34 ford rat truck

[Dweb7321]

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum. I'm very impressed by the great work I've seen on here. My latest project is Lindberg's 34 ford truck. For starters, the fenders have been removed, the top is chopped, the cab has been channelled over the frame, and the rear of the frame has been zee'd. The wheel/tire combo is from the amt 62 catalina and the engine shown in the mock up is from the tom daniel pie wagon (but it may not be used in the final build. future plans include bobbing the bed a little and figuring out my engine choice and paint colors. Let me know what you think and any tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks

[crazyjim]

Looks like it'll be a beast. Welcome to the forum, David.

[rmvw guy]

I like the way it's going. After building three of these, which always come out the same for me, I wish I had the guts to do what you are doing. This is a wonderful kit in stock form but, I love what you are doing to it. I always thought it looked like it would be an easy chop. Keep it going and I might copy this one.

[Dr. Cranky]

I like the way this one is headed . . . keep it going.

[Dweb7321]

Thanks for the comments and the welcome guys! And the chop was pretty easy, only the second I've ever done, the first was a 50 chevy pickup and it didn't turn out as well.

[BOSWELL891]

Looks good so far

[Dweb7321]

well I've made my final decision on the engine, I found a buick nailhead in the parts box from the 40 ford sedan delivery, it has all the parts but the three carbs (hopefully I'll find them soon). I know it's cliche but i think I'm going with a flat or gloss black paint job for the body with red or lime green wheels and accents. It's been done a million times but why mess with what works. more pictures to come when I get a little further along.

[Assa9]

How bout smoke grey metallic w orange wheels? That would look good imo great job

[Dweb7321]

Minor update

I haven't had much time to work on it lately but I was able to get my bed cut down to the length i wanted, I just have to put it back together and cut out the floor so it will sit lower where I zee'd the frame. I also have the nail head I plan on using. thanks guys

[Jantrix]

Yeah, I'm digging it. Keep on.

[Mr.Zombie]

Cool! Can you tell me what kit it is, and more important, where did you get that front tyres from?

[Dweb7321]

the kit is the lindberg 34 ford 3 in 1 truck and the wheels and tires came from the amt 62 pontiac catalina

[Brizio]

Nice!

[Foxer]

I like the trick on the front using the roof visor to avoid splicing in a piece to lengthen the roof.

[Mr.Zombie]

the kit is the lindberg 34 ford 3 in 1 truck and the wheels and tires came from the amt 62 pontiac catalina

Thank you dude! Now off to buy a Catalina just for the tyres...

[01blueedge]

great start cant wait to see some more progress on this one

[rmvw guy]

Yeah, can't wait to see more. The colors sound good to me and the smoked metalic with orange wheels sounds good too. For some reason that makes me think of Jimmy Shine's hot rod.

[tooltas]

why not uses the kits 390cube inch ford in the kit..

[Dweb7321]

thanks for all the kind words guys. I'll try to update as often as possible

Foxer- I can't take credit for the visor thing. thats the way the kit is made, everything lined up perfect after cutting and the visor went on just like it would on an uncut cab

rmvw guy- I've noticed that too, it has the stance. I would love to make a replica of it but I could never pull it off, body paint is my achilles heel, thats why I seldom finish anything and a bare metal looking job would be impossible for me lol. I wouldn't know where to find those military wheels either.

[Dweb7321]

tooltas- I thought about it but I wanted somthing that looked older and less common, I'm thinking of possibly using the kit engine in another project

[RatRodMarc]

i like it very nice truck love the chop

[Olds Rocket 88]

More, More, More, More, More.......

[Dweb7321]

thanks for all the comments guys, sorry I haven't updated in a while. for now all I have are a few new mock up pics, I'm going a little more traditional with it. as you can see, I still have to modify my grill shell to get it to line up with the cab again. The bed floor still needs to be modified but you can see how much I shortened it and the cool moon tank I found in a parts box from when my dad built models as a kid in the 60's and 70's (side note: I also found an origional ed roth weird ohs dracula driving a coffin, and although it's broken some, it's mostly still there)

and since I'm bored here's a few pics of my other current distractions from finishing anything

Edited April 13, 2012 by Dweb7321