Jon Haigwood

I figured mostly as a box of kit bash parts

One of our local hobby shop is closing and I picked up a Lindberg 29 T Rod kit. I know it was not a great kit and has issues but for $9 I knew I could find some use for it or parts of it. It only has a fuel tank behind the body and I would rather have a bed or turtle deck if I can find one without buying another kit.

I am building a replica of my 1:1 66 Barracuda and plan on using the 340 from the AMT 340 Duster kit the"273, 318, 340 and 360 are all from the Chrysler LA engine group Not sure on a donor kit. A 69 Barracuda may be longer

Are there any 1/24th Resin "T" turtle deck or short pick up beds available ? Thanks

thanks

I wa sorting through my parts boxes for a future project (40 Ford Gasser) and I cam across remnants of a Attempt1 kit. I believe one of my sons was going to use the body for a slot car. There are no instructions but it appears that it came with two engines or maybe two 1/2 engines and could be a dragster or a land speed car. Whats a little puzzling is that there are two different sized blowers but all the rest of the engine parts appears to be the same. Can anyone shed a little light on this kit? Thanks Jon

congrats

The look is better than the Fox bodies and says Mustang but I trend more to something reminiscent to the 69/70 style

I changed the floor section and eliminated the back seat and changed the inner walls. I am not sure yet if I am going with the flat sides or the ribbed sides

After being away from the hobby for some time I may have jumped into something that I was not quite ready for so this will be a slow build. I want to do a series of Ford (Merc) sedan delivery's so I started with this one most likely it will be one of the most modified of the bunch . I am starting with the AMT 41 Ford Wagon. I thought I could just splice in the 40 Ford S/D body to the 41 front end but that didn't work out so well so I started by filing the sides. I discovered the 1:1 auto filler I used did not stick to plastic very well so it was a slow process. I finally finished the left side. started with this ended up with this

Just trending Foe example Mustang , Mustang is my kinda a car but in the years 74 thru 84 I thought they looked small and cheap. I 86 the started to look better,In 2006 I loved the retro/modern look but in 2010 they started messing with the back and now for 215 they are totally out of concept trending towards the European road race look

Buy to build not collect same as my Hot Wheels 140 Mustangs all opened and displayed

The better half found these at a yard sale today and bought them for me I know it is not a kit and I am not sure what to do with it but for $2 what the heck three sealed kits $10each she seems to be better at finding kits and Hot Wheels

The better half found these at a yard sale today and bought them for me three sealed kits $10each and this I know it is not a kit and I am not sure what to do with it but for $2 what the heck she seems to be better at finding kits and Hot Wheels than I am

Hey it's a "custom" not sure why anybody would do it like that but to each their own, not seeing a lot wood there

couple on ebay, one for $14.99 and one for $140.00 and it comes with free shipping

Even thou the name "station wagon" it's self translates to "depot Hack" For me a station wagon is more of a civilian personal vehicle on a sedan platform with windows on the sides most of the way back anything else is a commercial vehicle (but I'm sure a certain someone will find flaw in my opinion )<Happy Face inserted

http://www.stationwagon.com/history.html Just in case you were trying to define station wagon mmmmm Dodge Caravan ?????

what about sedan delivery's ?

