'40 Tudor on Revell chassis

[Bullybeef]

Well if you take away the hinges you might as well give it solenoid poppers and make sure to also get rid of dumbos nose on the trunk. Make it a custom.

[customline]

1 hour ago, Bullybeef said:

Well if you take away the hinges you might as well give it solenoid poppers and make sure to also get rid of dumbos nose on the trunk. Make it a custom.

There will be no Dumbo on this trunk lid, Bil. I promise.  The solenoids are on order from J. C. Whitney. 🤣😂😄.  I removed the bumpers, Bil, so it's already a custom! 🥴

[LennyB]

We don’t need no stinkin bumpers or door hinges, they interrupt the flow of this silky smooth body.  

[customline]

2 hours ago, LennyB said:

We don’t need no stinkin bumpers or door hinges, they interrupt the flow of this silky smooth body.  

Exactly! What do you think about a total shave? Zero chrome? A worthy experiment? Lets put it to a vote! And while we're at it, chop or no chop? 😀

Edited March 15 by customline

[Bullybeef]

33 minutes ago, customline said:

Exactly! What do you think about a total shave? Zero chrome? A worthy experiment? Lets put it to a vote! And while we're at it, chop or no chop? 😀

Clean as a bottom, channel and section it 

[LennyB]

1 hour ago, customline said:

Exactly! What do you think about a total shave? Zero chrome? A worthy experiment? Lets put it to a vote! And while we're at it, chop or no chop? 😀

What are you gonna do with the headlights then, paint the trim rings or mold everything into the fender. I think I would go with 39 headlights, painted trim rings.

 

As far as the top, chop it. Here a spare if you need it.

[customline]

5 hours ago, LennyB said:

What are you gonna do with the headlights then, paint the trim rings or mold everything into the fender. I think I would go with 39 headlights, painted trim rings.

 

As far as the top, chop it. Here a spare if you need it.

No, Lenny, I'm okay on the top, but I'd love to hear the story about what that's all about 🥴.

[LennyB]

1 minute ago, customline said:

No, Lenny, I'm okay on the top, but I'd love to hear the story about what that's all about 🥴.

That's simple, I built a drop top 40 back in the 80's.

[customline]

7 hours ago, Bullybeef said:

Clean as a bottom

Clean as a bottom? What? Is that some weird Canadian saying? 🤣....oh boy....😂

[customline]

Just now, LennyB said:

That's simple, I built a drop top 40 back in the 80's.

Oh lord, that's amazing. 😮..................😂

[LennyB]

Just now, customline said:

Oh lord, that's amazing. 😮..................😂

Wisenheimer😏

 

(yeah, like I should talk)

[LennyB]

5 minutes ago, customline said:

Clean as a bottom? What? Is that some weird Canadian saying? 🤣....oh boy....😂

Maybe he's stocking up on TP now that he's run out of eggs.

[customline]

Didn't get much done today. But I did paint the flattie '49 Mercury turquois. And I have some paint choices to ponder. Opinions are welcome as usual. Sectioning is not on the table, Bil. ☹....sorry. 

This is my Boyd's stash. I can't decide. Help me!

 

 

 

[customline]

25 minutes ago, LennyB said:

Maybe he's stocking up on TP now that he's run out of eggs.

I know we can't get political but they need to do something about that A$$ HOLE TRUDEAU 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣

Oh, okay, I know..... sorry 💩

Edit: I can't wait till this hits bottom 🙂

Edited March 15 by customline

[LennyB]

16 minutes ago, customline said:

I know we can't get political but they need to do something about that A$$ HOLE TRUDEAU 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣

Oh, okay, I know..... sorry 💩

Edit: I can't wait till this hits bottom 🙂

Are we there yet????🤐

Edited March 15 by LennyB

[customline]

7 hours ago, Bullybeef said:

Clean as a bottom

I have to share this. I visited my local supermarket this afternoon and I'm picking up some Caesar salad kits and in my peripheral vision there's a young girl, and not an attractive one,, wearing gray sweats with the bottoms cut down....waaaaaaay down. Her cheek bottoms are protruding beyond the limits of her pant bottoms by at least three inches.  Now I'm an old guy with a somewhat conservative mentality. I was, regrettably,  disgusted but, okay, entertained 🤣.  Am I okay? Seriously. 🤨

