Chopped & Channeled 1932 Ford Sedan Hot Rod UPDATE 9/3/17

[Hoffman]

On 11/17/2018 at 8:30 PM, Dennis Lacy said:

Thanks for the really nice message! I really miss that T Roadster sometimes. I wish circumstances had been different but buying a house and getting married in the same year (6 months apart!) was a bit hard on my wallet! At least I still have my hot rodded '32 Pickup, though. 

You're right, my approach to building models is the same as full size hot rods both in design and execution. After settling on a pile of parts I build them twice. Once completely in the raw and only when every last detail is figured out do I break them down and do paint & finish work. Regardless of scale, it's the only way to work. 

Dennis, I'm jealous! Great looking pickup.  My buddy Terry has a roller '34 Dodge that I'm trying to nudge him into working on. He wants to put an early Hemi in it. A 392 would be great, but he'll probably do a stroker 354 instead to gain a little clearance to the fenders. He's built his shop in Temecula and we're slowing getting it set up for building cars. My little TR4 is there, with a small block Ford and Jag rear in it, patiently waiting for the SBC and Camaro T5. The car's so small, I'm doing an S10 tailhousing conversion to get the shifter where I need it with the engine set back. 

[Dennis Lacy]

UPDATE!

I finally dug this one back out and am working towards completion. 

i wasn't happy at all with the half-assed engine mounts so I started over and scratch built a front mounting plate. I also did away with the ugly, bulky brackets on the frame and made new mount tabs for the plate ends to sit on.

Another thing engine related that was bugging me was the cylinders heads. I'm using the basic engine from Revell's '50 Oldsmobile and the heads are rendered wrong in that they don't have "wells" where the spark plug wires should go. The best I could do was have the wires enter at an angle which would have looked totally wrong. I replaced the heads with the ones from Revell's Ed Roth Beatnik Bandit which are rendered correctly. in the picture below the Beatnik Bandit heads are installed on the engine and one of the incorrect '50 Olds heads is laying next to the engine for comparison. 

One of the other last things was recessing a pair of '50 Pontiac taillights and license plate, as well as, a fuel filler cap.

Finally, I made a platform for inside the rear of the body and mounted a fuel tank from the Revell '29 Roadster/'30 Coupe kits and a battery box from AMT's '32 Phantom Vicky.

The body fully sanded down with wet 600. I decided to take a chance with not stripping it back to bare plastic, mostly out of laziness because I didn't want to redo the bodywork for the chop.

Tamiya "Light Gunmetal" right over the old red!

Here's the finished wheels and tires. I obviously decided to strip the chrome. The paint is Tamiya "Silver Leaf" with their flat clear coat. I kept the knock-offs chrome and added chrome trim rings from the steelies in Revell's '32 5-Window.

Parts is parts...

And here's the general idea...

At this point i just need to clear and polish the body and frame. Final assembly coming soon!

 

[oldnslow]

Nice , I really liked the look of the sanded body , that would have looked great on the finished chassis .

[Jantrix]

Terific work Dennis, as usual. What color/paint brand is the brown on your interior panels? That would be perfect for a current project of mine.

[Dennis Lacy]

8 hours ago, Jantrix said:

Terific work Dennis, as usual. What color/paint brand is the brown on your interior panels? That would be perfect for a current project of mine.

Thanks! 

Interior panels are Tamiya AS-22 “Dark Earth”

[dino246gt]

Wow, I like it way "mo betta" now!

 

[Tom Geiger]

When I saw this photo, I figured you were finished with the paint job!   And it looked familiar!  Here's my '34 below.  It's sectioned but not chopped.

Check your PMs.  I sent you a message with '50 Ford dash details.

[Dennis Lacy]

On 7/21/2019 at 8:05 AM, Tom Geiger said:

When I saw this photo, I figured you were finished with the paint job!   And it looked familiar!  Here's my '34 below.  It's sectioned but not chopped.

Check your PMs.  I sent you a message with '50 Ford dash details.

I’ll admit it looked neat sanded like that and I did have thoughts but there was too much white plastic showing. 

Got your PM. Thanks for that. My printer is out of ink so I went ahead and gave the gauges a wash. I’ll keep those for the next one, though!

[Dennis Lacy]

Started sticking this one together today. The chassis is essentially finished and the engine is assembled except for the carbs and distributor/wires. I also started on the floor and related parts. Had to set the engine in and the body on for a look. Another afternoon at the bench should get it done. Stay tuned!