L'il Deuce Coffin

[Dave Mikrut]

One of my all time favorite show cars was the L'il Coffin car. I never built the kit as is...come to

think of it, I've never done that with any kit HAHA! So I got to thinking if I mated it with a 32 Ford,

it may just be a drivable custom. The Coffin body was too wide, so a section from the center

needed to be cut out for it to line up with the AMT Deuce body. I used sheet styrene to close

the opening in the roof, I also used the back fenders from a R/M Deuce applied backwards and

puttied in for the rear. If you notice on the inside, sides and rear, plates of stryrene are used to

stiffen the construction and take the stress off of the seams. I use Ambroid Pro Weld and Crazy

glue gels and zip kickers for most of my "modifications". I opened the doors and they will be

hinged using aluminum wire. As you can see some small strips of styrene were glued into places

that needed filling. I prefer to do that, the less putty used the less cracking or shrikage that may

happen 10 years from now. So here's how the body work has been so far...I WILL get this car

finished for the 2007 Toledo NNL !

[parki]

Wow, thats different. Cant wait to see some more pictures of this one.