1932 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton

[High octane]

Hi,

second supplement (after my Ghia) while the forum was down and today i am not as busy like the past time to post it.

Finished in april i will show you my Imperial Phaeton, Italerie Kit No.704. Nothing special, straight out of the box with some wiring.

Enjoy

...i hate this "high detailed firewall"...

In the meantime, the runningboards are black painted.

Thanks for attetion, comments welcome - as always

Nothing special? Well send it over to me as it would look great in my display case. You did a really nice job on that build.

[Richard Bartrop]

Nicely done. Good colour choice, and good research on the engine. I am thinking that convertible boot should be a flat colour instead of semigloss. The ridges on the tire colour and on the front of the rear fender could probably use some foil. The door hinges have already been address, but when you're dealing withcustom bodies, there's always some variation in trim, and some 32 Imperials don't have them, so that's not always a hard and fast rule. Depends on how picky you want to be about these things.

[Dominik]

Thank you very much for comments,

Richard, good points again. I think about some trim. Will just google some, to look at the chrome parts.

If i can remove the convertible boot, i will paint it flat.

[KevinMoparFord]

Looks great. Are the wire wheels really detailed like that on the 1:1 cars? Looks nice and not trying to knock your model, I was just curious if that is how the real cars are.

[Richard Bartrop]

Looks great. Are the wire wheels really detailed like that on the 1:1 cars? Looks nice and not trying to knock your model, I was just curious if that is how the real cars are.

The wheels on the actual car, like most during that era, were painted, and there was an optional trim ring like you see on later model Fords, and 70's muscle cars. Some companies, like Cadillac, offered wheels with stainless steel spokes on a painted rim. A few did have fully chromed wire wheels, but there weren't nearly as common as you see on models, or even newer restorations.

[Dominik]

Thanks Richard for explaining.
i disliked the fully chromed wire wheels, thats why i painted it in a matching color.

[sjordan2]

Chrome wire wheels would be rare, but not unheard-of, as on this 1932 Chrysler Phaeton. Certainly, restorers can pimp them out any way they want, but cars of this order could also have whatever special order items a buyer asked for.

Edited August 20, 2013 by sjordan2