'32 Ford Roadster Pick-up

[Fletch]

I'm sure you have all figured out that Fletch is a fan of the '32 Ford, as long as it's a '32 it will peak my interest. Such is the case of the '32 Ford Roadster Pickup. A member on another forum started a '32 Roadster Pickup the other night, which in itself drew me in. As I looked over his build it didn't seem quite right to me. After about 30 minutes of investigation I found what was bothering me, he had a flat piece of styrene across the back of the RPU cab. That would be fantastic if he were building a pre '30 RPU but not a post '29. The post '29 RPUs had rounded corners at the rear of the cabs just like their enclosed cab cousins.

I have always thought that RPUs were about the coolest things going so with research in hand I ventured out to the garage to see what I could scare up in the way of parts to build an RPU.



I came up with a complete Revell 32 Chassis, a Revell '32 Roadster body(already modified), the bed from a Lindberg '34 Ford Pick-up, the tires and wheels from a Revell '32 Sedan, '50 Ford Flat Head, axles from a Revell '32 Ford and the Duvall Windshield from an AMT Phantom Vicki.

The Revell rear fenders are considerably wider then stock and will require either narrowing them or leaving them be and using them to tub the bed. I plan to build 2 of the fuel injection manifolds like in the photo below, one to complete another flat head project and the second for this flat head.



I'm hoping that when the RPU is completed it will have some of this flair, obviously with a different windshield.



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Your comment and suggestions are always welcome.

Peace

[Kit Karson]

Now we're talking HOT Rods!
We are so on the same page with the '32 RPU!

In your text you wrote, "a Revell '32 Roadster body (already modified)", modified by??? I think I know the answer, but I'd like you to share it with all of us. Then we need to get it to Norm and have it cast!!

[Fletch]

Jul 22, 2009 23:56:08 GMT -8 Kit Karson said:

Now we're talking HOT Rods!
We are so on the same page with the '32 RPU!

In your text you wrote, "a Revell '32 Roadster body (already modified)", modified by??? I think I know the answer, but I'd like you to share it with all of us. Then we need to get it to Norm and have it cast!!

'Already Modified', as I didn't take any photos prior to shortening the cockpit area. The rear of the passenger area was moved forward aprox 8 Scale inches. The rear of the wrap-around area is not as flat as it needs to be, it is something that will be addressed when the back of the cab is installed. I'm not 100% sure what to use for the rear corners. I've looked at the Lindberg '34 Pickup and I'm not overly pleased with it. The best option may be to use Evergreen tubing for the corners then flat sheet for the back of the cab.

The rear of the actual cabs have 3 reveals, on the 1:1 they aren't seen with the bed in place, the same would be true of a model so I may forgo them. It's still going to be somewhat a phantom cab as the sides have the typical '32 Roadster curve from top to bottom, which do not exist at the rear of the 1:1. Who knows once the Evergreen tubing is in place it might be easier to correct it at that point in time.

I know Lyle mastered a '32 Pickup for Norm, this would be a matter of installing this on the chassis and adding the bed that Lyle mastered as well. I think I'd want to get it to him with the "Stock" Revell windshield then complete the conversion to the Duvall and send it back to be mastered that way as well.

[Kit Karson]

That's pretty much what I figured.

Still one of my fav's!

I'll be watching...

[sigmaman]

Thats a neat pickup to base your build on.