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A couple more photos. Showing suspension. Cannot remember where I got the coil overs.

I added a couple more photos as lead in to the post.

Not sure why you are having a problem. I checked using another device and all the 5 photos I posted show up.

This Goodguys Deuce Sedan model is a tribute to Gary Meadors the founder of the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association who passed away late last year. The huge car shows Gary staged were instrumental in the growth in popularity of street rodding. He was also a big supporter of the model car hobby having model events in conjunction with the Goodguys car shows. His Deuce Tudor became the symbol of the Goodguys. Both the Revell 5-Window Deuce Coupe and Deuce Highboy Roadster eventually featured the Goodguys logo on their boxes and had Goodguys decals inside. So it is very appropriate that Deuce Days in Scale pays tribute to Gary Meadors. Gary owned the Deuce Sedan since the early 70’s. It has had three different configurations and is said to have travelled over 700,000 miles as street-rod. The basic current version is 30 years old and was painted by Sam Foose and a youngster named Chip. Although it is of a style that is in many ways dated, it wears it well and has achieved iconic status. There was a later day updated version built by Kindig it Designs as a give away car. Gary once said his Deuce may have been the most photographed hot rod of all time but most of those photos were taken in the digital era so I really had to search to find photos of the interior and back end of the car. I never did find a good photo of the engine or rear running gear. BODY Top chopped about 3 scale inches Roof & hood top smoothed Cowl light and door handle mounts filled Grill photo-etch mesh Buffed Titanium Metallizer Taillights cut in Side mirrors from Revell 37 Ford Coupe Tinted windows INTERIOR Front & back seat bottoms lowered. Centre console fabricated Dash simulates wood grain and digital gauge panel Testor’s Wood Tan over Fabric Tan Lacquer CHASSIS & SUSPENSION Bobbed front & rear Rear roll pan molded Suspension from kit but mostly dechromed & lowered WHEELS Fronts from AMT Double Dragster Rears from Deuce Highboy ENGINE The real car appears to have a SBC but because the model will be displayed with closed hood, the model has the kit supplied SBF. PAINT – The paint is supposed to be Tamiya Chrome Yellow TS-47 which I have used before and should have been very close to the real car’s lemony yellow but it turned out more like Camel Yellow TS-34. It is almost like the can was mislabeled. Of course I did not notice this until the model was completely assembled. Side graphics extracted from a low resolution photo and converted to ink jet decals.

Awesome model of an incredibly cool racecar. It is well worth the extra clicks to view the photos.

Thanks for the photos of this awesome event which unfortunately I probably will never get to in person. So many incredible models.

Great reason to paint pink but would be a good looking Deuce Coupe in any color.

Nice Highboy. Looks good in blue.

Very cool. Was not familiar with real car but you nailed it. Plus you do not see Phaeton's hot rodded very often.

Good lookin' 10 year old build which illustrates what a great series of Deuce kits Revell has provided us over the last 20 years.

Great project. I have always really been attracted to Panamericana racers.

Thanks Dennis - how's this

I had to hunt around to find something that looked right and finally found these 'body panel connectors" in a tube frame Trans-Am Ron Fellows Camaro kit. They are a pretty good representation of the old lunch box latches. may have to look into getting some 3-D printed!!

Thanks everyone. This definitely was one of my most fun modelling projects.

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.