I finished this one quite a while ago and I thought I had shared this one already but I guess I didn't. I was never really happy with the original set of pictures I had taken of this car and today I had an opportunity to take some better outside shots 'cause it finally stopped raining!
This one is special to me. My uncle is the reason I build model cars. When I was a kid, we would sit and build models together. He built this very car and I remember looking at it sitting on his shelf. I always thought it was such a slick looking car.
Fast forward about 20 years. I went over to my uncle's house to visit and he hands me a box of busted-up models to use for parts or projects and low-and-behold, that maroon Tudor Sedan I admired as a kid was in there. The years were hard on her. I was so excited! I immediately stripped it down and carefully took it apart. I bought a '34 Coupe for a donor kit to replace the parts that were broken. I decided to build it as a 50's style traditional rod. It received several custom touches and aftermarket parts. I painted it Krylon "Sparkling Canyon" in a suede finish. I love the way it turned out. It's so cool to have this one in my collection where I can admire it on my own shelf now.