THE OFFICIAL '32 TUDOR SEDAN BUILD-OFF!

[bill-e-boy]

23 hours ago, SpikeSchumacher said:

I forget, is that the Phantom Vickie chassis, or did you use the 37 Ford IFS?

Thanks for your kind words

Chassis is 32 Phantom Vickie with narrowed rear for tubbed rear fenders. Rear end is a Li'l John independent from a 34 Coupe - that horrible out of scale thing that Revell did by shrinking a 34 body to fit a Model T chassis.

[bill-e-boy]

Getting chassis assembled. Front wheels need help in keeping them in alignment. I used Revell glue on wheels as it is slower drying as this allows you time to get the wheels aligned. The chassis is on an offcut of sheet metal with some magnets used to keep the wheels in place.

I did not have any issues with the rear wheels.

Now up on all fours

The front spreader bar is some 2mm stainless steel filler wire polished and cut to length. I had drilled the holes for this in the chassis prep stage

The photo shows wheels a bit wobbly but I think the phone camera does that

Side shot

I am working on completing body work and have some paint on the guards and other smaller body parts. Waiting while paint cures

Thanks for looking 

[SpikeSchumacher]

That is looking sharp!

[Kit Karson]

Guide coat applied to the '32 Ford Chauffeured Town Sedan

[bill-e-boy]

Looking good Kit

[bill-e-boy]

Body in the paint shop

Fenders, firewall, floor boards have been clear coated. The body is in colour after a pink guide coat and a flat red base coat. I need to sand some goobers out before next coats. Meantime curing in the hot box

 

 

 

 

[Kit Karson]

'32 Ford Chauffeured Town Sedan Coach Interior

[tim boyd]

On 2/6/2025 at 1:17 PM, Kit Karson said:

'32 Ford Chauffeured Town Sedan Coach Interior

KK, cool idea to use that Revell '48 Ford convert kit firewall heater on the front panel of your passenger compartment!  Details matter!!!!   TB 

[tim boyd]

On 2/5/2025 at 1:07 PM, bill-e-boy said:

Body in the paint shop

Fenders, firewall, floor boards have been clear coated. The body is in colour after a pink guide coat and a flat red base coat. I need to sand some goobers out before next coats. Meantime curing in the hot box

 

 

 

 

Bill...great to see progress on yours...TB 

[tim boyd]

On 1/6/2025 at 6:33 PM, catpack68 said:

I was able to get the body and interior mounted on the chassis for the final time on my 32 Tudor. I’m hoping to finish it up in the next couple of days.

Scott....Super sharp....TB

[tim boyd]

Any updates from the rest of you???   Can't wait to see what you've done....even small points of progress count.....TB

[Phildaupho]

3 hours ago, tim boyd said:

Any updates from the rest of you???   Can't wait to see what you've done....even small points of progress count.....TB

Hi Tim In case you missed it there is an Under Glass thread for completed Tudors

 

Edited February 9 by Phildaupho

[tim boyd]

2 hours ago, Phildaupho said:

Hi Tim In case you missed it there is an Under Glass thread for completed Tudors

 

Thanks Phil....you are correct, I missed this one.  Thanks a bunch for the tip...TIM

[carnut]

17 hours ago, tim boyd said:

Any updates from the rest of you???   Can't wait to see what you've done....even small points of progress count.....TB

Thanks, Tim for the nudge. I’ve been kind of sidetracked on a couple of other projects, including putting together my clubs newsletter for our Model Car Fest coming this March in the Portland Oregon area.

Here’s what I’ve got so far. This is my second attempt: the roof is chopped. The frame is modified. The suspension is all ready to go. I’m stuck on putting a good vintage engine (either a Y-Block or a kit bashed early HEMI). The gas has been relocated but where do I put the filler cap. I hope to circle back onto this very soon. It’s taking on a rolling bones style build somewhat. 

[Dennis Lacy]

On 2/8/2025 at 2:45 PM, tim boyd said:

Any updates from the rest of you???   Can't wait to see what you've done....even small points of progress count.....TB

Now months (3? 4?) later, I still need to order a can of Tamiya Matte Black so I can paint the top insert. Epic fail. 

