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Hi guys. Is it too late for me to get in on this CBP? It will be my very first CBP.

Thank you. I would definitely not qualify this as a rat rod though.

When the car was finished I was running out of time for the deadline, so I don't have that many pictures of the final assembly. Also some things did not get done the way I wanted them or did not get done at all. Maybe one day I'll take it apart and add some more detail and correct some other things. I was thinking to even hinge the doors. The hood will definitely need some hinges and then, maybe I'll paint the whole car some cool color. But until then, here is the wicked Wabbit

This is way cool!

Test fitting the engine And here it is installed with the painted firewall behind it

+1

Thank you guys The floor from the Ferrari California was cut to shape and slightly modified A fire wall was made from styrene, with some strips to imitate reinforcement stamping some PE discs with the calipers of the California and then some scratchbuilt brackets for the brakes And the wired and plumbed engine almost completely ready

At this point the model started to look very WWII bomber like, because of the green primer. so I decided to run with the idea. I decided to stuff the 599's V12 engine under the hood. The first thing was to redo the intake plenum. It was drilled so the two halves could be separated and the throttle bodies and air filters from the sides were removed The engine block will receive some detailing too. some circles were punched from styrene and glued to tubing to make some belts pulleys Some other uses for the circles, were filling the back of the alternator for example Because of the cramped space under the Deuce's hood, the intake plenums were all smoothed out and the throttle bodies were moved to the front. they are built from various styrene tubing Then a new air filter box was scratch built. I tried to make it look sort of like an ammo box found on a military airplane (although I have no idea how they really look like LOL)

The dash looks really nice. well done.

A lot more putty and self etching primer later.... At this time the rear underpannel with the rear diffuser from a Ferrari California (Revell of Germany) was grafted at the rear The wheels came from a Joueff 1:18 Ferrari 330P4. The rears are shod in the front tires from the die cast 330P4 and the front wheels were narrowed and shod in the front tires from a Tamiya Ferrari F360 The entire undertray from a Revell Ferrari 599 was grafted on the bottom.

The front is way too wide, so I pie-cut the hood and squeezed it at the front The entire front sides were narrowed too and mated to a Revell '32 Grill It took some massaging, but it all fit at the end Then a lot of automotive putty and sheet styrene and we finally have a modern stretched Deuce body with the exact track dimensions of a Ferrari California

First a strip was removed from the body from infront of the trunk Then another strip was removed from the forward edge of the trunk lid itself Then the entire rear was cut... and sections were removed And then everything was superglued back together, considerably shortening the whole model. The entire front was cut off and the sides thinned, which was A LOT of work. A new radius had to be cut for the rear tires which meant that I had to also remove the extremely oversize hinges

Hi gang ever since I was little I admired Ferraris and they have been my passion for a long time. In my teenage years I discovered street rods (they are almost nonexistent in Europe) So I always wanted to combine the too in models. This is a model that was a challenge on a diecast forum. What I started with was a die cast toy from JADA, which they claimed was 1:24 on the box, but it was with caricature proportions, some of which almost reached 1:18 size. This is what I started with So after seeing how bad this thing was, I started cutting away. The worst part was that not only I had to cut metal, but the thickness of the molds in some places was just ridiculous.

Hey guys. I am really new here on the forum and don't know any of you. Honestly, I have no idea who Mr Teresi is or what has he achieved in the past. But as someone watching from the side, I can't see how ones personal preferences of building, affects common model building principles. I have build some crazy nonexistent stuff, but never made them with square tires. I never attempted to put an 8 cylinder distributor on a 6 cylinder engine either. And I believe that is what some people here are trying to say. No matter what are you building, some things are just "set in stone" so to speak. Now that I have given my worthless 2 cents, I would like to say, that it does not suit any of you to act like six graders exchanging smart remarks and pointing fingers. IMO you are beating a dead horse right now and should just let it go. Just think how many distributors you could have wired for the time spent in here.

This build inspires me to open the Fujimi Daytona that has been sitting on a shelf for a year. I just still can't decide whether to build it very detailed or as a curbside and to stuff the engine in one of the Deuces.

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET !

Very nicely done.

nice, very nice. it is my type of style for a street rod.

I really like this. I don't think I have ever built a single truck in my life (with exception of a couple of street rods) but always liked seeing them in the magazines and shows. This thing is going to be quite big too. How long is it?

The Tudor is probably my favorite Deuce. I am building few of them, at least four actually. So I decided to start with a Street rod that is as classic as possible, traditional, but yet somewhat modern. I don't think that anything in this world screams hot rod more than a '32 Ford with flames over black with classic five spoke Cragars. So......here is the paintjob after the unmasking. It needs some touching up and then it is getting a very wet top coat to seal it all.

The engine block and heads/valve covers and belts and accessories are from the '32 Tudor. The intake with the carbs are from the parts box. I believe they came from the '29 Ford pick up. They were originally on a SBC I believe and I had to "convert" it to fit the Ford 5.0. I chopped the original air cleaners that came on the carbs and added the hats from the Revell kit. Unfortunately the Tudor comes with a 3 carb set up, so I took the hats from two kits. All the radiato, gas, breather caps are turned aluminum. All the aftermarket stuff is MCG

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see it finished

Very nice models indeed. As far as '30s street Rods you shouldn't have any problem converting them to RHD. Not much to do on them actually.

Nice!!!! I love the Cali. I just chopped one up for parts for the endless Deuce projects.