Fenderless Ford Roadster Hot Rods

[Greg Myers]

Reading is fundamental.

[Mr. Metallic]

On ‎3‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 4:39 PM, spike morelli said:

Yeah, I have the turquoise-with flames Monogram "32 Ford Street Rod roadster kit....fenders and frame are molded as one piece and it's a pretty generic 80s style trash. Its only in my possession "just in case".

I see that you dug a little deeper in that "trash" monogram 32 roadster kit and found some of the good treasures in there. The dropped I bean front axle is very nice, and the rear end with buggy spring is easily adaptable to those Revell kit frames you just bought. Also, that Monogram roadster has really nice Ford brake backing plates.

I also see that you bought some of the Revell newer tool 32 roadsters. The last version of a roadster released in this kit series is the Rat Roaster version. While a complete new tool with some cool different parts from the rest of the series, its parts fully interchange with the rest.

Here's some of my 32 roadsters since you said there was a lack of 32 roadster content here. Please share your build when you get started.

Not as hot pink as it may appear, I need to take better pics of this one

[stavanzer]

I really like the wheels on the Pink One.

Are they from the now defunct Modelhaus?

[mike 51]

Nice cars Craig   

thanks for sharing!

[Mr. Metallic]

14 hours ago, alexis said:

I really like the wheels on the Pink One.

Are they from the now defunct Modelhaus?

Replicas and Miniatures of Md

[stavanzer]

Thanks, Craig! That means I can still get some.

[Mr. Metallic]

41 minutes ago, alexis said:

Thanks, Craig! That means I can still get some.

No problem

I think the tires are from them too but I can't remember

I need to put together a big order from them because I have a bad feeling Norm is going to want to retire eventually too. Not that he hasn't earned it

[spike morelli]

Mr.Metallic.......absolutely, front axle, rear end, backing plates....that's the kind of stuff I'll need to build accurate reproductions of some 40s/50s/60s historic cars.  I love the cars you posted up, you have a knack for vintage and they're well done.  I've built some show car kits in the past and display them in a case with a photograph of the real car, ( I.E. Drag-U-La, Boothill Express, Monkeemobile, etc ), and I will be replicating in miniature some famous roadsters from the past, again, displaying them with a photo of the original car. I was in a car club just out of high school and had a few rods, but my inspiration was from those who came before me who built exceptional cars. I have Vic Edelbrock Sr's  40s car in mind, as well as two done in the 50s, but one of the "newer" roadsters that I want to do, is Tom McMullen's in-your-face street/strip/lakes driven hot rod....check out the tires in the black&white photos...before white lettered tires were manufactured for the street, we used to buy whitewall tire paint and hand paint the Firestone or Goodyear lettering on, and that's not Armor-All on those sidewalls, that's brake fluid rubbed on the rubber tires to make them shine. Oh the stuff we did back then.....

Edited March 22, 2018 by spike morelli

[Spex84]

I used to find the McMullen roadster kind of...I don't know, over-done, generic somehow. Now I realize it's because the car was so dang cool that it inspired a thousand clones, and it was the clones I was tired of. 

I love that shot in front of the Beckman building (50s modern breeze blocks!) 

Absolutely an iconic car! The pinstripes might be tough to replicate. 

The Revell '32 roadster combined with the front suspension from the '29 roadster and a rear axle/quickchange and headlight stands from the Double T will get you most of the way there. The tires are interesting; I don't know if I've seen anything quite like them in a kit before. Maybe...Revell '50 Ford tires in front and AMT '57 Chrysler tires out back, with the whitewalls painted black.

 

[regular guy]

Anybody seen a '40 Ford fenderless hot rod?

'29-30, '32, '34 and '36 you see alot of.

I thought I've seen '39-40's fenderless.

Stripped, stripped down and fenderless.Same thing.

[Dave Darby]

On 3/17/2018 at 4:39 PM, spike morelli said:

Yeah, I have the turquoise-with flames Monogram "32 Ford Street Rod roadster kit....fenders and frame are molded as one piece and it's a pretty generic 80s style trash. Its only in my possession "just in case". I will look around for the Revell kit as you say, mike 51, that looks like what i'm needing  I'm thinking probably 4 kits will satisfy my plans, I'm wanting to build historically and period correct models.

I am in agreement with you guys about Lindberg's kits....they never have been very realistic at all...so I'll pass on those

Send it to me, Spike. Unless you are trying to build a tenderness highboy, that old Monogram is the best 32 Roadster out there. If traditional is your bag, it has the finest beam style dropped front axle with early Ford juice brakes ever put in a model kit. All the vintage speed parts from the Monogram Model A Woody or Touring kits will go right on that smallblock. I keep a ton of them in stock in my workshop. For building and for kitbashing. Far from 80s trash, it was tooled in the 1960s when Monogram was on top of their game. I'll take all you can send me.

