John Goschke Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 Well, through no rational process and with something like ten other projects in various stages of completion, I've started another one. Crazy, I know. But, been wanting an unchopped five-window to go with my other Trophy-series Deuces and found a decent body for $2.00 at Super Sept. Showdown. Took it home and stripped the paint, and got rid of AMT's wacky section job by splicing in a section from a roadster body to correct the lower body profile. The chassis, rear axle and exhaust are from an AMT '32 phaeton kit, dropped front axle is from the '34 pickup. Split the wishbone from the phaeton. Headlights from the Monogram ex-Little T. Hop-up parts from the '34 5-window on '32 5-window flathead. Original issue wide-5s and wheelcovers from AMT '36 Ford with rear tires from '56-vintage Johan promo and front tires from PMC '54 Nash promo. Instead of the deep channel of the original AMT 5-window, this one's channeled only the height of the frame. Going for a late '40s - early '50s look with this one.
Terror Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 Love the black and white theme,I like it,very clean..
Camshaft Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) Nice job on the "sheetmetal surgery." The mild body channelling looks fantastic. Edited November 8, 2011 by Camshaft
rustybill1960 Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Very old school! Nice, sharp and clean! I applaud your efforts so far Sir!! Thank You for sharing!! I also share your sentiments on your build ethics too! I have over twelve in various stages of completion! Ha! Later Russ
Modellpularn Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Very nice! AMT's Deuces have this ailment that you cured. The pieshaped section job.... How much did you add to the bottom of the body? I've been thinking of doing the same "operation", or surgery.
John Goschke Posted November 9, 2011 Author Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Very nice! AMT's Deuces have this ailment that you cured. The pieshaped section job.... How much did you add to the bottom of the body? I've been thinking of doing the same "operation", or surgery. Thanks for the kind words, guys! To answer Hans' question here's a shot of the passenger's side with the patch highlighted in red... Note that the bottom corner in front of the rear wheel arch is in its original position. Basically what's needed is for the lower body edge to rotate down from that point to add depth at the cowl. The reworked body measures 7/8" from the bottom of the upper body molding at the cowl to the bottom front corner of the body vs. 25/32" on the original. Edited November 10, 2011 by John Goschke
Jantrix Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Looks great. It has an excellent authentic look.
Greg Pugh Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 John, I'm a big fan of your work. I can't wait to see what this one ends up looking like!
Modellpularn Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Thanks for the info! But I think you got us scandinavians a little mixed up..... maybe Thor was interested too.....
John Goschke Posted November 10, 2011 Author Posted November 10, 2011 Thanks for the info! But I think you got us scandinavians a little mixed up..... maybe Thor was interested too..... Oops, sorry, Hans! It's fixed now.
W-409 Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 This is really great project. I'm really Glad when I see these really Traditional Hot Rods, or Customs etc. Not too modern... The stance looks very good and body shapes are great, not too much Chopped or channeled, great job. I'll be following this, because Old School Is Cool!
pepperdrumstix Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 Fine work so far. Did you have trouble with mold lines around the back window area? Especially around the lower window position above the rear trunk area. I had heard the original mold was damaged in that area after the trophy series of kits and that's why it was not re-issued for a long time. I like this hot rod old school style build a lot. The flat head is perfect with the 2 carb manifold. Keep us posted please. I've always wondered why the body was molded like that with the lower section job. Maybe so it could be built as a channelled east coast style rod back in the day. But it was so the body would fit the fenders better with the frame molded to the fenders was what I always thought was the reason. Looks nice corrected. Patrick
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