34 Ford PU ?/A

[Day 2 Muscle]

Been working on this for a couple of weeks now, I'm shooting for a 60's era build style,  using parts from early AMT kits, {except for rear tires} and so far I think I'm doing OK. My question to all is, should I mount the grille shell straight up or tilt it back toward the engine? Appericate any and all comments/suggestion......

Robert

 

 

Edited July 29, 2018 by Day 2 Muscle

[iBorg]

The question is what class are you aiming for.  If its a lower class altered tilt it. If a gasser, don't. Either way you need to change the front wheels.  Wires wouldn't hold that much weight especially if the car wheel stands.  

Edited July 29, 2018 by iBorg

[Day 2 Muscle]

1 hour ago, iBorg said:

The question is what class are you aiming for.  If its a lower class altered tilt it. If a gasser, don't. Either way you need to change the front wheels.  Wires wouldn't hold that much weight especially if the car wheel stands.  

Thanks iBorg, not really looking for a class, just building for fun and thought I'd ask for opinions on what looked best for the grille, building some things along the lines of this,

have a few others that I will be doing, including the AMT 63 Vette roadster on the Tony Nancy chassis, and etc....

Thanks

Robert

[THORDOOR220]

Personally, I would tilt it. Always loved that look, particularly like the '34 fords. Either way, cool build! And as for the front wheels, it's amazing what small pieces of metal can hold. Look at a lot of your aluminum drag racing wheels, particularly ones like front alumastars. Real thin aluminum will hold an awful lot (my drag lites do, though those are a little more solid than wire wheels), so I wouldn't mind iBorg's comment. Aluminum or steel, those wire wheels have support at a lot of angles, I'd bet they'd hold up fine. And with rear tires like that, you can tell the front isn't going very high, so you oughta be fine.