Edited March 24, 2018 by Dave Darby

[Dave Van]

My '32 a model of the hero car from movie 'Hot Rod'.......Monogram 32 fendered kit.

[spike morelli]

Hoo Boy! Did I ever get my tit in the ringer by calling the kit "trash"! What I was meaning to say was that the box art represents the car as an 80s style build. I am interested in building highboys only, so the body and fenders were to be kept "just in case", you know, I decided to cut them apart and create a highboy from the kit. The bulk of the other parts of that kit are good for my use, and, I'm certainly aware of the early suspension components , louvered hood, etc, that can be robbed for my purposes. No need to shame me by asking me to send it to you ( I'm sure you meant it in good fun ).  Since my initial posting, I've bought two Revell Highboy kits off the internet. It seems though, that I may find myself buying separate component from companies like Scale Masters ( did I get that name right?) , instead of paying 20$ for a kit just to get "a piece". Some of you have been doing retro style cars for a while, and have spare kit parts and such...I have a wall of kits, but mostly drag cars, show cars, so the parts to make the cars "correct" for their era will have to be dug up . Dave Van, and Dave Darby, you both are building in the eras I am pulling from. Nice cars, both of you.

Check out this glossy black Model A  on Deuce rails, teardrops, steelies, flathead V8, quick change, wishbones, at the lakes....it sure is cool. I believe this is one of Vic Edelbrock's.

Edited March 24, 2018 by spike morelli

[Spex84]

If you pay for entire kits just to get a particular piece, you can always sell or trade off the remainder!

Or just sock those parts away for when your tastes change and you want a change of pace. I've written off a lot of parts as trash, only to discover later that they were actually pretty good--just not appropriate to the build style or time period I was exploring at the time. Luckily, I still have them.

[OldNYJim]

On 3/23/2018 at 6:08 AM, regular guy said:

Anybody seen a '40 Ford fenderless hot rod?

 

I like the first one!

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=FENDERLESS+40+FORD&num=20&client=firefox-b&dcr=1&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=_srOD19Tr_3BaM%3A%2CuoQQyhjuTJ3_PM%2C_&usg=__paeiONYbfy1oGHyw8wHbFz4vw1M%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7kd-moJnaAhUMfMAKHaqiCQEQ9QEIKzAA#imgrc=_srOD19Tr_3BaM:

Edited April 1, 2018 by CabDriver

[regular guy]

 

I don't get you. I don't see a '40 ford fenderless roadster there.

I would say nobody built one because they don't look good without the back fenders.

See this link.

http://dennis-carpenter.com/1940FordCoupeBody.aspx

A lot of these Fords have the relief in the sides for wheel clearance but they look okay without the fenders.

A '39/40 looks pretty bad without rear fenders.

[Can-Con]

27 minutes ago, regular guy said:

 

I don't get you. I don't see a '40 ford fenderless roadster there.

Here's the pic he was directing you to.  You said "fenderless hot rod" in your post, you didn't specify "roadster"

Edited April 1, 2018 by Can-Con

[Can-Con]

Here's another one

[regular guy]

' You said "fenderless hot rod" in your post, you didn't specify "roadster" '

First time it said 'hot rods' only.Corrected it to roadster hot rod.

But. Hey. All Ford hot rods welcome.

I myself prefer no top.It's a California thing and practical too. Less weight.

That's good to see there are some '39/40 fenderless rods.

The back end without fenders is a taste you need to acquire.Like the Ford models that have 'exposed cowls' instead of the clean flat firewall T buckets.

[OldNYJim]

17 hours ago, Can-Con said:

Here's the pic he was directing you to.  You said "fenderless hot rod" in your post, you didn't specify "roadster"

Thank you!  I couldn't make it post like a regular picture.

Sorry it's not a roadster, Mr Regular, my bad

[regular guy]

' Sorry it's not a roadster, Mr Regular, my bad '

No need to apologize at all.

Thank you for taking the time to post a fenderless '40 Ford.

You don't see many of them around that is for sure.

I'm still entranced by the little '34 Ford Roadster bare body from Jimmy Flintstone.

It just looks cool.

Never had any resin parts that I know of.

First thing I would do is stick it with an Xacto knife and see if it's soft.

Somehow I got the idea Resin parts are soft and waxy.

We'll see about that one.

Edited April 2, 2018 by regular guy

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, regular guy said:

 

...Somehow I got the idea Resin parts are soft and waxy.

We'll see about that one.

So, um, you've never actually seen or handled a resin part?

[mike 51]

^^^^^

 I get the feeling he's never actually seen or touched any of the models he "talks" at us about....

Edited April 2, 2018 by mike 51

[Jantrix]

Okay. It's not a Ford. But it is fenderless.  One day Ill get around to finishing it.

 

[Can-Con]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

So, um, you've never actually seen or handled a resin part?

 

1 hour ago, mike 51 said:

^^^^^

 I get the feeling he's never actually seen or touched any of the models he "talks" at us about....

I've been kinda thinking that myself.