Norman Veber's "Flat Box" Ford
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Norman took a little license with the interior. Most
obvious is the wonderful bare door panels. He figured,
if you can't see them in the box art, they are fair game
for improvement. He studied a highly-detailed text on
building authentic Model A Hot Rods to learn just where
all the holes belong. The dash features his Replicas and
Miniatures Company of Maryland (R&MCo) five-hole gauge
panel with acetate gauge faces. The steering wheel was
painted black and "cord wrapped" with white
sewing thread.
The roll bar and tonneau cover are resin reproductions
of pieces that came in the original flat box kit, but
which have disappeared from subsequent reissues. Both
are in his R&MCo product line.
Other resin R&MCo products
used for the interior include the foot-shaped accelerator
pedal, and racing helmet. The shifter is a bent ball-headed
straight pin with a hand painted
"8" on it.