Harry looks good to me. Sorry to hear that it wasn't a good building experience. Still a nice and clean build. Hopefully your next project will go smoother.
This gets better with each update. Your sdratchbuilding is beautiful. Another idea for the dash and door space. You could use something soft like expoxy putty that would form to the space and be carved. Once shaped it could be added to the dash.
Unfortunately besides the epidemic of stupidity today being self consumed comes in a close second. All people thihk about is themselves. Anoth3rcfactor that makes ohe wonder how the human race will continue to survive.
Bill not to belabor the point but the short pickup box and the longer hood makes sens. With the fenders and wheelbase the same the longer hood would mean something else would have to be shorten and it appears the pickup box was the choice. Just a thought.
I was told about the clone by a friend who was also looking to do an accurate version of the Ala Kart. Unfortunately my friend passed a number of years ago so I can't ask him for his source,
Bill some of the differnces were caused by the fact that the new kit was based on a tribute car built by Ledbetter. It was never meant to be a accurate recreation. If you google ala tribute car there is an article in hot rod about the car. Looking forward to seeing you do this project.