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Post by junkyardjeff on May 29, 2014 23:23:42 GMT -5
I got it with a bunch of boxes of extra parts and going to build it as a late 40s/early 50s hotrod,I have been taking it apart while paint dries on other projects and it came apart easily. Its going to be full fendered with either the hopped up A motor from a revel 31 kit or and 40s flathead,I do have a 32 to 37 flathead motor but no go fast goodies for it. I will take some pics the next time I am in the basement.
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Post by harron68 on May 30, 2014 8:51:59 GMT -5
I'd skip the Model A motor. I saw a few in magazines back in the day, but it wasn't common. The flattie Ford makes good sense and is more available. I dunno which kits have multi-carb parts though.
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Post by Bernard Kron on May 30, 2014 9:06:25 GMT -5
I'm assuming you mean '29 Roadster. If so, this is a great kit. I've built several of them, mostly with flatheads under the hood (A-V8 was what rodders called them back in the day), some on stock chassis rails and some on Deuce rails. I even did one with a Chevy inliner 6! I've got one on the bench right now that's a drag car with an Injected small-block Chevy. I did one with the Revell 4-banger you mention. 4-bangers were the norm on the lakes in the pre-war years, the A-V8 being a mainly a post-war phenomenon, eventually eclipsed by the OHV V8s by the mid-50's. The early flathead V8 hop ups didn't make any more HP than a well tuned 4 cylinder. Ford 4-cyclinders were so ubiquitous that in the early SCTA race reports they are referred to by head, such as "Cragar 4", "Winfield 4", "Fronty 4", etc. The Revell 4-banger is a little longer than the AMT kit motor and best adapted by using the AMT transmission. You need to do some front crossmember surgery as well. Here's what the Revell 4 looks like installed in the AMT chassis:
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Post by junkyardjeff on May 31, 2014 15:29:00 GMT -5
I am thinking a flathead would be the best,the woman took off with my camera so no pics yet plus its not much to look at right now just dissassembled.
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Post by tooltas on May 31, 2014 18:59:39 GMT -5
use the flatie out of the 49 merc kit
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Post by junkyardjeff on Jun 1, 2014 9:14:43 GMT -5
I have on coming from the 50 ford kit that has aluminum heads.
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Post by tooltas on Jun 1, 2014 17:27:26 GMT -5
amt 50 coupe? or revel's 50 f100 truck
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Post by junkyardjeff on Jun 2, 2014 17:26:19 GMT -5
AMT 50 convertible I think
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