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That's about the best one I've seen so far, great work, welcome back.

Everybody likes a well done 49, yours is at the top, great execution.

Thanks, Thanks and Thanks, Michael, the engine - 25 T, trans - 67 Fairlane. carbs, manifold & valley cover - 53 Ford pickup, all AMT kits, stacks are from the beading section at Michaels craft store.

The back and some bigger brakes.

Got a little more done, up on it's wheels and tires, trying to decide on whites or not. the grill, bumpers are made from the custom pans from the 49 kit. the engine is in place. I've got to get some alcad to redo the chrome. .

Probably around 200-300 bought, 20 built, 40 or 50 in progress.

I picked these up at the club meeting Saturday. (all except the 32, it came from e-bay) We had a regular flea market after the club meeting, with several members bring kits for sale.

Hey Wayne, thanks for posting the pics, glad you enjoyed the get together, it's always fun.

Thanks for the input guys, it was a fun build. I was thinking Hot Rod Lincoln too. Jason, the "bells" are eyelets from the beading isle at Michaels, they have several sizes and colors available.

Gorgeous car, looks like you have a great start, this will be fun to watch.

I'm working on a companion to my 49 coupe. I'm thinkin' chopped, sectioned and slammed, 37 Ford pickup wheels with wide white big and littles, late model power and maybe a complete interior from a 57. I've already shortened the top by 3/8", filled in the deck between the top and trunk and taken 3/8" off the bottom of the body (lazy man's section job), keeping the wheel wells as close to stock looking as I can. I'm working on fitting the interior to the body and chassis. Well, back to the bench.

Here's more pics. Overall it was a fun build, I got to break out my airbrush that I haven't used in years and try new techniques,( I was pulling my hair out with the foil ) I've got a lot to learn but it's fun and relaxing, which why we do this, right?

Seems like shoe box Fords are popular, here's one I've been working on for a couple of months off and on. I lowered the suspension and installed resin brake drum detail for the rear of the wheels. I wanted to use the Lincoln motor from the 25 T kit but didn't like the trans, so it was replaced with the automatic from a 67 Fairlane GTA. I wanted multiple carbs, these came from the 53 Ford pickup, the bells are from Michaels and I wired a distributor. painted and detailed the chassis. the wheels and rear tires came from the 41 Lincoln, the front tires were opened up to fit the Lincoln wheels and painted the same color as the interior I painted the body with nail polish, Malibu Girl, Indigo, and clear coated it with Future. the exhaust is a combination of Fink 32 pipes, 53 Ford pickup headers and aluminum tubing I'll add some more pics.

The piece hanging out of the mustang looks like the headliner, black on one side, gray on the other. What I don't understand is when the car stands up like that, you've already lost the race so why destroy your equipment trying to prove how big a pair you've got? (Ego Overload, you're not that good a driver. Lift and work on the suspension a little more. Live to race another day.)

Your work is too good! They thought they were looking at a model produced by an assembly line and obviously they didn't read the description. Great job on the car. I always wanted to drive one, so we rented one of these while on vacation in Hawaii. What year is this one? Robert

Sorry for the confusion Tom, I was replying to Tom Setzer's inquiry about local poeple here in Jax, but would like to invite you to the Fast meeting in Ocala next month. Great bunch of guys and fun meetings. Robert

Thanks guys, Jim, I'll bring it to the club meeting next month, see you there. Robert

Hey Tom, I'm on the westside of Jax, sent a PM, give me a call. Robert

I hope these show up better, the first time I copied them from my hard drive. The rear fenders were bobbed, the gas tank smoothed to look like a rolled pan. I used the louvered hood from the donor kit and the hood ornament. Here are the Mustang tail lights and the solder roll bar. The Taxi moon style tank. A little wiring and plumbing under the hood, OH, and the hood ornament This could be for the work bench Saturday topic. You can see the second donor (yellow parts) and the original kit (orange parts). I added some aluminum tubing to the headers after cutting them off just after the collector started.

I was cruising E-bay and saw a Son of Ford kit for sale and was inspired by the box art. I have the same kit but after seeing what the partially built kit sold for (over $150) , I decided to save mine and see if I could build one like it out of parts from other kits I already have. I found the wheels and tires in the new Tijuana Taxi kit, but these tires don't have the sidewall detail of the original kit, so I went searching in my parts pile and found a matching Goodyear, I wanted more than 1 so I made a mold and cast a few for future use. The front tires seemed too large, so back in the parts pile and I came up with a pair of Firestones from the old Revel double kits, cast these also. I wanted more modern running gear, so I pirated the trailing arms, rear end, drive shaft and engine and transmission from a Monogram McDonalds Thunderbird stock car kit. The fuel tank came from the Taxi kit, I made the roll bar from solder and cut the windshield out of clear acetate. I also added tail lights from a Mustang out of the parts box. To update the looks of the over all car I removed the running boards, lowered the front and angled the front tires. Engine ignition wiring and fuel lines were added to spice up under the hood.

I buy silver solder from Home Depot, a roll is about $10, it's around .100". It's on the plumbing isle with the torches.

Doc, these are great books for reference on just about any weathering detail you could want. The only problem is availability, unless you had your name on the list before they were printed you can't get one, I've never seen them in any LHS I've ever been in and when you call the publisher to order one, none are available. This is the first year in a while I didn't have my name there and I can't find them anywhere.

Thanks for the info, I haven't tried sand yet and the tubing is K&S from the LHS. Robert

Need a little help, I'm trying to bend some 3/16" aluminum tubing for set of header collectors. I've tried gently bending it by hand, the spring benders that slide over the tubing and inserting silver solder that just fits inside the tubing, so far they all have left kinks or not able to bend a tight enough radius, I'd like to get down to 1/4". Anyone have any success with this? Thanks, Robert

Hey, Thanks Chuck, one of the last pieces I needed to be able to finish a car for a client. Robert