larman

AMT '41 Plymouth has a 340 with a hot rod intake and 4bbl. Also, the Petty Dart and Duster short track cars had either the same, or similar motors. You could probably get away with using a small block Chevy intake, maybe from a NASCAR kit, they are very easy to get.

Absolute show winner there !!!

Great job! Where did the wheels come from?

Great work!!

Nice job!

Amen to that!!

Outstanding! The wheels look great! Love the old classics!

Check out http://www.georgeklass.net/index.html, great reference for vintage drag cars. There are a lot of '37/'38 Chevys in the Gasser section.These are actual pictures of cars from the time, not modern interpretations. His pics cover from the mid 50's up to the early 70's.If I were building a gasser from the AMT '37, I would probably use a smaller Moon tank in front of the radiator and either use the stock grille or the cool smoothed out, one piece drag version, included in the kit. To be honest, that kit pretty much has decent stuff to build a gasser right in the box.If you use the drag front end, maybe lower it just a little, or you could modify the stock one. I like the idea of an SD 421, people think everyone always used Chevy motors in Chevys, but in that time period an SD Pontiac motor would be highly desirable and I have seen more than one '37/'38 or Tri-5 Chevy with Pontiac power. I would probably leave the stock gas tank too.I try to build my drag cars as authentic as I can, usually in the time frame of '64-'68, so I understand you wanting to sweat the details, but it seems that there was a lot of leeway from track to track with rules, especially the smaller ones. HTH.....

That is really nice paint!

That's cool. I like the idea for the paint scheme too, it makes sense with the rest of the build. There was a real 1963 Ford pick up that ran B/FX with a Thunderbolt driveline. Here is a link, http://f-100xl.info/, to the info for those who are interested.

Great wheels, super motor, stance is dead on, so is the chop. This is an outstanding model.

Beautiful job on a beautiful car!

Very nice! Great wheels and stance! I had a very nice restorable kit with box and instructions. I foolishly sold it and had a serious case of sellers remorse ever since.

Great job on both of them! Love the Hemi!

That look's great as a gasser!

Great concepts! Very well built too!

That is so very nice! Great color and attention to detail!

Nice job. The weathering is right on. Reminds me of the old farm trucks that were around when I was a kid.

Awesome build!

There is a deep sump oil pan for the SOHC 427 Ford in the AMT '68 Shelby and I believe, the '66 Galaxie. Both are not hard to find and cheap. If you check on ebay, one of the parts guys might have one or a whole motor.

Look's great!

Any Max Wedge car, A12 cars and the new Demon

Nice job!

I am not a big truck builder, but I had one that I ruined as a kid. I might get one for nostalgia.

Great resto! Nice updates and the color is really nice! I like the wheels too.