Phildaupho Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) Note - Some of this story was made up for April Fools Days - This is a model of the real Little Deuce Coupe that inspired the Beach Boys’ song of the same name. Although it was meant to be on the record album cover it obviously was not and it eventually disappeared. The record company guys thought it looked too plan [as in - You don’t know what I got] so it was sent to Barris Kustoms for enhancement. As it turned out it was not finished in time when record advanced the release date so [ this next part is true] Hot Rod magazine was asked to provide some photos. The picture of the Chili Catallo Silver Sapphire was cropped from a 1961 photo session by Eric Rickman. Another interesting fact is that the red jacket to add color to the photo and worn by Chili whose head was cropped off in the photo belonged to Big Daddy Ed Roth!! [ This is fiction ] Because the real Little Deuce Coupe missed its moment of fame, to make it a full on show car the flathead was replaced with an eight carb Hemi. Shortly afterwards the car was crashed and completely destroyed by fire so totally disappeared. The car was originally built for Bonneville where it ran 140 mph on alcohol. Picture if you will how this car looked at Bonneville. It was chopped and channelled over a Z’d frame. It was very light having a louvered roof panel and trunk and a stripped interior with aircraft seats. It ran with magnesium wheels, no headlights and a fairing over the front frame horns. TRUE - Notice how the car has all the features mentioned in the song such as the flathead, 4-speed and lakes pipes. It also has a full hood, which hid the potential of the engine. Edited April 1, 2018 by Phildaupho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PARTSMARTY Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Very cool indeed !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 (edited) Great looking Deuce , I love the color and the Flat Head ! I admit I don't know much about the Little Deuce Coupe and never knew the car on the album wasn't the original . . . oh yeah , April Fool's ! Edited April 1, 2018 by TooOld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHU Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Very very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 The story is suspect but plausible. The model however is outstanding. I have a preference for the Flat Head but the Hemi is cool also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donb Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Cool car! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Thanks everyone. It was a fun project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Very nice! I like yours a LOT more than the famous one on the album cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mredjr Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Very cool with flathead or hemi! Nice work! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 That is one very cool Deuce man, love that color on it too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Super Nice Model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mredjr Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Nice job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I'm curious. Did you do separate versions? voth versions are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_a Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Great 32 duece, perfect stance and a nice period look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 A decent looking Deuce. Very Kool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 On 2018-04-05 at 2:33 AM, bobthehobbyguy said: I'm curious. Did you do separate versions? voth versions are great. I actually built it with the Hemi a few years ago and converted to flathead last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 On 2018-04-01 at 11:39 PM, Snake45 said: Very nice! I like yours a LOT more than the famous one on the album cover. On 2018-04-01 at 11:45 PM, mredjr said: Very nice!! On 2018-04-02 at 2:21 AM, Sixties Sam said: Very cool with flathead or hemi! Nice work! Sam On 2018-04-02 at 1:21 PM, DeeCee said: That is one very cool Deuce man, love that color on it too.. On 2018-04-03 at 6:17 AM, slusher said: Super Nice Model! On 2018-04-04 at 10:41 AM, Modelbuilder Mark said: Very nice On 2018-04-04 at 11:13 AM, mredjr said: Nice job!! On 2018-04-05 at 2:41 AM, dan_a said: Great 32 duece, perfect stance and a nice period look! On 2018-04-05 at 4:12 AM, Pat Minarick said: Very cool. On 2018-04-05 at 7:07 PM, unclescott58 said: A decent looking Deuce. Very Kool. Thanks everyone. Hopefully by this time next year I will have completed a model of the Silver Sapphire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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