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The new rear chassis rails - held together by small screws to ensure that they are the same when shaping And the newly tubbed rear fenders. And they are now wide enough to fit the big rear meats from the Vicky. I now may be able to get the back down a bit more as a bonus Thanks for looking

40 Ford motor Oil filter, generator and starter motor all turned up on my lathe Crab style distributor totally scratch built There two more oil filters tuned up to be header collectors as per the real car

I had already started a 32 Sedan build just before this thread fired off. Here - I will continue with my original thread and post some updates here The build up is to combine these two kits to get a more modern version of the sedan posted above. That is based on the AMT kit and has a Ford 427 Cobra and XKE front and rear suspensions and has been chopped about 3". The new build has already been chopped 3 1/2" and will be tubbed. Some other ring in parts will be used such as a Li'l John rear end and any other parts that need to be scratch built or purloined from other kits Mock up with Vicky chassis and wheels showing off the top chop Presently working on the rear end

Small update before I move over to the 32 Sedan thread A tubbing we will go....... All marked up for the big slice job For the narrowed rear chassis rails I have marked out cut out some new rails that have the rear section raised so that I can deal with the ugly rear end view later At the moment the rail have been completely shaped to fit I will determine placement on the chassis after the tubbing has been done. Thanks for looking

It was a pleasure to participate. Thanks to all

Current project - Revell 32 Sedan chopped 3 1/2"

I will be watching and I may bring my build over from my thread I started a few weeks ago Anyhoo 32 sedan build from very early 80's (AMT) - are these still expensive in the market place

My - look what happens when you dont go into the forum for a few days. And yup with the new release of the 32 Sedan bound to happen

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Thanks MRM - you are a champion. I will look over the post as it looks like it covers all of the info I need I want the Vickie frame as this is most probably the best 32 frame around. I will look at the 29 hiboy frame but will most probably scratch the narrowed section as I want all of the 29 Hiboy frames that I have for future builds. And the kits cost an arm and a left testicle here in NZ so I don't go robbing too many kits as a rule. May look at the 29 channeled frame as these end up in the parts bin. Cheers Bill

Thanks Tim. I know I did a lot of research in the hot rod mags I had available to me at the time. Kugel was just starting out and was using up a lot of Jag stuff with fabricated arms and stuff and I would say that this was the biggest influence. Mock up time to check major fitment Looking at the rear 3/4 view the tire stick out too far. Might have been OK in 70's but not these days. I checked the Lil John rear end and it is a lot narrower than the Vickie rear end. I am liking the look of the modern big tires. For a comparison I will mock up the sedan wheel and tire set next to see how that looks but if I stay with the Vickie set I will need to narrow and tub the rear end. Thanks for looking

Got the floorboard done. Follows shape of Vickie unit Time for a mock up with body and fenders and floorboard and Sedan interior The rear shot is a bit hazy sorry. Looks like a bit of work needed to get rid of the ugly I intend to widen the fenders and maybe make up a rolled pan for back of the body Thanks for looking

It's the same when we buy from US. Shipping often costs more than the purchase. And some suppliers do not ship out of the US at all.

Is the motor one piece - be a devil to detail if it is

Trying to figure out what the pickup is. I know what it isn't - 32/34 Ford. Maybe a cut down 32 Chebby A nice looking casting to start a cool project - I will be following

The Revell 27T Touring is the same chassis as found in the Lil John 26 Tudor and panel delivery and the dire 34 Coupe and is one of the best independent chassis about IMO too. I used the chassis under my 29 Pickup in the Tim Boyd tribute build which was stretched to suit the longer wheel base. Thanks MRM for jogging my memory as I may just have one floating about squirrelled away for such a project. It would be perfect for this build as I am not happy with the rear end from the Vickie. From memory the Buttera 26T front and rear were based on the XKE configuration but he milled his own components from ally. Buttera chassis shot from Tim Boyd tribute build I have been working on the floorboards to cover up the hideous looking under side of the Tudor interior. I made up the main part from some 0.75mm card stock that I bent to conform to the Vickie chassis using the Vickie unit as a template I have also started work on the body - using Tamiya UV cure filler. We will see if it stands up as a couple of mates have been using it and they say it is good Thanks for looking

Looking good. The wire wheels definitely put it into the 70's. What colour are you looking at, it kind of looks good in the (baby poop) yellow and tan

I am liking the subject and will follow along with your build up. A couple of the guys in the club have built ICM kits and speak highly of them.

I agree with Ulf. Prep, prep and a bit more prep before paint. It why it takes me so long to build kits

Mine too. I have been looking at an IRS and have my eye on one in Cults3d which is quite extreme but is based around the XKE rear. The Vickie front end is very similar to the XKE front too. There are a couple of other kits that have them and I may dig one out from the pile to have a look see. I have been working on the chassis and making a new floorboard to marry up the sedan interior to the Vickie chassis. Nothing to hard and will post pix when I can

I agree, that was my exact thoughts going into this project

Been working on cleaning up the chassis, engine and drive train. I am impressed with the detail of the Vicky - AMT really pulled one out of the hat for this model. No pix for this build sequence sorry Also partially assembled the Vicky chassis to check that the wheelbase is the same for the sedan. I checked it against a Revell roadster that I built a long time ago and it looks to be the same - whew!! And to check that the wheel centers are centered in the guards I took the 32 Sedan out that I built years ago to take a pix of the underside of the car to show off the XKE front and rear ends Thanks for looking

Nice build Tom of an unusual car. I did the 56 Custom Royal Lancer from Mode Car World and it too was a challenge. I built it to replicate the real car I own in similar colours - two tone black over salmon. Cool cars but not as common as belly button Tri Five Chebbies

The Revell has a chromed Winfield ally head and twin carbs and I think exhaust pipes similar to the AMT

I knocked this together a wee while back. It is a Cragar OHV conversion. I milled the rocker cover but a plain one could be easily cobbled together. It is mostly larger sizes of plastic shaped up by hand. The bolt heads are round rod glued into holes drilled into the head. The manifold and tappet cover are from the Revell Model A pickup kit as is the base engine