29 Ford Roadster Pickup

[Rick Schmidt]

Started this little dude last night. very scary trying to get it into this shape due to the brittle plastic but it's there. So far the channel and wheels will be the only changes made. Got her channeled the height of the rails and Managed to do so and still keep the original interior by only raising the floor. Not sure how the exhaust works yet but am going to try to keep the kit exhaust too. On to a few starter pics

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And now the pic of the truck when I got it So some of yas can cry .....

Yes this be a Monogram Blue Beetle ... Still has the pretty Cadillac script on the valve covers and all...

[bryan_m]

nice project, love these little trucks!

cheers

bryan

[Dennis Lacy]

Cool project! I've always enjoyed the Monogram '29 roadster pickup kits. And I say good for you, using an old Blue Beetle. There's enough of them built "box art" style.

Interestingly I built a very similar RPU about this time last year. Mine was based off of the later "Early Iron" issues. When I channeled mine I simply cut out the interior floor by scribing around its perimeter until my knife broke through. Since the frame is narrow the interior sides slipped down beside the frame rails, I just had to cut out the back to match the cab for the channel. In the end the floor got attached seperately.

Here's the finished truck. I robbed the whole chassis and '32 shell from the newest realease of the '30 Woody which has a hopped up Chevy engine. Wheels and tires are from the various Revell hot rod kits. A lot of guys told me to shorten the bed and chop the windshield but I like the funky proportions.

[cobraman]

Wow, is that nice ! That looks very nice.

[Dr. Cranky]

Sweet in that yellow. Nice.