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21/01/2008 10:53 am
For all you Hot Rod and Custom car guys
21/01/2008 11:20 am
Some nice cars there, Allan. Where was the show held? Noticed a 1955 Chevy 210(?) in the group. Here is a '55 Chevy Bel-Air (1/24) that I just finished.
The paint job was left "stock", but painting detail was done to the engine block (both in the engine compartment and under the chassis), air cleaner, battery, distributor cap, radiator hose, and horns.
The interior floor pan was carpeted. The trunk got the same treatment. The dash's knobs and gauges were painted, as were the door handles and window cranks on the door panels, and the chrome steering wheel, too. In addition, an accelerator pedal was added to the floor pan as the stock model didn't even have one!
The five-spoke wheels and tires, small up front and large in the rear, were from an Ertl diecast 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery kit. The front end required no alterations at all, but in the rear, the plastic one-piece axle had to be removed and discarded, a couple of plastic stubs cut off and filed smooth, and a round, straight, rotating axle (with both wheels attached to it) installed. Thus, the front wheels move independently and are steerable, and the rear wheels turn together as one unit with the axle.
The twin exhaust tips are chrome-plated brass tubing.
I seriously considered lowering the model excessively, but to do so was problematic, a one-shot gamble, with the very distinct possibility of fatal and irreparable damage to the chassis and other vital parts. As it is now, the stance looks pretty good to me, so I just left it alone.
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21/01/2008 11:28 am
Bob, I took the photos from several car shows around my area over a period of several years. Nice job on the Bel Air. not lowering it looks better.
21/01/2008 12:05 pm
Great pics Allan.I especially like those 50's lead sleds.Thats the era I grew up in.
21/01/2008 12:31 pm
I love that gold Merc, Allan subdued and tasteful... I'd love to go cruisin' in that baby.
21/01/2008 12:40 pm
Hey, what neck of the woods are you from?
Some of those cars look familiar.
21/01/2008 2:42 pm
Alan, i'm in Palmerton Pa. about 20 miles north of Allentown. Where are you at?
21/01/2008 8:11 pm
Dang ! This is like going to a car show :))
Thanks for sharing, buddy ! I specially like the last shot :))