Koellefornia Kid Posted September 15, 2018 Posted September 15, 2018 In 2011,that was my first try of replicating a custom car that really exists in scale. The original is Billy F. Gibbons´ 1950 Ford phantom 3-window coupe called Kopperhed, built by Pete Chapouris. I used AMT´s 49 Ford for my model of that beautyful custom rod. I chopped the Top 2 scale inches, lowered the body, extended the doors, slanted the B-pillars and filled the rear quarter windows. Then I removed the bumper guards and rechromed with BMF. A ´56 Ford steering wheel was added to interior and on the passenger side of the seat bench I placed two issues of the Custom Rodder and Rod & Custom magazines, which both featured the Koppperhed in 1996. Under the hood I swapped the flathead for ´55 Thunderbird Y-block with triple carbs, according to the original car. Hope you like it Greetings from Germany
Sixties Sam Posted September 15, 2018 Posted September 15, 2018 Very good conversion work! It looks like a car that Ford could have made back in 1949. Excellent! Sam
Lovefordgalaxie Posted September 15, 2018 Posted September 15, 2018 Well, you succeeded on catching the real car looks. Specially nice is the Y under the hood.
espo Posted September 16, 2018 Posted September 16, 2018 Excellent replica of the Kopperhed. The roof line is hard to replicate. Very cleanly built.
om617 Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 Very nice! The magazine on seat is neat,and the steering wheel.
geetee66 Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 Bang-on! you did a great job on it. very nice indeed
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