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Bill and I went into the "office of his house......little more than sracks of papers and files in a caotic mess................he picked up a stob of a cigar and lite it.smoke circled as he rumaged through the papers mumbling incohearently. Papers flying about kicking up dust. I dont think the room, ro the house for that matter, has ever seen a dust rag or even a vacuum since he moved there. I was in danger of his having a open flame in a place that should or could sponasiously explode from the dust at any minute. Finally afer a few minutes he pulled out a file on the Brewster and opening up. I reworked the cowel and fender to get closer to the actual measurements I had after I started the model. Thanks for following,,,this is going to be a long build so stick with me..... Kenn

Thanks for all the comments...I too look at is in amazement that it turned out so nicely...................I am very pleased that others have taken kindly to my humble attempts at scratch building.............. Each one is a learning experience that I build on for the next project. Kenn

Here is something I hashed together in the barn,,,,this is the frame for my MG K3,,,1933..................... Kenn

Skip...takeing parts that are already made up Kenn

Sending this one to the garage,,,,,,,underglass....I will let it set for a few days before the last few things get done and I figure out how to make the light lenses,,,,,,, Hope you all enjoyed the build on this one,,,,,,,,,,,,,the next big project is to finish uncle Bills Brewster,,,another long build.............. Kenn

It is 99% complete.Totally scratchbuilt with no commercial parts other that sheet plastic and wire. Kenn

Luke,,,,when I get the 33 MG tidied up and under glass I will dig out the cycle and do a refreasher thread,,,,,,,,,,, Kenn

For those that missed the beginning of this build 2 years ago,,,,the body and frame were done in less than 2 days so it is kinda rough,,,I am finishing it but it is not the best to start with, The rear end is a mdified Jag independent rear and leaf spring in the front with working steering. The engine is scratch hemi sort,of,,,,,,,,,,, Kenn

Newwill be posted,,,,I can post from the beginning if you like Kenn

A few piccys Kenn

Most of this in in the paint shop and chrome shop right now. I ran out of plastic and had to reorder so uncle Bills Brewster is on hold for a bit. Thanks for your comment John.................. Kenn

The motor cycle will be coming out soon I am pulling a lot of my older builds to finish them,,,,,a few surprises in the works................. Thanks for the comment and question,,,,, Kenn

A few more glamor shots,,,,a few minor things and it is done. It gets hard to work on at this stage because I can no long touch it bare handed,,,I need to either use a soft cloth or wear cotton gloves................ Thanks for all the patience with me on this build. Kenn

This will be the motor,,,I rebuilt the front end a little and narrowed it up, it was too wide for this car....also did a lot of cleanup onn the frame assembly. Kenn

Eric...thanks for joining in.....take your time in catching up. I am taking a lot of time between parts to give everyone plenty of time to complete each part. Section 2....wire wheel template. YOU WILL NEED A 6 1/2 " SQUARE BOARD some brades a straight edge and pencil. start buy dividing the board into 4 sections like a pie, then 8 sections. when you have eight sections divide each into 3 sections. this will give you 32 sections. you can do muliples of 2..i.e. 28,30,32,,,,,,,,32 seems to work the best for me. then at the center build it up with 2 or 3 pieces of .40 sheet plastic and put a small finish nail in the center. the othe pegs are alignment pegs that will be determined by the size of wire wheel. we will get into that next. this may take a few hours to get right,,,,take your time and be patient, thanks for following Kenn

This is a build I started about 2 years ago...Needs a lot of things since I see a lot wrong now,but I will go ahead with it using the hemi and blower. More later............thanks for the imput Kenn

I am thinking about pulling this one back out and finishing it up. Needs a lot of work and redoing the frame in some places. Have a choice of motors from a hemi to a 283, which is the white one, with a blower and lots of garbage on it....................... let me know if it is worthy of reserection,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Kenn

A few more details and striping and this build is done......................... A big thanks to all thiose that have been following and commenting on this build Will have more later,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Kenn

