'40 Ford Old Timer Completed 12-28-2018

[Dirtman]

I'm not sure I like you much anymore!!////////"joking"///// I have enough of a time building a car let alone a driver! Having said that, great looking build!!!

Rett

[Dirtman]

Gee, never thought of it like that...lol

Rett

[TarheelRick]

Plus they get to sit in some really great looking race cars.
I have a question concerning those tires.  They look to be home-grooved kit tires of some sort.  My question is how do you get the edges smooth?  When I sand mine on the drill press I get really rough edges.  What is your technique?

[sentsat71]

Just curious.....
What's the manufacturer of this kit? AMT? Lindberg? other?
Tires are from?

Thanks.....

[Olderndirt]

Larry's stuff is pretty hard to beat, and his accessibility, and service, is great. He has put me on the right path in some of my builds. His decals are good also.

  Olderndirt

[sentsat71]

Thanks for the info, David

[MarkJ]

David , That driver really looks cool in there. One time I put a 1/24 scale driver in a 1/25 scale model and he looked like an athlete that had been taking steroids for too long. His head was huge. Yours looks perfect.

[Dirtman]

Man, I wish I could put them together as fast as you! I'm still working on the rear end of mine, lol

Rett

[Olderndirt]

Another little detail that you rarely see on models, but  were very common on Flathead Ford powered cars, was the headers on the drivers side being spread as far apart, and away from the steering box as possible. More than one driver lost his steering when the oil in the box rendered itself down to tar. That may we why you see so many pipes going upwards instead on down.

Olderndirt

[Marty W]

Another little detail that you rarely see on models, but  were very common on Flathead Ford powered cars, was the headers on the drivers side being spread as far apart, and away from the steering box as possible. More than one driver lost his steering when the oil in the box rendered itself down to tar. That may we why you see so many pipes going upwards instead on down.

Olderndirt

Do you have an example of that on a model you built? It would be interesting to see how you handled that.

[BobD]

This looks like its gonna be a tough hombre on the track David!  I always enjoy your building tutorials - especially like your radiator screen mounts on this one.  I'll have to try this one sometime.

[Olderndirt]

Actually since most of the old short trackers I've built over the years are '32-'40 Fords built from old AMT kits, that were marketed without steeringboxes I built them with bobed  fenders and didn't bother with a steeringbox.
There is a old story of one of the famous Indy racers first trip to the brickyard with a Flathead powered car that failed to finish the race for just such a failure.

Olderndirt

[Olderndirt]

By the way David that truck radiator is outstanding. I'm going to try my hand at building a similar radiator for my vintage Buick straight eight hardtop. Thanks for the step by step on this. I am going to have to fabricate a steeringbox for it as well, since it's open wheel.

Olderndirt

[Dirtman]

Looking great! Having said that, if I did all the little details like the shaker, etc., I'd end up building one car a year maybe!! I just can't get things done that fast!

Rett

[Dr. Kerry]

Looking very good David!!!!!!