History What’s the name of this car?

Hello all when reading the thread “
LARRY FERRIS TEMPTED ONCE MODEL A MAGAZINE FEATURES?? AND WHERE IS IT TODAY???”
There is a picture of the car of my dreams ok one of the cars.
The blue full fender bucket. Anyone have any info pictures?
Thanks
Dan

 

Don Tognotti's "King T" I believe it has been restored
It won the 1964 AMBR award.

 

HOT HEAP


Its real name was the King T, and when completed in 1964, it was regarded as a landmark Model T-based hot rod. Owned by Don Tognotti, it was built by Don and Gene Winfield in Los Angeles, who fabricated a custom tubular steel frame to support a 1914 Model T Ford body originally purchased for $300. Conceived as a show car from the outset, King T was powered by a lightly modded 265-cube small-block from a 1955 Chevy, driving through an early GM Hydramatic transmission controlled using the vintage Model T spark advance and retard levers mounted on the steering column. What made King T stand out—apart from Gene Winfield's eye-popping Lavender Pearl paintjob—was its chrome-plated independent rear suspension, complete with inboard mounted Airheart disc brakes. Designed and fabricated by California race car builder Walt Reiff, it used the center section of a 1955 Chevy back axle and driveshafts from a GMC truck—each shortened four feet. King T won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award at the 1964 Oakland Roadster Show and was the subject of a popular 1/25th scale plastic model kit four years before becoming one of the Hot Wheels Original 16. Restored to its original 1964 specification—with Gene Winfield himself giving it a fresh Lavender Pearl paintjob—King T sold at auction in 2010 for almost $86,000.

 

Annnnnnnd- it was cast in the Sweet 16 Hot Wheels redline launch in 1968 as the Hot Heap.

 

Thanks guys, I thought it was one of original Hot Wheels , I had them at all one time. I’ll have to find the model kit and build. Evidently the King T has been running around in my head for the past 54 years.
Dan

 

I could’ve swore mine was blue.
Dan

 

AMT only issued it in a double kit with Joe Wilhelm's Wild Dream. The King T was really cool, but always thought the Wild Dream was kinda lame.

 

Jack, I'll take the Wild Dream!

 

Like the King T much better! The Wet Dream not so much.

 

Sold 09/14/2022 on Bring A Trailer for $75,500.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1913-ford-model-t-king-t/

 

MPC did the tooling for the King T, but it was initially released by AMT. I don’t know if it was ever re-issued in the original King T form. MPC modified the tooling into the Paddy Wagon and Fire Truck. If you find a King T kit it will be expensive, especially if not built.

 

That’s what I was afraid of , however I’ll keep an eye open.
Dan

 

Looks like you will have to build one @Sharpone

 

https://www.tbucketplans.com/tognottis-king-t/

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/7791-tognotti-king-t/?do=findComment&comment=2346932

 

Just sayin', when Joe Wilhelm's Dream hit the pages I think I read that he worked it up from aluminum.
Anybody know fer sure?

 

Full size would be super cool, next project ???
Dan

 

Thanks. Interesting history.
Dan

 

Here's mine in Spectra Flame orange-

 

Made in all these colors - cool
Dan