Snake45 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Has anyone done a comparo between the Bantam Coupe bodies in the Jawbreaker and the Slingster kits? Is one more accurate or in some way better than the other? I'm thinking of taking one back in the direction of stock-ish and making either a street rod or an Altered out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) Snake, the Jawbreaker Bantam body (in orange) seams a little simplified and off to me verses the Slingster body (in maroon). The Slingster one looks more like the Bantams I remember from the 60's. Edited September 12, 2017 by magicmustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I'd go with the Slingster body. Somewhere around here I have one I started reworking for use as a hot rod body. I filled in the wheel cutouts and the hole in the roof, bought plastic strip to recreate some of the beltline detail, and stopped right about there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) All that being said. If I were going stockish or Altered I would go with the Jimmy Flintstone resin cast one. Wheel location is right for either. Edited September 12, 2017 by magicmustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Slingster looks like the clear winner. Thanks, fellas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 The original Seventies issue of the Jawbreaker called it a " '32 Ford rail rod". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snake45 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Cool, but I want to build an Altered or street rod, not a Comp car.But now I'm thinking of putting the Jawbreaker body on the Kasper Undertaker for an early '60s Comp. Gotta look better than that goofy backbirth body in the kit (though the chassis and engine are pretty interesting looking). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Cool, but I want to build an Altered or street rod, not a Comp car.But now I'm thinking of putting the Jawbreaker body on the Kasper Undertaker for an early '60s Comp. Gotta look better than that goofy backbirth body in the kit (though the chassis and engine are pretty interesting looking).The Undertaker was rebuilt from an uncompetitive drag car, the Benicki Brothers' "Chrome Coffin". The family operated a chrome shop, so the chassis (possibly the engine too) was already chromed when Carl Casper got it. He swapped the T-bucket body (or maybe reworked it), and replaced the original fuel injection setup with the Potvin/Moon crank-drive supercharger. I've got a magazine here somewhere with a feature on the car in its original form. It wasn't Hot Rod or Rod & Custom, it was one of the lesser-known magazines that I can't remember the name of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I posted the 1:1 photo for reference. I suspect you Snake new what one looked like it was for those that may not know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Here is a vintage shot of an American Bantam coupe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) I love this Bantam Altered that is being built on this forum. Edited September 13, 2017 by magicmustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 I love this Bantam Altered that is being built on this forum. Actually, the Purple People Eater (above) is made from a '30 Model A Ford Coupe body with the whole trunk section removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Actually, the Purple People Eater (above) is made from a '30 Model A Ford Coupe body with the whole trunk section removed. Okay, I stand corrected. I'll still use a modified Bantam coupe body to build a replica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Altered States has a really nice Bantam as well. I thought I had a picture, guess not. Check out Chuck's Site! Good Stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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