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Mega job on the engine!!

WOW Did not expect this but really cool.

Very nicely done

Cool 60s vibe to your build. One of my favorite kits of all times. Bought my first one at the AMT booth at the 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair.

This is going to one righteous hot-rod when completed. Great job on the Olds engine.

Slice n dice - my favorite model building activity. Nice conversion to something unique.

Welcome back. After this cool 48 I bet you keep building.

Here are some details on the parts I have modified Front axle - here you can see the fitting of the '32 spring on the '29 axle front which I removed the steering link bracket. I initially used too small a drill to drill the beam axle. As you can see I had trouble keeping it centered. I would recommend using a bit that just fits the recess. Steering - I attached the '32 steering linkage to the '29 tie rod Shock/headlight Mount - Because of the additional lowering the geometry of the front shocks to the mounts changes. To compensate for this I cut away the shock and drilled into the housing so I can achieve the correct positioning once I decide on the final location and configuration of the mount. I am using the '29 shocks, mounts and headlights. Front wheels and brakes - I made up inner wheel rims and came up with a mounting arrangement to give the correct exposure to the finned brake housings. I recessed in new finned backing plates made from Evergreen styrene. Engine/transmission - I replaced the automatic transmission on the '32 kit small block Ford with the standard transmission from the Hemi in the "32 5-W Rear axle - Something I have done on a number of Revell 1/25 '32 models is to remove the airbags and replace them with Evergreen rod the small size as the mounting holes in the floor. This allows easy establishment of the desired stance and upon final assembly are hardly noticible. Dash - I cut out the panel on the kit dash to be replaced with a panel with an oval opening for the engine turned 5-gauge panel decal I Photoshopped.

Thanks Craig - I already chopped it an addition 2mm from my first attempt and it still might need another mm or so. I also think I will make the windshield opening more parallel.

I'm looking forward to the movie - Hot Rods in Space !! Very cool Deuce.

I have started a new project for a display at Deuce Days in Scale which is the model car show component of Northwest Deuce Days next July in Victoria BC that will be maybe is the largest gathering of ’32 Ford hot rods ever. The plan is to have models of the cars on the event t-shirt displayed at the model show on t-shirts. This particular project involves building a model of the purple H-Boy, which is owned by Marty Stills from Colorado. When this one is done I plan to build a replica of the Tom Gloy owned – Brizio built Lo-Boy Deuce. At first I thought it would be a pretty straightforward build but the car has a number a distinctive features that needed to be fabricated. To replicate the combination of the beam front axle and the finned front brake housings, I adapted parts from the recent Revell ’29 Ford kit. I was surprised to find the ’29 axle to be wider than the ’32. The track became even wider to get the necessary exposure of the finned brake housings. That in turn meant that I also had to widen the rear track. The finned brake backing plates were fabricated from Evergreen styrene siding. To get the front low, the ’29 spring was replaced with a cut down ’32 spring. Another distinctive feature is the windshield frame. I fabricated this using the sides from the Phantom Vickie, top from a ’32 5-W and a scratch built bottom. The cowl of course had to be filled and smoothed. I have also made up a 5-gauge oval dash and have converted the Ford small block to a standard transmission. I probably will not get much more done before October as I am going to be away most of September.

Very well built early generation ZR-1. It would be great to see models of all generations of ZR-1 in a dedicated thread.

This going to look great under glass!! I have always loved the look of a full fendered chopped 5W .

Excellent in all respects.

Thanks Dennis for providing the production numbers. I looked everywhere and the production numbers for the '32 Closed Cab were the only one of the 15 varieties of '32 that were not listed in all the sources I checked. You are a lucky man to have one. I imagine you have seen that a Union Pacific Cab pickup was built as the Street Rodder Road Tour vehicle.

Very realistic weathering. Going to have to try it myself someday.

Such a good looking car. What a timeless design and a very nice model.

I'm stoked!!

Thanks Christian - Your Victoria would be an excellent to have in our display. Initially I wanted all the models to have at least black fenders, wire or disc wheels and flathead engines but realised that would be too big of a restriction to encourage virtually all of my local car modeller buddies to build or donate models for the project. The only restrictions I eneded up on insisting on were that the models had to have fenders and stock height roofs. I will definitely post photos when all 15 varieties are brought together.

These are the three models I have built for the All 15 Varieties of the 1932 Ford project that will be displayed at Deuce Days in Scale July 2019 in Victoria BC Canada. I thought it would be cool to see them altogether. These were all considered commercial vehicles of which in 1932 there were five in total. Other modellers are building their versions of a Sedan Delivery and Panel Truck. The other twelve varieties of the ’32 Ford have either been previously completed or are currently under construction also by other modellers. It is going to be great to see all fifteen varieties of ’32 Fords together as it will not only represent the history of the ’32 Ford but a good segment of the history of ’32 Ford scale modelling. All three pictured here have also been previously posted separately.

Hard to believe sometimes that 1996 was so long OK. I built a very similar model back then to reflect the current trends. You did a very good job of capturing the mid-90's style but I have to say I have become a lot more traditional since then.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your comments.

I could find no record of how many Closed Cab Pickups were built in 1932 but I assume they were pretty popular and many still exist. My starting point was the venerable ’34 Ford Pickup kit, which I first built soon after it, was released by AMT in the early ‘60’s. It was the first model I chopped and channelled. At some point AMT transferred the moulds to Lindberg and it was re-released many times in different colours of styrene. The ’34 pickup was similar in many ways but on close examination differed significantly in a few characteristics and specifications. Most noticeably the wheelbase was 6 inches longer so on ‘32’s the pickup bed hangs out behind the fenders much further and the gap between the front of the rear fenders and the back of the cab is much less. So the first modification necessary was to shorten the chassis and running boards a 6 scale inches. The cabs on the ’34 and ’32 were pretty much identical except the ’34 had an extra stamped moulding across the back of the cab, which was easily removed with some filing and sanding. Up front the grill shell on the ’34 leaned back and the hood sides were distinctive so the shell and hood were replaced with ’32 items. The stock configuration suspension with ’34 kit dropped front axle was lowered as much as possible. Because the kit utilized a straight across plastic [originally metal] axle, I reversed the dropped axle to move the wheels forward a bit to give a more pleasing look of how the wheels and tires fit under the fenders. The stance was established with recent Revell ’29/’30 tires over Revell ’37 Ford PU/Panel wheels. The Revell ’37 Pickup Street Rod kit provided the flathead hop-up parts as well as the side mount which was modified for the ’37 stock artillery looking wheels. The openings around the rims on the wheels were opened up to make them more highlighted with the black of the drum brakes. Although not stock, I have seen a few full scale pickups with rear bumpers and liked the looked so I added one to the model, The body was painted Testor’s Maroon enamel with black fenders, leather interior and Wimbledon White wheels.

Very well done. A pleasure to see.

This is extremely cool to see especially with it being Speedweek at Bonneville right now. Just read that Danny Thompson set a speed record with his father's rebuilt Challenger!!