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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 11, 2019 14:44:22 GMT -5
“Nickels & Dimes” ’29 Ford Altered RoadsterMost of the following is entirely fictitious but greatly inspired by historically important late 50’s/early 60’s cars such as the Dean Murray and Mike Waters “Triple Nickel” and the Tony Nancy “22 Jr.” ’29 Ford roadsters. For more discussion about these iconic cars and how they inspired this project see my build thread here: drasticplastics.proboards.com/thread/4304/triple-nickel-inspired-roadster-updateGrowing up on the edges of the high desert north of the Los Angeles basin in San Fernando just before WWII, Fred Nichols and Bill Dimas would see the lakes cars being flat-towed out to Muroc and El Mirage, so it was natural as young men of the 1950’s they would turn to hot rodding as their passion. Close friends from childhood, Bill was the engine man and Fred had a way with sheet metal and chassis design. And naturally, being always seen together, they were known as “Nickels & Dimes”, and the car that would secure their reputation in hot rod lore was the legendary 510 altered roadster. Many people thought the name was given to them because they ran a shoe-string operation. They may have been smart with their budget, but one look at the car shows that this was far from the case. This is my representation of that car. Besides its striking orange and white livery with the gold leaf 510, the car was known for its light weight tubular frame based on Model A frame rails and eventually (it started out running a Flathead) its large displacement Caddy mill whose big torque ensured domination once Fred and Bill started drag racing in the late 50’s. Thanx for lookin’, B. Base kit: AMT ’29 Ford Roadster – Chassis rails, rear cross member, rear spring, front suspension, body, hood and grill. Motor: Revell Parts Pak Cadillac 354 with 6-carb option. Scratch built “dog house” flame arrestor. Rear suspension: Halibrand banjo-style non-quick change center section from Revell Tony Nancy Double Dragster kit. Wheels and Tires: Plain aluminum disc wheels scratch built using scrap AMT rims and styrene sheet. Front tires from Modelhaus, T110s. Rear pie-crust slicks from Round2 re-issue of AMT ’36 Ford kit. Other scratch built items: All interior tin work, seat, tubular chassis superstructure, aluminum tubing roll bar and push bar. All steering gear. Tonneau cover made from sheet styrene and layered masking tape. Paint and decals: Main body colors - Tamiya TS-31 Bright Orange and Duplicolor Wimbledon White. All decals home-made. Gold foil 510 custom printed. Gold stripe on body side molding done with Pactra Trim Tape.
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Post by flatout on Dec 11, 2019 16:19:58 GMT -5
That’s really cool Bernard. Great job scratch building all the various pieces and the Caddy looks right at home in a vintage race car. Did you print the gold numbers?
Nice work😎
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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 11, 2019 16:38:47 GMT -5
That’s really cool Bernard. Great job scratch building all the various pieces and the Caddy looks right at home in a vintage race car. Did you print the gold numbers? Nice work😎 Thanks Pete! No, I had them printed by a friend who has an Alps printer. I use him for my metallics and white lettering, neither of which can be done on my humble ink jet. I design and print my own decals in most cases except for those. Graphics is an important part of my build style most of time.
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Post by harron68 on Dec 11, 2019 19:45:56 GMT -5
Superior work! Luv all the thought that went into it, then trying to find or make the parts! Even your choices in paint color are always period correct. You put your heart into every model, and it shows. In this case it's a Caddy of a hotrod.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 12, 2019 11:30:54 GMT -5
Many thanks! Getting back to an old set-aside like this is always a bit concerning in case I might have "lost the plot", so to speak. In this case I was surprised how far along I had gotten. The original motor was giving me trouble, especially with headers, and the paint had concerned me. Switching to the Caddy and working with well-cured paint for clean-up and touch ups made the difference.
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Post by oldcoyote on Dec 13, 2019 8:06:33 GMT -5
Gorgeous build Bernard. You do such beautiful work. And that really reminds me of the "Triple Nickel" we used to see at Amarillo Dragway back in the 1960's, only that one was powered by a blown Chrysler.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 13, 2019 10:53:04 GMT -5
Gorgeous build Bernard. You do such beautiful work. And that really reminds me of the "Triple Nickel" we used to see at Amarillo Dragway back in the 1960's, only that one was powered by a blown Chrysler. Thanks! Back in 2014 when I started it and eventually set it aside it was vecayse of the TRJ article on the original blue version of the 555 car that Murray & Waters ran. I decided to do a car inspired by it The black version with the blown hemi was the version that evolved after Murray & Waters sold it. Very cool that you saw the "black car" version rnning back then. Here's a quote about that that I posted on the MCM board"
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Post by fordrodnkustom on Dec 13, 2019 15:49:26 GMT -5
Outstanding build B! Your meticulous attention to correct detail never ceases to awe me. Thanks for sharing here.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 14, 2019 19:33:36 GMT -5
Thanks Ron!
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