AMT 34 Ford Street Rod

[Dragline]

As I finish up my Garlits FE digger I was perusing a box of kits and ran into this one. While it's not my usual drag car or figure I thought it time to do a pre war hot rod. My Rodfather build was more fun than I expected and with my parts stash I know I have a mountain of stuff I can glue weld or screw onto this and make it decent.

This kit is far better than I expected with name brand dress up goodies and an extremely nice SBC on the trees. I dug out a 20+ year old jar of Boyd's yellow enamel and with some Mr Color leveling thinner shot it onto the body. It came out so smooth I decided to go with the suede look and that helped guide my next choices as to how I would proceed.

Purple is never my first choice of color but here with that yellow I feel it works.. With some Revell drag tires and wheels and a naturally aspirated small block it has just the right amount to make a mid 80's street machine.

I went through my decal stash and pulled out the flames for the reissued ex Monogram 66 Chevelle, and with some trimming and positioning I came up with some door flames. The Rat Fink on the deck lid and maybe a few sponsor type decals and it looks the part of a driveway project.

Finally, the mock up showed me I was on the right path.

Thanks for looking. Suggestions and comments, good or ill are always welcomed.

[deuces wild]

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[TransAmMike]

Thats looking really good Bob..I'm not a flame fan but those look pretty darn good on there.  Keep up the good work!

[Dragline]

Work continues. PE alternator bracket, fuel line and plug wires run. Front suspension installed. I have to make up some brackets for the headlights but all scratchbuilding is done.

These types of hot rods build quickly, and fun has been had.