Wild '37 Ford Coupe -Progress-

Heres my side project from the scratchbuild as a kind of stress reliever. Also, all the sudden hot rods are popping up every where, which I am glad to see.

This '37 will have a reshaped roof, chop top, section, frenched lights and propbably more than I can think of at this time. I might do suicide doors as well.

Heres the pictures of it stock and then I will get to work on it.

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Now to get to work.

Great choice for a build!! Now get off the pC and get started! :p:lol:

This is going to be stunning, Just dont get side-tracted with the other build you have.

Can't wait till more progress.

Yes Finally Someone Does One Of These! I To, Am Glad To See The Rod Turn Out Here On Af. Make It Nutty Mike
Sema Show Nutty!

sorry bout being negative but the mods dont sound wild sound like all the other gimmicks you add to a street rod

I've seen a few of this kit build ans they are awesome

Sounds like a fun build, there. The white plastic body shell looks more inspiring than the box art though, no wonder you don't see many around here.... The mods seem pretty cool. Make it a nice, classic rod. But, I sort of like the shape of the front end without the hood and grill. If I didn't have 150,000 other projects in mind I'd give it a hard think and do something with it....

i think u should do without the hood and 2 side panels! just keep the radiator shell there! or maybe the shell with part on the hood molded to radiator and wiper cowl. something different

Im not into rods but make this sweet Mike! lol

nvm about my hood idea! was thinking of a different car! LOL

where did you get it?! it would look awsome with the '40!!! The mods are gonna look awsome!!

This is going to be stunning, Just dont get side-tracted with the other build you have.

Can't wait till more progress.

This is kind of a side project relaxation build. The big hot rod had stressed me out to the breaking point. This one requires a load of work, but at least its a lot less complicated than the big one.

sorry bout being negative but the mods dont sound wild sound like all the other gimmicks you add to a street rod

Most hot rods usually just have a section, chop top, frenching, suicide doors, and a modified motor. Just wait, it doesnt sound like much, but when I am done with it it wont look much like a '37.

Sounds like a fun build, there. The white plastic body shell looks more inspiring than the box art though, no wonder you don't see many around here.... The mods seem pretty cool. Make it a nice, classic rod. But, I sort of like the shape of the front end without the hood and grill. If I didn't have 150,000 other projects in mind I'd give it a hard think and do something with it....

The box art is horrible, and the pictures of the actual model on the side almost turned me away. Then I designed a '37 and I fell in love with it.

where did you get it?! it would look awsome with the '40!!! The mods are gonna look awsome!!

The fabulous Wally-World. I only found one, I want more. :crying:

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The chop top is about 70% complete. I will be making an in depth tutorial for it.

Pictures probably later tonight, tutorial sometime tomorrow hopefully.

what exactly is frenching? I cant chop the '40 since its a convertible. I am blending the rear fenders into the body though.

what exactly is frenching? I cant chop the '40 since its a convertible. I am blending the rear fenders into the body though.
its when the headlights or taillights are recessed into the fenders typically cars with fat fenders

thanks! any pics of this? i may want to try it on the '40.

UPDATES:

The top has been chopped, and the backlight has been angled at a much shallower angle, and it has been lengthened. The front of the rood was choped a scale 3-1/2" and the rear a scale 3". I just puttied it up for reinforcement as well as smoothing the joints. Later on the B-Pillars will be removed and a longer sleaker door and window will be put in. I will post some sketches for this project later.

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Ta-dah.

awsome man!!! its gonna look really good! How do you chop the clear window parts to fit into the smaller spaces?

awsome man!!! its gonna look really good! How do you chop the clear window parts to fit into the smaller spaces?
yo sup nice car there its gonna look hot when its done, but caddy i'm pretty sure you dont have to do anything with the window pieces i think you just put them in without any cutting involved unless all the windows are connected then you would have to cut each window in individuals and put the glass in that way for like the back window and the back vent windows

well if its chopped then the windows are going to have to be cut because they are matched up for the stock body. Im just wondering how you cut them.

hey gtmike just a suggestion you might wanna putty up that gas tank cover cuz it dont look right with the chopped top most people cover that up and smoothe the fender so the car has a nice smooths look to it ya know that gas tank kinda takes away from the slek look when u paint it you will see it and it wont give you that smoothe sleek look it will be alll smoothe and then BAM!! theres the gas tank cover . so thats somehting to think about . it would probably help the car out alot more .

awsome man!!! its gonna look really good! How do you chop the clear window parts to fit into the smaller spaces?