[LennyB]

32 minutes ago, customline said:

I have to share this. I visited my local supermarket this afternoon and I'm picking up some Caesar salad kits and in my peripheral vision there's a young girl, and not an attractive one,, wearing gray sweats with the bottoms cut down....waaaaaaay down. Her cheek bottoms are protruding beyond the limits of her pant bottoms by at least three inches.  Now I'm an old guy with a somewhat conservative mentality. I was, regrettably,  disgusted but, okay, entertained 🤣.  Am I okay? Seriously. 🤨

Are you sure you weren't at Walmart? That's the dress code there.

[customline]

4 minutes ago, LennyB said:

Are you sure you weren't at Walmart? That's the dress code there.

This is Virginia, Lenny, Walmart is waaay worse than that 😉

If this keeps up, I'm going to need to use my rescue inhaler 🤪

Edited March 15 by customline

[customline]

I just thought I'd throw this in here. It's not relevant but it is kinda cool. The monochrome treatment works really nice on this one. Notice the tasteful chop...I thought about doing it on my coupe but then I thought about how much work it is and how much time I spent making stupid carb linkage and I totally relented.  I did get the engine painted and assembled.  Not crazy about the wire boots. I couldn't find the black wire I used for the tudor. It's way out of scale but I felt like it has become standard so who am I to buck the system? Anyway, this is as much as I got done this weekend. The engine is now identified. It's a '49 Mercury!

I borrowed Wifey's heat gun and made these headers. Her heat gun has two heat settings. I used low to bend the 1/16" rod.  I used .015 sheet scrap to make flanges. Teeny, tiny flanges. 😓. I'm not sure how many I lost in the process but I finally managed to fasten two of them to the pipes and I remembered to drill and pin the headers before installing them. This time 😔.

Thanks for stopping in if you did.  If you didn't, well,......you probably won't 😉

[BK9300]

I blistered my finger bending something that small once - hope all your fingers survived.  Nice smooth bends - was worth the effort!

[customline]

57 minutes ago, BK9300 said:

I blistered my finger bending something that small once - hope all your fingers survived.  Nice smooth bends - was worth the effort!

It was pretty easy, Brian. The rods are longer when I make the bends. I cut them afterward. I get the center pipe the way I want it and then tailor the others to it. The toughest part is getting the holes in a nice straight line on the block, especially with my hands. I have had success bending cold but the heat gun I used was made for paper crafting with a low setting. It's very do-able. The set I made for the tudor was done cold. This set was quite a bit easier using heat to bend.  There's a bunch of short pieces when you're done but I save the scrap for other things. Thanks for your interest.

[johnyrotten]

Great looking engine 👌.  Those headers fantastic as well. 

[Bullybeef]

Tidy work on that engine and headers there Jim! 

[NOBLNG]

On 3/15/2025 at 5:19 PM, customline said:

I have to share this. I visited my local supermarket this afternoon and I'm picking up some Caesar salad kits and in my peripheral vision there's a young girl, and not an attractive one,, wearing gray sweats with the bottoms cut down....waaaaaaay down. Her cheek bottoms are protruding beyond the limits of her pant bottoms by at least three inches.  Now I'm an old guy with a somewhat conservative mentality. I was, regrettably,  disgusted but, okay, entertained 🤣.  Am I okay? Seriously. 🤨

It’s amazing what younger people wear to go out these days. Our parents would never have let us out of the house without washing behind our ears and putting on clean underwear. I’ve seen people in stores wearing pyjamas and fuzzy bedroom slippers…in the middle of winter yet.🙄

Edited March 17 by NOBLNG

[NOBLNG]

Nice work on the engine Jim! I usually bend exhaust pipes cold or pass them quickly over a candle to heat them. It would be nice to have a mini heat gun that was tapered down to like a concentrated 1/4” outlet so you didn’t have to roast your fingers at the same time.