'32 Ford Tub Show Car

[Bernard Kron]

’32 Ford Channeled “Pseudo-Tub” Show Car
More photos below

Many moons ago, about the time it was first introduced, I attempted to chop a Revell ’32 Ford Tudor. It went OK until I lost a part of the “A” pillars. The rest of the kit was picked clean of virtually all its parts as the half-cut body traveled from one parts box to another, homeless. Recently I decided to remove the top altogether, making what a TRaK member named “Dub” had christened a Pseudo-Tub at about the time of my original ill-fated chop. Dub had built a fine traditional style Tub hot rod from his decapitated Tudor and I had always intended to try something similar. But as I gathered parts for my Pseudo-Tub project I encountered a gorgeous set of resin diamond-tuft quilted bucket seats from Drag City Casting. This caused me to do a full 180 from a 50’s style traditional street rod to an early-60’s style show rod with a Duval style windshield grafted on from an AMT ’32 Ford Phantom Vicky which also contributed it’s chassis and cowl. Instantly this turned into a monster kit bash. All the parts sources and details are listed below along with more photos

Revell ’32 Ford Sedan: Main body (top & cowl removed), firewall, front shocks and headlights, taillights, license frame, coil springs and shocks
AMT ’32 Ford Phantom Vicky: Chassis (2 scale inch Z at rear), front half of floor pan, Rear axle and suspension, grill shell, cowl, dashboard, DuVal style windshield
Monogram Lil’ Coffin: Wheels front and rear, rear slicks, shift lever
Revell ’29 Ford Roadster: Buick Nailhead motor including carbs and exhaust headers
Revell ’30 Ford Phaeton: Steering wheel
Aftermarket parts: Drag City Casting: Diamond tuft quilted seats, front Buick finned drum brakes; Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland: Carb scoops; ThePartsBox.com: wire-reinforced resin ’40 Ford 4” dropped front axle; Modelhaus Tires: T120A front whitewalls; Aurora Plastics Corp.: "drawer pull" grill from vintage #592 Custom Grills & Trim 1/25 Scale Customizing Automobile Parts
Scratch built parts: front leaf spring, tonneau cover, interior side and rear upholstery panels, rear half of floor pan
Paint and finishes: Duplicolor white primer and Duplicolor Universal white base coat, Tamiya TS65 Pear Clear (3 coats), “Fade” panel paint job done with home-made decals, all sealed with Tamiya TS-13 clear (5 coats).

Thanx for lookin’
B.

[vintagerpm]

Cool!
My favorite parts are the air intakes, windshield rake, and paint job.
Nice work.

Mike

[Bernard Kron]

Thanks Mike. I know the show rod style isn't to everyone's taste, especially here on Motorsports Modeling, so I appreciate your positive comments. But it's what occupied by bench here at the start of 2021. What started out as a casual build to get rid of some parts-box items, soon got more ambitious than I first thought. The large surface decals, in particular were a high-risk item and, frankly, I'm surprised it came out as well as it did.

B.

[clowncar]

That engine. Those carburetor intakes. It all looks like something H.R. Giger would have drawn after an evening of serious drinking with Britain's chief of naval architecture and Massimo Tamburini.

Eye-catching model. I'd have a good long look, were I to walk past that in the display case at the local styrene emporium.