classic hauler with a 32 ford saltlake racer......

[crazyrichard]

hi all , saw this kit for sale and had to buy it straight away , back in the day people here got their license in a opel blitz , they where made from van like to mild truck like this one..

when they passed the drivers test they got a lisence for car and truck in one go

so far the boring part , just knew i had to hotrod this kit and i decided to trun it into a hotrod flatbed transporter

the shapes are so perfect to hotrod it

Edited November 10, 2012 by crazyrichard

[crazyrichard]

started this after posting the topic and i already had a good head start today

chassis

then used the engine from the kit i was thinking of using a ford v8 but i will keep the hood closed and a removable hood would ebcome too flimsy atm with the cab in several sections

then started to build the cab

getting some idea's

the kit includes tyres from hard plastic instead of rubber so i looked in the partsboxes and used these rubber ones

then channeled the cab and set it nice and low , not to low , still needs to be a kind of flatbed truck

tyres still run free and the whole assembly still steers

[crazyrichard]

put some new tyres in the rear wheels

and just put this on the table and started to think waht to do at the back

then it hit me , use teh chassis and engine from the dan fink woody witch i used the body from for the towtruck build

and i had a loose deuce body with no roof lying aound ....and make a salt lake racer to put on it

[crazyrichard]

sanded the body tonight ....turned out great after building that cab out of several lose parts , doesnt involve a lot of extra work

[Custom Mike]

Richard, this kit would be the perfect candidate for a chopped top, the body is already in pieces! Great work so far, I'll be watching!

[jcbigpaw]

Looking good so far. These kind of matched builds are very popular at the car shows. Keep it coming.

[cobraman]

Nice job with the muli piece body. I still cringe when I see one due to the ones I built years ago by Palmer and Pyro.

[crazyrichard]

Richard, this kit would be the perfect candidate for a chopped top, the body is already in pieces! Great work so far, I'll be watching!

thnx and yes i thought about chopping the roof but the roof is not real high stock .. and seeing how high the actual cabine is at the sides .. would become a bit out of proportion .. at least that was what i thought liooking at the body ..

there would be a bog chance it would look odd ...

but dont worry i have some plans to spice up the looks of the cabine a bit

Looking good so far. These kind of matched builds are very popular at the car shows. Keep it coming.

thnx !

Edited November 4, 2012 by crazyrichard

[crazyrichard]

Nice job with the muli piece body. I still cringe when I see one due to the ones I built years ago by Palmer and Pyro.

well when i saw the cabine i was really expecting a lot of work ...i never did one like this also

when putting the parts together there was some tension / stress on the parts but after some tape to hold it togheter it really wasnt that bad ..

also helps to really sand the contact lines flat , when you look real close they always have some inperfections

ps i needed to do 2 posts for 3 quotes ?? it said to many blocks of quotes .. weird why would there be no room for 3 quotes in one post ??

Edited November 4, 2012 by crazyrichard

[crazyrichard]

started with the deuce body , flattened all the edges after the roof removal .. sanded some round shapes in it again

and made de interiour flow nicely into the body edges at the back

then started a visor , used a chevy rear bumper for this

made some rough side caps

aftyer the first flattening

sanded some more and made strips wich run from the visor onto the side of the cab

[Erik Smith]

I like it! Great looking stance.

[Foxer]

Nice visor ... the edges put just the right look on it!

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys

just did some work on the racer ... crappy pics due to the red of the body and the fact its dark outside

i narrowed the bottom of the body slightly by glueing it onto the interiour box , this created a more sleek shape

then glued the forewall against the front and not inbetweer the body .. and at the bottom let it stick outside the body

then flattened that so its one piece with the body

after some sanding its flush and the kind of raised line on the side runs through into the firewall now , because i kept that lower and created a edge , i love the shape like this

really crappy pic of the interiour wich also is worked onto the body so you dont see ugly gaps inside

then put the dash onto the edge and not under it and also let that stick out and made it flush / whole with the body

then started a tonneau cover all just basics and nothing will really stay this way

[ryanm]

thats awesome man ive got dreams for a hauler my self might do half van we,ll see

[crazyrichard]

thnx , yes something i had on my mind for a while also

and i'd love to see more of these build so go for it , and a more van like hauler is also very very cool

[Ace-Garageguy]

Great work so far. Really cool.

[crazyrichard]

thnx

small update

[H.A.K]

This looks soooo goood

[crazyrichard]

it does fit well yes

but thats the fun i can put any rod on the back , so in the end i wioll make some pics with several rods

[crazyrichard]

closed the front today

[crazyrichard]

started a custom front suspension , never made this , luckely i had some old f1 parts and some hubs ...

also used the front frame rails from the woody kit left overs

needs more like shocks and steering rack

roughly the ride hight , sprayes some white wall tyres myself a while back , gonna use those with cobra wheels i just like the looks

gonna do salt weathering later on

Edited November 7, 2012 by crazyrichard

[crazyrichard]

connected the hubs today , and used a spring from a pen to make springs

again i'm building this dry lake racer to put on the back of the truck but its starting to become a build on its own ..

also this is just build with left overers out of the partsboxes so i have to be a bit creative

the underside will be all smooth for streamline , just a start , will make a reces for the engine / carter

Edited November 8, 2012 by crazyrichard

[crazyrichard]

found some plastic window things , dont know how you guys call them we call them lamellen , they are like curtains on a rails and you can close them or open them (hang in a row)

perfect for making model stuff with , cheaper then styreen since they where trown away

i also have smooth ones ...

cant really see it now with this light but i can use it as a floor and those recesses looks great .. will be the top layer of a thicker floor

also very nice stuff for my diorama !!

then started to make struts to the shocks .. i know shocks and springs are usually not sitting straight like this , i wanted to use a bar and make the suspension ridgid .. but i thought springs would add some detail ..

i had no real room to let them go sideways so i kind of made up this ... something difefrent i guess

first wanted to do a ridged version like that but changed to springs when i was almost done

after a lot of trial and error i finally found a noce base shape for a grille .. used the inner grille part of a 53 ford pick up

needs wat more work and shaping and making it flow with the body

[crazyrichard]

fastdrying bondo in the seems .. i could not help myself and went outside and sprayed some primer lol

still wet on the pics .....

[southpier]

is there a time period when this type of suspension would be popular?

thanks