Dennis Lacy

I learned the hard way that the exhaust manifold bolt holes on the French blocks go through into the water jackets. That explains why they came with studs installed in those holes! ?

Some killer wagons in this thread! Keep them coming! Here’s my AMT based 1963 Chevy II that was finished last fall. Started as the curbside Craftsman issue to which I added a blown small block, and a fully customized interior. Built as an early 90’s custom like you’d see in magazines like Car Craft.

Somehow I missed this back in February but glad some folks bumped it back to the top. WOW! Beautifully done!

Beautifully done! Absolutely love the two-tone color combo and the seats. Definitively 80’s!

Wow, Tom, this turned out killer! I like that with the stance and modern wheels that it still has the original stock I6 engine.

Wow, this turned out killer nice. Love the color combo. Just something about 70’s two-tone trucks!

Looks clean! Can’t go wrong with black on red.

Nice work! Looks really cool with the display!!

Very nice post-War coupe! In the full scale world it would make for an excellent street rod driver.

This is my favorite model I’ve ever seen built out of the old Monogram ‘37 Sedan. That top is so awesome and the whole car is awesome with Maroon paint, Sombreros and matching early Caddy engine. Simply outstanding!!!

Killer start. You always do retro drag cars right!

GO GO GO! Man, you’ve been hustling. 99.5% of people looking at this model will have no idea how you built that extra cab. I wasn’t sure when you started cutting but it sure came out awesome.

This is bad ass! Nice job!!!

Excellent job bashing together the quick change axle. We do what we gotta do! ?

UPDATE! This past Sunday wasn’t very productive. I got a late start at the bench and decided to work on fitting an exhaust system. Sometimes it clicks right away and sometimes I end up staring at it for 3 hours. This time was the latter but finally my brain started working and I was able to rough-in the pipes and mufflers from the trans cross member back. Then the dinner bell rang and so ended my bench time. The mufflers are from the dual pipes in Revell’s 1948 Ford Convertible and pin to brackets added to the frame at the molded in hanger detail. The front tubes are sections also taken from the 48’s dual pipes. The rear sections are part of the dual pipes found in all of the Revell 1932 Ford’s. So far the sections are just pinned together. That’s all for now. Next I’ll tackle the front sections which will have to have some twists and turns, made complicated by running the pipes through the cross member rather than below it.

Absolutely STUNNING!!!

Love it! Love it! Love it!

Awesome parts pack T Altered! Really dig the injected Nailhead.

Another killer DD rail! Love the gold and red scheme.

Absolutely LOVE this. I’ve been wanting to build a DD Rail with the blown Hemi swapped in. So cool to see!

Compromise? Maybe I should put them on the passenger side? ?

In the immortal words of Monty Python, “It’s only a model.” ?

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UPDATE! I hadn’t touched this project in a couple of weekends as I decided to finish assembly of my T Bucket and then there was Easter. This past Sunday I was back on the Woody and made some solid progress. The Woody kit floor is flat and interfered with the bell housing and transmission so it was gonna need some tweaking. After looking through my interior bin I decided that a Revell ‘32 3-Window floor had the trans tunnel needed so it was cut out along with the toe panel. The toe panel and corresponding area was then removed from the flat Woody floor and the 3-Window section grafted into place. The floor now fits into place and clears the trans and bell housing nicely. With the floor mod a success the superfluous edges of the toe panel were trimmed, a notch filed into the center to fit around the recess in the firewall and the little notches in the edge of the narrow front part of the floor filled. Then it was time to do something about the gaping hole in the back of the floor where the Z’d frame pokes up. The hole was framed with .080 x .125” rectangle rod with the front edges cut at 60 degrees. A cap was made made from two pieces of .040” sheet with a hole for the tip of the arched cross member to poke through. The finished floor cap is just tall enough to clear the Z’d frame. The finished floor pan! With the floor finished it was time to figure out seats. The kit stock style seats weren’t gonna cut it and after trying a few options it was found a pair of Revell ‘32 5-Window pleated bench seats would be perfect. The rear one has the bottom edges trimmed the height of the floor cap and both seats had their empty back sides filled in with .040” sheet. A few close ups with the body on. And a couple of full view mock ups. The seats definitely make the Woody look more “complete”. That’s all for now. ?

Not a kit that gets built very often. Hard to go wrong with maroon and black!