Dennis Lacy

Actually, yes! Been working on painting all of the chassis and engine parts. Should have an update soon. Just waiting for a worthwhile amount to post.

UPDATE! Got all of the chassis, engine and other small parts prepped and ready for primer. They’ll be heading to work with me and taking care of on my lunch breaks this week

Thanks so much!

UPDATE! I've done some work since my last update but didn't get around to posting it until now. I mounted a modified Revell '40 Ford steering gear. I added a hoop steering arm (blue) to the axle/spindle made from a Revell '37 Ford street rod a-arm and then made a long steering drag link rod using Evergreen rod and tie rod ends cut away from the Revell '32 Ford kits. Here is the steering linkage in place with the front hairpin radius rods and long rear trailing arms. It looks like a cluster but everything clears! On the top side of the floor I've added all of the needed driver controls. A clutch pedal, a Moon style gas pedal, steering column and wheel, shifter stick and a neat hand operated master cylinder from Revell's old 60's parts pack T Roadster frame kit. Here's the top side with the cage in place. Back underneath I made a drive shaft from Evergreen tube and some kit U-joints. I also finally finished out the Hiborn fuel injection with some medium intake tubes made from Evergreen tube and then drilled out to a more realistic thickness. This thing is just about done with the fabrication and fitting stage and close to being ready to prep for primer. Here's some final bare plastic mock ups.

Thanks, man! I'm having fun with this one.

Thanks a bunch! And that's the goal.

Thanks so much for your kind words, brother!

Using the body shell, top and frame rails from the sister Thom Taylor '34 Cabriolet kit (which is basically the same except for the cabriolet windshield section, top and wheels)... I built this: Just like any other kit, your imagination is the limit!

Today I felt like continuing with body / exterior related stuff. First thing I did was scratch together a parachute mounting bracket. The chute is from MPC's Cosmic Charger. Then I made a "club plaque" mount utilizing the original taillight mounting hole in the lower left corner of the body. I turned my attention to the cowl and removed the entire center of an AMT '29 Roadster firewall leaving just the outer perimeter to align the hood and still hinting of the firewalls original shape as if everything but the outer edge was simply sawed out. Then it occurred to me that I need to make sure that the engine still fits in the narrower hole. Thankfully it does! I made a basic platform to span between the frame rails in front of the engine then scratched together a fuel tank complete with filler, feed and return connections and mounting straps. And here it is all mocked up again. Also visible is that I filled in the headlight mounting holes on the fenders (and removed the plastic masses on the undersides.) Definitely looking like a racecar now! So next weekend I'll get back to the interior details but it's definitely getting "there"!

Add me as another who ALWAYS updates my WIP thread titles to indicate I have done more work on the project. It definitely has a noticeable effect on getting views and comments!

Just look at that!!! It's just so BAD!!!

Thanks! Yeah, I'm much happier with the floor now. I didn't totally like the way the seat looked at first proportionately but trimming the bottom off did the trick.

Thanks a bunch, Tim, I was hoping you'd find this one. Plenty more details to add, yet. If you look above you'll see I added an update after you posted. And oh boy, I can't wait to check out your '30 Sedan!

The first weekend without rain in a month meant lots of yard chores! But, I did get in a few hours at the bench this afternoon. I wasn't at all satisfied with the front angled floor section. It honestly didn't fit worth a darn and because I used thin .020 for the cap and it was flimsy and droopy in the center. I broke those pieces off of the firewall and decided to start over. Part of the problem was the bottom of the firewall wasn't supported or located by anything. I added some small tabs inside both sides of the body to give the firewall something to position against. That allowed me to accurately measure for the new front sloped floor and its supports I decided this time around to attach the front sloped floor to the fender unit instead of the firewall. I made the supports different this time so that the back edge of the cap would actually be level with the main floor instead of below it like before. I also made the cap out of sturdier .040" sheet like everything else. Here's the underneath. I couldn't be happier with the precise fit everywhere this time! Here's how the floor fits over the engine. Miles of clearance! With the floor finished I finished the roll cage by shortening the rear angled down bars and pinning them to the floor like the hoops. I also sanded all of the lay out pencil lines off of the floor as they were no longer needed. I decided to use the seat from Drag City Casting. I trimmed 1/8" off of the bottom of it, added a piece of .040" flat sheet across the bottom then made some drilled mounting rails, also from .040". I also added alignment pins which are glued into holes as well as to the insides of the drilled rails. Here's some full mock ups with the reworked floor, finished cage and seat. I also decided to put it up on its wheels and still the engine in for a look. It's starting to really look like a race car now! Lastly, here's one with an AMT '29 Roadster sourced hood which fits perfect. Next I'll start detailing the interior with pedals, gauges and steering. Stay tuned!

