Phildaupho

Fabulous looking Hot Rod. Well built.

Plymouth Belvedere with cross ram 423. There was also a 300C at this show with a cross ram. I had never seen one before.

Thanks David Thanks Carl Thanks Bob - The colour is actually very dark brown. I did build a very similar 3W painted black so it will be interesting to see them together.

Thank you guys. I thought this would be the last Deuce I would build for a longtime but I have recently seen a Tudor that begs to be built in scale. I hope to get photos of it at Deuce Days.

I missed this post until now. I was impressed with this model when I saw it in person and it seems to look even better in your photos. It makes me want to buy a new camera!!

This model is a tribute to what has become known as the Doyle Gammell 3-Window Deuce Coupe because Doyle owned it when it appeared in Rod & Custom magazine in 1963. Doyle however did not build the car. The builder was Dick Bergen who really wanted to join the LA Roadster club so traded the Coupe for Doyle’s T-bucket. Doyle did not keep the Coupe very long and it later became well known when it looked very different after a subsequent owner gave it a flamed purple paint job and swapped in a big block Chevy. Eventually Bruce Meyer acquired the car and had it restored back pretty much to the way it looked when it appeared in Rod & Custom. More recently Doyle has built a close replica to the Coupe that has become synonymous with his name. ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS BODY Top chopped Flat firewall with dual master cylinders Sewing needles for radiator support bars Aluminum tube spreader bars Widened Moon Tank with winged cap Added one windshield wiper I tried to replicate the chrome fender welting but was not happy with the look so it was removed after the photos were taken INTERIOR Replicas & Miniatures button-tufted upholstery which the car had when Doyle got it and as it appeared in R&C. He had it reupholstered in tuck & roll Hung pedals Fabricated shifter from metal rod and white pin head ball Parts box steering wheel with holes drilled Fabricated Tachometer ENGINE Rochester fuel injected engine and transmission from Revell ’59 Corvette Changed generator to driver’s side Metal headers from unknown source Exhaust system incorporates wide spaced tailpipes from current Revell Deuce Roadster CHASSIS Motor mounts from ’59 Corvette Rear transverse spring and cross member from AMT 40 Ford Rear shocks from ’59 Corvette Triangulated 4-link rear control arms – I could not find any images of the underside and there are many different configurations of triangulated 4-link arrangements so I came up with my own. Faux beam front axle Split wishbone radius rods from Revell Model A PAINT – ModelMaster Manganese Brown Metallic enamel darkened with black enamel

It is always great to see a another good looking Deuce build.

Nice job on one of my favourite Deuce kits. The brown colour reminds me of a hot rod I often saw at car show back in the 1960's

Very well styled and executed. A beautiful model of a beautiful phantom.

Car and Coffee!!

Great looking Mustang. I am looking forward to building one of these kits.

You are doing excellent work. I look forward to seeing your completed model. A friend has been working on his for 20 years and I think he may finally get it done this year but maybe not in time for the race in which Toyota is reviving the iconic GTI red and white livery.

Here are my three and I just started the Greg Moore Players Reynard/Mercedes

Thanks guys. Maybe this build will inspire others to combine the Deuce and Model A kits !!??

I love this thread featuring so many cool rods and custom. I have built quite a number of iconic Custom Car/Hot Rod replicas such as the Sam Barris Mercury and the Hirohata Mercury

I like this Studebaker a lot. Please tell us more about your build.

Thanks Bob - I used the Deuce chassis that comes with all the recent Revell Model A kit - '29 Roadster and '30 Coupe. Those kits also come with a Model chassis to build a channeled hot rod. A friend used that chassis with the Model A kit supplied Buick engine under a chopped and channeled '32 5-Window. It turned out great.

Thanks Bill Thanks Steve Thanks Carl Thanks Chris Thanks Alan - I am looking forward to seeing it for real at Deuce Days Thanks Al

Thanks very much for comments. I really enjoyed this project.

Great looking 35. A friend printed one up and I was very impressed. It is the short of file that might convince me to get a printer

Fantastic looking traditional hot rod. I especially like seeing the Navarro lettering on the speed equipment

Thanks everyone for your comments. I once had an urge to build a 1/1 Deuce Hi-Boy Roadster which led me to cut the fenders off a 1/24 Monogram Deuce roadster as an antidote for that dream. The box art on the current 29 Roadster kit inspired this model as the hot rod depicted sort of looks like the guy driving it could have built it himself. I have visited Roy Brizio's shop where he often builds relatively simple hot rods but to a very high standard.

I really like the components in the Revell Model A kits including the Deuce frame so incorporated them in this '32 Ford Hi-Boy Roadster. The Model A kit includes some nice trunk detail with a battery box and fuel tank which would otherwise be hidden so I made the trunk openable with the louvered lid from the ’32 5W. OTHER ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS To lower the front-end, I had to make a number of modifications which included reducing the thickness of the spring and positioning it closer to the axle. I also flattened the front cross member. ’40 Ford dash from ’32 5W with a ’40 Ford steering wheel from an AMT kit Grill shell, hood & radiator from Revell ’32 kit Firewall from Phantom Vickie Mated interior portion of the Model A floor to the ’32 floor Windshield frame chopped Rear roll pan added Tamiya Pearl Blue and Bright Red

Congratulations on an outstanding model of such a significant racing car.