32 Ford Five Window Olds Powered Padded Top Kustom Rod
Apr 4, 2022 22:44:34 GMT -5
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Post by jbwelda on Apr 4, 2022 22:44:34 GMT -5
Been gathering parts for this for quite a while now. Forgot who made the body but its pretty marginal and has already been thinned down some and had some other work done to it. Oldsmobile engine from the Revell fifties kit with some Maple Leaf resins hop up accessories. Going to use the frame from the Revell 29 Ford A and probably a good amount of the running gear by the time its done.
Which brings me to a subject: when Revell recently released their new tool Jaguar E Types, one thing in my mind was how adaptable the well detailed independent rear suspension would be to use in a hot rod, like some really did back in the day (and as an aside, the engine in the Jag looks ripe for harvest for similar uses too). Results were pretty amazing as the photos will attest.
Here are the kits we are talking about, the 29 A has of course been reissued with different box art by now. I believe I am using the frame for the lowboy style build, but both frames are similar in dimension where it matters.
and here is the new tool Revell Jaguar XKE that I am taking the IRS from, but the convertible version has the same parts as well:
An overview of what's happening here...I have trimmed the IRS parts from their trees and assembled them with white glue. Some very minor modifications have been done at this point, mainly to the frame, but this was pretty much right out of the boxes.
You can see it seems to fit pretty perfectly both side to side and front to rear. The front and rear support panels fit right onto the frame crossbeams. Wheel stubs are at about the correct width. Rather remarkable actually. Still going to trim the tabs that the frame is resting on and probably increase the Z of the frame an eighth of an inch or so to get it to snuggle right up in there.
Looking at it from underneath, might have to extend the frame out just a bit or shorten the torsion arms so they contact the frame a bit better.
Really is going to look kool stuffed up under the trunk of the car. You can see the inboard disc brakes through the opening in the cross structure surrounding the actual rear end, complete with dual coil over shocks per side. All this will stand out a lot more with some paint and detailing.
One more shot, you can see a bit more detail in the padded top louvered chopped kustom body I have had sitting around for years, probably decades.
So this was just a brainstorm, I have a few other projects in line before this one but just thought I would like to share the feasibility of upgrading the chassis in the Revell 29 A to something that might be a bit more period correct, though hi-tech for the time, back in the mid 60s. Its such an easy swap from the looks of it, almost like it was designed to fit!
Comments appreciated!
jb
Which brings me to a subject: when Revell recently released their new tool Jaguar E Types, one thing in my mind was how adaptable the well detailed independent rear suspension would be to use in a hot rod, like some really did back in the day (and as an aside, the engine in the Jag looks ripe for harvest for similar uses too). Results were pretty amazing as the photos will attest.
Here are the kits we are talking about, the 29 A has of course been reissued with different box art by now. I believe I am using the frame for the lowboy style build, but both frames are similar in dimension where it matters.
and here is the new tool Revell Jaguar XKE that I am taking the IRS from, but the convertible version has the same parts as well:
An overview of what's happening here...I have trimmed the IRS parts from their trees and assembled them with white glue. Some very minor modifications have been done at this point, mainly to the frame, but this was pretty much right out of the boxes.
You can see it seems to fit pretty perfectly both side to side and front to rear. The front and rear support panels fit right onto the frame crossbeams. Wheel stubs are at about the correct width. Rather remarkable actually. Still going to trim the tabs that the frame is resting on and probably increase the Z of the frame an eighth of an inch or so to get it to snuggle right up in there.
Looking at it from underneath, might have to extend the frame out just a bit or shorten the torsion arms so they contact the frame a bit better.
Really is going to look kool stuffed up under the trunk of the car. You can see the inboard disc brakes through the opening in the cross structure surrounding the actual rear end, complete with dual coil over shocks per side. All this will stand out a lot more with some paint and detailing.
One more shot, you can see a bit more detail in the padded top louvered chopped kustom body I have had sitting around for years, probably decades.
So this was just a brainstorm, I have a few other projects in line before this one but just thought I would like to share the feasibility of upgrading the chassis in the Revell 29 A to something that might be a bit more period correct, though hi-tech for the time, back in the mid 60s. Its such an easy swap from the looks of it, almost like it was designed to fit!
Comments appreciated!
jb
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