'40 Ford

[Zippi]

Looking pretty sharp.  I like how you did the wood grain in the bed and on the running boards.  

[Steve H]

Awesome looking build Steve. Not my business, but I hope you can stay with it and finish it, you’re so close. I like the patina paint, and to answer your question, I think patina is a colour…. or maybe a few colours?

Cheers, Steve

[Slotto]

I decided to keep the bench seat and door cards that came with the kit. All that's left to do is make up some glass and mount the exhaust pipes and muffler

[KWT]

Oh yeah... nice color combo on the interior.

This is my favorite truck build going right now.

[Slotto]

Since I did the motor swap I needed a different drive shaft. I used the ends from the '37 Ford kit and mounted them to an aluminum tube. Radiator in place with the custom hoses.

The headlights, door handles, master cylinder and side mirror are from the '37 Ford kit

I used the interior that came with the kit and added red carpet. Glass was made from some blister packaging. Battery came from the junk pile.

Tail light from the '37 Ford kit.

Gotta fab up a hood prop and pick up some solder so I can finish up the exhaust and call this one done.

Edited December 22, 2022 by Slotto
For kicks

[KWT]

Steve, this is looking awesome! Nice job adding the 37 parts.

[XYHARRY]

G'day Steve, great wip. I'm wondering what size solder you use for your exhaust. It's a great idea of which I would like to use on my projects. 

Cheers, David. ??

[Slotto]

Well I searched the garage and couldn't find the right size of solder. I swore I had a fresh spool but nope. I went to Michael's and no, they dont sell it. They have the iron but no solder. I figured they would for stained glass projects. I hopped over to the hardware store and they only had small gauge. I started thinking what about wire...

I ended up buying 2' of 8 gauge and 2' of 10 gauge. I wanted aluminum but all they had was copper. No matter, I can paint it. It's easy to cut and easy to bend and gets me over the hump. The paint is a sharpie silver marker. The wood sticks are for support until the glue dries. That was a fun little task. Never did that before. Wont be long now...

[Slotto]

Shes done and can be found here

Thanks for playing along