Flintstone '36 Ford Sedan

[Lyle Willits]

Before I so rudely interupted myself with all those '57 Chevys, I was working on this '36 Ford. Flintstone body, wheels from,,,,uh,,,,,,caps from AMT '53 Ford pickup, old AccuPro photoetched grille painted black (AccuPro is long out of business but The Model Car Garage makes the same photoetched grille.) Keeping the frame and chassis pretty much stock because I don't feel like modifying everything and besides, I don't display my models upside down. Using the flathead from a Revell '32 sedan but I grafted the "lump" of a transmission from the original AMT '36 Ford kit, again, because I didn't want to modify the frame.

Split a front seat, modified a second seat for the rear. scratchbuilt the side panels, arm rests, cranks and handles. color scheme will be just like the Dave Lindsay photo below.

[Fletch]

Very Cool Lyle, I like where you're headed with this one, contemporary yet very traditional. Which hood are you using for this build? As I have yet to find a hood in my stash that will fit the JF body. You're considerably farther on yours then I am on mine as I only have the fenders primed.

[Bernard Kron]

Really nice stance and good looking body. The hood looks like you've installed a piano hinge of some sort. Is that scratch built? And the interior looks like it will be very nice.

[Foxer]

I love that body ...and all looking great! I was wondering about that hood also.. my guess is a hinge .. or you just welded the fold shut!

[Alfa]

Nice looking 36 Lyle,

[Lyle Willits]

Very Cool Lyle, I like where you're headed with this one, contemporary yet very traditional. Which hood are you using for this build? As I have yet to find a hood in my stash that will fit the JF body. You're considerably farther on yours then I am on mine as I only have the fenders primed.

The hood from the OLD AMT '36 worked (yellow plastic and box art - roadster or coupe) but, oddly enough, the hood SIDES from that kit wouldn't fit. I'm using the hood sides from a Dick Tracy reissued kit but still had to add some plastic to the edges of those pieces. Basically, I had to play with all these pieces to make them fit properly.