Fuel Coupe Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 In 1959 two brothers and some friends fueled by Budweiser and and late nights in a garage with a furnace fueled by burning tires. Working in shifts the boys set out to build a gas coupe to run at Detroit Dragway. After a hot lap through the neighborhood that woke up all the neighbors and caused a driveby from the local P.D. the boys got two hours sleep and loaded up from Akron to Detroit. Once there they were laughed at and almost failed tech. Once through tech thy were almost shutdown at the starting line when they convinced the starter to allow them to make an easy run. That "easy" run was within a few tenths of the national record. People knew they were for real then. Art Chrisman saw that run and named the car "The Flying Outhouse". The won A/comp with a new national record of 10.14@ 142.85 backed up with a 140.62. and opted out of middle eliminator and decided to run in AA/Dragster. They were on their way to another track record when after a few red flag starts the car finally blew the clutch racing against Rodney Singers 480ci blown Lincoln. Two weeks later the coupe ran a 9.63 that was the last time the car ran. The car was dismantled and sold off never to be seen again. This is the story to best of my knowledge. I want to that Todd Schmidt and the Hollish Brothers for the help in recreating this neat little piece of drag racing history.. The only kit items that were used on this build were the engine, blower, rear tires, rearend and cowl. the rest was scratchbuilt and very few items from the after market. I wanted to see if I could build a model without using a whole lost of items that made the build look like jewelry but more realistic...
Car Crazy 81 Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Shane- The Flying Outhouse is looking good im looking foward to seeing it in person next month at the Tigerfest show it looks just like the real thing. I love the details you did to it.
John Teresi Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) Shane.......you did it!!!!!!.......turned out FANTASTIC!!!!!!..........It must have been a tough model to make......all around Great build!!!!!!!!......... and your just to COOL for school!!!!!!! Edited February 24, 2010 by JOHN TERESI
Dragline Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Well Shane. You have done it my friend. This is an exquisite build of a SUPER rare car. I've enjoyed this build, from your first post to this end piece. Between you and Teresi, I'm gonna completely scatchbuild something soon. I've officially got the bug. SUPERB BUILD MY FRIEND. Bob
Fuel Coupe Posted February 24, 2010 Author Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) Shane- The Flying Outhouse is looking good im looking foward to seeing it in person next month at the Tigerfest show it looks just like the real thing. I love the details you did to it. Rick I'm working that weekend, But I will get with Matt and see if he will bring it and set it out for me on the display table... Im not sure what his plans are for the day I think he usually sells at your show... Bob, John. Thank you for the kind words... This one truly is a heap... Edited February 24, 2010 by TxRat
Car Crazy 81 Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Shane- Matt does in fact one of our vendors i think i remember seeing you there last year. I'd bought a couple of kits from Matt if i see anything he has for sale i'll be buying from him for sure. I cant wait to see The Flying Outhouse it has great detail.
Fuel Coupe Posted February 24, 2010 Author Posted February 24, 2010 Shane- Matt does in fact one of our vendors i think i remember seeing you there last year. I'd bought a couple of kits from Matt if i see anything he has for sale i'll be buying from him for sure. I cant wait to see The Flying Outhouse it has great detail. Rick, I just got off the phone with Matt and he said he would bring it for me..
MADmodelDOCTOR Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Great job, man! Awesome build. It was fun to follow along. It probably looks nice on the shelf. later,
Fuel Coupe Posted February 25, 2010 Author Posted February 25, 2010 Awesome job Shane! very cool car with a very cool story and history behind it. we've got an altered, a funny car, now this......... so what's next? what ever happened to "El Gringo"? Dave Thanks Dave I have a few things I need to figure out with the water pump on El Gringo. Just don't know how to get it to look right.
Bernard Kron Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 Following along with the W.I.P. was a great pleasure and now seeing the payoff is even better. Awesome scratchin' on what has to have been a difficult challenge. Achieving this level of detail and realism with what I imagine was a minimum of information and documentation is no mean feat and reflects the ingenuity and skill we saw during the buildup. Thumbs up big time on this one! You thank the Hollish Brothers. Were you able to contact them and discuss the details of the car?
Foxer Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 Back door opens! I followed this all the way and it came out fantastic looking. I love all the detail you put into it.
Fuel Coupe Posted February 25, 2010 Author Posted February 25, 2010 Yes Mike it does, It was an afterthought just before paint to go ahead and open it up. The hinges are soldered brass, the t-handle is also brass that is soldered...
paul alflen Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) After seeing the real car in hot rod deluxe, I thought I was looking at it again. This is just awesome! It not only captures the real car perfectly, it brings you back to that era of drag racing when it was a simpler time!!!!! Edited March 30, 2010 by paul alflen
Car Crazy 81 Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Shane- It was a pleasure seeing The Hollish Bros. car in person it was awesome. It looked better in person than what it looks like in the pictures. Did you win anything at Tigerfest because i didnt remember if i did i was too busy looking at the other models or checking out the vendors.
Fuel Coupe Posted March 31, 2010 Author Posted March 31, 2010 took second to a box stock build. go figure....
caine440 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 One of my favorite builds! Just an outstanding job all around.
rustybill1960 Posted April 5, 2010 Posted April 5, 2010 I remember reading about the car and the guys in Hot Rod awhile back. Very nice work a very clean build! Thank You for sharing Later Russ
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