1934 Ford 3-Window Coupe - Not Chopped

[Phildaupho]

This is a model I built over 10 years ago as a replica of a car a friend owned back in the early 1960’s. It recently had a fall so was returned to me for repairs. Fortunately it was not badly damaged and essentially just had to be put back together but it was interesting for me to be reacquainted with an old build.

I started with the AMT 5-Window Street Rod kit. The roof was replaced with a 3-Window roof section from the Dirtrack Racecars AMT ‘34 Ford Slammer. Although it said on the box that it was chopped, you obviously cannot believe everything you read. Installing the roof of course required re-scribing the trailing edges of the doors. The hinges were chiselled off the five-window body and not installed until after painting. The roof insert is painted masking tape.

Some of the features of the real car that I replicated are

-         The engine was an Oldsmobile with a J2 intake manifold. The model’s engine uses the block from the ’34 Street Rod kit with heads, intake manifold, carbs and exhaust system from the AMT ’49 Ford’s option Cadillac engine because I thought they looked better than the Olds in the AMT ’40 Ford Sedan although I did use front assembly from that kit. Replicas & Miniatures supplied the flame arrestors. The firewall was recessed.

-         The rear end is from the ’49 Ford complete with parallel leaf springs and traction bars. The front end is the stock ’34 beam axle but has tubular shocks

-         The wheels are also from the ’49 Ford. The from baby-moons were cut from the AMT ’49 Mercury chrome reversed wheels while the flatter style rear hubcaps were cut from the AMT ’51 Chev Fleetline custom wheels. The rear tires are cheater slicks from a Polar Lights ’64 Pontiac GTO with acrylic narrow white walls.

-         The main part of the interior is from the ’34 Street Rod but has ’61 Thunderbird bucket seats and steering wheel. The dash is from the Revell ’32 Ford Coupe with a Model Car Garage gauge insert. 

-         The paint is decanted and airbrushed Testor’s Candy-Apple Red enamel over Tamiya Pearl White. When the real car was first painted, the headlight buckets were inadvertently left pearl white. At the Portland Roadster Show the car actually won a trophy in the two-tone class! The car was later painted Pearlescent Burgundy.

[Classicgas]

Very nice.

[Sixties Sam]

Great build!

Sam

[Koellefornia Kid]

Great build, nice body work and I really like the engine compartment!

[webestang]

Looks fantastic! I really like that it's not chopped. 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!!

[fivesuns]

Well done!

[Phildaupho]

On 2019-08-07 at 4:43 PM, Classicgas said:

Very nice.

Thanks Lee

On 2019-08-07 at 6:24 PM, Sixties Sam said:

Great build!

Sam

Thanks Sam

8 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said:

Great build, nice body work and I really like the engine compartment!

Thanks Oliver. I had some great photos to work from

7 hours ago, webestang said:

Looks fantastic! I really like that it's not chopped. 

Thanks Scott. I have to saw like them chopped too.

 

5 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!!

Thanks Larry

1 hour ago, fivesuns said:

Well done!

Thanks Howard

[olschoolkid]

That is a really nice replica build. I bet the 1:1 car was a site to see as well.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[Phildaupho]

4 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Very nice!

Thanks Chris

11 hours ago, olschoolkid said:

That is a really nice replica build. I bet the 1:1 car was a site to see as well.

Thanks Matthew. The 1/1 still exists as a hot rod but is now black with different wheels, engine and interior. It apparently does not get driven much because the seat is too high !!

[peekay]

A truly outstanding model!

[tkzwolf]

Looks great!

[Dave Darby]

Looking good. Great execution and cool subject. I'm sure your friend is thriiled with it.

[slusher]

Great looking model !!!

[DumpyDan]

Beautiful build 

[Phildaupho]

21 hours ago, peekay said:

A truly outstanding model!

 

17 hours ago, tkzwolf said:

Looks great!

 

16 hours ago, Dave Darby said:

Looking good. Great execution and cool subject. I'm sure your friend is thriiled with it.

 

4 hours ago, slusher said:

Great looking model !!!

 

3 hours ago, DumpyDan said:

Beautiful build 

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate your very complimentary replies

[zakdoggi]

Another superb model Phil. Love it.

[1930fordpickup]

This looks great Phil. 

[TooOld]

Very sharp '34 and some great detailing ! 

[Phildaupho]

On 2019-08-10 at 8:08 PM, zakdoggi said:

Another superb model Phil. Love it.

 

On 2019-08-10 at 10:45 PM, 1930fordpickup said:

This looks great Phil. 

 

On 2019-08-11 at 3:55 AM, TooOld said:

Very sharp '34 and some great detailing ! 

Thanks guys. I discovered I had this photo of the interior

[ChrisBcritter]

A perfect recreation of a period hot rod! You should post it in the Sunday Models thread over at the H.A.M.B. - they'll go crazy over it.

[Phildaupho]

57 minutes ago, ChrisBcritter said:

A perfect recreation of a period hot rod! You should post it in the Sunday Models thread over at the H.A.M.B. - they'll go crazy over it.

Thanks I will have to check out that tread. Was not aware of it. 

[Maindrian Pace]

Bringing this one back up, great build and an especially nice blend job on the body. I wish this car wasn't overlooked by AMT, or I'd be working on one now.

[ea0863]

So cool; basically a classic build of a classic build!