curt raitz Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I first encountered Greg Salzillo and Dave Fords "Nashole" at the 2018 Street Festival in Hollister, California. I took a bunch of photos of the car, thinking it would be fun to build a model of the car. My buddy Steve found a resin cast model of a Nash Metropolitan from Altered States. He picked one up for me and we did a little trading. Using photos and information from an article on the car in "Rat Rod" Magazine I started to work on the model. I scratch-built the chassis based on info from the article. Chopped the top, found a small block chevy, 350 turbo tranny, chevy truck rear end, tunnel ram injector and carbs. The dice did present a challenge, but I was able to build them. The interior was scratch-built. Wheels and tires were pulled from my vast supply of wheels and tires. The hood was separated and hinged. Painted the body in primer red, applied rubber cement on areas for the rusting effect to show through. Painted it Nash Frosted White and Berkshire Green from Scalefinishes. I rubbed off the paint to bring the rusty areas up. The real "Nashole" is not a shiny car, so I tried to duplicate the semi-gloss effect. Thanx for lookin'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Now that is cool looking. You really should try and find a way to send some pictures to the 1:1 builders, I think they would like this also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Very cool! That needed to be built Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 That's nashty!!! Great replica, Curt! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) That is really cute. Edited March 23, 2020 by ewetwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Great looking replica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Good work on that funky lil’ car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Awesome job on this, it turned out great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 This build makes me smile! Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Nemanic Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Did I ever tell you that I hate you? Great job old buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mredjr Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Great job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curt raitz Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 52 minutes ago, Vince Nemanic said: Did I ever tell you that I hate you? Great job old buddy! Yes you have! You and Mrs Nemanic behaving yourselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger U Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Great looking replica of an (IMO) weird car. Cool build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Well done Curt..cool little monster ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Nemanic Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Yeah, Dolores and I are keeping the dog happy- going to the park and then staying home. Are Steve and Andy, et al doing alright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Looking great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) Impressive build! You nailed it, Curt! (he said, curtly...) Edited March 27, 2020 by Curt Darn spellcheck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curt raitz Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Curt said: Impressive build! You nailed it, Curt! (he said, curtly...) thanx Hee-hee...Curt's a good name to have. not a lot of us out there. after looking at the pix, I gotta go back and clean up the trim around the windscreen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggie427 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Way kewl Curt ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Great neat build!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majel Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 That is a very cool build and an excellent representation of the real thing, very impressive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damodelguy az Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 that is awesome, such a nice job. perfection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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