The Left Overs Pick-Up

A spare parts hod rod, a psycho-billy Ford.

It's a '29, '31, '32, '33, '34, '41, '65 automobile.

A '29 cab and '34 fenders on a modern Dodge frame. The motor is a Lindberg mid-60's Thunderbird. Other parts are '32 Ford and '33 and '41 Willys. 

Jo-Han '31 Cadi gas tank, slicks from a '79 Camaro kit and scratch-built rear springs.

Buddy's Xmas Models

The models my parents bought my son for Christmas. 

Lindberg's '34 Ford stake-bed tow truck built to Arthur's specifications.

He wanted "army truck wheels" so we used replacements from my spare parts box. The Good Guys and Bear Tire Service decals are also from the box.

I call it Camo Tow.

He chose the flathead over the chrome T-bird motor.

Revell's '48 Ford Custom Coupe [Version B]

Flames and pin-striping.

Toys in the Attic

Some of my Dad's old models found up in the attic with some very cool vintage box artwork.

AMT '55 Chevy Nomad after reattaching the bumpers and hood scoop. I remember having this one in my room when I was a kid, built by Jim Earnhart in the mid-1970's.

Nomad  detail

AMT Warren Tope Mach 1 Mustang, repainted Ford Blue over the original gloss brown.

The incomplete engine was replaced with a Cobra motor from Revell's '55 Ford Panel truck. I finished the front and back ends of the car as well.

A Mustang funny car [Mach Won maybe?] in matching brown was also found in the Warren Tope box.

Also in the Nomad box, a lifted Datsun pick-up [brown, of course] with lots of tiny chrome parts that need to be reattached.

"Lunge Box", a '33 Willys Panel gasser, built by Jim Earnhart, 1970's.

Willy's Panel detail

El Diablo

Lindberg '34 Ford Pickup chopped rat rod

Junkyard exhaust headers and Stromberg-style carbs

The bed has been cut down to tool box size. The gas tank, tail lights and seats are also junk parts.

Little Deuce Day Tripper

Donuts in La Puente

TV break in Lordsburg, NM

Beautiful El Paso

At the drive-in, Sweetwater, TX

Getting a trim at the Broadway Style House, Shreveport

Baton Rouge, LA

The Big Indian Shop, Shelburne Falls, MA

Chinese food in Eau Claire

Bread stop. Rock Springs, WY

Broiler Cafe, Salt Lake City

Revell's '32 3-Window Coupe [Good Guys street rod version] chopped and channeled. The flat head and wire wheels are left over from the Halloween Highboy '32 sedan. 

The background photos are from John Margolies' book, Roadside America [Taschen]

Halloween High Boy

One of the models my parents bought for my son's 5th birthday. Arthur called the shots and I built them.

Here we have Revell's '32 Ford Sedan 2'n1. He chose the high boy version, of course, with chrome mags and V-8 Mustang engine.

Arthur's color scheme led to a halloween theme.

The curtains in the back windows and "roof racks" are from an old funeral coach I had in the junkyard. Also added a small spider web decal to lower front windshield.

I liked the Little Deuce Spook better without the flames but I was vetoed.

I think 9 out of 10 five year olds will want the flame decals.

Found In a Field North of Kyoto

This AMT Ertl '53 Ford Pickup was the first model box my son got into at age three. Last month we found what was left of the box and decided it's future would be as a rusty wreck with a tree growing from under the hood.

The narrow chassis didn't leave much room for the bonsai tree so I ended up removing it.

Luckily, I found a tree with a thin enough trunk for the hood to fit in place.

The finished product was a 64th birthday gift for my Dad, who happens to like 50's Fords and bonsai trees. The dead Ford in a Japanese garden is a little ironic.