1936 Ford Deluxe Cabriolet

[THarrison351]

I have to say, the 1936 Ford has some very good looks. Introduced in 1935 to replace the Model 40, the new car was called the Model 48, it had a heavily revised chassis and it wore new sheet metal. To go along with this new revision, the engine was pushed forward in the chassis, allowing for greater room in the passenger compartment. The Standard and Deluxe trim lines were offered, with only the 221 Cubic Inch V8 to be fitted across the lineup. Ford freshened up the car in 1936 with a rounder look that had a slight nautical feel and 1936 was the last year a Ford had separate headlight pods as in 1937 the cars received a drastic restyling and bore little resemblance to their predecessors. This must be a very popular vehicle for model subject matter. In plastic models, AMT has and continues to make in the guise of Round 2 in both coupe and convertible/roadster. Monogram had there own version in convertible and coupe or both in the same kit and Revell has released the same kit as well with updates. Looks like even Pyro/Lindberg had a 1/32 scale version also. Well needless to say, both of the Mints have cast a Deluxe Cabriolet version too. I actually started comparing the two Mints to see which one I liked better. They both look very nice and come in a few different colors. In the end I felt the DM looked better overall. I really like how DM executed the interior.  I think the engine has a better appearance too. This one was in sad condition when I got it and it still needs a passenger door handle. There's some typical paint rash on the rumble seat lid. Along with the missing door handle, the mirrors were off and overall the car was just dirty. I fixed the mirrors, cleaned and polished it up, and I need to dig through my parts and find a door handle. Oddly, the top and boot had never been removed from their protective pink tissue paper and had left pink ghost stains on them. I got most of them off, but not quite. Something to think about on the Mint models that have never been opened.  Also, there's some gold tinting on the chrome wheels I think from the glue vapors they used to hold the hubcaps on on. It won't polish off. Here's the pictures.

Tomorrow I post the 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner

[randyc]

This is a nice car.   This is the one of Todd's that started my whole "nice car vs box and not nic car" discussion.   Todd's is very much like this one.   However, I used a polishing stick with the 3 grits (we all have at least one, right?) to smooth the hood and trunk rash.   Followed by a judicious polishing with a poiishing wheel in the moto tool.  I bought a bag of the cloth polishing wheels - they work great on painted diecasts.  Will burn through Testors in a sticky minute though.  At any rate, I am working to get this one in shape to sell and it is looking much better.   I found an old can of "no. 7 polishing compound" in my desk drawer.  probably 20 - 30 years old.  Still has a price sticker on it - that's how old, lol.   No UPC code.   Stuff was separated into a solvent smelling liquid and more solid stuff at bottom.  I mixed it some with a screwdriver and used it, then some progreessively finer polishes.  Looking pretty good and the rash is pretty much gone.  

But on the non rash parts, just a fine polish really brought back the shine on this un.   Should be worth a few more dollars when I sell it off soon.  And really worth it for your personal cars.  

the gold tint on the wheels is unusual - never seen one do that. 

Thanks for sharing - now we need to compare this one and the green FM version?  I might could do that if anyone really cares.  

[Gramps46]

Very nice Tim and thanks for sharing it with us.  I see it still has sits hood ornament which is lucky.