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Im gonna do some easy work now, the interior! Modified the Amt seat belts so they are not twins but rather mirrored ( something that has always bothered me when I see them). I’ll be using the 40 ford dash and steering wheel from the 5w kit as I think they look so much better than the stock stuff. I’ll still have to dig through my stash and find a shifter. I’ll make the interior as “Deluxe” as possible 

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First thing to do is swap in a floor section from the 5W coupe as it has provisions for three pedals. I cut the back section off the 3W floor plate and did the same for the 5W a little switcherooo and we now have a better floor with a larger hump to accept the bigger trans as well. I’m also using the firewall section so that I can close in the interior and have some nice trim aka pleated fabric as well.

The rough work is done now so it’s time to go ahead and add some details. Pedals, shifter lever and an ebrake handle as that seems to be deleted from most hot rods. 
Stay tuned! 

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15 minutes ago, Bullybeef said:

A quick mock up to stance check

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Yup...that's a Hot Rod.  Nice stance.

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59 minutes ago, slusher said:

real nice work bill, I like the interior!

Thank you Carl, it needs a lot more work to get it to where I want but so far I’m happy with the results! 

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6 hours ago, Zippi said:

Yup...that's a Hot Rod.  Nice stance.

Thank you Bob! You should try a traditional hot rod, flex those creative muscles and get that 3d printer cooking hahhah

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On 2/11/2025 at 4:13 PM, johnyrotten said:

I like where this is going, I'll be paying attention. 

I’ll try to give you something to pay attention to! 

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On 2/11/2025 at 10:21 PM, customline said:

Whooooo hooo! I like it!   Channel it, Bil. You know you want to. 😉

Jim as much as you and the know I want to channel it, I think it needs to be a highboy! The next one will be seductively channelled! 😮

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4 hours ago, Bullybeef said:

Jim as much as you and the know I want to channel it, I think it needs to be a highboy! The next one will be seductively channelled! 😮

Sometimes a highboy is warranted. Especially if you don't like sitting on the floor or if you have a culturally significant hair style

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9 minutes ago, customline said:

Sometimes a highboy is warranted. Especially if you don't like sitting on the floor or if you have a culturally significant hair style

I’m old and I have nice hair😜

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Just now, TopherMcGinnis said:

Yup. I didn't care what color it turned, as long as it didn't turn loose. It did anyway 😔 

Well, I started with a shade of orange so I was kinda glad when it went white but now there's this "cow lick" on the right rear quarter that just will not lay down. It's embarrassing 😒. It had been extremely thick and wavy and grew like dandelions in June. I'm glad that's over with! Why are we talking about hair? 🤷

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I like the old AMT seat belts. I thin them out from the back quite a bit. 

In the old figure-8 cars I'm doing, I paint the webbing olive drab, as lots of stock cars used army surplus belts.

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38 minutes ago, bobss396 said:

I like the old AMT seat belts. I thin them out from the back quite a bit. 

In the old figure-8 cars I'm doing, I paint the webbing olive drab, as lots of stock cars used army surplus belts.

Thanks for the tip on them, I’ll do some thinning of them as well! 

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Just now, customline said:

This looks like it would be fun to build in1:25.

That is some extreme channeling! I’m diggin it except for the dragging on the ground rad shell.

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