tim boyd Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) With Claude's '36 3 window killer kitbash posted below....made me want to share my project with a similar theme....mine's a little more toward the traditional side, but you can definitely see some similar approaches to the challenge of coming up with an attractive fenderless theme for post-1934 Ford hot rods. One area where Claude's effort totally blows mine away is in the chassis/frame area; my project was intended to be a relatively simple kitbash, so I just adapted the AMT 1936 Ford frame to allow the correct ride height; while Claude went the full boat route with a killer adaptation of the chassis in the Testors Smoothster/'38 Ford/Delivery kit series. The Olds mill in my project came pretty much right from the box of Revell's Roth Outlaw kit; it's a very cool retro treatment even down to the ribbed surfaces on the carb intake manifold sitting atop the 4-71 blower. Mine also uses the grille/radiator shell from the Revell 1937 Ford pickup kit. Paint is (IIRC) 1955 Ford Regency Purple Metallic from MCW Automotive Finishes. Full build details of this were covered in a how to article in the other mag, around 2015 or 2016 or so. In case you missed Claude's project, check out his post and images here. Thanks for looking! TIM Edited September 4, 2020 by tim boyd 1
Claude Thibodeau Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 Hi Sir! Your 36 is dead-on as it relates to "vintage" early 60's look, and so cohesive. It is a textbook case as to how to recreate "the look" at early AMBR events. The wide whites, the bell shaped air cleaners, and the dropped axle all scream "genuine". The hair-pin radius rods seal the deal. Truth be told, if I had a 37 truck grille on hand while building mine... I would have used it, but totally chromed with Alclad. The Chrysler unit was a case of "let's see what leftover part could do". Superb build, bravo! CT
Plowboy Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 Very cool '36 Tim! I really like the color and the engine! It reminds me of my '40 that I built several years ago. Yours is a lot cleaner and neater though!
alan barton Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) That was exactly the model that came to mind when I saw Claude's the other day. Talk about same only different! They would look fantastic sitting side by side. I currently don't have any built 36 street rods in my collection but I do vaguely remember my brothers and I building a similarly proportioned fenderless 36 (except it would have been unchopped) about 45 years ago but I can't for the life of me remember what we did for a grille. Maybe that's why it isn't still in my collection??? We might have just given up and turned it into something else! It is a credit to both of you that you nailed the proportions on a car that "shouldn't be", if you know what I mean. Honestly, how many real ones you seen done like this? Is it just because 36 3W s got so desirable that everyone is scared to take a walk on the wild side? Cheers Alan Edited September 5, 2020 by alan barton
Claude Thibodeau Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 2 hours ago, alan barton said: That was exactly the model that came to mind when I saw Claude's the other day. Talk about same only different! They would look fantastic sitting side by side. I currently don't have any built 36 street rods in my collection but I do vaguely remember my brothers and I building a similarly proportioned fenderless 36 (except it would have been unchopped) about 45 years ago but I can't for the life of me remember what we did for a grille. Maybe that's why it isn't still in my collection??? We might have just given up and turned it into something else! It is a credit to both of you that you nailed the proportions on a car that "shouldn't be", if you know what I mean. Honestly, how many real ones you seen done like this? Is it just because 36 3W s got so desirable that everyone is scared to take a walk on the wild side? Cheers Alan Hi Alan! Of course, experimenting with "surgery" is less risqué when you do it with styrene. As the famous Ken "Posies" Fenical once said" It takes a real man to cut one up"... CT
Koellefornia Kid Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 I immediately remembered that how-to-article you mentioned when I saw Claude´s coupe! Nice to see both builds here! I still have 5-window body of the ´36 Ford, it might be built as something similar in some days to come...
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