Claude Thibodeau Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 Hi! Always felt the Ford 49 Concept car that Ford presented on the 100th anniversary of the branf was a beautiful car. Then, I realized you could mash-up a 49 convertible with the greenhouse and interior of a Ford Probe, plus various parts box items, to pay hommage to the Concept. Not an exact reproduction...Just a curbside exercise. It gets people curious... Hours of fun with styrene! CT
Perspect Scale Modelworks Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 That's different. I like how you got the rear window to line up with the trunk.
espo Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 Beautiful looking build. The way you blended the different body parts it looks as if it was cast this way. The way the body side moldings are inset and then wrap around the back and include the tail lights is very cool looking. The front end work looks perfect.
Koellefornia Kid Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 Beautiful work! Everything fits together well! Love the taillight/side trim design!
Peter Lombardo Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 I always liked the "49" concept too.... great job, looks awesome.
Spex84 Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 Love it! The taillight/trim treatment is especially cool. It definitely captures the spirit of the 49-er retro concept.
Claude Thibodeau Posted June 11, 2019 Author Posted June 11, 2019 Hi! Thanks for the comments! I too feel Ford should have built this car for their 100th anniversary... They chose to favor the Ford GT supercar. I think they would have sold a ton of FortyNine had they put this concept in production, Would have been easy: the platform of the concept car was the same as the last T-Bird and/or Lincoln LS. Their concept for the side chrome trim that was flush with the body and wrapped around the back was great. It WAS the most challlenging part of this built, plus squaring-off the rear quarters, to give them more shoulder than the stock 49, who is called a shoebox... for a good reason! CT
Sixties Sam Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 Very creative work! The taillights are really nice! Excellent! Sam
djflyer Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 Excellent tribute piece of a great concept car. Another one of those coulda/shoulda built it cars. Maybe not the exact interior as shown but I would still buy one today. Autoart supposedly did an 18th scale diecast but have never seen it.
Claude Thibodeau Posted June 11, 2019 Author Posted June 11, 2019 Hi! To David's point, I saw the diecast version. Bigger scale, and good quality reproduction of the concept. But I prefer to build my own in styrene. Addiction, I guess? CT
TarheelRick Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 Beautiful workmanship on this build. You are a master craftsman on bodywork. Thanks for sharing it.
Scalper Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 Great job they have this car in a game called ford racing II.. looks just like it. great work
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