one not so much. It seems that hoods are two wide back by the windshield. The area the connects the front of the fenders where the hood latch is located has a weak spot in the center and has cracked on both (to be expected). I found that the grille is to wide to fit in place. With the the cross piece(with latch) disconnected I taped in the grille and then reinforced the cross piece. I will need to do some filling where the gap is in the center. I also will have to file the hood edges to fit the hoods, mostly on the one that has had more pond time. I did a search of poorly fitting hoods and Super Clean distortion and came up dry. Has anyone encountered this before ?

Yes back to the original question and "on" topic,

More info on the Hot Rod and some history of hot rodding the Model A https://www.hotrod.com/articles/0206sr-milestone-elvis-roadster/

I ran across this while doing some research on the Kookie T. Thought I would post up some pictures and information for those that may be interested . This is one of the first (if not the first) to use a 32 frame with a Model A body. From Car Kulture Deluxe "The Elvis Car has an equally colorful past. Built by John Athan, the A-V8 earned its nickname after appearing in the 1957 Elvis Presley movie Loving You. Athan happened to live near an outfit – Pacific Auto Rental – that supplied cars as props for Hollywood movies, which led to the Elvis movie gig. Following its appearance in The King’s movie, the roadster served as a prop in a couple other big-screen features, and later a gas station documentary. Athan was rather nonchalant about his car’s notoriety, too, years ago telling me: “I didn’t know who Elvis Presley was [at the time].” Athan said that, following brief instructions on how to drive the roadster, Presley did all right behind the wheel. “He could get around in that car,” cited Athan. The car itself is a thing of A-V8 wonder, sporting its 59AB engine in front of a ’39 Ford transmission that leads to a ’39 Mercury rear-end packed with 3.54:1 gears, all hung within the classic ’32 Ford frame rails. This was all cutting-edge technology when the car was completed in 1940. And shortly after the car rolled onto the street, Athan pointed it to El Mirage for the Road Rebels’ dry lake meet where the car posted a top speed of 108.5 MPH. And if you’re wondering about the Elvis Car’s odd-shaped windshield, here’s the skinny: The glass originated as the rear window for a 1939 Chrysler. Athan liked its contour, so he popped the glass out of the sedan’s molding and then fabricated a frame of his own. Pure hot rod funk. Speaking of funk, in later years the car sat idle in Athan’s garage where rodents, spiders, dust, and even rain wreaked havoc on its black lacquer paint and leather upholstery. Finally, in 1997, Athan commissioned his friend Tom Leonardo to restore the car. Leonardo, who happens to now own the Leham A-V8, took the car to bare metal before giving it the look you see today. The car later was part of the Smithsonian Museum’s “America on the Move” exhibit in Washington, D.C., before residing at the Petersen Automotive Museum for nearly two years prior to reporting back to the Smithsonian again, where it remains for the time being following John Athan’s passing last summer."

Some info on the Lightning Bug (Kookies T) from Rod Authority Lightning Bug Specs: 20-inches removed from the rear frame Rear rails supported with Z configuration Front frame extended five-inches Steering column mounted near vertically Body channeled six-inches over the frame 1952 Cadillac V-8 with a GMC 3-71 supercharger Black paint Red rolled and pleated upholstery by Tony Nancy False rails covering the patched frame "Originally painted a sinister black, the car began to make it into magazines and on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine in 1955. Norm added Dodge Royal blue paint and a flame paint job to the rod, highlighted by pinstriping by Dean Jeffries, which adding to the bad boy look. Next he swapped out the GMC 3-71 blower with a four deuce manifold with four Stromberg 97s bolted to the top of the powerful Cadillac overhead valve engine. Shortly after, he added more rake to the body and tilted the windshield back. In this configuration the car appeared in Car Craft and Life magazines. Norm’s Lightning bug became a star when it was chosen to be the vehicle driven by the Ed Byrnes character Gerald “Kookie” Kookson in 77 Sunset Strip. The car was referred to as the Kookie Kar after that. Grabowski rented the car out to several movie and TV shows after that. Norm sold the hot rod in 1959 to show-car enthusiast Jim Skonzakis and unfortunately the original car has gone through several owners and has been repainted and hacked beyond recognition. Franco “Von Franco” Costanza built two highly accurate clones of the car. The Kookie Kar clone, now owned by John LaBelle, is a living tribute to one of hot rodding’s most iconic cars."

Some of it is the trend of an era , like the Mo-Cad in the magazine. The Goat maybe better if they were slicks (or maybe not). THe Cad-0-Vette I haven't figured out what era it represents. Maybe the Jetson era ?? Of the three I dislike the Mo-Cad the least

Also on youtube

Just noticed that the exhaust pipe was setup two different ways . One version it went straight up and in another it went up and back along the bed.

The Ivo T looks like every other T Bucket out there. The Lightning Bug with it's odd proportions draws attention. When I build I try and not make it look like all the rest. Still think it's the "Ginchiest"

I believe Tommy Ivo's T was also built using a Touring body

The one in the Parts pax looks to be an Edelbrock