Monogram '32 Ford Street Rod Classic Cruiser

[Mr. Metallic]

Thanks for backing me up Danno. i thought that was the sequence of events on the Big T and Deuce

[Fat Brian]

I just bought two of these at Hobby Lobby for $7 each. I had built it years ago when it was yellow on the box and had wire wheels and the up top.

[Gary66]

Is the engine that was in the Son of Ford version able to be sourced from other Monogram kits?

[The Styrene Chemist]

I've build this kit. Plenty of possibilites with it. Although there are no spare parts...

[Dan Helferich]

It sure would be nice to have the Little Deuce parts restored! I walked in to a dollar store in Warren MI. in 1998 and found these kits (the yellow '90's version) bagged, complete except for the box for a buck each. I bought all 26 of them.

[Ace-Garageguy]

I've been buying distressed versions of these to get the louvered hoods and the fairly-correct '39 and later Ford hydraulic-brake backing plates.....a must-have to do period '32 hot-rods.

[Joe Handley]

To bad they can't just do a version that has parts from all the versions of this kit in one box. Wouldn't be cheap, but multiple wheels and tires, engines, grills, ect could make for a bunch of build variations on the roadster and allow for resto parts for those looking to rebuild older issues.

[Greg Myers]

Monogram used to do 'em that way, back in the day.

Edited December 9, 2012 by Greg Myers

[Dave Darby]

I was going to say, if you are building a period hot rod with no fenders, this kit has the best dropped I beam front axle/39-up juice brake set-up ever put to styrene. With just a bit of fiddling, the steelies and tires from the Revell 40-48 Ford kits go right on. I have a huge stack of these kits just for that reason.

And it's easy to do a little parts swapping with other Monogram kits to build a cool period rod, too...

[Draggon]

Is the engine that was in the Son of Ford version able to be sourced from other Monogram kits?

That Pontiac engine only came in the "Little Deuce". The "Son of Ford" had a Chevy. Every other incarnation also had the Chevy. I have saved the Pontiac for years, along with the 6 deuces, for a reincarnation of the original.

Edited December 10, 2012 by Draggon

[Dave Darby]

The Pontiac engine was in there all the way through the black "Early Iron" issue.

[dodgefever]

Is the engine that was in the Son of Ford version able to be sourced from other Monogram kits?

The ZZ top coupe has a Pontiac engine, bastardised to pass for an SBC (incorrect valve covers). It's still a Pontiac block & heads with an early Ford trans, so with some Pontiac valve covers and a more old school intake, you're in business. Given the ZZ top coupe is a modified reissue of the old Monogram '34 coupe, I'd expect the engine to drop into the '32 without too much trouble.

[Pete L.]

Fellas,

I'm a big fan of the old Monogram kits...thanks for all the great info, keep it coming !!!

Pete

[Mark]

Monogram tried to pass it off as a "Boss 302 Mustang" engine. Why didn't they just call it a "GTO Judge" engine? They'd have at least been in the ballpark...

[Don Sikora II]

Actually, Don, Darryl Starbird built the 1:1 in 1964 and Monogram created the Big Deuce kit later from the full-sized rod. The Little Deuce came along even later as an effort to capture more of the modeling market from kids who couldn't afford the 1/8 scale Big Deuce. Both kits were quite popular.

The Big Deuce kit came out in 1963.

[Don Sikora II]

The Pontiac engine was in there all the way through the black "Early Iron" issue.

Dave's right about the engine, it was in the Early Iron version too. The Monogram Sand Shark that was in SSP also had a similar Pontiac motor. It's not exactly the same, but it should be a decent start.

[bigphoto]

It sure would be nice to have the Little Deuce parts restored! I walked in to a dollar store in Warren MI. in 1998 and found these kits (the yellow '90's version) bagged, complete except for the box for a buck each. I bought all 26 of them.

You would!!......LOL

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Does this kit come with chrome reversed steelies?

[Casey]

Does this kit come with chrome reversed steelies?

Yes.

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Thanks Casey.

[oldnslow]

The Tiajuana Taxi has a similar engine to the son of ford.

[Chuck Most]

If you ask me, just the brake backing plates and suspension pieces make this kit worth buying. The rest of the kit's nice (other than that grille that gets wider toward the bottom), but those parts in particular are very well done. Just a pity that the frame is molded in with the fender unit.

[gwolf]

Has anyone had any luck cutting the fenders off the frame? I bought this kit thinking it'd be a two piece.

[Greg Myers]

tough job but it can be done. I think I glued the body to the frame / fenders to do it , destroying the fenders in the process.

[fractalign]

A truly awful kit for all the reasons mentioned above but still leagues ahead of the AMT version !