Well I've been a member of Club Hot Rod since 2003 and have only posted once because I don't have a Hot Rod but have had the feeling a Hot Rodder had deep in my hart but because of my health I new I had no chance of ever driving one like the rest of the folks that make up Club Hot Rod have. So I got an email telling me that I need to post more, but being disabled and not able to get around very well, I thought that if I was ever to be a part of the Hot Rod Club, I would need to come by and post My 3 window Model A in hopes that there might be any scale model fans out there that would know what I have felt deep in the heart.
So if you like what you see in these pics of My Hot Rod, then maybe those people might post something and tell this crippled up old man just how much you like what I have built, or how much you don't like it what I have built.

A few notes about the car:
I built this car in about three months and used only parts I had in boxes and it was not made from a kit. Model freaks call it building from scratch.
One thing I did was to had make the Skull shift knob, I also made the chain steering wheel by soldering some of the wife's chain around a 1:4 inch socket and then crazy-glued the chain to the plastic steering wheel base.
Anyway I hope someone likes it enough to post their comment.

Thank you for taking time to look at the work I do with my hands.

This first pic shows the car before the fitting stages


These to pics are the chassis when I was trying to divide what type of headers I wanted to use.



These three pics were when I was trying to decide which injection system I wanted to use. I decided to use the Velocity Stacks.




This is just after I had chopped the top and had fitted the body. This also when I realized the I had to get rid of the side pipes or I wouldn't be able to open the door to get in the car. It was about this time that I switched from slicks to tread type tires in the rear. I also changed from the narrow, to the wider front tires and rims so they would match the rear wheels better.



This is when I started working on the interior. The top pic was the first steering wheel I made but after fitting the seats, I realized that the wheel was too big around and decided that I needed to make another one which is shown in the bottom pic.



It was at this time that I made the pair of Dice that are hanging from the rear view mirror. This is when I had put a couple layers of paint on the car and added the red scallops.











The last things that I did to My Deuce was to ad the sort of things that gave the car its special look which were the bullet tail lights, the Route 66 license plate, the Iron Cross on the trunk lid, and lastly, the antenna with the Fox Tail on the passengers side that just tops off what gives the car its caricature


So good luck to all that have that Hot Rod in their heart;

My best to you all;


Sincerely

Tom Douglas
aka "Mas"








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