Thanks for the nice words Tony and Anne...they are appreciated Have the first base color colour coat on the body and a few more details.........The chassis needs to head back to the paint shop to have some tounch up and additional areas painted. Kenn

Getting some paint on this buggy now...frame is detailed out and brushed on a coar of black something that I had in a bucket in the garage,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,not quite sure what it is but it is black thanks for looking and commenting,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Kenn

Bill then told me to get onto the free way...when we got up to about 70 he asked me if I felt the pedal by my right foot on the bottom of the seat. Bill then said to push down on that pedal and pull the short shifter back hard and then let off on the pedal and push on the accelerator to the floor. There was a jerk on my neck a squwak from the rear tires and we shot off down the road..Bill howelling with laughter. "My god,,,,what was that?", I asked with total amazment as the speedometer raised to 85,,,,,,,,,then,,,,,,,,,,90,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,then to 100, end highest number and then it pegged out and kept going,,,,,,,Bill told me to back it off to just under 100. cars along the way looked like they were standing still as the huuge Brewster was sure and square running as smooth as can be without a hunt of shuttering. Speedding down the road feeling no effort on the car itself. Bill said that is the 2 speed rear end, and now we can cruse all day at this pace without the big flat head 8 hardly idleing. I can imagine the faces on the people we pass with this monster leaving them behind like so many telephone poles...............Bill still laughing some.............said we better back it back down before the locals constabulary catches us......................Bill settled back down as we truned around at the next exit,,,,we had gone 30 miles in what seamed like only a few minutes. Uncle Bill and the massive Brewster will return..................................... Kenn

Bill had the interior redone about 40 years ago, it was pretty bad from what I remember seeing as a kid. But,,,you know Bill...a little off center and eccentric and not entirely concerned with keeping things authentic. He wanted something that would stand up so he choose a saddle maker and had him use saddle leather which is a lot heavier then auto leather. Oh,,,,,by the way, it was a Native American saddle maker and Bill gave him free regin over the entire remake of the interior, Bill, apparently gave him creative license to do it the way he wanted......Sometimes Bill just forgot that you don't do that with artists,,,,,,,,,,,,,, anyway, 40 years later and it looks just as good as it did when it was done but maybe a little more "lived in" but like Bill. A little off center. This is the front seat. The back for the seat was the steel panel commonly used in the 20's and in limo's of the period. Kenn

We pulled out of the barn into the sun.Through the dust you could see that the paint still have a shine to it. A brief gust of wind sent some of the dust into the air leaving some still clinging to the monster. Bill guided the car down past the house and out the long dirve. Bill was a tinkerer that I dont think ever had a job other than playing farmer, which he did not work too hard at. He was more interested in making things out of nothing, which is how the car had the 6 speed truck tranny in it, cobbled in by him many years ago. Bill never really needed to work anyway since his dad made a fortune with the Tuna salad sandwich shop back around the turn of the last century. He never got married either saying that females just got in the way of his playing with machinery. I think he was too cantankerous for any woman to handle to start with. Slowly the brewster got to the paved road and Bill stopped the car and we traded places. I put the shifter into 1st gear and the car slowly went forward,,,,,then to second, the tranny was noisy and groweled like an old truck tranny would do. Into third I was going about 30 and the engine started to level out and quiet down, the tappets no longer clanking but running more like a sewing machine. Bill said to crank it up now so I went through 4th and 5 th and finally to 6th hurtleing down the straight country road. it seemed like we were standing still untill I looked at the speedometer,,,,,it was reading 80, the brewster running smooth as glass with out a hint of speed. Bill said to put the foot down, stop idling the engine and lets get this thing rocking............................................................................... Thanks for the followers....The exploits of me, Bill, and the Brewster will return later............................... Kenn

The sides were cut and finiahed on 2 pieces glued together and seperated after they were done. This is about 1/20th give or take......the finished car will be about 11 inches long and 3 inchs wide............................................................Thank you for commenting and the questions. BTW,,it will take about 45 days to finsh................... Kenn