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Other than the color photo on the April 1951 Hot Rod cover, this is the only other photo I found of the car in street trim. Notice the knees up driving position!!

Photo of 1/1 car from April 51 Hot Rod cover

This model is a tribute to Skip Hudson’s ’29 Roadster that was one of the two cars on the first color cover of Hot Rod magazine in April 1951 although there was no mention of it on the inside of the magazine. After the Hot Rod cover, the car’s story dries up. I have read that Skip sold the car because he was getting pulled over by the police too often. It was not long after that Skip joined the army during the Korean War. After his discharge he got into sports cars racing which was getting very popular in California. He went on to become an accomplished racing car driver. This model has appeared Under Glass previously in its as raced at Bonneville configuration when Dan Gurney drove in his first sanctioned competition. Build details were posted On The Workbench Since then the numbers have been removed, air cleaners and street exhaust are in place and the windshield and headlights installed. The model now has the kit rear tires with caps and rings installed all around. To summarize the build the Revell ’29 was channelled over the Deuce frame that was narrowed in the rear and incorporates Revell Deuce front rails. Out back is a buggy sprung quick-change. The rear wheel wells were restored to near stock positions. A louvered hood and sides were lengthened to meet the sectioned Deuce grill shell. The engine/transmission is from the Revell ’48 Ford Coupe with intake manifold/carbs, front cover and engine mounts from the Revell Deuce Sedan.

This model is a tribute to Jack Morgan’s ’34 Roadster which was on the first full color cover of Hot Rod magazine – April 1951. The magazine had a full feature article on the roadster with a cut-away drawing. This was the third similar car that the owner Jack Morgan built. It was fast - being timed at over 127 mph by the Southern California Timing Association. The car disappeared without a trace but its look influenced many hot rods that followed. The model was built very quickly as a curbside prop for my fictitious April Fools Hot Rod magazine cover. I used an AMT 5-Window Coupe that I cut the top off and channelled it over the stock frame and suspension. I adapted the cowl, hood and grill from the Revell ’37 Ford Pickup and added some louvers to the top and sides.

OK - I guess April Fools is over now everywhere in the world!! I thought this would have generated more comments but it was fun to do none the less. The real cover had the cars reversed and there was no article or mention of Skip Hudson's '29. The Jack Morgan's yellow car did have a full feature. Coincidentally both cars have disappeared. I plan to do separate full color posts for both models.

The first all color Hot Rod magazine cover April 1951 was sixty-five years this month. I decided to recreate this cover and cover-car feature article in scale. The blue ’29 Roadster has appeared Under Glass previously in its Bonneville configuration and build details were posted On The Workbench. Since then the numbers have been removed, air cleaners and street exhaust are in place and the windshield and headlights installed. The model now has the kit rear tires with caps and rings installed all around. The yellow ’34 Roadster was a quick curbside build for the Hot Rod cover simulation. I cut the top off an AMT ’35 Ford 5-W and added the front end from a Revell ’37 Ford Pickup

I really like the air cleaner and interior extras and of course the weathering is perfectly done.

Outstanding

I was not sure what to expect reading the subject of your post but was pleasantly surprised to see your beautiful stock Deuce Victoria.

It looks like it was always meant to be. Extremely well done.

With the body smoothed it does sort of look like '27T. Neat!

may I be the first to congratulate you on your excellent Dragonsnake Cobra. It is beautiful in all respects. I am amazed at how good the wire wheels look which I assume are dechromed kit wheels painted and black washed.

Very well done build especially in such a short time. I really like the painted radiator shell, the use of the Rat Roaster wheels & tires and the extra chroming.

Hi Carl - You should bring your very good looking Deuce Roadster to Deuce Days in Scale July 24 in Victoria [see link below]. It would fit right in. I bet Revell could sell a bunch more Roadster kits if they added fenders and some different parts from the other Deuce kits.

Gorgeous model of still one of the best looking cars of all time. This may also be the first time that two Duesies are posted on the first page of Under Glass at the same time which is wonderful coincidence. .

Very well thought out model and excellent recycling from your parts box. The Rat Rods I tend to like most are those which would also look good shiny and yours certainly fits that category. I especially like the way the gas tank fits between the body and the rear cross member.

Great looking Falcon proving a very nice model can be built from the much maligned Trumpter kit although criticism well founded. I have always been a Falcon guy and was lucky enough to have owned for a few years a Rangoon Red '65 Hardtop Hi-Po 289 top-loader 4-speed clone of a version that was only available in Canada in 1965. Mine was slightly lowered with classic Torque-thrusts and front disc brakes. I still wish I had never sold it.

This really is overwhelming - in a very good way.

This is a fabulous model in all respects. The Avanti has always intrigued me from the time I first ever saw one and read about them at Bonneville. It was also the first previously owned kit I ever bought but have yet to build.

Looks like it is going to be a fun build.

The wheels are from the Dan Gurney Olsonite Eagle from MPC and really are beautiful

I am going to use the Gurney Weslake heads, valve & valley covers and fuel injection from the Dan Gurney Olsonite Eagle from MPC

When Dan Gurney arrived in California with his family in 1948 just after graduating high school he traded a ’40 Ford Sedan for a chopped Deuce 5-Window. I decided to build a custom Deuce 5-Window as a tribute to that car like one of the top hot-rod shops might do. If this were to be a car that Dan could jump in and enjoy it would have to meet a number high standards such as being fast as well as handling and stopping very well. It would also have to be comfortable, safe and very good looking. I started off thinking it would just be a chopped 5-W with the engine and wheels from an Eagle Indy Car and modern running gear but it is taking on a life of its own and evolving. After chopping the top a scale 4 inches I figured Dan who is a tall guy would need extra headroom like he did in his Le Mans winning Ford GT40 so I doomed the roof with a piece cut out of a Phantom Vickie roof. This made the window openings look out of proportions so I enlarged all the window openings to be later fitted with flush “glass”. Essentially the height and visibility lost with the chop has been regained with a different look. At this point I decided to go the full custom route. I smoothed the running boards and fenders with the rear getting a slight bob. The rear roll pan comes from the Revell 29 pickup and the taillights will be recessed. The grill shell has been lowered and is getting an eagle’s beak up top and a shaped section between the front frame horns. The cowl will need to be pie-cut or at least re-contoured but I have already filled the cowl vent. The hood top and sides will be smooth and the headlights will be mounted on fender stanchions without a crossbar. Underneath I am using the full frame and front suspension and steering from the AMT Phantom Vickie. In back I am using a modified version of the Corvette independent rear suspension from the AMT ’34 Ford Street Rod. I hope to get both ends as low as possible. When completed it will be painted a very dark blue and I may add scallops similar to Dan’s Lola T70 in 1966.

Thanks Bernard. As mentioned up the thread. I was lucky - The latches came from my spare parts box but I am pretty sure they were from a Revell tube-frame era Camaro TranAm racecar kit.

I finally have a model of my own to post based on the wonderful Revell ’29 Ford Roadster kit. This model is a tribute to Dan Gurney’s first sanctioned competition drive in his friend Skip Hudson’s ‘29 Ford at Bonneville in 1950. If you want to learn more about the real car and model build details please see my On The Workbench and Under Glass posts http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/105810-29-ford-channelled-over-deuce-frame-under-glass/ http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/110772-1929-ford-roadster-dan-gurney-bonneville-1950/#comment-1582383