Robert81

AMT's old tool 57 Bel-Air, mostly box stock. For the body, I Cut the upper bumper from stock bumper, glued the stock grill bar to the body, and drilled out the "gun sights" on the hood. The interior, got a dash mounted tachometer, a set of gauges, and a three spoke steering wheel. The chassis was modified to move the front of the rear leave springs in board to clear the slicks, ladder bars from the 53 ford flip-nose pickup, and I used the raised front suspension position. The front wheels are Keystones, and the rears are stock steelies. The engine is the optional 409 with the dual 4 barrel carburetor intake from the AMT 65 Chevelle wagon. I hope you like it.

Don't tease us. We want more pics, engine, interior, the hole works.

your Vega Is look great. Looking at the engine, I'm thinking it 1:24 scale rather than 1:25.

Great review Mr. Boyd. I'll have to hit the LHS and order a few. I just hope that, unlike all the kits I've had them order in the last year, it might actually show up. Your Kidding? I bought the store out the first time I saw them. I guess that is because Nostalgia Rods are not as popular as I think they should be. Maybe they would do better with some up-to-date "Parts Packs". Like the modern wheel packs the Asia manufacturers have been selling so successfully.

I don't see why anybody should have to apologize to you, when it took you so long to "come clear".

That helps a lot, thank you. I wish I knew this a few weeks ago, as I cobbled together a dual 4 barrel S.O.H.C. 427, using the long block from the AMT 33 Willys with the accessory drive, water pump, distributor, intake and carburetors from the Revell Parts Pack 427.

You can't expect one good deed to erase several years of bad dealings.

I WANT ONE. What Kit did you say that was in? An MPC Jeepster? I guess it's time to cruise EBay, again.The Injection is a sweet feature.

OK, what Have I done SO wrong that nobody has anything to say about my T-bird? Other forums I have posted this build on liked it, and I don't expect those people to comment here if they are on this forum, too. It's not a rivet counted replica stock, but that is not my style. It doesn't replicate a real car, and it's not suppose to be. what is wrong with it? Lay it to me honestly. I can take bad comments, as well as good.

Started as a bone stock 56 T-Bird, lowered it added Torque Thrusts, a small hoop Roll bar, and a Monster Ford 427 Cammer. Turned out to be more of a sleeper than I planned, but there isn't much you can do to a two seat Bird. Turns out it has more Hot rod rake then, a tail dragger, I was going for. The Cammer fit with surprising ease, no cutting at all. Just a longer driveshaft, and a set of headers. I love these wheels, None Chrome Torque Thrusts out of the AMT 62 Impala convertible.

I've been working on this one since the new year. I ditched as much of the modern junk as I could. I built a front cross-member for the drop axle and swapped a quick change for the corvette rear axle. I built new door panels from sheet styrene, swapped a 4 speed for the Automatic transmission and added a a floor shifter. Narrowed a bench seat, added a third petal and a 66 Mustang steering wheel. I did keep the Small Block Chevy, but outfitted it with early finned valve covers and a plain chrome aircleaner. The I shaved the bumpers and fuel filler door. I replaced the taillights with 39 Pontiac. The tires received pinner whites and Cragar S/S wheels. Most of this you can only see in the progress thread, found here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...ic=16930&hl On to the pics. Hope you enjoy.

Been working at this one since Friday afternoon. I bought the Dupli-color medium green for another project. Figured I would try it out on this build. I got my 40 done. ;D What was that? You want to see the engine? You can't handle the engine. 8-) Injected Desoto HEMI for you?

My Early 60's street racer. Looks like a Altered Wheel Base Model A roadster pickup. I used the engine, front wheels, front and rear axles from the Revell Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Outlaw Kit. The chassis, body, bed, and grille came from the Revell 29 Model A pickup. there are many Parts box items thrown in for good measure. I moved the cab back to fit the Caddy V8, Zed the frame behind the cab, bobbed the frame horns and mounted the Outlaw's coil spring frame section, moving the axle forward, and with the rear spring behind the axle moves the entire wheel base froward. I shortened the bed, but didn't have time to putty the joint before paint. I'll go back and fix that at a later date. I dug the "Pie Crust" slicks and Hallibrand rear wheels from my dad's old parts box. The seats came from the AMT old tool 57 Bel-air. The single hoop roll-bar is from the Revell old Stone Woods, & Cookie Willy's. I put a battery and a small moon tank in the bed. I hope you enjoy.

Your "swifty" looks great. The Mark 4 bumpers look amazing. What year is it? 93 or 94? They laughed when I said my 87 turbo Sprint made 100 hp with some mods, but you got to have a 5 speed. Oh, don't mention your car get over 40 mpg city, with not electric assist. Team Swift for life.

