1940 Ford Jalopy Dirt Racer

by Sam Wed 12 Feb 2014, 2:36 am

This was my first attempt at a dirt track style car, so I decided to start off with its earliest era of racing. Its also completely built out of the parts box.

This one will not have many wip pics, I seem to have lost a few.

The pile of parts...

Here is where I combined chassis parts to make one.

by Guest Wed 12 Feb 2014, 2:37 am

by harron68 Wed 12 Feb 2014, 2:52 am

See what you can do with it, I expect the magic you bring to builds.

by dogfish7 Wed 12 Feb 2014, 3:44 am

Awesome! Love the 40. I'll watch.

by RetiredMike Wed 12 Feb 2014, 3:04 pm

Nice one, Sam.

by Sam Thu 13 Feb 2014, 2:25 am

harron68 wrote:See what you can do with it, I expect the magic you bring to builds.

Well...not sure about the magic with this one. lol The nice thing about this venue of race cars is that they were supposed to be rough. :-)

Ok, here is the last of the wip pics. just a simple color scheme, single bucket seat, and basic roll cage. Add a steel bumper/grille guard combo. wire mesh came from an old window screen I replaced on the house. This is also my first attempt at weathering.