Sea-N-Sun '30 Ford Phaeton Beach Racer

[Bernard Kron]

Sea-N-Sun Special - The Race Of Gentlemen (T.R.O.G.) style ’30 Ford Phaeton
(More photos below)

Calb56 here on the forum started a community build in recognition of The Race of Gentlemen  (TROG) California Drag Racing event in Riverside California at the Flabob Airstrip which ran on December 9-10. The community build extends through to the end of 2023 and has attracted a lot of interest. Here's alin to it:

This is my first entry of what I hope will be several projects across the next year , this first one acknowledges the original Spirit of Wildwood, the funky, no holds barred, old car and motorcycle beach racing in Wildwood NJ. This car, the Sea-N-Sun Motel ‘29 Ford phaeton is  from the 2016 Wildood TROG. The Sea-N-Sun is a real motel in Wildwood, N.J. right next to the amusement park and the beach where TROG runs its event. It’s got a mildly hopped up 4-banger and is otherwise pretty much just a stripped down stock A-Bone.

For my donor car I’m used a Monogram 30 Ford Phaeton gluebomb I got off of eBay, It’s a ’30 instead of a ’29. The body and interior panels are  from the original issue Model A Phaeton from 1961. Virtually everything else from the gluebomb proved useless for this project. This required a deep dive into my parts stash to get this car built.

Here’s a composite of the real car and the eBay photo of the donor car.

The grill, hood,  chassis and motor are from the Monogram ’30 Ford Coupe re-issue from a few years back. The front wheels and tires are from an AMT ’34 Ford 5-window coupe. The rear tires are my favorite period bias ply rear tires for these early hot rods, Herb Deeks truck tires, and their mounted to Revell ’32 Ford Tudor Kelsey Hayes wire wheels, stripped of their chrome and narrowed to fit. The motor, as on the original, is in a mild state of tune. While the stock style carburetion can just be glimpsed in the few photos of the 1:1 that are out there, I took the liberty to guess at the top side of the motor, which is invisible on the photos. I installed a Riley F-head from the Revell ‘’30 Ford Sedan “Rat Rod” kits. The rear seat is the original Monogram Phaeton rear seat which had served as the front seat on the gluebomb, while the front seat was cobbled together from an AMT ’32 Ford Phaeton rear seat. The graphics are homemade decals.

Thanx for lookin’ and all the best for a happy and fulfilling 2023.
B.

 

[Andy Oldenburg]

Wonderful patina work. I can feel the salty crust and sand of the decades.

[Joe Nunes]

This is really cool!  Thanks for sharing this. ?

Joe

[ChrisR]

Cool!!

[mustang1989]

Now this is just neat! You really did a great job with the patina and "wear and tear" on this one Bernard. Awesome work and am looking forward to more like this.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Nice work on this one ! -RRR

[slusher]

neat old racer very nicely done!

[Phildaupho]

What a fun event and fun model. Well built replica.

[PappyD340]

Real cool!

[espo]

Great looking recreation. 

[spencer1984]

Very cool!

[Calb56]

Very cool build!!!

I love it.

[Bernard Kron]

I can't believe I never said thank you to you all for your very kind responses! Thanks so much. It means a lot.