40 coupe...

[hemithunder]

Finished this today and thought I'd throw it up..

I started out with a willy's gluebomb and accidently set it on top of 40 ford front clip. It looked cool so I started cutting.

Engine is a Desoto "Fire Dome" Hemi. The interior is the rear seat section of a 58 Impala.

I weathered the paint and added dimpled welds to appear like they were unfinished. Because my father always says, "poor country boys use what they have."

Hope you like it. Comments welcome.

[Duntov]

Drew:

This is interesting. Looks a bit like a moonshine runner! I also like your dads idea of "using what you have". I have done a couple of builds that were very successful by "limiting" myself to what the real 1:1 car (and builder) could have had on hand....given date-place-time of build etc. This one looks good and I really like the approach.....

Regards

Bill (Duntov)

[Sixties Sam]

Looks like that '40 front end was made for the Willys. Nice job! The weathering looks like you just found it in a barn!

Sam

[jedimastergary]

Looks great like they were meant to be together it one

cool rat rod like they had a ford front and Willys body

and threw it together so they ad a car

[hemithunder]

Drew:

This is interesting. Looks a bit like a moonshine runner! I also like your dads idea of "using what you have". I have done a couple of builds that were very successful by "limiting" myself to what the real 1:1 car (and builder) could have had on hand....given date-place-time of build etc. This one looks good and I really like the approach.....

Regards

Bill (Duntov)

If you looked in the trunk you'd know for sure! Notice the plate. I actually built this to go along with my still diorama.

[Eshaver]

Ya know I bet Edsel Ford had already had this idea and the "Old man " probably Kyboshed it too. Budd Body company which made a lot of bodies for the Ford Comapany would have been the company to have done this one had Ford not been in such dire financal straights then . Very interesting ride ! Ed Shaver

Edited April 15, 2010 by Eshaver

[Casey]

Are those the large diameter Chevy rally wheels from the recent Revell '57 Bel Air release?

I like the body combo. It reminds me of the nose conversions they had for VW Beetles in the '70s.

[hemithunder]

Are those the large diameter Chevy rally wheels from the recent Revell '57 Bel Air release?

I like the body combo. It reminds me of the nose conversions they had for VW Beetles in the '70s.

Casey. No the wheels are from an AMT Slammers snapkit called Black Force.

[hemithunder]

Here are a few in progress pics.

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Nice car. I especially like the choice of rims

[made007]

i wanted to cast those rims, but i havent found the black force slammer

[Danno]

Cool idea, neat build.

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Can't believe I failed to notice it was supposed to be a Willys. I thought that Ford looked a bit off. Lmao two of (many) fav cars and I couldnt notice it.

Never though of it, but mixing the two makes perfect sense visually.