Johan 63 Fury - redo

[jcbigpaw]

Ive had this kit forever and this is actually the third build it's gone through. It's been languishing in a box since we moved about 15 years ago and it got damaged. Here's what I started this build with

Everything was stripped and redone using all kit parts except for the wheels and the missing air cleaner which came from the parts box.

Here's the finished product.

And then when I couldn't get the hood to sit completely flat I wound up doing this.

Fortunately it looks good without the hood too. Lol

Edited September 17, 2012 by jcbigpaw

[1972coronet]

Brittle plastic or absolute frustration ?

Nice restoration !

[jcbigpaw]

Brittle plastic. Lol. Thought I was being gentle but not much flex to this old plastic. The hoods gonna need a complete redo but it's gonna have to wait. ?

Edited September 17, 2012 by jcbigpaw

[B.DougBeck]

I love that kit, and yours looks great! I have bits of one in my parts box, but I do not know what became of the rest of it. Keep up the good work.

[jcbigpaw]

I forgot one last piece (other than saving the hood) is to add the ACME plate. Dont have it on the car but how do you like this?

Keep the faith

[slusher]

Really sharp build, to bad about the hood. it still a sharp build...

[Bartster]

My favorite car (as of now, lol!). You're right about the brittle plastic! l broke the cowl in 3 places on one body! Yours looks nice in red. Good to see another '63 built. l hope to have one finished this year, lol. Bart.

[1972coronet]

I forgot one last piece (other than saving the hood) is to add the ACME plate. Dont have it on the car but how do you like this?

Keep the faith

That'll be a nice touch ; however , technically it's "incorrect" as personalised license plates didn't appear until 1970 , the year that Ca's plates went to blue with gold lettering .

[Greg Pugh]

Gorgeous resto!! Too bad about the hood.

[bbowser]

Great job. I like the color and the wheels. Nice save.

[1930fordpickup]

This one nice looking Fury . The red just says look at me on this car.

Now that the hood needs redone karma must be saying "matte black antiglare hood center" .

[crazyjim]

SHINY :) RULES! Nice build.

[Guest]

Sharp looking Fury! Too bad about the hood. At least you can fix it and repaint it.

[jcbigpaw]

Thanks for all the kind words and the tip on the personalized plates. I originally wanted to cut the hood and add a scoop like the factory option. Maybe now that's the way I'll go with it. Maybe then IT WILL LAY FLAT! Lol

Edited September 18, 2012 by jcbigpaw

[Yahshu]

Real nice Fury, pity about the hood. The wheels look great on this, what kit are they from?

[Helix]

Nice rebuild Joe

[dimaxion]

I know a source for this hood in resin . I have not bought from this vendor yet . The pics look good , and I think he sells the Factory Racing Scoop . PM or message me for the info .

like this restoration . Good save in "repaint red" . Just right . Thanx ..

[2002p51]

That'll be a nice touch ; however , technically it's "incorrect" as personalized license plates didn't appear until 1970 , the year that Ca's plates went to blue with gold lettering .

This is true, however, there's a company in California that will make a fake plate in black and yellow. It's not street legal, of course, but you see them on show cars and race cars all the time. I've also known a few guys who have repainted their legal personalized plate black and yellow. That's not legal either but I've never heard of anybody getting stopped for it.

The average cop doesn't really notice stuff like that as long as you don't drive like an idiot.

[2002p51]

Completely by coincidence, I was looking at parts for our '47 mercury on eBay when I came across this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1938-1950-1947-1953-1949-1964-Chevy-Ford-Mercury-BUICK-LICENSE-PLATE-LOWRIDR-/300767644356?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4607260ac4&vxp=mtr

[Gluhead]

Too bad about the hood, but what'aya'do eh? Real nice rebuild.

[JasonFL]

That came out to be a really cool redo, you did a great job with that. It's a shame what happened to the hood, you should now just put a little cowl induction style to it, then it will really give it that mean look along with that stance you got going on there. Just an idea, overall I just thinks it looks mean with or without the hood, nice build.

[jcbigpaw]

Thanks again for all the love guys. In regards to the cowl induction idea, LOVE IT! That's basicly what I had on it but didn't want to cut the hood. Shoulda just cut it. Lol

The wheels are from an old Monogram Vega from the late 70s that's lurking in my boneyard.

Hard to believe I've had this since new. Maybe my next redo for the gluebomb thread. Lol

(Here's a pic of the kit from the web)

Edited September 19, 2012 by jcbigpaw