1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute!

[horsepower]

On 8/11/2022 at 7:56 PM, Dennis Lacy said:

@Speedpro

I had one of those Ford F-150 kits back in the mid 90’s. Had a green truck on the box top with all the custom body parts and billet wheels. I still remember the Predator carb and air filter set up from it. I held on to that and the Holley valve covers for years but the parts went MIA along the way. ? Would love to have another set but no way I’m paying current asking prices for those pick up kits! ? 

Anyways, excellent choice! I tried to think of an induction set up to suggest for you guys and completely forgot about this. It’s actually kind of a PITA coming up with small block Ford multi-carb set ups. Last Christmas I got one of the MPC now AMT ‘88 Mustang GT’s and I was stoked to find an optional dual 4 barrel induction. 

I was going through my "toss it in there, it'll be super safe" box for resin stuff that seems to always somewhere else when I look for a part and to my surprise came up with one of the rare (?) Autolite/Weber inline four barrel carbs and intake that I picked up from someone I have forgotten about,. I think it would be a perfect oddity intake set up. The thing I was thinking of was putting two together but then it would just look like a normal Weber set up and I still have a set or two from the original ITC(?) Cougar concept car.

[tim boyd]

On 9/11/2023 at 6:28 AM, horsepower said:

I was going through my "toss it in there, it'll be super safe" box for resin stuff that seems to always somewhere else when I look for a part and to my surprise came up with one of the rare (?) Autolite/Weber inline four barrel carbs and intake that I picked up from someone I have forgotten about,. I think it would be a perfect oddity intake set up. The thing I was thinking of was putting two together but then it would just look like a normal Weber set up and I still have a set or two from the original ITC(?) Cougar concept car.

Del...that "Cross Boss" in-line intake/carb setup was an option in the Revell/Monogram 1970 Boss 302 kit...

used it in my '32 Ford "smoothy" project from Street Rodder Modeler's corner late 1980s and finished project in 2020....

TB

Edited September 12, 2023 by tim boyd

[bill-e-boy]

Tim - the green pickup is cutting edge stuff with the full length hood and doors. Thanks for sharing the link to your pickup builds. I was on my way to post an update and got way laid drooling instead. LOL

[bill-e-boy]

I have been away with work (again). I have an interesting job where I travel up and down our little country doing steam boiler installations. I do the electrical installation part and often assist with the commissioning of them. We have been working with new technology with electric fueled boilers of two types - resistive heated and higher powered immersed electrode boilers. These along with LPG/Natural Gas/Diesel fueled boilers. 

Anyway this forum is about model cars and trucks 

I got back to the bench and took a wee amount of time coming back up to speed with the build

Below are pix of the chassis before it get all covered up

 

[tim boyd]

3 hours ago, bill-e-boy said:

Tim - the green pickup is cutting edge stuff with the full length hood and doors. Thanks for sharing the link to your pickup builds. I was on my way to post an update and got way laid drooling instead. LOL

Thanks Bill.  This truck was inpsired by a Thom Taylor illustration that appeared in Street Rodder magazine in the mid 1980s.  My model was not directly a copy of Thom's design, but took some of his thoughts and expanded on them.  The front-end treatment with the extended hood and narrow grille shell was inspired, IIRC, by a model car built by Jim Kampmann or one of the other "NNL Tundra" (as Jim and I called it) modelers up in Minnesota back then. 

Glad you enjoyed checking it out, and very nice to see an update on your own project.  Needless to say, big kudos on this end for your ultra-clean build style!   Best...TIM 

[horsepower]

On 9/12/2023 at 5:55 AM, tim boyd said:

Del...that "Cross Boss" in-line intake/carb setup was an option in the Revell/Monogram 1970 Boss 302 kit...

used it in my '32 Ford "smoothy" project from Street Rodder Modeler's corner late 1980s and finished project in 2020....

