RAT ROD RUMBLE SERIES...RRR
RAT ROD RUMBLE.... winners prize [kit]...
Muscle Machines 33 Ford 3 window coupe body, 2 engine color choices, grill, LA' TROCA's visor as front bumper, shortened WAY 2 FAST's base, VANDETTA's FTEs... ready for the winning racer to [paint-?] and assemble...
In a re-useable winner's team's car card...
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Thanks!, I narrowed it down to being an early '40s Ford (Maisto Knuckle Dragger, before pic is on page 3 of this thread). The base, front wheels and exhaust come from the HW's Greased Gremlin and the rear wheels from a HW's Back Slider. I chose to split the chassis rather than hog out the wheel wells to relocate the rear axle. May not ever do that again!
... the maisto is a very loose version of a 1932 Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Hudson, Essex, Reo etc....5 window coupe, probably not close enough to have to pay anyone any royalties...
... the maisto is a very loose version of a 1932 Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Hudson, Essex, Reo etc....5 window coupe, probably not close enough to have to pay anyone any royalties...
I went backwards from '48 and figured '40 was getting very close. Is the double hinge - suicide door arrangement the key to '32's? It was hard to tell for me without the original hood/grill, but thanks for the follow up! Had to goggle Reo...
...as someone signs "still learning!"
R E Olds who started Oldsmobile later! And I also learned that REO Speed Wagon took their name from an REO 1917 truck model. Not the Rock-n-Roll image I would have thought of, but a cool automotive reference/trivia question!
Surf Crate tear down...(I am getting a little better at drilling the rivets and a little body filler is already in place!)
Can't wait to see your surf crate when it's done! Go Milton Go! (Sorry for stealing your line Smitty )
hey, milt try tearing off a paper match, use the torn end as a paint brush... use engine paint sprayed onto a coated paper plate to dip the brush in, [dries in 15 minutes and is thick]...makes great bondo... bondo first, don't paint first and then decide it needs bondo
got 2 rats from the Stroller... I named them RATSTER and BAT ROD... go stroller go !
...makes great bondo... bondo first, don't paint first and then decide it needs bondo
Smitty,
Thanks for the painting tips - I will definitely use them! But these holes are where the tab slots for the exhaust went in the doors. I found some Testor's Contour Putty that is still pliable - after 30 some years!!!
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no grill required... i've seen rat rods have the radiator/fan in the trunk...
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EDIT... looks like we may need Fred to get a 16 car field...
he'll be racing a black '39 Ford woodie ["Blackwood"]..... # = black n' white mooneyes...
and a green '34 Ford 3 window coupe ["GO- CAR"]........ # = black n' yellow mooneyes ...
.... GO FRED GO !...