Wiki: A T-bucket (or Bucket T) is a specific style of hot rod, based on a Ford Model T of the 1915 to 1927 era, but extensively modified, or alternatively built with replica components to resemble a Model T. from what is on their web site at the National T-Bucket Alliance any T will do and at T Bucket.com and a few others I did find one site that defined it as built from a T Roadster with "Bucket" style body . Even found some Phaeton bodied "T Buckets" although I would most likly call them a "T Tub" . So I guess its up to your personal interpretation on what a "T Bucket" is than there is this which totally confuses the issue T-Bucket or Fad T? Fad T, T-Bucket, Bucket T, even “fab” T (as in fabulous) are all popular terms describing the incredibly popular Model T-based hot rods we know and love. To start, here’s the definition of Fad T from no less an authority than the “Ultimate Hot Rod Dictionary: A-Bombs to Zoomies” by Jeff Breitenstein: fad T (also fad car) n. Any T-bucket roadster constructed entirely from new, prefabricated components, including a reproduction fiberglass body. The first aftermarket fiberglass roadster bodies featured in hot rodding and street rodding applications were introduced (notably by Cal Automotive) in the late 1950s. From the early to mid-1960s, T-bucket roadster kits gained in sophistication and completeness; the resulting fad-T trend peaked in popularity in the late 1960s and has maintained moderate favor to the present. Fad-Ts offer the advantages of simpler construction and lower initial cost when compared with other street rod types, but are sometimes discounted by rodders who prefer genuine vintage tin bodies and components. Tex Smith coins Fad T to describe T-Bucket I’ll put a stake in the ground and say that the term fad T was first used in print by the legendary hot rod writer and builder LeRoi “Tex” Smith in the July 1964 edition of Rod & Custom magazine (which coincidentally featured Bill Schmidt’s awesome ’24 T-Bucket on the cover). Fresh from building the innovative XR6, which was crowned America’s Most Beautiful Roadster at the 1963 Oakland Roadster Show, perhaps no other person at the time was better qualified to write a story on “Trends in Roadster Styling”. In comparing “traditional” roadsters and modern roadsters, Tex noted that: “(The modern) category also takes into account the ‘fad’ cars, as they have come to be known. These are the ‘kookie’ cars that have become the rage in various sections of the country. In the early days of hot rodding they were called modifieds. They consist of an engine, frame, four wheels and a body. And not much else. They are generally of the bobtailed version, using a ’23 glass Model T body set at a rakish angle on channel iron frame rails. The engine is very much out of doors, with outside drag headers modified (usually plugged) to feed the exhaust through stock mufflers under the body. Stock height windshields and tops add to the strange illusion of great height of these styles. Although the kookie cars are never identical in every respect, they do look the same. Thus the tab of ‘fad’ cars by the more traditional builders. These cars are really quite easy to build, especially since they have become so popular. There are several major speed companies now offering complete kits for building such a car, which makes them even more reasonable. They also make ideal show machines, as they catch the fancy of the general public. However, unlike the other categories, they are not the greatest for highway cruising. Much fun around town, though. Many West Coast builders are now even chauffering two cars, a kookie machine and one of the other approaches.” Shortly thereafter, Tex reinforced the fad term in his “Hot Rods Down Under” story in the October, 1965 Car Craft by commenting on a photo of a particularly cool looking Aussie T-Bucket that “the fad roadster is a natural for Australia (and) creates a big gathering at the few custom shows now produced.” Then, in the February, 1966 issue of Popular Hot Rodding in his story about the Marasco brothers’ hot rods Tex kept the term alive by writing, “Fred had wanted to build a small fenderless ‘T’ bucket ‘fad’ car for a long time, and Dave’s masterpiece just whetted the desire.” The T-Bucket had so rapidly become a popular hot rod by the mid-60s that the following year the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) used a T-Bucket in its ads (see photo above) recruiting young men (and women) to pursue careers in the retail automobile business. Tex knew T-Buckets and Fad T’s Tex really knew what he was talking about. In later describing how the XR6 was conceived, he said, “I had been using a lot of drawings from artist Steve Swaja, a student at the time at the nearby Art Center. One day I asked if he could design a roadster project for me, using a combination ’23/’27 Model T body and a race car nose. This was the drawing that we used as the project was introduced in Hot Rod. Curt Hamilton and Bud Lang had recently begun producing the first fiberglass replicas of the Model T bodies, mostly for drag cars. Their company was called Cal Automotive. Curt made me up a ’27 cowl mated to an upswept ’23 rear portion.” However, this design concept swiftly changed when Tex received a phone call that a major model car company was willing to pay for the whole project if it was really far out. The rest is T-Bucket hot rod history. Sixty years later, T-Buckets remain popular as economic, simple, fun hot rods. A fad is supposed to disappear after a short while, so you really can’t call the T-Bucket a Fad T any longer. It’s probably more of a Trend T and it could even be argued a Traditional T — but that’s a story for another day.

your learning

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if there is I have a pic

I just call it the "Early Ford Hot Rod Group" for example the :Kookie Car" 31 A frame ,22 T body and a 32 B grill shell (shortened)