Bullybeef Posted January 28 Posted January 28 12 hours ago, RSchnell said: Did you use a Model A station wagon body to start with? I'd think that and the cowl from an AMT '34 Ford Pickup would get you in the ballpark. The '32 Commercial radiator shell would be the other problem! I’ve never seen a commercial grille so I have no idea what to change?
gman Posted January 28 Posted January 28 ^^ stock '32 passenger car grill '34 Ford truck (aka commercial) grill Notice the thicker grill shell, differently shaped grill insert. The passenger car version sits at a slightly different angle to my eyes also- thicker at the bottom than the top. When you get into hot-rodded examples, there is a wide variety in terms of what grill shell they have fitted up. 1
RSchnell Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 (edited) 1933-34 commercial rad shells don't interchange with a '32, not to mention 33-34 shells have a slight slant to the rear of the truck, the '32 is straight. This is a '32 commercial shell. Note there's no removable insert like passenger cars and the top part is shaped a bit differently than the car version. Edited January 28 by RSchnell 1 1
Mr. Metallic Posted January 28 Posted January 28 17 hours ago, RSchnell said: Did you use a Model A station wagon body to start with? I'd think that and the cowl from an AMT '34 Ford Pickup would get you in the ballpark. The '32 Commercial radiator shell would be the other problem! That's exactly what i did when i mastered the 32 Station Wagon (woody) for Flinstone. I did quite a bit of work to the wood portion to make it more accurate to the 32 design since the panels are different and the 32 also has arched openings at the top of the window and door openings. Thanks for bringing up the differences between the 32 and 34 commercial grilles. 1
RSchnell Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 5 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said: That's exactly what i did when i mastered the 32 Station Wagon (woody) for Flinstone. I did quite a bit of work to the wood portion to make it more accurate to the 32 design since the panels are different and the 32 also has arched openings at the top of the window and door openings. Thanks for bringing up the differences between the 32 and 34 commercial grilles. I was unaware he had a '32 Wagon body. I shall have to order one. I've got several of his bodies like the '53, '57 & '59 Ford wagons and those are great. I was just a bit let down with the B-400 for what I had in mind.
68shortfleet Posted January 30 Posted January 30 (edited) Incredible work going on to build a better B400. Ignoring the shortcomings of the Flintstone body, I managed to build this one. Along with the previously mentioned shortcomings, the roof is slightly taller on one side and the middle of the body is a little longer on one side. Jason Edited January 30 by 68shortfleet 5
RSchnell Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 6 hours ago, 68shortfleet said: Incredible work going on to build a better B400. Ignoring the shortcomings of the Flintstone body, I managed to build this one. Along with the previously mentioned shortcomings, the roof is slightly taller on one side and the middle of the body is a little longer on one side. Jason That is nice!! I intend on using the body I have for a streetrod, but I knew to use it for a stock build with the top down I figured it'd be easier to start from scratch. 1
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