34 p/u rod

[jeffinvt]

Like most everyone I have found myself with all kinds of free time recently. It has been a few years since I was active here, or even touched a model but I decided to dig a few out and play.  Besides this one I am also introducing my son to the hobby through an old monogram hi po corvette, and we started a tamiya Enzo from my stash together. Anyway, this was a Lindburgh body that I chopped and put on part of a 32 ford frame.   Wheel and tires and bits of the bed are from a revel 29 p/u. The engine is a bit exotic but I always wanted to do this. 

Be safe everyone, stay healthy.

[NOBLNG]

Welcome back. Very cool looking project!

[cobraman]

Mean looking, I like it.

[Sam I Am]

I always thought an older Ferrari engine would look great in an old hot rod. 

[Dann Tier]

Now this is pretty freaking cool!!!

[David G.]

I don't know what your plans are but this has Rat Rod written all over it.

What you have so far looks great!

David G.

[jeffinvt]

Thank you so much everybody for the comments.  Last night and this morning while helping my 8 yr old with his first glue kit I was able to knock the body back to clean up the chop I did like 8 yrs ago. I also made a dash from a sectioned 34 dash and the gauge cluster from the revell AG Ferrari that gave up its mill for this, as well as a housing for the gated shifter that will be incorporated into the transmission tunnel. 

David, I am leaning towards in progress look. I think I will put down some raw metal color under black and remove a lot of the black to get a worn look. Due to Covid 19 I am relegated to krylon paint and the little bit of supplies I have from a decade ago when I was building regularly. 

[espo]

The Ferrari engine is definitely a "dare to be different" power plant. I like the angle chopped top and the way you altered the forward portion of the frame looks smoother than the usual Z sectioning. The dash looks good with the Ferrari instruments centered.  

[jeffinvt]

Well I guess I posted in the wrong* place and got moved. 

While I am stuck homeschooling the kids I have been puttering with the interior of this one. I have begun shaping in the trans tunnel and the seats and firewall, as well the crossmember under the frame.   I had to cheat the seats in by clipping some out of the inside front corners of each, but this will barely be seen so I am not too concerned.  I have plenty of clean up and putty to do still, but in my mind it is starting to take shape.  

[jeffinvt]

well, this build is fighting me hard. In the last two days I have carelessly dropped the body, breaking the roof off and one of the hairpins broke mysteriously in the box. I have fixed as best as possible but it was attached already. 

Picture 1} Instead of cutting the glass to fit I attached the dash to the part I would have cut off.  This proved to be much easier than trying to glue to the body, now when I slide the glass in the dash will line up with the cowl heigh.  No fussing. 

Picture 2} here is where the chassis is at this point, I have had considerable fit issues despite numerous mock ups.  I think once things get glued there are small changes as things can no longer shift a bit to fit. If you look you can see where I scabbed the hairpin back together, this will be fine unless you look close but I see no way to replace it as it is thoroughly glued on.

[Koellefornia Kid]

Nice chop! Really the look of that one! Never thought about a Ferrari powered rat rod, but its a cool idea!

[Dave Van]

I LIKE your spin!!! 

[jeffinvt]

Thanks for the kind words Oliver and Dave.  I was looking at the 34 grill and kept going back to it being to bulky, I much prefer the Revell 32 grills.   I have a pretty good junk yard so I went digging, I found a few of them ?.  I gave it a quick section to get down to size.  Pictures show where I cut to section and lower the grill shroud, then you just cut the grill with some mistake space and sand to fit