Two 1937 Pickups.....Ford and Chevy

[tim boyd]

 

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Two models from the early-mid 1990's.  They were both kitbash cover stories for the other model car magazine.  

The '37 Chevy came first....it was a heavy kitbash based on the AMTErtl Orange Blossom Special kit.  It was a real challenge to get anything out of that kit that looked like a real 1937 Chevy pickup..   You can read the whole story (with plenty of pictures and word captions here.  (See image #108 and beyond).  

The 1937 Ford was built shortly after Revell's stock-only kit was released.    A 5.0L EFI and widened rear fenders, plus all new suspensions, were part of the conversion .  A larege series of images starts here.   (See image #84 and beyond)

 

Here's a bit more background on the Chevy..... 

In the late 1980's we were hungry for any source to create a 1/25th scale street rod model, in this case, even hungry enough to kitbash a mostly accurate 1937 Chevy pickup from AMT-Ertl's "Orange Blossom Special" tractor pull kit.  The cab and body in this kit were, shall we say, a mite distorted, making the conversion to street rod configuration a bit challenging.

It ended up being a two-part Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine feature, including a cover appearance sat against a 1/25th scale diorama-type "real" landscape background.

 

 

And a tad bit of additional info on the Ford.....

 

Revell-Monogram's 1937 Ford Pickup was a surprise when it was introduced in the mid 1990's.  Of course, I was immediately prompted to do a conversion of this stock-only kit into a proper street rod. With help from the chassis/front suspension of Monogram's 1937 Ford Cabriolet kit, a 5.0L EFI Ford V8 from a Fox Mustang kit, widened rear fenders, and Testors' then-new "Bright Red" spray paint, the model came together quickly and became a Scale Auto Enthusiast cover story soon thereafter.

 

 

Again, plenty more pix at the two links above if you want to see more....and thanks for looking!  TIM  

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 3, 2019 by tim boyd

[Sledsel]

Very nice. I like both of them

 

[cobraman]

Great looking pick ups.

[bigdrag1]

Great looking builds Tim..

[ChrisR]

Very nice!!!!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Some cool Pickups!

[SoDak1]

Mmmm 37 chevy pickup. I wish I could buy that off the shelf. 2 great looking builds here both in great color

[Lordmodelbuilder]

Both are great looking street rods! Love the colors.

[carrucha]

Nice pair of trucks.  Nice work converting the Chevy to a street rod.

[Bucky]

Very cool! They look great together, too! 

[Goose1957]

They look great. I always wanted to try something with the Orange Blossom Special kit. Yours came out great. The Ford looks great also. Thanks for sharing.

Jeff