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Extremely well done convertible conversion. Gorgeous in all respects. . I have no doubt the boss was bowled over.

I remember the original box art well and it is wonderful to see it brought to reality.

Extremely well done model. Credit to you for building such a beautiful hot rod model and credit to Revell for producing such a great hot rod kit. Your build may change a lot of peoples' opinions of this kit.

I must saw you made a perfect selection of wheels and color. Just like the 65 Falcon I had for a few years. Nice model.

Thanks John - You should really try to make to Victoria next summer for the show. The out door car show that only happens every three years around the Inner Harbour is mind-blowing with over 800 hundred 1951 or earlier cars - over 400 of which will be Deuces - many having traveled long distances to get here. Deuce Days in Scale will be right at the centre of the action - indoors in the ballroom of the host hotel.

Thanks everyone and Mike the outside mirrors came from the Revell 40 Ford Coupe Street Rod kit

I had a fairly productive 2015 mainly concentrating on Deuce builds which I will continue building into 2016 leading up to Deuce Days in Scale in Victoria BC July 24/16.

Your drag cars are amazing. I am going to have to pay more attention to the drag part of the forum in 2016!!

I absolutely concur with all the previous comments. Your build really shows what an irresistibly great kit this is which can be enhanced further with the addition of just a few well chosen parts.

Yes I am familiar with Steve Moal built Ferrari powered hot-rods. He also did a fairly traditional looking black Deuce roadster with a Ferrari V-12. There were two Ferrari Deuces on the 75 most significant list.

Thanks for the encourage. Next I plan to do wheel mounting and widen fenders

While waiting for the weather to dry up so I can do the final painting on another project, I decided to get started on a new Deuce model. Over the years I have been intrigued by number of full-scale Ferrari powered Deuces and decided it was time I built my own scale version. I am using parts mainly from three kits; - Revell of Germany [Italeri] Ferrari 250 GTO – engine/transmission, wire wheels, exhaust, taillights - AMT Phantom Phaeton – cowl & Duval windshield, chassis and running gear - Revell Rat Roaster – body, fenders and interior ENGINE – Built box-stock but did will convert to wet sump. The 1/24 engine is of course slightly longer than a 1/25 version would be. CHASSIS – Lengthened about a scale foot. Could have reduced this amount by recessing the firewall and using an alternator WHEELS & TIRES – The GTO kit comes with very nice three piece wire wheels with three different outer rims. I am using the deep dish on the rear and narrowed versions of the non-dished on the front. Tires are Revell Deuce kit no-name big and littles. BODY – Used Phantom Phaeton cowl which is a little shorter than that of the Rat Roaster. That combined with the fact that the Roadster sits slightly further back on the chassis contributed to some of the extra length between cowl and grill shell. I made the lengthened hood which still needs a bunch of work from two hoods, widening one and narrowing the other and then joining them towards the middle. A Ferrariesque hood power bulge was made from a sectioned airplane drop-tank. The hood sides were made from sheet styrene into which I will cut in a couple of GTO vertical vents. Out back the Phantom Phaeton roll pan was molded on.

Talk about great inspiration. I have always really like the projects when I see a certain car and cannot resist trying to recreate it in scale. You certainly have made a fantastic start.

Let me be the first to congratulate you on another amazing model of a classic. Incredible detail. My wife has ridden a Bianchi bicycle for years.

Not much more can be said about this fabulous model. I was never very keen about my parents then new beige 62 Galaxie 500 4-door but this Sunliner is beautiful.

I will be using the larger kit rear wheels & tires when I convert it from Bonneville to street configurations so that will give it a completely different look. I have discovered that a real Deuce wheelbase is 2 1/2 inches longer than that of a Model-A so that accounts for some of the extra length in the hood but to have gotten the proportions closer to the real car I would probably have to shorten the frame and recess the firewall. A friend with Model A told me that often rodders would remove the cowl mounted fuel tank and then reverse mount the firewall to gain clearance for a larger engine. I am sure looking forward to drier weather so I can get some color on this roadster.

Really like the green wheels and wide whites

I really like how the roadster looks in primer and I am waiting for better weather conditions to do the final painting. I was relieved to be able to fit the radiator hoses so they clear the belts and fan as well as fitting under the hood. Something I have not been able to figure out is why I had to lengthen the hood so much even over the length of a Deuce hood. The 29 body only appears to be slightly shorter than that of a Deuce.

Good to see you tackling this project. I am curious to see how you resolve the stance and proportions. I really like how this kit has generated so many individual interpretations.

Now I have to move onto priming, finessing and painting the bodywork and interior

This is going o be a great project. I managed to acquire the GS kit maybe 20 years ago but have never started it although I got the VRM decals when they became available.

This going to be one very nice Deuce Coupe

Now that is a good looking hot rod. Very nicely done Tim. This really is a great kit because it allows the modeller to either built a very nice hot rod straight from the box or to modify it and create their own version.

A few more photos

FRONT SUSPENSION– As mentioned previously the front spring was reduced in thickness and mounted closer to the axle. The front shocks are from the ’29 kit trimmed, modified and mounted up-side-down. I attached the kit headlight mounts to a fabricated shock bracket. REAR SUSPENSION -Once the front ride height was established I was able to install the Model-A rear cross member and transverse spring. The spring/shock brackets were modified from the coil spring brackets from the ’29 kit. The rear radius rods are the extra front rods from the ’29 kit. The AMT ‘25 Model T kit also provided the rear shocks. The drive shaft is modified from the REV/MON 1/24 Deuce. I decided to reduce the amount of chrome on the car so the tie rod and radius rods were de-chromed. REAR WHEELS & TIRES – Used extra set of fronts on rear for Bonneville version ENGINE – The exhaust system and carbs are set up for the Bonneville version. Because I choose to use a three carb manifold like was used by the real car, I had to use an off-set generator which is going to make running the radiator hose on the right side a challenge.