1925 dodge - DONE

[landman]

Painted the wheels to as close to his wheels as possible. I'll have to paint the whitewalls with the tires in place. I cut off the tip of the Ford hub and added Meng nuts to give it a Hex.

Edited December 2, 2020 by landman

[Eric Macleod]

Wow is this looking good. If you need a little more meat to the tires try the tires from the AMT 26 Touring kit or the  AMT 28 Roadster kit. Heated in a cup of boiling water for 5 minutes or so they will fit your wheels, assuming that you have ground off the raised center ridge. Give you one guess how I learned that trick!

[landman]

20 minutes ago, Eric Macleod said:

Wow is this looking good. If you need a little more meat to the tires try the tires from the AMT 26 Touring kit or the  AMT 28 Roadster kit. Heated in a cup of boiling water for 5 minutes or so they will fit your wheels, assuming that you have ground off the raised center ridge. Give you one guess how I learned that trick!

The '27 T touring tires are what I'm using. What you see here is the rims.

[landman]

And with the whitewalls painted.

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by landman

[Eric Macleod]

Those look absolutely perfect. It looks like a real 1:1 set. Great work.

[landman]

7 hours ago, Eric Macleod said:

Those look absolutely perfect. It looks like a real 1:1 set. Great work.

Except for the lugs. I have 4 , he has six. I thought about trying it, but I chickened out. 

[landman]

Edited December 2, 2020 by landman

[retriever]

Magnificent work.  I'm lovin' this....

Tony

[landman]

12 minutes ago, retriever said:

Magnificent work.  I'm lovin' this....

Tony

Thank you sir.

[Eric Macleod]

It's starting to look like a car!

[landman]

1 hour ago, Eric Macleod said:

It's starting to look like a car!

Yup. However we are nearing the part where I get impatient. Would be nice if I could send it to Brazil and let Mr. Tulio to do his magic.

Edited January 14, 2018 by landman

[Eric Macleod]

Sure...Ford and Dodge were still pretty tight then so he may be willing to get off the Ford path in this one instance!

[misterNNL]

You know of course that you will be getting  letters of protest from all of the owners of the owners of the 1925 Dodge coupe  pointing out the very obviously incorrect number of wheel lugs you have chosen to use on this model. I hope you are ready for the shame and ridicule that comes with all of that negative attention  

[landman]

28 minutes ago, misterNNL said:

You know of course that you will be getting  letters of protest from all of the owners of the owners of the 1925 Dodge coupe  pointing out the very obviously incorrect number of wheel lugs you have chosen to use on this model. I hope you are ready for the shame and ridicule that comes with all of that negative attention  

I am hunkering down for the onslaught. 

[Art Anderson]

6 hours ago, Eric Macleod said:

Sure...Ford and Dodge were still pretty tight then so he may be willing to get off the Ford path in this one instance!

Uh, Both of the Dodge brothers were gone by 1925,  Dodge was being managed, for the widows of John & Horace Dodge, in 1925.  But, nonetheless, this project is fascinating me to no end!

[landman]

On 1/15/2018 at 5:33 PM, Art Anderson said:

Uh, Both of the Dodge brothers were gone by 1925,  Dodge was being managed, for the widows of John & Horace Dodge, in 1925.  But, nonetheless, this project is fascinating me to no end!

I'm glad you like it Art. working on the parcel shelf tonight. Made a template using the curve of the roof and narrowed it until it just hangs in there by itself.

 

 

 

Edited December 3, 2020 by landman

[landman]

Working at shaping a dashboard out of some styrene sheet.

Edited December 3, 2020 by landman

[landman]

And on the front splash apron.

 

 

Edited December 3, 2020 by landman

[Spex84]

I'm enjoying this too

It very definitely no longer looks like a Ford. Great work on all the little details that differentiated the Dodge from other similarly-appearing vehicles of the time!

[landman]

The splash apron taking shape.

The floor I am using is slightly smaller than the body opening. I added strips to make it sit in there tighter. I also added temporary stops to help locate it while I add tho the ends to fill the cavities.

 

Edited December 3, 2020 by landman

[landman]

This piece of packaging will become the "doghouse" at the bottom of the firewall.

Filled in the gaps around the floorboards.

Splash apron is complete.

Edited December 3, 2020 by landman

[DRIPTROIT 71]

One of my favorite projects right now!! Looking Great!!

[1930fordpickup]

Nice work Pat, keep it rolling steady. No rushing. 

[Hoffman]

Pat, I keep checking every so often to see how your project is coming along. Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing it with us. -TIM-

[landman]

18 minutes ago, Hoffman said:

Pat, I keep checking every so often to see how your project is coming along. Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing it with us. -TIM-

I’ve almost caught up to him,meaning we are close to the finishing stage.I have to wait for the colors. Next is the dash. As soon as I finish the Hot Rod.