Deuces: A Pair
Mar 27, 2012 18:17:08 GMT -4
Post by BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON on Mar 27, 2012 18:17:08 GMT -4
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I’ve built quite a few Revell ’32 Fords, .roadsters, coupes, sedans in all varieties from ratty to shiny show cars, competition cars to streets machines, but for some reason, with one exception, they’ve all been fenderless. In an effort to rebalance things a bit I decided to build two Deuces at once, a roadster and a chopped 3-window coupe, both of them based pretty closely on the basic kit (with the obvious change of adding fenders to the highboy-only roadster). My plan was to come up with two very different cars by changing key details. The coupe is a shiny 60’s style street and show rod. The roadster is a late 50’s style roadster with a more worn look and blackwall tires, influenced by the Jim Shelton and Gray Baskerville Deuce roadsters. Here are the results.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
Common Details Shared By Both Builds:
Kit-stock chassis with shaved front spring to lower the front suspension.
Kit-stock fenders, small sealed-beam headlights, body trim pieces, hoods and grill shells. Model Car Garage photo-etch grills painted body color on the coupe and matched to the wheel color on the roadster.
AMT Firestone Supreme front tires and Goodyear GT Radial rear tires.
Kit-stock-transmission and drive line.
Morgan Auto Detail coils and pre-wired distributors.
Roadster Details:
Revell Parts Pack Small Block Chevy with AMT Chevrolet script valve covers.
Kit-stock-body shell with modified kit interior: Seat raised ¼” top position seat bolster above rear deck; kit dashboard has a/c vents and cassette player removed and gauges moved left in front of driver.
Windshield chopped 2 scale inches.
Revell ’32 Ford 5-window kit steelies with Revell trim rings and AMT Ford Deluxe hubcaps.
Testors Mythical Maroon lacquer paint over Duplicolor Red Oxide primer with Krylon semi-gloss clear coat.
Coupe Details:
Resin 3-window body shell with 3 1/2 scale inch chop courtesy of e-Bay seller “gregory23c”.
“Hemi”: engine, interior, taillights, stock hood sides and Torq-Thrust wheels from a Revell ’32 Ford 5-window kit. Carburetors replaced with two 4 barrels from the small block Fords founf in all Revell Deuce kits. Air cleaners are from my parts box.
Vinyl whitewall transfers courtesy of “Dirk”.
Paint is Tamiya PS-19 Camel Yellow over Duplicolor white primer with Testors Wet-Look clear.
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