32 Ford S/R

[oldnslow]

I was cruising E-bay and saw a Son of Ford kit for sale and was inspired by the box art. I have the same kit but after seeing what the partially built kit sold for (over $150) , I decided to save mine and see if I could build one like it out of parts from other kits I already have. I found the wheels and tires in the new Tijuana Taxi kit, but these tires don't have the sidewall detail of the original kit, so I went searching in my parts pile and found a matching Goodyear, I wanted more than 1 so I made a mold and cast a few for future use. The front tires seemed too large, so back in the parts pile and I came up with a pair of Firestones from the old Revel double kits, cast these also. I wanted more modern running gear, so I pirated the trailing arms, rear end, drive shaft and engine and transmission from a Monogram McDonalds Thunderbird stock car kit. The fuel tank came from the Taxi kit, I made the roll bar from solder and cut the windshield out of clear acetate. I also added tail lights from a Mustang out of the parts box. To update the looks of the over all car I removed the running boards, lowered the front and angled the front tires. Engine ignition wiring and fuel lines were added to spice up under the hood.

Edited December 25, 2011 by oldnslow

[John Pol]

Where are the pictures lol?

John Pol

[oldnslow]

I hope these show up better, the first time I copied them from my hard drive.

 

The rear fenders were bobbed, the gas tank smoothed to look like a rolled pan.

 

 

 

I used the louvered hood from the donor kit and the hood ornament.

 

 

 

 

Here are the Mustang tail lights and the solder roll bar.

 

 

 

 

The Taxi moon style tank.

 

 

 

 

A little wiring and plumbing under the hood, OH, and the hood ornament

 

 

 

 

This could be for the work bench Saturday topic. You can see the second donor (yellow parts) and the original kit (orange parts).

 

 

 

 

 

I added some aluminum tubing to the headers after cutting them off just after the collector started.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 3, 2017 by oldnslow
lost pics

[eviltwincustoms]

Nice little 32, looks like Stacy Davids Rat Roaster.

[futurattraction]

Cool build! You've done a super clean job on her!

[tyrone]

wow, this is a cool build, I like it alot,, the enigne looks killer...

[Sixx]

NICE build!!!!! I dig the hood ornament!!!!!!!!!

[crazyjim]

Sweet and SHINY :)

[oldnslow]

Thanks guys,

Jim, I'll bring it to the club meeting next month, see you there.

Robert

[crazyjim]

Sounds good. I'll bring something SHINY :) too and blow those rusty guys away, or maybe let Don's alien chaser get them. January 7, 2012, 10:00am, Hobby Lobby in Ocala. Scratch built distributor tutorial going to happen and a model car/truck swap & sell in the parking lot after the meeting.