philo426

I painted the body and hood Tamiya Gold Leaf.The plan is to use vinyl letters and numbers as negative masks which will create the lettering after the body is painted black and the stickers peeled off.

Despite the fact that the fenders are molded in black,I still primered and painted them as well as the roof.

Made the boom out of brass tube and a couple of old slot car wheels.Pretty massive!

I decided to use real wood for the deck platform. Not bad!

Don't forget that with the advent of WWll and the implementation of gas rationing,many owners of fine cars had them converted to trucks(especially farm trucks) so that the owners could continue to drive them.There is at least one documented case of the owner of a Dusenberg who had it converted to a stake bed flat bed for that purpose.He had the coach builders save the older body so that it could be reconverted after the war.

Thanks!it should be a fun conversion!

The other day I was perusing the HAMB and the running thread "Vintage shots from days gone by".I came across a photo of a '32 Caddy that had been converted into a tow truck.i liked it and since I had the Monogram '32 Caddy dual cowl Phaeton i decided to make the conversion.It will not be an exact repo of the photo but close.I have rescribed the front door and have begun to rough in the truck portion.

Cool!I just grafted the Olds front clip on the '51 Chevy fastback.

I used Tamiya Copper (XF-6)Thanks1 i get lots of compliments on it and the decision to paint the wing white was considered a master stroke!

Yeah!it was a good idea!

I don't have the box anymore,but this AMT Firebird matches the box photo perfectly .

Thanks!The 210 series had a white insert that I thought would look nice on this car.I think it looks just right!

Thanks!

Came out pretty good and an interesting project.

Pretty cool but you forgot the billboard!

It is pretty cool how you converted the AWB to factory!Most of the time it is the other way around!