TB

I wish they had carried it over into the newest Boss 302 kit. I have some cool ideas for a '60s - '70s dirt track modified. They ran a modified class here that was basically the same as the Super Modifieds but were limited to 302 c.i. flat tappet cam and a single four barrel carb and run gasoline only also the body had to be of steel construction. No Fibreglass allowed..

[Zippi]

Super clean looking build.  I'm really liking this build.

[Kit Karson]

Long live the 1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute! thread.  Here's an update from the sidelines: Model Cars Magazine has expressed an interest in doing an article in their upcoming 2nd edition HOT ROD issue about all of the 1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute! completed builds.  @Dennis Lacyhas been encouraged to post an Under Glass 1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute! thread. C U there! -KK

Edited October 13, 2023 by Kit Karson
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[Rocking Rodney Rat]

21 hours ago, Kit Karson said:

Model Cars Magazine has expressed an interest in doing an article in their upcoming 2nd edition HOT ROD issue about all of the 1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute!

That's kool news, KK! Now's your chance to get your name in lights, y'all!! Anyone else wanna join in the fun? -RRR

[OldNYJim]

How long until the second ‘Hot Rod’ edition of the mag is out?  

If it’s the next issue, I wouldn’t get done in time ?? 

[bill-e-boy]

This has made get off my chuff and get it done - at last. The job made all that bit harder as we have listed our house and I have to keep the modelling space clear.

Got the last of the little suff done

Small diameter head lights from 32 Ford mounted direct to fenders with out headight bar, mirror from Lil John T on drivers side, AMT 32 Ford donated door handles. I will call it done - issues with Humbrol clear coat not drying fully and that means it is not quite as shiny as I would like.

It has been a good project with lots of good ideas coming from all participants and of course we must not forget the work from Tim Boyd in Street Rodder (and Rod Action) who provided the genesis for the build thread - I feel honoured to be a part of the build

 

 

 

[bill-e-boy]

Looks like I may have to revisit the roof joint - dang!!!

[Kit Karson]

10 hours ago, CabDriver said:

How long until the second ‘Hot Rod’ edition of the mag is out?  

If it’s the next issue, I wouldn’t get done in time ?? 

You still have a few weeks, Brother! -KK

[bill-e-boy]

Fixed the roof joint - although you cant see the gap here - is there an Under Glass topic been started yet?

[Dennis Lacy]

On 10/18/2023 at 1:19 AM, bill-e-boy said:

Fixed the roof joint - although you cant see the gap here - is there an Under Glass topic been started yet?

Looks awesome! Really cool to see you get it finished.

I will be creating the Under Glass group thread by the end of this week. I will tag everyone who has a finished truck so you guys can add yours to it. 

[Kit Karson]

On 10/13/2023 at 11:30 AM, Kit Karson said:

Long live the 1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute! thread.  Here's an update from the sidelines: Model Cars Magazine has expressed an interest in doing an article in their upcoming 2nd edition HOT ROD issue about all of the 1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute! completed builds.  @Dennis Lacyhas been encouraged to post an Under Glass 1929 Ford Pickup 80's Contemporary Street Rod - A Tim Boyd Tribute! thread. C U there! -KK

UPDATE! There is still a bit of chatter over at MCM about this thread and the contributors that have participated in this tribute to @tim boyd!  With over 70K views and 700+ comments, this has to be one of the longest running group-build threads here on the forum!  

I want to applaud @Dennis Lacy for starting the 1929-ford-pickup-80s-contemporary-street-rod-a-tim-boyd-tribute thread and the model builders that made this topic such a major success! With the inspiration that @tim boyd has provided over the lifetime of my model building career, and that of so many other model builders as well as 1:1 car guys & gals... this has to be one of the most rewarding modeling efforts that I can recall in the last 4 decades!  Greatly appreciated, Kit Karson aka Wes Hofferber -KK

[Kit Karson]

On 10/19/2023 at 9:55 AM, Dennis Lacy said:

Looks awesome! Really cool to see you get it finished.

