Hot Rod Cord

A junked, fenderless 1965 Monogram Cord 812 body and partial interior I bought on ebay and turned into a roadster-style drag racer.

The chassis and big block 454 are from the AMT '53 Ford pickup. The carbs and intake manifold were lost, so these were scratch built along with the roll cage and fuel tank. The seat belts and headers are from the AMT '56 Ford Victoria kit. 

The headlights and windshield were left over from the Revell '32 Ford Sedan and the grille is off an old Cadillac.

M&H slicks, wheels and Gofer vintage sponsor decals were bought from the ebay store, Model Car Mountain.

This Year's Model

1937 C-505 Cord Super Charged Convertible

1955 PYRO Plastics Corp.

The green instrument panel and flat white, house paint interior are left from the original builder. The Wisconsin plate was carefully peeled from the trunk and framed for use; tail lights from another kit replace the original red stickers.

A look under the hood at the 2 piece V-8 motor and original green plastic color on top of the fire wall. I thought it looked better without the front bumper and left it off. The fender skirts are cut out from a sheet of modeling plastic.

Original box art from jimnohio.com

My Cord was found on ebay and came in a plastic shopping bag instead of the cool box above. Thanks to drastic plastics mcc for the instructions that made it go a lot smoother, they also have more great box artwork.