You can see the unchopped Host door sitting in the unchopped top opening, You can see how much additional height had to be added to the door to make it conform to the opening. In this picture, front axle height has been modified to stock height and 1940 Ford wheels and tires from an ERTL model have been installed. Wheels will roll and front wheel will steer properly. You can see one of the chopped top bodies in the background.
The door has been drilled and pinned and a cut made to obtain the proper door profile.
The pieces of the door needed to obtain stock roof height. All pieces were drilled, pinned and epoxied in place.
One expoxied together, a wire reinforcement was JB Welded in place for added strength.
With door panel filed to fit and the wire strengthening piece in place, the door is ready for final filling and body work.
One photo shows both doors at stock window height with door panels modified and installed.
A Ford Motor Company archive photo shows the stock wind shield frame and windshield wiper. Deluxe 34 Ford Three Window Coupes had two windshield wipers as Roy's model will have, donated from a 37 Ford Road Signatures model. The stock height windshield frame needs to be hand fabricated. After consultation between Jerry and myself, we decided to use a piece of "N" scale railroad track rail, which is an alloy brass material that can be easily bent and soldered. The frame was made out of two pieces of N gauge train track.
One of the photos shows the two piece construction of the windshield frame soldered together. After polishing, it will resemble a chrome plated frame and it fit the opening perfectly.
The molded plastic hood had to be filled with plastic filler, since it had a hole in it for a blower scoop. It had to be filled at the bottom also, since headers came though the side of it.
2 mm plastic molding was used to simulate the center hood hinge. Automotive spot putty was used to fill in minor imperfections.
Since the ERTL model had a filled roof and Roy's hot rod had a vinyl roof insert, 1 mm plastic half round material was heated and carefully bent and glued into place to simulate the roof insert. The molding will be precision masked and the insert painted flat black, after final paint has been applied. Note the final contour and smoothness of the roof body line at the door edge.
Finish primed body, doors and fenders with 40 Ford tires and wheels installed. Rear spare tire mount will be added in the next phase of the work with motor installed and front and rear bumpers added.
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