Graffiti Coupe

I’ve been working on and off on a replica of John Milner's coupe from the movie American Graffiti since I was a boy. When they re-released the model kit I thought great, only to find that it bears little to no resemblance to the real thing. This is an ongoing project using all the parts I have been saving for the last twenty years and one of my home made resin five window coupe bodies on a Revell ’32 roadster chassis. So far, so good and I hope to get some kind of cross between piss yellow and puke green on this thing come painting season!

Do you actually have time for work Bryce? Can't wait to see this one finsihed - looking good so far.

tezza43 wrote:Do you actually have time for work Bryce? Can't wait to see this one finsihed - looking good so far.

Time for work? Why do you think I'm sitting here doing this at 1am on a Sunday morning!
Going to bed now...

Milner will be happy cruzin this ol' girl Bryce sittin pretty sweet ,great job on the body mate, & know all ya have to is get that piss yella / puke green right mate & were cruzin , great work mate cant wait to see her finished. know wheres that video gone !

That's looking to be one of the best and most accurate Milner coupe's I've seen in scale, but then we expect that from you Bryce.

I'm working on a certain local '40 convert belonging to a good friend of mine. It's also a very similar shade of piss yeller. I started with one of the little Humbrol cans that is very close and with a tiny amount of lime green have got exactly the colour required.

I shall be watching with interest Bryce.
The Man a Fre 4 carb manifold will be a bit of a challenge although the Revell die cast had a half decent version

Chris

another cool lookin 32 5 window, lookin forward to seeing more of this 1.

cdansie wrote:I shall be watching with interest Bryce.
The Man a Fre 4 carb manifold will be a bit of a challenge although the Revell die cast had a half decent version

Chris

I reckon the six carb manifold found in the AMT 36 coupe and some of the '40s might be a good starting point.

Still a bit of work, but not too much for Bryce.

Carps wrote:

cdansie wrote:I shall be watching with interest Bryce.
The Man a Fre 4 carb manifold will be a bit of a challenge although the Revell die cast had a half decent version

Chris

I reckon the six carb manifold found in the AMT 36 coupe and some of the '40s might be a good starting point.

Still a bit of work, but not too much for Bryce.

I've got an old six carb manifold - not too sure where it came from but I think it's Revell - and have taken out the middle two inlets - it looks pretty close...

Here's a quick update. Been working on some headers today. The grey bits are kit items straightened and extended to clear the chassis and the blue mufflers are off a set of pipes from my parts stash (I think they came off a Revell Z28 Camaro from memory...). Just need to add a couple of flanges and they should be right. Had to adjust the engine and gearbox mounts to get them to sit in the right spot, but I reckon this looks OK.

Coming along nicely Bryce.. can't wait to see that well described colour... mmmmm

Bryce I found article in scale auto enthusiast magazine no 106 1996. on a build up of the graffiti coupe,the body has chopped top but 3in add to the body in the middle.can scan it and send it to u.PM me.There is 4 pages on the build up.

Thanks Allan - appreciate the offer but this is actually my own resin body that I made by grafting the AMT five window roof onto the Revell roadster body, so I'm pretty sure it's accurate. The old AMT '32 coupes have a sectioned body, which would be why the article you refer to suggested adding some meat into the body sides.

Ya it is a AMT/Erti 32 body,in the magazine.

With warmer weather on the way, this one's back on the bench to be finished ASAP! Hope to get some paint on her this weekend...

Chassis is all primed and ready for paint - modifications include:
- removing the fuel tank and bobbing the rear frame horns
- addition of a stock style rear crossmember
- removing the kit X-frame and replacing with a stock style K-frame
- mounts for the rear traction bars
- steering box through chassis rail
- stock style front crossmember
- front shock and engine mounts

Here's a couple of pics:




Hey Carps - do you like my fancy paint stand?

This is coming up really well mate, looking great
Are those paint stands expensive and where can i get one!!

looking good mate

that is a good movie
like grease is too

Johnno, I've got a number of those Bryce type paint stands available.
As an AMCC forum member I can let you have them for $10 each plus P&P.
They are the jumbo size and this week they come in Grey, white, black or Yellow.
There is also the deluxe version with small parts holder* for a mere $15.
Send money to Javelin Engineering at the usual address.



*a T shaped bit of sprue taped to it with a pair of clothes pegs superglued & taped to the top.

Got some paint on the chassis and it's up on wheels now.

Rear end is '57 Chev running a transverse leaf and scratchbuilt radius rods and no shocks as per the real car:




Front is dropped I-beam with stock wishbone and '40 Ford brakes all chromed (or in this case Alcladded) as per the real car:




Here's how it's looking:

Bryce wrote:Hey Carps - do you like my fancy paint stand?

Yeah, I have a couple just like it.

Bryce, mate I am loving this, this car and the movie is sensational, am really looking forward to seeing this through, can't wait for more, top job so far. Milner is the king!!!
Adam

Great work. Now thats a trad hot rod. Love the old chromies.

Been mucking around with headers and cycle guards today:

Looking really nice at the mock up stage Bryce.
Adam