Thanks. The windows, well the rear will be a custom made, the front will probably be custom as well. Therefore they will be made out of clear styrene.

yo sup nice car there its gonna look hot when its done, but caddy i'm pretty sure you dont have to do anything with the window pieces i think you just put them in without any cutting involved unless all the windows are connected then you would have to cut each window in individuals and put the glass in that way for like the back window and the back vent windows

Can you please use some punctuation? That was painful to read.

hey caddy wut do you think do u think he shoudl get rid of the gas tank cover ?

hey caddy wut do you think do u think he shoudl get rid of the gas tank cover ?Now your starting to piss me off.
A. This is my damn thread and I dont want people asking other people what I should do to my model in my thread.

B. I know what the hell I am doing. Im not an idiot savant. I have built real hot rods before.

C. Your spelling and grammar is atrocious.

See, now that was uncalled for, ok.I was making a suggestion and I wanted to know what Macdaddy thought . Too bad that 1950 ford on my thread is going to look a hell of a lot better than this car but I must say it is coming out well .Oh and if you look at my thread I know the 1949 mercury isnt really that good .

-Tommy

Ok kids, play nice. The argument is over, on with the thread.

Nice model Mike, coming along very nicely.

See, now that was uncalled for, ok.I was making a suggestion and I wanted to know what Macdaddy thought . Too bad that 1950 ford on my thread is going to look a hell of a lot better than this car but I must say it is coming out well .Oh and if you look at my thread I know the 1949 mercury isnt really that good .

-Tommy

ok your officially an ass. From what little ive seen of Mikes building skills i can see he knows alot and has awsome talent at building models. Dont tell people how to build their own models..and dont tell people that your a better builder then them.

ok your officially an ass. From what little ive seen of Mikes building skills i can see he knows alot and has awsome talent at building models. Dont tell people how to build their own models..and dont tell people that your a better builder then them.
I believe I said the argument was over. The next person to open his mouth gets a 7 day suspension.

fuckin badd ass man i like the chop and good work on it this thing needs some big and little torque thrusts:d

yeah mike. awesome job on the chop. can't wait to see the tutorial. you gonna do a tutorial on the windows as well?

kids these days! anyway hell yea! gonna be badass! im seeing some brighter 2 tone on this! what about you? maybe white and some other color! maybe orange pearl! yeeeeea hook it up!

separate it. do a pearl white bottom and the orange pearl on the top. follow the body line. but that is kinda of getting over done these days on 1:1 rods. but no doubt what ever the hot rod master mike comes up with will be a jaw dropper

As far as the paint it will be candy magenta pearl on the bottom and a candy silver pearl on the top (in all my years of painting I have never seen it done, so it will be an experiement).

Nice chop bro. I look forward to the tutorial much. I have a '40 Van that I want to chop and I'm al little worried about how it's done. I'm thinking of testing it out on the box art first :)

I will keep an eye on this thread, knowing you build some of the best cars here.

J. Barry

Looking sweet so far, glad to see good ol' rods being built!!

i dig the paint scheme what do you have planned for the front and rear end. im deviating mine from the rest by going 60's styling on the rear 70's styling on the front.

That chop has made a world of difference...so much tougher looking now

That chop has made a world of difference...so much tougher looking now

Thanks. I'm going for a really sleak and fast look. Thats where I run into problems. I want to section the body. Then I want to do a reverse vertical section, in other words, lengthen the car by a scale 3"-5".

I need some motivation and inspiration.

Very good work on the chop. That's something I haven't had the balls to try though I want to give it a go on my '32 Ford (What? Willimo has 2 Fords in his project lineup? What??) so I'll be waiting for that tutorial. Well, I figure I know what to do, but it's nice to see something like that in progress first so you know what to expect. Anywhos, this looks good so far, though the shape hasn't really been revealed yet. Your color combo sounds awesome. Are you gonna go with some modern wheels or some old style rod rollers?

