Should I Build This?

[Snake45]

  On 10/24/2018 at 1:52 PM, Oldcarfan27 said:

Snake, I like it! If you don't do it on this chassis, do it on another. It looks too cool not to do.

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I've started this project. We'll see how it goes. 

The plan is to use the complete chassis, engine, grille, and wheels/tires from the reissued MPC '32 Ford Sedan Delivery. All I can tell you so far is that the body fits over the frame, channeled-style, which is exactly what I want because it's not an authentic '32 frame anyway. When I get to mockup stage, I'll see if the grill will need chopping a bit. 

So far I'm working on the chassis. I spent two or three evenings in front of the TV filing and scraping flash and mold indents off the frame, and a good bit of time yesterday fitting the frame front horn extension to it, and cementing it, and then filling all the gaps with superglue gel. Next step is to file all that smooth, and then paint the frame black. After that, construction of the frame SHOULD proceed smoothly. 

BTW, last week when building the AMT Parts Pack Corvair engine for my EMPI Imp, I discovered the Hemi engine on the same tree includes a separate camshaft. Pretty sure I've seen pics of a real hot rod where someone used an old camshaft for a front frame spreader bar. Thinking of doing that on this model. Comments? 

Pics when I get enough of something done to be worth photographing. Stay tuned, badass hot rod fans.... 

Edited April 9, 2020 by Snake45

[Oldcarfan27]

  On 4/9/2020 at 5:21 PM, Snake45 said:

I've started this project. We'll see how it goes. 

The plan is to use the complete chassis, engine, grille, and wheels/tires from the reissued MPC '32 Ford Sedan Delivery. All I can tell you so far is that the body fits over the frame, channeled-style, which is exactly what I want because it's not an authentic '32 frame anyway. When I get to mockup stage, I'll see if the grill will need chopping a bit. 

So far I'm working on the chassis. I spent two or three evenings in front of the TV filing and scraping flash and mold indents off the frame, and a good bit of time yesterday fitting the frame front horn extension to it, and cementing it, and then filling all the gaps with superglue gel. Next step is to file all that smooth, and then paint the frame black. After that, construction of the frame SHOULD proceed smoothly. 

BTW, last week when building the AMT Parts Pack Corvair engine for my EMPI Imp, I discovered the Hemi engine on the same tree includes a separate camshaft. Pretty sure I've seen pics of a real hot rod where someone used an old camshaft for a front frame spreader bar. Thinking of doing that on this model. Comments? 

Pics when I get enough of something done to be worth photographing. Stay tuned, badass hot rod fans.... 

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Boy, I forgot about this beast. I know you'll do it proud!!

[gwolf]

I just finished up my Revell '34 on AMT '32 frame, here: 

[Snake45]

  On 4/9/2020 at 9:56 PM, gwolf said:

I just finished up my Revell '34 on AMT '32 frame, here: 

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Very cool! I LOVE "junk parts" projects. Drive on! 

[Snake45]

Chassis's together, along with the basic engine. It need some detail/touchup painting, but the chassis is basically finished.  Looks like I'll need to either lower or chop (or both) the '32 grille to match the body's cowl line, but I won't be able to tell how much until I work out the actual mounting of the body on the frame. (It's just "set together" here.)  Everything in these pics except the body is from the reissued MPC '32 Ford sedan delivery. 

[Geno]

Rich, snake-fu the he## outta that bad boy. I know it'll rock.

[misterNNL]

  On 10/23/2018 at 1:57 AM, Snake45 said:

So I'm in the process of restoring this 55+ year old "survivor" AMT '32 Ford Vicky built model, and I'm to the point where I can set the chassis back up on its wheels (I've done some repairs, and replaced the original early '60s skinny tires with better looking rubber) to see where I am, and for no evident reason the thought occurs to me to see what the Revell '34 Ford coupe body would look like on it. If you've never seen this kit (the Revell '34), the body has been downscaled a little to fit on a chassis originally used for a T, and to make things worse, the hood is visibly and obviously WAY too short even for the undersized body. So I set the Revell '34 body on the AMT '32 Vicky frame, and you know what? It doesn't look half bad--to me, anyway. I'm going to continue restoring the Vicky but at the moment I'm thinking seriously of setting this '34 body up so I can swap it on there, too, "MPC Switchers" style, as the mood strikes me. 

What do you think? Comments not only appreciated, but actively solicited. 

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I'm pretty sure there is two things this Isn't...it's not a '32 and not a Victoria. This appears two an Aurora '34 coupe.

[Snake45]

  On 4/15/2020 at 12:11 AM, misterNNL said:

I'm pretty sure there is two things this Isn't...it's not a '32 and not a Victoria. This appears two an Aurora '34 coupe.

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I'm pretty sure you didn't read the story. The frame, engine, and everything but the body is from a first-issue '32 Vicky that I was restoring at the time. I set the '34 body on it, just to see what it would look like. The '34 body, as described in the text, is the slightly undersized Revell '34 Ford. 

Edited April 15, 2020 by Snake45

[Snake45]

Just since I had them both on the workbench at the same time, thought it would be fun to take  couple pics of the undersized Revell '34 body alongside the AMT Double Dragster Fiat. The Fiat is actually taller! Of course, the Ford is chopped. 

The Ford body is actually both wider and longer than the Fiat, though. 

[Snake45]

 A little progress. 

Started trying to see what would be necessary to make the grille work with the body somewhat. I taped the '34's too-short hood to the body just to give me a better idea of the extended body line. My first try showed that "the line" wouldn't come anywhere near the grille, but also that there wasn't much room under the hood, much less for the tall tunnel-ram manifold I'm planning to use. 

First job was to come up with some body mounts to un-channel it a bit--it was really hanging over the frame. Jacked it up about 3 scale inches, which helped a lot. Then I noticed that the engine was sitting at what seemed to be an extreme angle, so I filed down the frame's engine mounts to get it a little closer to level. Much better! I can even take it down a little more, but I think I have enough under-hood room (whether or not I actually use a hood). 

Here I've notched the grille shell to get it to sit lower. Not quite there yet, but getting close. There's still plenty of room between the bottom edge and the ground, so looks like I won't need to section or shorten it. That's a relief! 

At this point the plan is to drive on and finish it up without a hood, and then maybe seeing about Snake-ineering up a hood of some sort. We'll see what happens. I also might go even bigger on the rear tires, dunno yet. The frame, suspension and wheels/tires are all straight out of the MPC '32 SD box, no changes or modifications at all. 

Edited April 21, 2020 by Snake45