1949 Ford, late 70s style

[Cpt Tuttle]

Believe it or not but this is actually the first 1949 Ford I build in my 30 years of model building, it was about time now. Started on it for a buildoff on Facebook. Planning a kind of late 70s look to it. Raised rear, lowered front, wide mags etc....

Started on the interior since that is what I have the most inspiration for right now as it seems.

Drilled out the seat bases...


...so I could mount 1978 Camaro seats instead.


They ended up being kind of low too so I made some simple seat rails for them, didn't go overboard since they will not be all that appearant anyway but it adds some realism after all to get the seats up from the floor though.


Feels like the red satin/carpeting and white vinyl combo was kind of common back then so I went for it. Haven't decided on red or white exterior yet though.

[Cpt Tuttle]

Printed out some Yosemite Sam floor mats. I am going to make similar mud flaps too since "everyone" was running them here in the 70s with our strict mud flap laws that said that you had to have them.


Spices up the interior a little bit.

[Cpt Tuttle]

It was too cramped between the Camaro seats for a console so only a floor shifter had to do. The column shifter was moved to the left side since this kit has no turn signal stalk for some reason. Dashboard painted with the Tamiya pearl white I will shoot the body in too. Steering wheel from the parts box, don't know its origin. Maybe I will scratch a pair of Pioneer TS-X9 speakers for the parcel shelf too.

[Cpt Tuttle]

Shot the floorpan with pearlescent white from Tamiya and painted the frame red (some bleeding though, since I thinned the paint a bit too much, that I guess that I have to touch up). But I rarely look at my models from underneath anyway. ?

[Cpt Tuttle]

Maybe looks like unpainted plastic on the photo, but it is Tamiya pearlescent white.

[slusher]

I like the white. Looks really good!

[Painted Black]

One of my favorites, will tag along..

[Cpt Tuttle]

Thanks, yeah, only a shame that it is hard to catch the pearl effect without sunlight, but it turned out great.

 

[Cpt Tuttle]

Swedish license plates since my idea was to make it look like something that could have been in Colorod magazine in the late 70s.


Engine from MPC 1932 Ford delivery. Lynx air cleaners may be worthless but at least they look cool and period...

[David G.]

Looks like it'll be one sweet custom rod when you get it done.

David G.

[Cpt Tuttle]

Thanks. Yeah, I love this style, growing up in the pastel- and tweed era thinking that they looked like some sissy Barbiemobiles, I loved looking through my father's 70s car magazines when I was younger because that was really something different and much cooler to a young boy, and I guess my love for the 70s style stuck, also I think that the Swedish builds of the era had a flair of their own (not to mention the choppers then but that's of course a different story).

[Zippi]

Your 49 is coming along nicely.  I'm diggin the Yosemite Sam floor matts.  

[Cpt Tuttle]

A little mock up, but it will end up being a little bit higher up front (no front suspension now) and also, I will shorten the rear end because it is simply too much poke now, looks like a tractor, haha.

Edited July 16, 2021 by Cpt Tuttle

[David G.]

That's quite a rake there. ? It definitely reminds me of back in the Seventies when air shocks were king.

It should look cool once you have the suspension dialed in.

David G.

[Zippi]

Like Dave said, once you get those meats tucked up under the rear fenders and the front end up a bit it should look pretty killer.  

[espo]

I'm a big fan of this kit and the subject. Unless you want to go to a wheel with a lot less off set you'll need to narrow the rear differential to get the tires under the body.