[Kit Karson]

'32 Ford Chauffeured Town Sedan Work In Progress

[Speedpro]

Awhile back I put my '32 on the back burner and spent some time building and working on a few other projects. A couple weeks back I pulled the '32 back out and have been working on getting it in primer. Alot of the small imperfections have been fin tuned but there is still more to do. Here is a few picks of it's progress. 

 

 

As you can see, things are getting close to paint. I am trying to build this thing more or less with the parts that are in the box at this point. Spent alot of time trying to figure out "What can I do" and just found it easier this way. Its a great kit, don't mess with it, just modify it! The blower and rear end extension are the only added parts so far. The engine is being built with the kit parts and will be using the blower from the nova gasser kit. The interior..................I don't know. Haven't got that far in my head.

Thanks for looking and more to come...........

[bill-e-boy]

Looking good Paul. I love your attention to detail which ends up as looking like it should be there and not an obvious add on or afterthought. The example is the altered hood sides due to the body being channeled. Once painted the underlying work will disappear and will look like it came in the box that way. The ultimate deception. 

[Kit Karson]

2 hours ago, Speedpro said:

Awhile back I put my '32 on the back burner and spent some time building and working on a few other projects. A couple weeks back I pulled the '32 back out and have been working on getting it in primer. Alot of the small imperfections have been fine-tuned but there is still more to do. Here are a few picks of its progress. 

 

 

As you can see, things are getting close to paint. I am trying to build this thing more or less with the parts that are in the box at this point. Spent a lot of time trying to figure out "What can I do" and just found it easier this way. It's a great kit, don't mess with it, just modify it! The blower and rear end extension are the only added parts so far. The engine is being built with the kit parts and will be using the blower from the nova gasser kit. The interior..................I don't know. Haven't got that far in my head.

Thanks for looking and more to come...........

I'm losing my mind over this Deuce Tudor creation! I would love to see an absolutely "Box Stock" build parked next to this beauty!! The total "BEFORE" & "AFTER" views would be so revealing; so astoundingly different; so absolutely mind-blowing and yet, so much alike some could not describe the subtle modifications.  Take for instance the Model A influences both over the front of the greenhouse and in place of the rear lite minus the belt line and extended bustle; the channel; the chop and the hole blowen through the hood! (OK the last is rather obvious!) Let alone widening the rear fenders; smoothing out the running boards; chopping/sectioning the grille shell; and then integrating the apron into the bottom of the grille shell between the front fenders. Now, go back and see if you can find the differences!?. -KK

 

[Speedpro]

18 hours ago, bill-e-boy said:

Looking good Paul. I love your attention to detail which ends up as looking like it should be there and not an obvious add on or afterthought. The example is the altered hood sides due to the body being channeled. Once painted the underlying work will disappear and will look like it came in the box that way. The ultimate deception. 

Bill, I appreciate your comment. Alot of the mods that I do are what I call the 2-3 inch rule. Just change things enough to make a person look twice. I think it gives a little character to the build.

And I want to say, your '32 is pretty impressive. Just the right amount of this and that. Well done sir.

 

[Chevy II]

Paul, that thing is unreal. 

[bill-e-boy]

And a little off topic but relevant. Pix of a 32 Cabrolet with a similar tasteful roof line treatment that Speedpro has given to his sedan. Pix is from a car show in a little town about 30km from where I live

 

[Speedpro]

So I have yet another little mod that I want to do. As I was reviewing the pictures of the front of the car, I couldn't help but think that it just looks like it needs to loose some weight (make it look thinner). And also noticed how far the front tires are in under the fender. So what I am thinking is, why not remove a wedge cut from the center of the fenders right down through the running boards. Not a whole lot, maybe around .060 at the big end and going to the thickness of the blade at the end of the running boards. Both fenders have been taped off and are ready to see the blade. I'v got a lot of time in these fenders. I hope I don't mess this up, I don't want to build another set. When the parts are glued back together, only CA glue will be used to fill the gaps.

 

 

You can see the gaps that are being filled. Not just the top side, but the bottom too. Glue, sand, glue, sand for a while.

 

Still have to fix the left rear fender darn it. Things happen.  

More to come.................

[bill-e-boy]

Thats a bold move Paul. It's going to look cool too

[Speedpro]

Thought I would show the results of taking a wedge cut out of the front fenders. Not sure if it was worth doing, but there is a small change. And I'm glad I'm not building new fenders.

 

 

 

 

 

That's it for now.

Edited February 22 by Speedpro