Art & Inspiration Anyone have any info on this 1/8 scale steel 32 ford hot rod?

That is way cool. Nice find
Vic

 

Wish I could help, but dang that is very cool. Hope someone has some info on it.

 

A lot of modelling is scratch built, and that has the look. I hope you can find some info.

BTW, Scratch is a seven letter word with only one vowel.

 

Several years ago (10?) at the Detroit Autorama a guy was selling steel 32 roadsters, about 1/8 scale. But I’ve never seen a 3 window before. Very well done.

 

Super neat "Lucky 7" find. Much work in that one, & the Tom's lettering is especially well done

 

Amazing work, it's a shame that the craftsman that built it didn't sign it like a fine artist signs his work. HRP

 

way cool ! there was some time put into that scale model...

 

No info on the bottom?

 

Hogg is a well known name in dirt racing... Maybe a family member?

 

That is a great find.

 

Detail is extraordinary

 

I’d drive it

 

That's wild!

 

I seem to remember a fellow from Southern Illinois or perhaps the St Louis area that made them. I wonder if anyone on the large scale modeling page has more?

 

That's just neat. Looks like a model of an actual car; built by a skilled modeler.

 

I have full fender 1/8 plastic 32 window . They seem to be plenty full now . I build mine 25 years ago .
Yours is over the top cool !
Thanks for sharing

 

Mark, I figured there were already three in your collection

 

Very cool... the roof seems to be a bit bulky though. I have what I think is a the nicest example of a resin 32 3w coupe done by George Zurowski from Long Island. This one is probaby 25 yrs old now. There is probably a buck master around somewhere, that they made the sand molds from.

 

I bought one of his 5 windows. It was a second so it had a few flaws

 

You might want to ask the guys on Model Cars Magazine.... They just might have some info on it...

 

@Moriarity [QUOTE="so is this a model of one of his cars?[/QUOTE] I have no idea, I just googled the name Tom Hogg. There was a Obituary from a guy in Louisiana. but no mention of racing. There are a lot of dirt racers in the Midwest shown with the same last name, so maybe a relative of him was what I was thinking...

 

Maybe no help at all but;
In the 50's,there was a group that hammered out some 1/8 scale race cars*,an had Model Airplane engines in them. Tether raced.
A small article in a mag back then,showed some an talked about how they cut an hammered bodys,out of used 1 gal. cans for the metal n hot ironed them together. It was a one page with a few pic.,in I think Car Craft?
Been a long time that I had not thought about that,but it was one of those things ya see as a kid,made me think I wanted to try { never did though.}

 

Ditto
Definitely Art!

 

My name is Tom... I'm approx. 5 ft 8 inches tall. I'd like to drive this neat little coupe... but, I'd need to be 8 1/2 inches in height.

 

Better picture

 

That is where mine came from , 25 years ago also . Those are very very nice .

 

A current e-bay offering by 45bigdaddy lists a 1/6 scale 32 all metal 32 roadster built 25 years ago

 

I agree the roof is off some but for hand formed steel it is better than I could do