Circa 36: A customized blown & channeled 36 Ford 3W coupe

[Claude Thibodeau]

12 hours ago, landman said:

Wow! C'est beau ça! C-ME-GO. I bet it would go too. Beautiful rod.

Merci Pat!

CT

[Claude Thibodeau]

15 hours ago, Brudda said:

Very Very Nice!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Bruce! Happy you like it. 

CT

[larry ray]

Very nice Would like to know where the tail lights came from.

[Claude Thibodeau]

7 hours ago, larry ray said:

Very nice Would like to know where the tail lights came from.

Hi Larry!

The buckets are parts box headlamps (from a 30 Ford if I remember well), with a short section of styrene round tube glued under to make a mounting "ring" to slip on a mounting peg. The lens is a Michael's craft store diamond-shaped sequin, tinted red. 

Voilà!

CT

[larry ray]

tkanks man

[BeakDoc]

Beautiful! 
Did you put something in the bucket behind the headlight lenses in order to recreate the two-part halogen assembly or is it simply a daub of red/orange paint?

[Claude Thibodeau]

35 minutes ago, BeakDoc said:

Beautiful! 
Did you put something in the bucket behind the headlight lenses in order to recreate the two-part halogen assembly or is it simply a daub of red/orange paint?

Hi Chris!

Thank you for the comment.

Indeed, I replicated what many of us do with 1/1 rods to hide the flashers: put the bulb inside the bucket. In this case, just a dot of orange sharpie pen ink on the inside of the lens. But you have to be gentle with the canopy glue when mounting it, because the humidity of the glue sometimes dissolves the ink dot. Don't ask me how I know...

Voilà!

CT

 

[unclescott58]

Very kool. I wouldn't think the Chrysler grille would work. But, it look great. I like it. 

Edited September 20, 2020 by unclescott58

[Claude Thibodeau]

46 minutes ago, unclescott58 said:

Very kool. I wouldn't think the Chrysler grille would work. But, it look great. I like it. 

Thank you Scott! Truly, is-there anything that a Chryskler grille wouldn.t Improve? Well, maybe, if we think hard about it...

CT

[Kenmojr]

What a clean looking rod.

[Zippi]

This is an old post worth bringing up again.  It's a Hot Rod.  Nicely done.

[Kit Karson]

Outstanding! Very well done! -KK

[Rattlecan Dan]

Now that's hot-rodding. Nice work.

[1hobby1]

Lovely color and fantastic build!

[Claude Thibodeau]

On 3/10/2024 at 8:28 PM, Kenmojr said:

What a clean looking rod.

Thanks Ken! I searched for a while for a way to build a 36 that would please me, and that was it!

CT

[Claude Thibodeau]

On 3/11/2024 at 8:23 AM, Zippi said:

This is an old post worth bringing up again.  It's a Hot Rod.  Nicely done.

Thanks Bob! Somehow it came back: go figure!

CT

[Claude Thibodeau]

On 3/11/2024 at 12:18 PM, Kit Karson said:

Outstanding! Very well done! -KK

Thank you KK! Much appreciated, coming from a true rod afficionado!

CT

[Claude Thibodeau]

On 3/11/2024 at 9:39 PM, Rattlecan Dan said:

Now that's hot-rodding. Nice work.

Thanks Donato! That's how we like them: low, raked and with a big engine!

CT

[Claude Thibodeau]

On 3/11/2024 at 10:48 PM, 1hobby1 said:

Lovely color and fantastic build!

Thank you Steve! I'm often criticized for using "soft" colors, but I persist!

CT

[Jay Whittaker]

That one heckuva kit mash! Nice clean work, LOVE the end result!

[Sledsel]

Sharp!!!!

[louis Carabott]

Lovely ...love the colour ?

[Claude Thibodeau]

23 hours ago, Jay Whittaker said:

That one heckuva kit mash! Nice clean work, LOVE the end result!

Thank you Jay! It certainly was fun to build.

CT

[Claude Thibodeau]

On 3/18/2024 at 12:59 AM, Sledsel said:

Sharp!!!!

Thanks Andy!

CT

[Ace-Garageguy]

Very nice. Missed it first time around, glad it's popped up again.

Fenderless "fat fendered" cars aren't often seen, and usually don't look anywhere near this good.