T Caddy

AMT Parts pack body & Chassis. Engine from AMT '59 Elky with carbies from AMT '36 Ford. Wheels are temporary while I paint and assemble the ones i'll be using.

Holy crap, that engine is insane .

That is an engine tuner's worst nightmare! Looking good so far.

that's one wild ride.

Thanks guys.

Now with the correct wheels.

Now you're talking!

man that looks wild

Thanks guys.
Slight drawback with the body. Because of the wheel rebates there's only room for one, central seat.
I could cut them out and widen them but quite honestly can't be bothered so it'll be a single seater with the cut down Revell '32 3 window seat in it in the second pic.
I don't think many people would be brave enough to ride in it anyway...

That is one wild ride....It would be a "Depends" moment after opening the throtle on something like that

Zenrat, check out this link. Your not the only one with an insane motor .
http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/featuredvehicles/135_0403_1928_dodge_pickup/index.html

Oh yeah. Lots of ideas there. particularly the finlets on the back.

Thanks Steve.

Been slowly working on the body & seats on this.
I removed the wheel rebates giving more room inside and added cut down Revell '32 rear guards.

I think I'm in love zen! This is shaping up nicely!

Wicked ... !

Thanks guys.

Need to do paint though and the weather is not cooperating.

Hey zen....666 posts! No wonder the weather ain't working for ya man!

Missed that one. D'oh!

Does that mean the T Caddy now has some satanic influences?

Could be! But the observation (joke) sorta lost the impact when you posted again!

Very cool Zen, very cool indeed.

This one has my interest! I love old T buckets in almost any form! I am currently working on a more modern dual blown bucket! Jody

Quick update on this.
Seats are painted (white) and the steering box thingo is modified to fit & in primer.
I've replaced the metal rear axle with a slightly longer one to stop the back wheels falling off.
Last weekend the weather was good enough to get the gold on the body & grille but then it got cold again so now i've got to wait for it to warm up so I can do the red pearl.
I've narowed a Parts Box resin T Bucket tank to sit at the back which will be aluminium and BMF.
Not done anything about exhausts yet.
I now have to make a decision about a windscreen. It's tempting to not fit one, but I think that could just be me being lazy.
I could narrow & otherwise modify an AMT '29 Roadster Ala Kart screen to fit but I think that would look odd as the top of the screen would be below the tops of the velocity stacks. I could heighten the screen as well but then there wouldn't be much left of the original part by the time i'd finished so maybe it'll be better to scratchbuild a tall screen?
I also will be making small cycle 'guards for the front wheels which will be satin black so as to blend in.

New pics when I get some pearl laid on.

Yay! Pearled the body.

Sweet.