Early-mid 1960s flavored hot rod roadster - updated with wheel/tire info as requested....

[tim boyd]

A recently finished mild kitbash of the Revell Hot Rod Model A Roadster, with some of the kit's channeled versions quirks addressed and finished with a vibe of a hot rod you might have seen in Hot Rod, Rod and Custom, or Car Craft magazine between 1962 and 1965. 

Tweaks from the kit version include a grille shell/radiator relocated rearward, a chopped windshield, rear quarters with the kit's non-stock radiused wheel wells revised to a factory stock condition, dual four-barrel intake/carbs from a 1966 425 Nailhead, open header blockoff plates, and slight forward rake, chromed reversed wheels and different tires front/rear, and more.  

You can read more details about this project (and see it with an earlier iteration of wheels and tires) at this link in the "On the Workbench" section of this forum....thanks for looking!   TIM  

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by tim boyd

[Jim B]

That's pretty neat.

[bondo bill]

Captured the look of that era-sweet build

[Russell C]

No offense to Revell, but these tires are quite an improvement - at least for my own personal tastes - to the basic look of that kit.

[Flatout]

Good looking Hot Rod Tim…the changes you made really improved the looks of the completed model.  Also, thanks for the link outlining the steps to fix the rear wheel wells.  

[ChrisR]

Looking great!

[Yeah Nah]

Captures the era nicely. Great build!

[atomicholiday]

Looks WAY better than the channeled version straight out of the box.   To my eyes it always looked like the body sat too high off the ground  when viewed from the side. 

But your version doesn't have that problem.   Looks perfect. 

Edited October 2, 2023 by atomicholiday

[Koellefornia Kid]

Very cool '60s style roadster!

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

So much better. Mine is in chaos in the box. The windshield really makes it look better.

[ColonelKrypton]

Very nice.  Looks just right.

cheers, Graham

 

[espo]

Great looking color and finish. Like the engine work and the stance. 

[karbuildr]

Outstanding. Much better your way.

[Zippi]

Bodacious looking ole Hot Rod.  Love the rear view with those nice looking shocks.  Nicely done.

[milo1303s]

Wow!!!  Beautiful build !!

Where were you in 1962 !  My fav time period.

Can I ask where the tires and wheels were sourced ?

And did any other kit nailhead have the sparkplug covers other then the double kit 32 sedan ?

Thanks 

[spencer1984]

Excellent work on this!

[tim boyd]

On 10/3/2023 at 6:21 PM, milo1303s said:

Wow!!!  Beautiful build !!

Where were you in 1962 !  My fav time period.

Can I ask where the tires and wheels were sourced ?

And did any other kit nailhead have the sparkplug covers other then the double kit 32 sedan ?

Thanks 

Bob...here's my notes on the wheel tire combo per your request...

* Front wheels - Holthaus #W-120(?) Chrome Reverse Wheels (with tweaks for fit) 

* Front tires - Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland #T-50 Firestone 5:50-16 

* Rear wheels - AMT 1965 Falcon Funny Car (A/FX kit)

* Rear tires - Revell Rat Roaster and just reissued (modified w/o Rat Roaster parts) 1932 Ford Highboy Roadster 

Additional notes - 

- Both front and rear wheels were chrome plated as received 

- My notes on the front wheels and tires are a bit sketchy; please confirm before ordering

- The Holthaus wheels were ordered back when Don and Carol were running the business; I do not know if they were or are among the wheel/tire products that remained available after they closed the business 

- The Revell '51 Anglia and '53 Stude "Miss Deal" tires could be a more widely available substitute for the R&M parts I used....

As regards those spark plug covers, I know of no kit or aftermarket source for those other than the original AMT '32 Ford Custom/'40 Willys Double Kit.  Seems that would be a no-brainer for the aftermarket to replicate.

Thanks for your questions and hope this helps, at least a bit....TB   

 

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by tim boyd

[slusher]

Great looking Roadster!

[Street Rod]

Great job on this one! Very neatly done with lots of details all around.

[Dave Darby]

Very cool build, Tim. Love all the changes. Especially the rear wheel wells. I like the chromed rocker covers too. Color and everything is spot on. Perfect early 60s vibe. Could have been in a 1964 issue of Hot Rod magazine.

Edited October 7, 2023 by Dave Darby

[PappyD340]

Looks great, well done!

[tim boyd]

19 hours ago, Dave Darby said:

Very cool build, Tim. Love all the changes. Especially the rear wheel wells. I like the chromed rocker covers too. Color and everything is spot on. Perfect early 60s vibe. Could have been in a 1964 issue of Hot Rod magazine.

Thanks for the comments and feedback, Dave. 

I was specifically aiming for a 1962-1964 time frame, so a 1964 HR mag feature would have been very time-line correct and sounds like that targeting came through loud and clear for you.  I kinda feel the 9" Ford diff and coil overs are a little too contemporary for that era, though they would have been technically feasible then, but ran out of time to make a swap to a Halibrand QC et al. 

I have another period-specific project I just completed, targeted to represent a project that would have been completed in December 1966 or January 1967.  Hopefully the build will be featured in MCM, sooner rather than later.  We shall see....

    

[tim boyd]

Heh guys....thanks for the feedback and comments. 

This was my third build of the Revell Channeled '29A Roadster, and finally this time I think I got most of the desired changes (but maybe not quite all) covered this time around.   Glad that the changes to the rear wheel wells were noticed and approved.  That was the very first comment I made to Revell when they asked me to do a comprehensive review of the first round test shots, but at that point it was already too late to make the major retooling needed to replicate a factory stock wheel well treatment. 

This change is not too difficult IMHO, and as noted in the build thread link posted elsewhere in this forum under, I vaguely recall the basic approach was proposed in this very forum, sometime back when the kit first came out in 2015, by one of our forum participants.  I found his proposed approach to have worked really well.  (If anyone remembers who suggested it, please respond here so we can acknowledge his contribution by name!  

Thanks again and best to you all....TIM 

Edited October 7, 2023 by tim boyd

[satterwhite78]

Bob Falfa might have had to think twice before lining up wheel to wheel......but his Cowboy hat might have been a little to tight.

[carrucha]

Cool build.  The changes definitely improved the kit.