Ace-Garageguy Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) This is another one back in the rotation while things dry, or while I work out problems on the other builds. It started as an AMT '40 Tudor Sedan. A comparison of the kit body and the mod bod. This one's getting a Lincoln V-12 flathead, and an early auto gearbox (not the Ford gearbox pictured). Lots of cutting and fabbing to get it all to fit. Edited December 31, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 That is going to be smooth and sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Oh heavens that's looking great so far. Keep it going, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 oh .. please keep this one going!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachinistMark Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie D Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Channeling Harry Westergard with this one. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Looks good. Any ideas on what color its going to be? Keep up the good work. bobthehobbyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Beautiful lines! Are you keeping the running boards or deleting them Jimmy Summers style? BTW, the Revell '40 Ford Standard grill, which has finer bars and is more detailed fits fairly readily into the AMT fenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 WOW ! That looks awesome ! With all the builds you have going , no wonder they never get finished ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.A.K Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Dude thats kool as all hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 NICE SLICING WILLIAM!!! Great start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Please,please, please, keep it going!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trans Am Erik Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Wow that looks good! I'll be watching this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonFL Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Just has that smooth flow to it and that motor is beastly! Keep this one on the bench please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 What kit did the v-12 come from?Awesome idea by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) The look of the nose has been bugging me ever since the beginning. Though I like the '40, it just wasn't getting the overall feeling I was going for, so it's been getting fiddled with for months. I finally came up with a slightly new direction, and I think this is the look I'll stay with. Started by cutting free the front fenders... ...and splicing in the front fenders from a '37. The teardrop headlight treatment, farther inboard than the '40 has them, is more in keeping with the 'Deco' look I'm after. The new front fenders also allowed me to stretch the wheelbase a few scale inches, which tends to give the car more presence, and allows more room for the V12. I've also started building a Carson-style top, cut down from the Phantom Vicky kit. After seeing these pix, it's clear I need to lower the roofline a good bit, but the idea is happening, and I'm pleased with it in its rough state...so far. Once the roof profile is dialed in, I'll address whether or not to square the rear of the front fenders to imitate the '40 design. Edited December 31, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 ooohh thats great !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartster Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 l must've missed this 1st time around. Very cool roadster ! My eyes are having trouble with the vertical grille. It seems like it needs an aggressive forward tilt ? Just a thought. I agree with your front fender mod idea. I'm sure it's gonna look great any way you go, it's already looking like a winner ! Bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) l must've missed this 1st time around. Very cool roadster ! My eyes are having trouble with the vertical grille. It seems like it needs an aggressive forward tilt ? Just a thought. I agree with your front fender mod idea. I'm sure it's gonna look great any way you go, it's already looking like a winner ! Bart Thanks for your input. What I'm leaning to at the moment is vertical bars cut down from a '39 DeLuxe. I want to maintain some obvious visual link to the '39 / '40 Ford, either with the '40 center grille as shown here, or with the '39, but also get an expensive, coachbuilt vibe rather than anything really aggressive. The '39 / '40 Fords have an almost chinless overbite look I'm trying to get away from. Minor tweeking in progress, still. Edited December 31, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragfan Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 nice work Bill, this is going to be a very cool project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartster Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Thanks for your input. What I'm leaning to at the moment is vertical bars cut down from a '39 DeLuxe. I want to maintain some obvious visual link to the '39 / '40 Ford, either with the '40 center grille as shown here, or with the '39, but also get an expensive, coachbuilt vibe rather than anything really aggressive. The '39 / '40 Fords have an almost chinless overbite look I'm trying to get away from. Minor tweeking in progress, still. Gotcha ! Will the '40 headlight bezels fit in the '37 holes ? They are definitely more "upscale" with the finned eyebrows than the '37-'39. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) Gotcha ! Will the '40 headlight bezels fit in the '37 holes ? They are definitely more "upscale" with the finned eyebrows than the '37-'39. One of the reasons I'm using the '37 fenders is to be able to use the fluted glass lenses from the '37, which to me look classier, kinda like custom cut-crystal, rather than the '40 units with generic 7" round sealed-beams in chromed surrounds. The '37-'39 teardrop shaped lights are, to me, more streamilned and again, more in the 'art Deco' vein that I'm after with this car. I'll probably do another version with the '40 nose, as I like it too, but this one will have the earlier fluted lenses. PS. Plowboy supplied the fenders in a trade, so I didn't have to butcher a complete kit. Thank you, sir. Edited December 31, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) The backstory: I'm going for more of the Deco look with this thing, as it's now supposed to represent a late pre-WW2 custom, completed just after the war with a junkyard Lincoln V12 (and in '48, updated with a GM auto gearbox, though I may go back to the 3-speed to represent pre-war completion). A '40 ford would have been a relatively new car, but a rolled Tudor with front-end damage would have been a cost-effective base for something interesting. Junk '37 fenders and a lot of hammering and lead could have produced what's here. Build background: This model started many years ago as a contemporary streetrod... ...morphed into a late '40s hot-rod / custom... ....morphed again into the early '50s full custom shown in the opening shot of the thread, and morphed yet one more time into what it is today. Edited December 31, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagoneer Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Dare I say it, the roof line looks a little low. Will you put a little trim down the sides? I think a typically deco spear might go well there. Maybe even a lip to the arches sorry, fenders. I absolutely adore art deco styling, whatever you produce is going to be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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