Thank you!

Got one! Found it at a Southern California Hobby Lobby.

Found a couple of hours to hit the workbench today. Took a break from the engine and chassis to get the firewall and floor roughed in. I started by making the firewall out of .040" sheet and designed in an angled toe panel that covers the trans. Because of the engine set back it mounts where the dashboard would normally be. Then I made a new floor out of .040" sheet. I also wanted to incorporate the really neat roll cage that comes in the '28 Sedan for the full drag version. Because I chopped the top I had to shorten the legs of the hoops and then I inserted mounting pins so that the hoops can be mocked up and be positively located. The seat is tentative and is one of Drag City Casting's new, better detailed Stone, Woods, Cook buckets. The roll cage also includes rear angled bars that still need to be shortened and fit but I propped them up here to show the general concept of how they go. And some mock ups with the body in place. Still more to come!

It's only plastic!

Thanks! There was a thread in the general section just last year where the head guy at AMT was quoted confirming that the Sedan body tooling section was found and that they would eventually like to return it to the kit as a full restoration the original content. But, apparently it's going to be a big (expensive) undertaking and not going to happen any time soon.

Haha. I took the easy way out and just drilled one big hole that I'll shove all 8 wires into and call it a day! That end of the engine is stuffed under the cowl anyway...

Thanks! I don't think so. Gave it some thought after your comment but I like it as is.

Thank you! And absolutely!!

I was able to spend a couple of hours at the bench this afternoon. Today I focused on the engine. The first thing I did was start making something better out of the Hilborn fuel injection from AMT's Double Dragster. I cut out the center fuel distribution block and otherwise cleaned the part up. I then made a new fuel block out of styrene stock and drilled it for future fuel lines. I also drilled the injector bodies for fuel plumbing, installed a breather / oil fill tube at the front and mounted a magneto from AMT's Chevy parts pack engine. Below is my modified piece with a straight from the box chrome intake for comparison. I still need to make intake tubes. Here's the whole engine so far. In addition to the modified injector I mounted a Hilborn cam driven fuel pump, added Moon breathers from the Revell Orange Crate to the Corvette valve covers and shortened the oil filter canister to clear the header. I also drilled all of the spark plug holes and cleaned up all of the mold lines and joints on the headers. Here's the engine set into the car and a few full view mock ups. More to come!

Thanks! Technically, it has been reissued multiple times but after the first run the sedan body was replaced by a roadster pickup cab and bed then later an optional Woodie body was included.

I started today by modifying a pair of headers from AMT's '34 5-Window Street Rod. I cut away the clunky, thick head flanges and replaced them with the nice and realistically shaped flanges from Revell's parts pack 283 Chevy engine. This also corrected the port spacing to line up with the Revell '62 Corvette cylinder heads. Then I cut away the short collectors and installed these resin-cast long collector cones that Ed sent me in a care package a while back. Then I set about making a styled front engine mounting plate. I used .040" sheet, .060" rod and detail nuts from Grandt Line. I added gusseted engine mounting brackets to the frame rails made from .020" sheet and Grandt Line nuts. Here is the engine set in place with the fabricated front mount plate and modified headers. Still lots more to do but having the engine properly mounted and the headers figured out are two big items checked off of the to-do list.