[1959 cadillac Car hauler]

very cool ! , def. out of the box and i love the look !

the wood could use some staining imo to really finish it of .. could also be cool to wash the wood with black so it gos in the woodgrain and then stain or clear coat

you know what i might just do that rich
i wasn't totally happy with it after I'd acrylic cleared it but wasn't sure what to do to make it pop. thanks for the suggestion and the appreciation   

[1959 cadillac Car hauler]

I love the flat-top roof ... and those beautiful rear fenders!

In the 1:1 world I saw something similar to haul a small sports car racer of some type.  A guy used the front half of a 67 or 68 Olds Toronado.  It worked out pretty good, the FWD seemed a pretty good solution to some of the mechanical issues.  

 

cheers mate. couldn't have a 59 cady hauler without the iconic fenders.

yer FWD would be a smart move in the real world if like you said you set it up for hauling something small. 

[1959 cadillac Car hauler]

Very cool, but I would never put that last car pictured on the flat bed.  Gonna scratch the paint.

hahaha i hear you Dan, just using the old scrapper to show off the scale of the bed in that you can still fit something as long as a super bee on the back.

Your construction is very thorough. Trunk lid for the roof, brilliant. I love this.

thanks a lot luna i tried to take this build to a level id never been before. there's things I probably would have done different but as a hole I'm fairly happy 

glad to hear people like it. tried to be different with the blow thru turbo V8 setup in something you probably wouldn't expect to be turbo'd or a car hauler.  
 

[Kit Karson's '33 3hree Window Coupe]

man you done a hell of a graft job on that roof. makes my attempt at chopping my 32's roof a hack job

great build keep it up.    

[1959 cadillac Car hauler]

geez it's been awhile didn't realize i made this thread back in 2015 time fly's, but anyways here's the finish product after a lot of frustration and alterations its done 

[Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake - 3/13 Update - Finshed]

looks incredible on those car/jack stands
great work 

[1959 cadillac Car hauler]

thanks for that in regards to the pics steve, il give it ago.
than fully i found a perfect match in my spare glass box for a rear window. its the front thats going to be interesting. might even be forced to buy a complete kit for one.

thanks all for the comments.

 

 

[1959 cadillac Car hauler]

thanks guys,

yer having a box full of random shell's comes in handy, really wanted to replicated the 59 utility rear wrap around glass but wanted to avoide vacuum forming, resining up custom glass... even  though im probably going to have to do that with the front because i dont have one. lol 

[1968 Roadrunner WIP Updated Pictures 8/20]

looks really clean! nice work
im doing the same kit atm. ive flared my wheel arches but after i'd done it i didnt thing i  had done anything at all till seeing your body. 

 

[1959 cadillac Car hauler]

hi all

this is my 1959 cadilac car hauler.

its started life as a revell convertible that was missing part's " the front wind shield is among that list of missing parts :(" so i decided to chop it up

i dont have alot of earlier pics of the build but there's been alot of scratch building up to this point.
i always wanted to build a hauler special after i finished a 32 ford alter/gasser so i got motivated 
started by cutting the body in half just after the rear door jams,  save the rear quarters to work in the the tray.

so i started to re work the body to a utility also realising i haven't got a roof, so i used the boot from the cady along with a rear window section off a 65 galaxy to make one up. 

once the body was roughly mocked up i stared building the frame. 

 engine combo is a blow threw single turbo v8. id just done a roots style blower engine in my 32 so wanted something different and had been wanting build a turbo something since i got back in to the hobby.

so i started building the turbo kit. from different gauges of soldering lead, aluminium tubing and styrene 
body wise its about  ready for a build coat of primer then final rub back and paint. 


anyways i could go on but pics are better.

going to try and update this build as im fairly motived to get it done.
hope you guys enjoy  

 

 

[Hi from australia]

hello everyone 
im pat from AUS
recently got back in to 1:25 scale cars since about the age of 12, im 27 now and stumbled upon this site.
look forward to seeing peoples works special custom stuff so fugued id share what im doing at the moment 
hope you all enjoy