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Thanks for posting these Tim. I really enjoyed looking!!

This is a model of one of the two Deuce roadsters that appears on the front of the event t-shirt for Northwest Deuce Days which takes place in Victoria BC July 19-21, 2019 and is the largest gathering of ’32 Fords. The model will be on display at the accompanying model car show – Deuce Days in Scale. Marty Still from Colorado owns the real car. Photos of his car can be seen at https://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/deuce-days-in-scale-2019/purple-hi-boy/ Although in many ways the completed model looks almost box-stock, many modifications were made. BODY – door handle holes filled, cowl vent filled, lip on cowl removed, windshield mounting transverse rib removed and mounting recesses filled, bottom of trunk scribed and sanded even, filled and smoothed hood top, aluminum tube spreader bars, taillights from 29 Roadster, license plate frame from 427 Cobra with photo-etched frames and Photoshop licence plate, side rear view mirrors from Revell 40 Ford Coupe Street-Rod kit, windshield frame fabricated with side uprights from Phantom Vickie, top bar from 32 5-W and bottom from Evergreen Styrene. The paint is Colors by Boyd Grape Pearl. INTERIOR – New flat dash panel installed with oval opening for 5 gauge decal made up on Photoshop, converted to three pedals and floor shift, column mounted tachometer fabricated from aluminum tube. The shifter from 5W kit which sort of looks like the old microphone in the real car. ENGINE COMPARTMENT – Installed flat firewall with self-made engine-turned decal printed on clear and applied over bare-metal-foil, installed non-electric fan radiator, installed longitudinal hood sidebars ENGINE – Used Replicas & Miniatures dual quad manifold, valve covers from 5W kit, air cleaner from 64 Thunderbolt, added fan, replaced auto trans with a 4-speed manual, dual exhaust tips adapted from AMT Ala Kart SUSPENSION – The front suspension and brakes are based on the most recent Revell 29 Ford kit. The hairpin radius rods for from the Revell 32 5W. I was not successful trying to come up with a replica of the real Deuce’s shock absorber/headlight mount. I modified the 29 Ford kit mounts, shocks and headlights to get part way there. [I had not noticed it until it was pointed out to me that the artist who did the rendering for the t-shirt chose to illustrate the beam front axle as drilled all the way across but the real car is not drilled in the center] CONSTRUCTION NOTES – I strayed from the instructions a couple of occasions which seemed like a good idea at the time but turned out to be counter productive. The 29 axle is wider than the 32. The track became even wider to give more exposure to the brakes so I also had to widen the rear track. I attached the rear wheel opening inner sections before painting and assembly, which made installing the completed interior virtually impossible. I had to disassemble the interior and install each piece separately I fully assembled the engine but decided to install it after the body was attached to the chassis. Fortunately I had pinned the exhaust headers which I was able to remove and then reinstall once the engine was mated to the chassis

I was curious to see what a stripped tomato was. Your model sure looks real in the first few photos with a giants hand opening the hood

I always enjoy seeing classics

I like this very much

This rates an A+, 100%, top notch!!

Well done Patrick. Great looking model of a very cool car.

Very nice 30+ year old build. I have a few models I built that long ago but they are certainly not as nice as your Corvette although I do have the AMT kit in my closet.

I really like this. Well done.

A very well done tribute done tribute to custom car and model car history

Very well done vinyl roof on an overall great looking model of the Cougar. I remember being very impressed with the XR-7 package back in the day. The dashboard mimicked those in Jaguars.

I just found and read through the thread. Very interesting. I also dug my old model out of the display case for a closer look. I would say it was definitely inspired by the Kookie T and could be described as a tribute bit certainly not a replica. I used the kit SBC albeit with a Parts-Pak Cady 4 carb induction. The headers are also from the kit although shortened. The frame and bed were also shortened but I always regretted not giving it more of rake. It has a chopped down resin Deuce grill shell with a photo-etched grill. I took photo with my phone while writing this so it a little fuzzy.

Hello Gerald - I could only find this one photo of my Kookie T. Notice it has a quick-change which the original did not. I built from the Revell 1/24 T kit which came with the pin-strip decals. This kit would also be a good starting point for the Ivo T as I think it was based on the Big T which was inspired by the Ivo T. The real Kookie T has a new owner who is rumoured to be wanting to restore it back to its 77 Sunset Strip configuration. I saw a very well done clone in the late 1990's at the Grand National Roadster Show that was displayed with scaled up bottles of Testors.

You have come vey close to capturing the look of the Ivo T. It and the Kookie T are two of my all time favourites so I will have to track down the thread you mention. I tried building a Kookie T a few years ago and felt I got fairly close but it definitely was not a replica. 100% replicas are very hard to do.

Your build reinforces what great hot rod kits the Revell series of Deuces were. If built with the care yours exhibits that can produce a beautiful model right out of the box.

A couple of real nice models. I am especially impressed with the Bronco.

Definitely far out man!

Very well engineered Mini. I have seen a couple 1/1 V-Tecs in front but never in the rear.

This is going to be one extremely nice looking vintage drag car model

Very cool project for a 32 pickup guy.

Beautiful model of a beautiful racing car.

You have really dived in at the deep end for your first build. Very impressive.

Thanks Tim. Excellent coverage and very inspirational. I have only been the one NNL many years ago - NNL West. It looks like models are placed on the tables according to their type. Just curious - how many grouping were there at the NNL Nationals?

Definitely very interesting very different and very well done