Post by fletch on Oct 29, 2009 17:06:53 GMT -5
I ran across this photo a few months back and stuck it in my "Future Projects" album on Fotki. A couple of days ago I was looking through the album and realized that the licensee on the coupe was an Oregon "Pacific Wonderland" plate from the early '60. The quality of the photo makes it difficult to discern what year of Model 'A' Coupe it is. The big Hemi with the 6 log manifold looks pretty imposing along with the cut-down '35/36 truck grille. You've got to love the license plate bailing wired to the bottom edge of the grille insert!
The best I can tell from the photo is that it's most likely from the Portland area in the early '60. The newest vehicle in the photo is the cop car that can be seen over the shoulder of the kid on the drivers side of the Coupe. The Pacific Wonderland plates were used from 1961-1964 when the 'Pacific Wonderland' was dropped from the plates leaving them Blue w/Yellow lettering.
The build looks to be pretty straight forward using the Revell reissued '30 Model A Coupe as the basis of the build. The Revell '32 5 Window Coupe will be the donor of the Hemi for the project. Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland (RMoM) will get tapped for the 6 log manifold and Dodge "Red Ram" valve covers.
Hosted on Fotki
A Revell '37 Ford Pickup grille will be the start of the radiator surround and get fitted with a cut-down AMT '34 passenger car grille. It looks like I'll have to go to Modelhaus for the white wall slicks for the rear. The bicycle fenders for the front can be made with thin brass shim stock using a roller and a bean bag. I get the impression that this may have been a home built frame as the stub ends sticking out past the grille look to be 2"X3" steel rectangular tubing.
Stay tuned.
The best I can tell from the photo is that it's most likely from the Portland area in the early '60. The newest vehicle in the photo is the cop car that can be seen over the shoulder of the kid on the drivers side of the Coupe. The Pacific Wonderland plates were used from 1961-1964 when the 'Pacific Wonderland' was dropped from the plates leaving them Blue w/Yellow lettering.
The build looks to be pretty straight forward using the Revell reissued '30 Model A Coupe as the basis of the build. The Revell '32 5 Window Coupe will be the donor of the Hemi for the project. Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland (RMoM) will get tapped for the 6 log manifold and Dodge "Red Ram" valve covers.
Hosted on FotkiA Revell '37 Ford Pickup grille will be the start of the radiator surround and get fitted with a cut-down AMT '34 passenger car grille. It looks like I'll have to go to Modelhaus for the white wall slicks for the rear. The bicycle fenders for the front can be made with thin brass shim stock using a roller and a bean bag. I get the impression that this may have been a home built frame as the stub ends sticking out past the grille look to be 2"X3" steel rectangular tubing.
Stay tuned.
