Ratrodtommy77 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) Had this old girl sitting for years.. Brought her as a kid and as kids do they play with models and things break and they just sit the broken wheels back in the fenders and never touch them again.. So I thought I'd pull her off the shelf after 8 years on never touching it and making something awesome! Firstly being diecast I took the screw-on chassis off and cut the front section of a 68 charger and used it as a base.. The engine that was in this looked to be an extremely in detailed 283.. So I wasn't putting that back! I thought I'd go different with a 426 which I sourced from a 68 charger which got absolutely munched while moving house. With the body I've made a reverse cowl for the bonnet and I am shaving the door handles and mirror mounts and taillights and making a valence panel with 59 Cadillac taillights I have sitting around. A nice matte white or black paint job with some pinstripes I have laying around and she will be a nice bagged rat rod pickup with a nice big hemi and something to tow my 67 chevelle dirt tracker! Edited August 6, 2014 by Ratrodtommy77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratrodtommy77 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Thanks mate.. Decided to go whitewalls and ditch the carby for fuel injection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBoyle Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bad55 stan Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Carn't go wrong with white walls an rally's,Love the stance too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Great stance and looks cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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