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Missed this until now and glad I took a look as i am very impressed with your model of perhaps the best looking uniquely Canadian car. I am also very fond of the Canadian Pontiac bodied Chevrolets of the 50's and 60's and the the second generation Canadian Valiants that were Valiants in front and Darts in the rear.

I finally got back to work on my Deuce 5-W tribute to Dan Gurney’s first California car. The interior and engine are complete and the rest just needs final painting assembly so I hope to have it completely finished by the end of June ENGINE & TRANSMISSION - The engine is distinctively Gurney being a small block Ford with Gurney-Weslake heads. The induction system is from the MPC 1965 Eagle Indy Car and in reality could be an electronic version of the original mechanical fuel injection system. The valve covers and heads are also from the MPC kit while everything else comes from the Deuce kit. For most of his life Dan liked shifting gears but in recent years he has had knee problems so the transmission is a modern multi-speed automatic. INTERIOR – The contoured seat is from the Phantom Vickie. There is a roll-cage, four point safety belts for the driver and seatbelts for the passenger. The dash has the gauge panel from the Rat Roaster and there is a small console on the transmission tunnel. The steering wheel has the Gurney Eagle in the center and paddle shifters behind.

This photo of my Deuce models was taken by Helen Bradley as a scale representation of what the Deuce Days outdoor car show will look like on July 24 in Victoria BC The 1/1 Deuce Days taking place at the same time as Deuce Days in Scale is going to be the largest gathering of Deuces in the world. Of the 1148 cars officially registered, 558 are Deuces!! Cars are coming from all over North America as well as Australia, new Zealand, Finland and Sweden. Deuce Days in Scale will unlikely match these statistics but will easily exceed the scale of the largest Deuce model of 1/8 scale and more likely be heading for 1/4 scale. It is going to be a very busy weekend in Victoria so if you want to attend you should make your travel plans sooner than later. If you are travelling to the Pacific Northwest for an extended time you could also take in a Goodguys event the following weekend in Pul For more information on Deuce Days in Scale check the website http://deucedaysinscale.shawwebspace.ca/

Very nice indeed and I really like your photography.

These Dekon Monzas are very cool cars both back in the day and currently vintage racing. I am also impressed with the M&S Eagle Toyota.

Absolutely beautiful classic racing car replica.

Beautiful GTs. Going to have to get one of these. I really like the side by side with the C7 which shows the potential for a mid-engine Corvette

I like everything about and it looks so good in your colour choice - candy maroon? or burgundy?

This is going to a great looking Deuce from a period I remember well but is not often recently replicated

Wicked hot rod Deuce Todor

Mike - You appear to be Mr. 1/32. I really like your 34 Coupe. So much "small" detail"!! Looking forward to seeing the T-Bucket completed.

That is the coolest 62 I have ever seen. When I got my drivers license in 65 my parents 62 beige 4 door Galaxie 500 was definitely not cool. As a kid I never had an urge to build a model of a 62.

Thanks Mike - I have Both the Lindberg 1/32 Ford Ford Convertible and 36 Ford Roadster in my stash. Both seem to have pretty good looking bodies but the challenge is finding appropriate wheels if not building stock. I built the two little Deuces to make sure there would be at least a couple of Deuces in the Small Scale Class at Deuce Days in Scale

I was given was two curbside 1/32 ’32 Ford kits and although they were issued under two different company names, they appear to be virtually identical. One, which I will refer to as the gold car, came as Palmer Road Runner Series kit molded in yellow with a chrome sprue. The red car came as Life-Like Hobby Kits Collector’s Series kit molded in red with no chrome parts. THE GOLD CAR – The molded in interior was removed to paint separately. Some of the molded on stock body details were removed. The windshield was chopped and opening enlarged. The roof was also chopped and reshaped. The taillights are pinheads. The paint is Testors lacquer Inca Gold and clear. The chrome rally wheels arrived with the red car but had narrow white wall tires that were of too large a diameter so were substituted with slot-car tires. THE RED CAR – Someone had already started the conversion to a Highboy Roadster by cutting the frame away from the fenders probably to convert it to a slot-car. I was able to adapt part of the frame, wheels, tires, suspension bits and side pipes from a Hornby 1/32 C4 Corvette race-car kit. I cut out the molded interior to paint separately and sanded off some of the molded on stock body details. The windshield was chopped and opening enlarged. The taillights are pinheads. The front brakes are from a slot-car. This was my first use of Archer 3D louver decals and I was very pleased with how they applied. The paint is Testors Gloss Red enamel.

Beautiful model featuring maybe the most awesome racing engine of all time

Beautiful historic F-1 like the ones they were racing at the Monaco Historics a couple of weeks ago. Appears to be a very nice kit.

Love the rear nerf bar and the fenders. Very nicely done.

I like this a lot. The F-5000 was a great series with the cars that sounded so good.

Lookin right some good there by!!

Beautifully unusual. Great assembly of unique parts. Well engineered engine. You brought everything together to make one extremely appealing Deuce very well presented with photos and descriptions.

Very nicely detailed Deuce Sedan. I really like the brown roof insert and running boards. All the photo-etch looks great but I especially like the hood latches & handles. The amber driving lights are also a nice touch. This is the sort of model we are looking forward to seeing at Deuce Days in Scale in Victoria BC July 24.

Channeled Deuce Coupes just look so right especially with whitewall slicks!!

The 1/1 Deuce Days taking place at the same time as Deuce Days in Scale is going to be the largest gathering of Deuces in the world. Of the 1148 cars officially registered, 558 are Deuces!! Cars are coming from all over North America as well as Australia, new Zealand, Finland and Sweden. Deuce Days in Scale will unlikely match these statistics but will easily exceed the scale of the largest Deuce model of 1/8 scale and more likely be heading for 1/4 scale. It is going to be a very busy weekend in Victoria so if you want to attend you should make your travel plans sooner than later. If you are traveling to the Pacific Northwest for an extended time you could also take in a Goodguys event the following weekend in Puyallup Washington For more information on Deuce Days in Scale check the website http://deucedaysinscale.shawwebspace.ca/

Great project. I really like the way the exhaust headers look on this AC owned by an acquaintance.

Thanks for your comments. I decided to play around a bit more with photo shop to see what the model would like in different colors. I think I like black best.