Plum crazy '48 Coupe

by miwi Fri 15 Jun 2012, 4:38 am

Now to something more traditional, my plum crazy '48 Coupe. I had started with Revell's '48 Coupe. It will get only minor modifications like Replicas Miniature's carb distributor & Sudebaker taillights and Model Car Garage Sharp heads. I also added some some belt lines made out of half round profiles.

Plum crazy '48 Coupe Interior

by DeeCee Fri 15 Jun 2012, 7:17 am

Great start mate, really like that interior scheme.

by silverfox Fri 15 Jun 2012, 8:09 am

This is looking nice - great work on the interior.

by blatdriver Fri 15 Jun 2012, 10:24 am

Looking good, I love the plum crazy colour greatwork

by RetrospectKustoms Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:23 am

That looks awesome, please tell me you're not gonna put any caps on those steelies!!

by miwi Fri 15 Jun 2012, 2:34 pm

RetrospectKustoms wrote:That looks awesome, please tell me you're not gonna put any caps on those steelies!!

I'm not sure if I but some sombrero's on it or use some beauty rings with a little hubcap from a '40 Ford. At the moment I'm more to the last solution

by mgy125 Fri 15 Jun 2012, 3:54 pm

by 70cudatj Fri 15 Jun 2012, 4:37 pm

It's going to look great when done.........
Are you going for a gloss finish or satin?
TJ

by Adam Clark Fri 15 Jun 2012, 5:52 pm

Should look a treat! You've done an awesome job on the interior, a polish on that body and it will loo fantastic. Smile

by miwi Sat 16 Jun 2012, 12:48 am

70cudatj wrote:It's going to look great when done.........
Are you going for a gloss finish or satin?
TJ

Next step is gloss clear coat and final polishing

by miwi Sun 01 Jul 2012, 7:20 pm

I'm pretty slow this time with posting pictures of my Coupe, but there is some progress

Plum crazy '48 Coupe Chassis1

I just added some brake lines

Plum crazy '48 Coupe Mockup3

Here the finished body. Paint is Candy Plum crazy over plum Crazy from Zero Paints. The cal ear coat is also from Zero Paints. On the pictures it looks a bit dull. I think I have to play a bit around with my camera setup to get better pictures.

by mopar68 Sun 01 Jul 2012, 7:32 pm

So subtle and sweet, love it

by allan Mon 02 Jul 2012, 9:14 am

That's one very cool coupe.

by miwi Tue 03 Jul 2012, 6:52 am

As usual a Flathead must be installed into the Coupe. I used the kits engine and modified it with a 3 carb intake from the '48 Ford Convertible, 3 Strombergs and air cleaners from Modelcar Garage. The crab distributor is from Replica Miniatures of Maryland along with some pulley from Parts by Park. And last but not least a coil from Mr. Model. The fuel line will added when the engine is installed in the chassis

Plum crazy '48 Coupe Flatty