1940 Ford Custom Pickup

[1959scudetto]

Here is one of my rare pickup models - Monogram's 1940 Ford - I always liked the look of the car, but not the features of the kit: built in 1986 from the 1985 Street rod reissue, I wanted to give it a mid-60's look: I replaced the wheels with mags from amt and JoHan WW tires, added a side-mounted spare wheel and cut a simple plastic bag for a bed cover. Sprayed with dark green from the can, interior is left unpainted (kit was molded in red).

Today I took it out of its box and took a few pictures:

 

[Koellefornia Kid]

Very nice fat forty! You perfectly captured the ´60s look!

[ChrisR]

NICE!

[Street Rod]

Very nice! I like how the red interior stands out against the green.

[espo]

Great looking build and you even got the doors to look correct. I like the side window halfway down. The stance and wheels look good together. 

[Zippi]

Very kewl looking little grocery getter.  I like it.

[TransAmMike]

Cool '40, nice!!

[oldscool]

Looks good.

[NOBLNG]

Nice clean build…it looks great!?

[happy grumpy]

Sweet little truck Helmut. I like the contrast between the interior and the body. Great job.

[ATHU]

Super nice build, cool color combo!!

[Spex84]

I love this truck! Great color combo, the stance and wheel/tire package nails the late 60s look. The orange-ness of the interior (as opposed to just red) is what really makes it, for me.

 

[TooOld]

Nice clean look and those wheels & tires are perfect !  Very well done !

[cheyenne93]

Well done! I've got one of these in the stash. Painted it, then lost interest. Maybe dig it out and give it another go. Thanks for the inspiration.??

[carrucha]

Cool truck.  The mag wheels look good.

Edited August 6, 2022 by carrucha

[1959scudetto]

Many thanks for all the nice comments, guys - maybe I should have chosen a dark metallic color and paint the interior, but I will leave it now as it is - I like these wheels much more than the kit-supplied ones.

[Gramps46]

I missed this one earlier and am really glad to see it now.  You did a great build with the combination of colors and wheels.  I am not familiar with the kit.  Were the louvers a feature of the kit?  OK I looked it up and they are there.  Nice touch.

Edited August 11, 2022 by Gramps46

[bisc63]

Thanks for bringing this one back; I missed it before, also!  Period perfect, the only thing missing is a "Keep on Truckin'" decal on the spare tire cover! Nicely done.

[slusher]

Great looking Ford!

[ewetwo]

Looks really nice.

 

[1959scudetto]

On 8/11/2022 at 2:44 AM, Gramps46 said:

I missed this one earlier and am really glad to see it now.  You did a great build with the combination of colors and wheels.  I am not familiar with the kit.  Were the louvers a feature of the kit?  OK I looked it up and they are there.  Nice touch.

 

On 8/11/2022 at 6:23 AM, bisc63 said:

Thanks for bringing this one back; I missed it before, also!  Period perfect, the only thing missing is a "Keep on Truckin'" decal on the spare tire cover! Nicely done.

 

On 8/11/2022 at 8:15 AM, slusher said:

Great looking Ford!

 

On 8/12/2022 at 5:17 PM, ewetwo said:

Looks really nice.

 

Thank you all, Gary, Rusty, Carl and David !