Chopped & Channeled 3-window Deuce Coupe, Late 50's Show Car
Jul 29, 2021 21:21:38 GMT -4
Post by BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON on Jul 29, 2021 21:21:38 GMT -4
Radically chopped& channeled ’32 Ford 3-window coupe, done late 50’s show car style
I was looking over my stash of Revell ’32 Ford kits and I thought it would be fun to build a radically chopped channeled Deuce coupe. I chose the 3-window style because that’s the classic “Little Deuce Coupe”. I also decided to save as many of the kitr parts that I knew I could use for future hot rod projects as I could. With so many of us being home bound under the current difficulties model kit prices have skyrocketed and I decided that the kit chassis, in particular, would be best saved for a highboy build since the chassis on a lowboy channeled rod is virtually invisible except for the front hald of the frame. As a result I landed up tracing the shape of the Revell Deuce frame rales and scratch building my own deeply z’d and dropped frame. This set the tone for the rest of the build which features a lot of scratch building and kit bashing. Here’s a breakdown of what I did.
Modifications to Revell 3-window Coupe donor kit: Top chopped 3 ½ scale inches, windshield chopped to fit. Grill shell chopped 4 scale inches with customized grill. Dashboard modified for custom gauges. Interior re-skinned with styrene sheet to simulated diamond quilted and tuck and roll interior. Rear suspension adapted to fit scratch built frame (see below). Kit headlights and taillights and front shock mounts used. All other parts either kit bashed or scratch built.
Scratch built parts: Chassis with 4 scale inch rear “z”, replicated Ford ’32 Ford shaped front frame rails, scratch built floor pan and k-member, all made with styrene sheet and styrene strip. Visible interior surfaces made from styrene sheet.
Kit sourced parts: Hemi V8 from Revell ’32 Ford 5-window coupe with carburetion from Revell Stacy David Rat Roaster, exhausts from AMT ’25-T kit. Chromed reversed wheels and ’40 Ford brakes from Monogram 1/24th scale ’32 Ford Roadster. Hairpin wishbones from Revell 5-window.
Aftermarket parts: 4” dropped axle and wide-white big ‘n little tires by ThePartsBox.com. Bucket seats of unknown origin from my parts stash.
Paint and decals: Tamiya TS-52 Candy Lime Green over white primer with Tamiya TS-7 racing white accents. Decals adapted from Revell ’32 Ford 5-window coupe. Frame finished in Racing White. Interior in Tamiya Racing White and Titanium Gold.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
