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In the early days of drag racing many cars sported numbers on their sides. Today drag cars still wear much smaller divisional numbers or their finishing number from the previous year.. I'd cut the upper part of that windshield off. Looks a bit silly that high. Especially for a drag car. Have fun!
Lindberg kits can be weird, to say the least. The thing I always found funny about this one, is that Ford stopped manufacturing the Model T in 1927. Note that they claim this a "29 "T".
I've never seen this kit, or if I have, I didn't pay it any attention! lol Looks like a neat kit, albeit lacking in certain details....but that can be remedied. However, if you're entering it in 'box stock' I suppose you can't fix its shortcomings.
Anytime you buy an open kit at a model show it is a “crap shoot,” but we all do it and will again. Sometimes you get lucky, while other times you do not. It is still worth building. You will figure out something. You could consider using some Evergreen to make two taillights. Thanks for sharing.
Really nest kit. I don't remember seeing before either. But would be all about building it.🙂 The early drag cars often had numbers usually painted on with either white, or black shoe polish. These numbers were assigned at race day if you didn't have permanent identification on the car. The Famous 554 coupe is a prime example.
Matthew, If anyone can polish a Turd like this kit, it would be you! I would lose the upper windshield and put a floor of some kind in it, Best of luck my friend?
I was building one a while ago-it's doesn't sit correct -the body on the frame-I painted it Magenta flake and gold wheels and tires--I just put it in a box and said ""Later--I think the kit is JUNK-the body is not a T or an A what it is I don't know--old Lindberg junk from early 60's-for a simple kit -you spend a lot of time fixing stuff
I did not see anyone else mention this but I did not read every comment. When working with resin, be sure to wear a mask. That stuff gets nasty and you do not want it in your lungs. I have done enough damage to myself over the years.
This kit is a bit mysteriuos to me. I do have the very same issue that you have there Matt. 1st mystery: 1927 was the final prodution year of the Ford model T. This kit is labeled as a 29 T ? 2nd mystery: Parts that are rather similar to some AMT kits. If you have an AMT ala cart in your stash , look at the Dodge Red Ram engine & the dash board. This kit has look a like parts in it. 3rd mystery: The headers look very similar to the headers from the AMT 25 T bucket . 4th mystery: could it be that a former design engineer from AMT moved to Lindberg in the mid 60's & borrowed some design ideas??? We might never know, but it is rather interesting. Have a great week.
Came out in 1965 as a motorized kit, that version was issued in 2009. Box stock or not I would have shit canned those tires for better ones (maybe even pad printed). Wire the engine and mock up a driveshaft.
I have this model, a simple kit that isn't so simple. You're quite right on that. I miss placed the Dodge Red Ram engine, that's what's holding up this project.
These look like the cars they drag race on the beach. TROG "The Race of Gentlemen". They race on the Jersey beach, I think in Wildwood. You may need to make a separate floor. Use the box cardboard if it's to be "box" stock 😅
I vaguely remember this one. Should be a fun little diversion to show! My recommendation is to remove the top half of the windshield. Hotrodders would've done that back in the day. Overall this kit has a lot of potential. But it would mean binning everything but the frame & body looks like!
