My dads 38 ford coupe

Well here I'm starting with a 37 ford coupe and hope to change it into a 38 ford coupe as it was my dads second car and he loved it. It's a suprise for his Birthday in June so I got some time to work on it. Any ideas on how to make a 38 grill would be really great.
This is what i've done so far.

Needs more work on my paint yet

no idea on the grill sorry but hope you have some luck with it
im doing the same for me father in law only its a mini lol
good luck

For the grille but you could use some wire to get the shape and glue it to the model. Keep up the great work Mrs.D

lol ive got a mini to build to but im basing mine on the movie good bye pork pie.
thanks for the hint mustang

Do you know what I mean? The wire would be used to make the horizontal cross bars and you might have to pinch some of bretts plastic for the frame.

Here is a stock one(what your making i guess)


And a custom one:



Basically the same thing but different parts are chrome and black, hope this helps

can u use the grill from Boyds smoothster to turn into a 38 grill.

they look good mustang and cheers will hit brett up about it.
Will also look into your idea too allan thanks guys.

Gday , what about modifieing a 39 grille ? I've had a look at the amt 39-40 tudor and it looks real close to what your lookin at . Good luck with it .

Is your Dad's car a 38 standard, 38 deluxe or a 39 standard? these all look similar but have significant differences which could affect the appearance of yur model. The old AMT Black Force slammer kit was based on a 38 Deluxe and might help you out.

Dads car was a standard 38 and i only have a small side on black and white photo to go by but I do know that its was painted in satin black and was a plain jane but that he loved it. Cant ask him to much about it as I dont want him to catch on to what it is I'm doing. So it's hard going for me. Damm I love a good challange aye. Not!!!!!

mrs doorslamer wrote:lol ive got a mini to build to but im basing mine on the movie good bye pork pie.
thanks for the hint mustang

I can't wait to see that , I love that movie

Very cool, I want to do one like my DADS pictured in my avatar!

I see the slacker still hasnt posted her pics . Will get onto her about that