Chuck Most Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) I haven't built anything ridiculous in a while. For me, that's saying something. So, we'll rectify that little situation like this... Here's my inspiration- a whacked mid '60's Chevy wrecker done up in a decidedly hardcore rat rod style. Doubt mine will be a wrecker- I've done the wrecker rat rod thing before. I'm thinking a fifth wheel or something like that. Then again, maybe I will build it as a wrecker? Not sure, this will simply be another of my 'throw stuff at the workbench' type projects. I stared with a Revell '65 Chevy C-10 that had been raided for parts. I started off with the chassis- I used the lowered kit front suspension and stock rear axle, with wheels robbed from a Monogram F-350. The tires are from two Revell Deuce kits- the littles on the front, two pairs of the 'bigs' in back. I cut out the inner fenders, and body dropped the truck about 6 scale inches. The top was chopped roughly 8 scale inches, and the wing vents were removed. One of the parts stolen from this kit was the hood- I used it on a '60 kit because I don't like the 'pods' on the early '60's GM truck hoods. On this one, I thought this hood would be perfect, so I used the discared '60 piece. I must like using Hemis in '60-'66 GM trucks- of the five I've built, this is the third to use one. It's from the Revell '41 Willys kit, with the Double Dragster 8-carb manifold and a DeSoto valley cover. The belled aluminum carb stacks are from an unknown manufacturer. I'm going full blown kookie on this one, like that '53 Ford wrecker I built a couple of years ago. Should be a fun one! Edited October 31, 2011 by Chuck Most
Guest Markus355 Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 looks great chuckles... but a hemi in a chevy? really? you ought to be ashamed of yourself! ruinin a good truck like that!
Foxer Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 looks great chuck... but a hemi in a chevy? really? you ought to be proud of yourself! fixing a good truck like that!
Keef Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 but a hemi in a chevy? really? gotta make them bowties go fast somehow
Guest Johnny Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 How about with a 5th wheel and add an equally chopped trailer to haul a rat rod! Cool build!
GTMust Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I LOVE that rat rod wrecker....... but I have absolutely no idea why!!!! Except that it just screams out "great building skills and the wildest creativity imaginable". More... more... MORE! Tony
Chuck Most Posted June 24, 2011 Author Posted June 24, 2011 Yeah, Tony- I ended up liking that '53 too, even though I had NO IDEA what it was going to end up looking like when done! (BTW... I've updated it recently, keep your eyes peeled for pics in the next few days.) Never thought of a chopped trailer, Johnny... what about a chopped teardrop camper? OR... A cut down open road camper for the body????
Guest Johnny Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 Hmmmm, a low profile tear drop!!! Interesting. An open road chopped would kind of just resemble the old crank up ones!
crazyjim Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I like the hemi idea, Chuck. Not too crazy about rat rods, but this looks like it'll be an interesting build.
Guest Johnny Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 I like the hemi idea, Chuck. Not too crazy about rat rods, but this looks like it'll be an interesting build. Like an old 392 Hemi???
Jon Cole Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 That first pic had me wonderin' if it was real, or Memorex?! Lookin' forward to this build.
Guest Johnny Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 That first pic had me wonderin' if it was real, or Memorex?! Lookin' forward to this build. Same here, I thought it WAS his model!
Ron a.k.a. Grouchy Pants Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 I agree, thats looking good. The truck in the inspiration pic looks like something that might pick up mad max with the chopped roof and wire windows I like the fifth wheel idea thats pretty cool.
Chuck Most Posted June 25, 2011 Author Posted June 25, 2011 Kinda leaning toward the 'chopped camper' idea now. If I screw up, I can always revert to the fifth wheel version. Heck, now that I think of it, I've got another one of these kits laying around someplace.
Chuck Most Posted June 26, 2011 Author Posted June 26, 2011 Just fleshing out the details on the basic 'cab and chassis' for the moment...
Romell R Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Chuck I really dig your style of building and your gonna inspire me to build a rat one day soon
Guest Johnny Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) Chuck I really dig your style of building and your gonna inspire me to build a rat one day soon His builds do have that effect on a person! It reminds me of when we were kids and would get together with model building friends and swap parts and mix kits to build wild and wooley cars only Chuck takes it to the extreme X100! Edited June 26, 2011 by Johnny
Chuck Most Posted June 27, 2011 Author Posted June 27, 2011 Chuck I really dig your style of building and your gonna inspire me to build a rat one day soon I'd love to see the Aftashox rat rod! And I think so would everyone else with a pulse. Well, she's gonna be a fifth wheel, which I think means this is only the beginning. I'm thinking chopped down gooseneck lowboy and some kind of nutty ratty creation for the load on the trailer! The basic truck is progressing pretty nicely...
RodneyBad Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Wicked looking Dually.. That would be a Blast to drive daily or at least once in a while
Chuck Most Posted June 27, 2011 Author Posted June 27, 2011 Hmmm.... now I'm kicking around the idea of making that trailer a chopped camper! Guess I could always do both. Already have a plan in mind for the lowboy, so we'll go that route first.
John Teresi Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Chuck......I gotta tell ya..........you sure are a modern day ARTIST........your work is so cool man......I sure do admire your work.
bigmikevee Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Hey Chuck, No matter what you ending up doing it is going to be COOL. And that's a good thing. More pics please sir. Thanks for posting. Mike
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