Very good work on the chop. That's something I haven't had the balls to try though I want to give it a go on my '32 Ford (What? Willimo has 2 Fords in his project lineup? What??) so I'll be waiting for that tutorial. Well, I figure I know what to do, but it's nice to see something like that in progress first so you know what to expect. Anywhos, this looks good so far, though the shape hasn't really been revealed yet. Your color combo sounds awesome. Are you gonna go with some modern wheels or some old style rod rollers?

Thanks for the comments. I cant wait to see your Fords. I just posted the tutorial but its still being worked on.

As far as the wheels, the Cragar S/S' look pretty damn good on it. I might go with some bigger rollers though.

Thanks. I'm going for a really sleak and fast look. Thats where I run into problems. I want to section the body. Then I want to do a reverse vertical section, in other words, lengthen the car by a scale 3"-5".

I need some motivation and inspiration.
not hard section off the body line makes it a lot easier in the long run i suggest doing the lengthening after the C job

not hard section off the body line makes it a lot easier in the long run i suggest doing the lengthening after the C job

C job?

C job?
section job. i thought you built rods

section job. i thought you built rods

Thats a new one on me. The guys I build with and I just call it a section.

Well you can have a "C" or a "Z" section. both drop the ride height, but in different ways.

hth,
Bill

I have been busy smoothing out the top. Not the most fun thing in the world but its looking good. I have also cut out the B-Pillars since I will be re-shaping the side windows. The rear window will also be reshaped.

I have also been planning the chassis for the big hot rod (see sig for details). I'll be posting pictures of both the plans for the big rod and the pictures of this rod. If you have any comments about the big rod please post them in the correct thread.

Chop tops lookin good Mike! Keep us updated..

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Pictures pretty much describe it.

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Now to reshape the side windows and doors.

ahh man! top looks nice! i was getting sick of the 40 im doing but you got me thinking now! 1 thing. is that door reall gonna be that HUGE! overall shape is awesome but i think the should still be a b pillar but rite close to the rear of that window section! lol did u understad that! i say shrink the door size just a tad and add another slanted "B" pillar. IMO looks awesome though brotherman! Paint works sound to be killer! cant wait!

ahh man! top looks nice! i was getting sick of the 40 im doing but you got me thinking now! 1 thing. is that door reall gonna be that HUGE! overall shape is awesome but i think the should still be a b pillar but rite close to the rear of that window section! lol did u understad that! i say shrink the door size just a tad and add another slanted "B" pillar. IMO looks awesome though brotherman! Paint works sound to be killer! cant wait!

Once I reshape the window and post my sketch you will probably look at it differently then. On my sketch it gives it a real slick style that appears to be moving while standing still.

I hope you start working on that '40 again!

Mike. Nice to see another rod. I'd like to see you keep the cragars, seeing as the 1/6 will have 17/18's?? The 15's fit nicely in there, and keeps that old school look alive.

Mike. Nice to see another rod. I'd like to see you keep the cragars, seeing as the 1/6 will have 17/18's?? The 15's fit nicely in there, and keeps that old school look alive.

I will probably keep the Cragars, I really like them.

As far as the 1/6 it will have 19R, and 17.25F. Those rims are getting to be a bitch though, we can discuss that in my other thread though. You know, the short one. :lol:

Looks great,that chop looks awesome.

Lil'budman

nice works

how did u glue the chopped top together

nice works

how did u glue the chopped top together

I made a tutorial on it, look in the tutorial depository.

Nice, i really like those chopped rods.

Hey, I got some reff of a chop top 37 from my dads shop. The picture is not detailed it was done around the 80s.

UPDATES:

I thought I would post a picture of one of the WIP concept sketches.

Detail View:
http://www.2and2.net/Priv/37sketchdetailview.JPG

Full View:
http://www.2and2.net/Priv/37sketchfullview.JPG

The drawing is still a WIP. And its a one of a kind car, so there was no reference. :banghead:

lookin good mike.

yea dman straight! gonna look waaaaay different than i was thinkin, but yeeeeeehaaaaaaawwww! i like it! cmon with it!

Glad everyone likes the concept!