Seventh Completion of 2012

[Steve_L]

These are pictures of a 1932 Ford Roadster that I call AlumaDeuce. The project began in 2004 and became stalled for almost 8 years. Some encouragement from ACME club members helped me finish the project for the “Deuce” theme at the recent Magic City Modelers “Birmingham Classic” car show.

I started with an R/M 1932 Ford Highboy kit and made many modifications to arrive at the original vision I had for the car. I removed portions of the front of the frame and deeply Z’ed the front. I deeply C’ed the rear of the frame and fabricated a new rear cross member. I modified the body to resemble a roadster pickup. I added a full air bag suspension. I installed a flathead motor with Ardun Heads driving a T56 six speed transmission. The motor features adapted Corvette LS1 fuel injection. Here are some “under construction" photos of the project:

As the first picture shows, I built the project in modules to make final assembly easier. I added pins to allow me to mock up various parts. I also used white glue and “Fun Tack” to position parts for mocking up.

I put about 125 hours into the project. I used a lot of aftermarket detailing parts from Arrowhead Aluminum, Detail Master, Machined Aluminum Specialties, Model Car Garage, Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland and Scale Repro’s Plus.

Duplicolor primer, color and clear coat paint gave me the finish I wanted. I used polishing pads and Novus to finish the paint.

This was the most complex and challenging and detailed project I have completed, so far.

Enjoy!

Edited April 6, 2012 by Steve_L

[krazyglu]

Steve that my friend is rad to the bone. I love the air ride and all the hard lines you used to plumb it. Really cool build and nice job on completing it.

[Dirty Gringo]

Nice work mate

[RatRodMarc]

nice work i love the air ride one word kool

[Jantrix]

Very nice work. Well done.

[Mr Dedo]

Yes, that really turned out great!

[Brizio]

Nice!