1938 Ford COE that isn't!

[curt raitz]

Saw this magazine and really liked the truck on the cover. I wasn't interested in doing a replica build of the truck, but used it as my inspiration.

Just happened to have a resin cast "Jimmy Flintstone" '41 Ford COE, but wasn't going to sacrifice the bed from the Revell '37 Ford Pick Up. I used the '38 grill from the kit though. I did have a few '50 Ford pick up beds in in my stash, so used one of these.

My buddy Steve loaned me a front-wheel drive transaxle from a kit and I made a mould of it for resin casting. Used the rear IRS from a Corvette donated by another buddy Raul.

One of the joys of a Jimmy Flintstone resin body is you have a lot of resin to play with! Using photos and the '38 grill I ground away on the '41 Ford COE until I was happy.

Headlights are from a '41 Willy', engine, exhaust, chassis, wheels and tires pulled out of my parts collection.

thanks for lookin'

Edited April 8, 2019 by curt raitz

[stavanzer]

Wow!  Great Job, Curt. Fun and Fast little truck.

[espo]

Great looking truck. I like all the chassis and drive train detailing you did. 

[Chariots of Fire]

That's what you call a shorty!

[slusher]

Excellent build!!

[cobraman]

So cool !

[Goose1957]

Wow, that's cool. Looks like a lot of fun to drive. 1/4 mile burnouts for sure. The modeling is just terrific.  Nice color choice. Everything just works. Nice job.

Jeff 

[misterNNL]

Love this build! Very nicely done Curt. Lots of great details everywhere like the "not quite completely down" driver's door window. Thanks for sharing.

[John Teresi]

Well well well .......what do we have here?......another cool and well done model from the South Bay Master himself.

Curt...this is such a cool model ....you never disappoint ....love it...can’t wait to see what you no next? ?

[Koellefornia Kid]

When I saw that little COE in that issue of Street Rodder, I instantly thought, it would be a great model project. Obviously I was not the only one...

Great build, Curtis!

[gotnitro?]

Killer work

[Mooneyzs]

Curt.... this a such a cool build. Lookong forward to seeing it in person  th is weekend!! NIce job!

[Scalper]

Nice recreation .. interesting truck 

[ChrisR]

Cool concept!

[redneckrigger]

Very nice build. Love the idea of a sawed off little COE with rear engine. That would sure get lots of miles out of the front rubber.............they'd never be touching the ground! Beautiful!

[tim boyd]

Curt.....way, wAY, WAY cool!   Great idea, and great execution, too.  Congrats!   TIM

[LouO]

Now that's pretty cool

[curt raitz]

Thanx everyone for your comments.

The model suffered a little travel damage on the ride home from Desert Scale Classic in Phoenix.

Air Horn came loose and lost the drivers wiper blade...nuthin' that can't be fixed.

c'ya