I will be creating the Under Glass group thread by the end of this week. I will tag everyone who has a finished truck so you guys can add yours to it. 

 

[Kit Karson]

On 4/29/2022 at 9:47 PM, foghorn62 said:

Well guys, I guess I’m calling this one done.  Despite some challenges along the way with the gloss black paint, and other fairly minor frustrations, all in all I can say that I’m pretty happy with it.  I’ve always said that if I can place my builds on the table near those of the many great builders that I have become acquainted with over the years, then I am proud to do so.  So here on this virtual table that Dennis started so long ago, with so many really awesome builds, I am setting mine.  There is still plenty of room for more.

Thanks,

TS

@foghorn62 Tim,

Please add you completed pictures to the Under Glass thread at: 

Would like to include your Tribute build as finished! -KK

Edited February 20, 2024 by Kit Karson
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[Kit Karson]

This may be one of the longest running threads here on the forum and thanks to @Dennis Lacy and all of the contributors that helped to make it such a raging success! -KK

[OldNYJim]

8 hours ago, Kit Karson said:

This may be one of the longest running threads here on the forum and thanks to @Dennis Lacy and all of the contributors that helped to make it such a raging success! -KK

Agreed!  I hope there’s a follow-up community build too - I really enjoyed watching this one!!

Also, still collecting parts for my contribution…getting closer to maybe thinking about starting ?

[tim boyd]

Just got my MCM #224 yesterday and was astounded to see six pages of coverage devoted to the contents of this thread.  To all of you who participated in this thread over the last several years, to all who posted your modeling projects, to Dennis who got the whole thing going, to Wes and Paul at GSL, and to the entire MCM Editorial team, thank you from the bottom of my heart!   This will be one of the proudest moments of my life, for sure!  

Very best to you all!!!   TIM 

[Butter 1]

On 6/1/2024 at 3:12 PM, tim boyd said:

Just got my MCM #224 yesterday and was astounded to see six pages of coverage devoted to the contents of this thread.  To all of you who participated in this thread over the last several years, to all who posted your modeling projects, to Dennis who got the whole thing going, to Wes and Paul at GSL, and to the entire MCM Editorial team, thank you from the bottom of my heart!   This will be one of the proudest moments of my life, for sure!  

Very best to you all!!!   TIM 

I just read the MCM article about you. Well deserved tribute to you!!! Your Street

[Butter 1]

Just now, Butter 1 said:

I just read the MCM article about you. Well deserved tribute to one of the great promotors of this hobby!!! Your Street Rodder column got me started back into the hobby as an adult. One of my greatest honors was when you featured my 33 Vicky in Modeler's Corner way back in 1993.

Ron Butterfield

 

 

On 6/1/2024 at 3:12 PM, tim boyd said:

Just got my MCM #224 yesterday and was astounded to see six pages of coverage devoted to the contents of this thread.  To all of you who participated in this thread over the last several years, to all who posted your modeling projects, to Dennis who got the whole thing going, to Wes and Paul at GSL, and to the entire MCM Editorial team, thank you from the bottom of my heart!   This will be one of the proudest moments of my life, for sure!  

Very best to you all!!!   TIM 

 

[bill-e-boy]

On 6/2/2024 at 8:12 AM, tim boyd said:

Just got my MCM #224 yesterday and was astounded to see six pages of coverage devoted to the contents of this thread.  To all of you who participated in this thread over the last several years, to all who posted your modeling projects, to Dennis who got the whole thing going, to Wes and Paul at GSL, and to the entire MCM Editorial team, thank you from the bottom of my heart!   This will be one of the proudest moments of my life, for sure!  

Very best to you all!!!   TIM 

It was a pleasure to participate. Thanks to all 

[Kit Karson]

Thanks to @Dennis Lacy @tim boyd @Speedpro and all of the contributors to the Trib' tread! All should be proud of their efforts and feel rewarded by seeing their names and builds in Model Cars Magazine! -KK