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I found some pics of my favorite Doodlebug build.

This one reminds me of your build.

Here's some pics of one that reminds me of your build.

Thanks, the frame is from a AA truck that was cut down. It has 2 transmissions, a 3 speed up front & 4 speed in the back so if the rear one is in high gear and you just use the front 3 speed it's pretty fast. The lower the gear in the rear trans the slower it goes but if you put them both in reverse it goes forward but it's so slow you have to through your hat on the ground to see if it's moving.

Just figured I would share this here too, I hope it's ok. I went to a friends house today and helped him get his 1930 Model A Doodlebug running. He wants to buy a new carb for it because the needle valve keeps getting stuck. I tried to talk him into a rebuild kit but it's his choice. Anyway, I got it running pretty good and went for a ride, it made for a good day.

Hey Dennis, can I ask where the carbs on this came from?

Great job! I learned to drive my father's 23 T when I was about 13 or 14. It can be a little intimidating at first but like anything else, when you got it figured out it's easy. Everyone that has a chance to do it, should . Like you said it's a lot of fun.

No problem. Sorry I put that pic of my fathers Doodlebugs in the build thread, I thought I was putting it here. I must have clicked the link for the build from here and not payed attention to where I was. Anyway if you need any pictures of more I have plenty of the ones we've fixed over the years.

Great start! I'm watching this one for sure.

I managed to build a header for it. Not really what I wanted but it's gonna have to work.

Thanks Bob. Thanks Dennis. Appreciate it Bill!

Great start! I love the way you did your wheels, I might have to borrow that idea. I've helped revive alot of these old Doodlebugs over the years with my father. He has a soft spot for them, it's what they had to use as kid. He still looks for them to restore to working condition and even has on he still uses today. Here's a few pics of my father when he was a kid on a couple of his and the small pic is my Grandfather & his brother.

Thanks everyone for all the great compliments. I haven't gotten much bench time but I did get the transmission done, some paint & plug wires.

Thanks Mathias, I appreciate it. Thanks Trevor. Thanks Bill, I saw the picture of that, it looks very cool! Thanks!

I will be getting a few of these. Regardless of new or old tooling. How many of us are really going to build it out of the box without cutting it up or doing a lot of upgrades anyway? That's the fun part of building a model, to see how far we can go with a kit. Just my 2 cents...

That's an amazing looking build Dennis. Actually, these pictures of this build gave me some inspiration too. I've seen them here before and loved them. I was going to use a similar timing cover as yours but I couldn't get it to fit right. Thanks for looking!

Tanks Zippi! Thanks David, I wanted something that's not the typical powerplant.

Great build, I'm watching for sure.

I started with an old 30 coupe body I had and about 3 other boxes of Model A parts. Dug up a frame, some front & rear end parts and started figuring out what to do with it all. First I knew I had to lower the top a little so I chopped the top just enough to make it look better but not a crazy "mail slot" chop. Then I had to figure out an engine but I didn't want to build a typical everyday seen hot rod with a Chevy or even any V8. So I looked online & found a very cool overhead Model A engine and thought that that's what I wanted. I scratch built the front timing gear cover, side cover, head, valve cover and magneto. Anyway, work is slow but I'll get there eventually, this is what I got so far.

I like that color too. Nice work, keep it up!

Any progress on this?

Thanks Roger. Thank you Chris.

Pretty cool fun build, I can't wait to see more.

Great looking Ford! And I learned a new weathering technique, Thanks!

Great looking build!