I love messing with My Turdo Spunt. Not a lot of aftermarket parts, so ingenuity is high on the list of virtues required. I think the 80's and early 90's turbo, and other factory performance cars where the first efforts into making an affordable car that was fun to drive, yet good on gas. I'ld like to mention, most, but not all, turbo and performance front drive cars of the 80's sold on the Big 3's lot was a rebadged Import. My 87 Turbo Sprint has a plate under the hood that says "Body By Suzuki".

I think I deserve more credit than that. If there was a good 69 Mustang kit, I would be all over it, as would many others. I'm not a fan of the 70 Mustang. The 69 looks way better in my humble opinion. I've been making slow progress on this one. I decide to go with option 3. With the hole in the hood trimmed down I think it looks a lot better. Here is a better look at the rear wheel, Because the chrome on the rims is rather poor and coming off in some places, I'm going to paint them an Aluminum Metalizer to give an unpolished look. I'm planning a green or brown body colour, with a white and black factory style interior. The tires will get white letters and the slapper bars will be bright yellow. Tips, comments and ideas welcome.

I'm not really sure who's mustang it is, I found it on EBay. To be honest it's a hack job, but I like the look of it. I'm too young to remember the 70's but i have a big box of assorted car mags from the late 70's my dad gave me.

Well guys this is the basic look I'm going for. The front will come down a bit, the body is not fully seated on the chassis. you can see the gap just in front of the front wheel.

Looking good Rick. What is the world coming to? I'm doing a Mustang and you are doing a Hot rod. Been a while since i seen you in the TRaK chat room.

First off, this build in not high on my to finish list. This build is just a time waster to keep me building until the weather up here is nice enough to paint outside. Well, I'm not a fan of the 70 mustang, but I got this kit as a gift. I don't usually build 1:24 scale, either. Factory stock is not my thing, so this is not going to be your average Boss Mustang build. I was not happy with the kit wheel options, luckily I had an old build up of a Monogram 55 Chevy Street Machine. These slotted mags and Bias-ply tire work well with the Tunnel Ram intake option in the kit. I also built some traction (slapper) bars for the suspension. I'm going to use the rear window louvers. I'm thinking of using the front chin spoiler, but not the rear spoiler. If you have not guessed by now, this is going to be built in a mid to late 70's style. I have three options for the intake/hood. First, leave the engine factory stock. and go with the Boss hood scoop. Second, use the kit Tunnel Ram with hood and velocity stacks. Third, cut down the "custom" hood's intake surround, and use a "drag scoop" on the dual 4 barrel carbs. These pics are just mock ups, the nose will be a little lower and the rear a little higher. Let me know what you think would be best. I want your opinions, good or bad.

AMEN, brother. I have not been there as long as some people, but I spend more time there than any other site on the net. I spend two to three hour in the forum chat room almost every night. Even if Traditional Rods and Kustoms are not your thing, it is worth a look. H.A.M.B. is a nice place for research and inspiration, but I find it's members a little abrasive. That is my opinion and I maybe wrong.

That is looking great. I like the colours. I'm not a fan of those wheels, the bolt pattern is to wide, it's only a 5 bolt wheel and not a 6 bolt like the stock wheels. Good luck with your build. Looks a lot like one i did before you joined. and it's photobucket album. http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc139/b...o81/41%20Chevy/

Amazing, the AMT Model A roadster is not seen built very often. Yours is looking amazing. Got to love a Traditional Hot Rod, I know I do. I built one early last year, it was more of a early 60's style.

Dang guys, stop ranging on the guy. It can take years to know how to tell what is wrong with a vehicle. This a vintage Cadillac Hearse, you can't just plug a black box in under the dash and it tells you what is wrong. If you don't know how to read the signs you will screw it up BIG time. A factory service manual only tells you how to do something, not how to tell how to tell what is wrong. Even a good set of hand tool ain't cheap. There are a lot of tools that you don't get in a set that are required to fix a vehicle. I'm not talking air tools either. A set of half inch sockets and a foot-lbs torque wrench are a must, to be able properly tighten parts to factory specks, you can't fudge that stuff. I think Evilone did the right thing, and he got a hell of a deal. Looks like he only got charged for the parts. Bottom line: if you don't know what you are doing, find somebody that does. Evilone, do thank your stepdad for trying, a lot of people wouldn't bother helping.

That is nice. I think the Lindberg 1:32 scale kits are great build material. To bad many over look them because of them not being 1:25/4 scale.