1930 Ford Touring Hot Rod

[Dennis Lacy]

Haven’t posted any builds on this forum in quite some time so I thought I’d share some stuff.

This started as an ‘80s issue of the Monogram “Early Iron†series 1930 Ford Touring, or Phaeton as they’re also know. Starting with a Revell ‘32 Ford frame, a custom center cross member, or K-member was created using pieces from the frame in a Revell ‘37 Ford Sedan. The gas tank and rear frame rails on either side of it were removed and a Model A cross member put in place. The front suspension is standard Revell ‘32 Ford with the new hairpin arms from the 5-Window Coupe variation and drum brake plates from a Monogram ‘32 Roadster. The rear axle, spring and brake plates are from Monogram’s ‘32 Roadster with drilled trailing arms and driveshaft made from several kit pieces and Revell ‘40 Ford lever shocks. The front wheels and tires are from the Orange Crate ‘32 Sedan show/race car. The rear wheels are from a Revell ‘26 T Sedan Delivery wrapped in ‘60s Vintage Amt Firestone slicks. The wheels were de-chromed and painted with Testors “Jet Exhaust†with a semi-gloss clear coat to simulate the Dow-7 coating used on vintage magnesium wheels. The small block Chevy engine and trans from a Revell ‘37 Sedan was topped with the finned valve covers and 6x2 intake / carburetor / magneto setup from a Revell ‘30 Ford Woody. The rams-horn exhaust manifolds and front pipes are from a Monogram ‘32 Roadster and mate up to exhaust pipes from a Revell ‘32 kit that were moved towards the center of the chassis 3/16†each. The Touring body was converted from a 4-door to the much rarer 2-door “Sport Phaeton†(Ford offered both in ‘30-’31), wheel wheels from a Revell ‘32 Sedan were installed and the stock Model A firewall was made flat to clear the Chevy. A Revell ‘32 grill shell was used and the insert painted to match the wheels. The stock headlights from a Lindberg ‘34 Pickup were mounted on short stands off of the front of the frame and ‘39 Ford “teardrop†taillights were used out back. The windshield and door handles from a Revell '32 Roadster finish the body. The entire interior unit and dashboard from a Revell ‘32 Sedan was fit with no difficulty and a steering column made from Evergreen 3/16†tube is topped with the Bell sprint-car steering wheel from the Touring kit. Key Colors: Tamiya “Blueâ€, “Light Gunmetalâ€, Duplicolor “Gray Sandable Primer and Testors “Jet Exhaust.â€

[Mike Kucaba]

A nice clean build-up,with a laundry list of kit-bashin'

[Agent G]

Gotta luv a tub!

Cool build.

G

[bigmikevee]

Hey Dennis,

Wow, looks great, what a super sweet car, just looks so right and so clean, love it. Your list of paints and modifications and parts is just so simple but so effective, great all-around display, love the tub, great job, thanks for posting.

Mike

[Danno]

Most sweet!!

[Ragnar]

NICE Build! I've always liked Tubs!

CHEERS!