Early 50's road/race special

[Dave B]

My mate always said if he ever got a third '35 Miller Ford he would give it to me and he did.  I always thought I would build it almost box stock.

After looking at it I decided it would need a part frame to hang the front suspension. I then thought maybe a full frame to include the rear suspension.  I had an old AMT '36 Ford chassis spare so I started cutting and shutting.

Seeing I could fit a frame I then thought it would be great to fit a flathead.

It all looked doable so my quick build is going to take some time!!

Not going to be too flash but it will be different.

Tks for looking

Dave B

[Kolu]

Oh, will it be a known period special  or a special from your imagination /  spares box ?  looking forward to progress anyway,  great stuff.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Great idea. I always enjoy seeing "what if" specials. I have a few in the same general vein.  

[Dave B]

It's going to be a parts box special, purely fictitious, but doable if you were a young guy in the early/mid 50's.  Something you could drive to the circuit, or lakes, run and drive home again.

Dave B

[Dave B]

Got it looking how I want it to.

With the belly pan it would be fine for the race track or lakes.

I'll finish the suspension off then start on the flathead.

Dave B

[Bainford]

Cool project. The mock up looks great.

[Kolu]

Is there any news here ?   or any of the other projects, hope all is well.

[Dave B]

Hi Philip,  all is good over here, tks for asking.  Summer time and modelling slows!!

Still working on this, the A6GCS and I also have a 3D printed Ford C100 and P68 I'm playing with.

Hope to finish this one soon and then the Maserati.

Regards

Dave B

[Kolu]

Thanks for the update and the pictures, its looking good. 

[MarkJ]

Comimg along very nicely. What scale is this?  

[absmiami]

This was a kit produced by a very creative modeler who passed away about - - - four ? years ago - lived in the Toronto area … 

[absmiami]

Gary Doucette - actually - he lived in a suburb of Toronto - Scarborough - had lunch w him in Toronto - maybe ten years ago - to talk models and pick up my kit order - nice fellow- he was focusing on producing resin kits of Indy cars that had not yet been made - - thinking now that he passed away more like six or seven years ago - he ended up with a fairly impressive line of kits - - 

[absmiami]

My own interest in the Miller Ford kit that he produced - i bought one - wish i had bought two - stems fr a chance encounter w the Miller Novi at Amelia 11 years ago - spectacular car - scale incidentally - is 25th - Gary was old school …

[stavanzer]

Great Looking Build!

[iBorg]

Yes!!! just yes.

[Dave B]

I hope Gary wouldn't mind my interpretation of his Miller Ford Indy kit.

Dave B

[absmiami]

Dont think he would have any objection - i think he would have loved to see his kits make it to a far corner of the planet [the earth is flat, right??]. …

[Pierre Rivard]

It's fun to see this kind of free flow creative project. You always come up with unique cars to model and this one definitely "fits the mold"

[Randy D]

What a unique and special build Dave, love it !!!!

Randy