1/25 AMT '49 Ford

[53John]

I am starting this and noticed no headers to attach to the

exhaust system. I built AMT '53 F-100 and it also has a flat head 8

but had a cross over pipe from left side to right so the exhaust

could exit(single exhaust) on right side to the tail pipe. Is the '49

Ford similar? Is there somewhere I can get this "aftermarket" or will

I be better off to scratch build it? I am also guessing the engine

would be dark green, tranny also or aluminum? My parents had a '50 Ford,

3 speed on the colum when I was a kid,I guess it was a '50 it was Hawaiian

Bronze(Root Beer Brown to me), and that color didn't come out till'50.

This is close to it as I get, really liked that old brown Ford!

[Len Geisler]

John,

I would have to dig my kit out again, but IIRC, I fabb'ed some aluminum pipes for exhaust off the headders. Made them look like dump pipes. I just left the "stock" exhaust alone. You can also get some really nice flatty headders from Relicas and Miniatures of Maryland, I have used them on other projects before...

Enjoy and post some shots of that build...

Now where did I put that darned Ford....LOL....

[Terror]

That pic you posted(engine drawing) shows the headers on it.Lets see some plastic man.

[53John]

Plastic you want, plastic you got. First pic shows

parts, no headers. Second pic shows engine assy.,

no headers. Third pic shows '53 Ford engine assy.

with crossover headers. I rest my case.

[53John]

Got bored waiting for '74 Daisy Dukes Road Runner

to arrive in mail so I started Mom's old brown Ford.

Decided to do engine dark green and scratch build

headers using my 1/25 AMT '53 F-100 flat head eight

as a pattern to go by. Not much to see so far---John

[Eric Stone]

Is that supposed to be a log type manifold molded into the block, just below the head?

[Hoosierfarmboy]

Having had a 1:1 50 ford, the stock trans were cast just like the block. For stock paint them black for simple build or use one of the matalizers that would replicate the cast color.

[53John]

Randy---Would the tranny be gloss black or be better

as a metalic gray to simulate cast? Eric, the area below

the head looks like a "shelf" but maybe AMT meant it to

simulate a "log manifold"? If so I still need a crossover

pipe and a pipe exiting to the exhaust system on the right side.

Thank you for your comments and help.---John

[gary]

Randy---Would the tranny be gloss black or be better

as a metalic gray to simulate cast? Eric, the area below

the head looks like a "shelf" but maybe AMT meant it to

simulate a "log manifold"? If so I still need a crossover

pipe and a pipe exiting to the exhaust system on the right side.

Thank you for your comments and help.---John

John - yeah, that horizontal blob of plastic is suppose to be the exhaust manifold, and as you discovered this kit doesn't have the cross over pipe. A better example of what you're trying to achieve is the AMT '49 Mercury engine:

http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/instruction_sheetsh/instruction_sheets/amt/amt_49_mercury_2dr_coupe/49_mercury_amt_3.html

or the Lindberg '53 Ford:

http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/instruction_sheetsh/instruction_sheets/linberg/lindberg-53-ford-vi/

Gary

[53John]

Gary---thanks, that looks like my '53 F-100 engine posted above.---John

[53John]

Is there any web sites that give interior colors and or pictures?

[53John]

[53John]

Engine almost done except for exhaust crossover pipe.

Did some painting on dash and interior.