I'm pretty sure it's a '39 Ford convertible. As the seller is not the late Ron Cash I suppose they can be forgiven for the mistake (if it is an honest one). Still a beautiful model and I would think worth the price.
Just as well it's 1/24th or Luvtoscratch would want it for a wrecker
Hey Toot !! Ya really think I am that mean??
Naaaa -- I would not wreckerize a nice 1/24 car ---
they take up too much room!!
It is a 39 Ford.
I have a bunch of unbuilt 1/24---- 1/25 plastic cars dating from the 60's , none of the cars later than a 1953 model ( thats a Studebaker ) the rest are all 28 to 50 cars--
never wrecked them when I built them , hotrodded a bunch tho.
Building 1/24 cars in the early 70's is what prompted me to never enter model building contests ( except 1 model RR type I had already been in and won)
There was the first IPMS ( I think that was the name) international contest being held in Las Vegas , I decided to build a couple of cars for it. I decided on an AMT 1/24 37 Chev ragtop and a 36 Ford 3 window. Worked on the things for 3 months , scratch built a GMC blown six cyl. Jimmie truck motor for the Chev, opened the hood louvres on both cars hoods , hinged the hoods properly on both cars, had opening doors on both , built brass and silver see thru stock type grilles for both cars, scratch built Ardun heads for the flat head in the chopped top 36, in short built what I thought would be prize perfect models.
The Chev. got 2nd and the 36 3rd place-- the winner was a BOX STOCK 34 Ford California Kid model ( from that movie that was hot right then. !) This car was built in a motel room the night before ---- IT did have a very nice paint job -- I will give it that.
I could not understand how that happened till I overheard the judges talking , one saying that "it was easy to see that the winning car was So and sos just by the excellent paint and that he ALWAYS wins " !
That smarted bad enough, but the crowning touch was when MR WINNER came over and asked how I had put valve stems in the wheels on my cars and how do you build door hinges like that an how --how--- how-- and where did the Arduns come from? I decided then and there --NO MORE contests!
Remember this was the days BEFORE scale model auto mags and aftermarket parts , A short time (Year or so later) after market parts began to appear -- one item was a set of Ardun heads -- my heads were the pattern for those.
Dave
