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Wild cars apparently being the theme of the early 60's, HRM August 1963 had one on the cover called the XR-6. This one is funky-fresh and 60's psychedelic, thus is a must on my list Here's another photo from the "inter-web". Wild, right?
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HRM July 1963 had an article on the Chrysler Turbine Vehicle. I have always wanted to build this one, but the only scale model I know of was by JoHan and I haven't found one at a reasonable price yet. In the meantime, I've put the photos from this write-up in my digital archives.
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Staying with the concept cars, comes this Bill Cushenberry work of art called "Silhouette". HRM April 1963 I just ordered the AMT kit of this car for $30, and it comes with a really cool trailer which I'll use for another project.
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Another little photo with a story. This one from HRM April 1963 called the Thunderbird Italien... With a bit of Googling (who would have thought that was actually going to be a word?), we find a rather beautiful car that would not be too difficult to replicate in scale. I'm thinking maybe a '61 T-bird convertible, with a '61 Impala bubble top?
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Apparently, it is obligatory when talking about hot rods to automatically include the Tom McMullen '32 Roadster. May we all please stand and recite the pledge of allegiance to the highboy of HRM April 1963.
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If anybody gets motivation from these pics, let me know which ones you liked and how you plan to do a build. For instance, I saw this ad in HRM July 1963 for a fastback Corvette top - which kind of gave it the Corvair concept vibe done in the 50's (red car below): I always loved that look, so I ordered an old AMT kit with the requisite top. Then, because I also saw a Barris modified Sting Ray in HRM September 1964 which I really liked, I knew what to do with the side pipes that also came with my kit: That basically gave me two great projects out of these two photos. Having now seen over 2,300 views on this topic, I know there have got to be a few of you getting some ideas! Feel free to share.
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Just when I promise myself "no more ford roadsters", comes yet another gorgeous one to make me go back on my word! This one is a '27 Model T (in name only) that would make a grown man weep.
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Beautiful '61 Corvette Gasser. This one can't be too famous... HRM March 1963
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So this photo on the left was buried amongst others for a car show. I looked it up, and kinda fell in love! HRM January 1963 This is an updated version of "Forcasta":
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Good article of the Mustang concept, with lots of reference pics. HRM November 1962
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The only thing wrong with this '34 Ford Roadster is it doesn't seem to have a catchy name! I say we have a contest to see who can come up with a good one. HRM November 1962
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First HRM article on the '63 Corvette Sting Ray, with useful reference photos. HRM October 1962
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Fantastic dual engine dragster called "Texas Tornado"
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Ford Cougar concept. I have the 2nd Cougar concept by Lindbergh, but have not seen this one anywhere. Anyone know of one?
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Completely wacky and wonderful Renault "Shooting Star" streamliner shown in an article about aerodynamics. HRM June 1962 Here, you can see more of its crazy good looks:
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Good pictorial on Ol' Yaller for reference on a build...
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So Muncie (aka Steve Payne) was totally right. An ad from HRM June 1963 alludes to the Ramchargers, and shows one of their race cars. Lindbergh apparently made a scale model of this car, and possibly others. A nice write-up on the Ramchargers can also be found at https://www.ramchargers.com/index.php/history . Thanks Steve!
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I love it!
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I love the names they came up with for the cars back then!
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I can see that, and in fact this has been a very time-consuming effort. My reason for doing it was that not everyone might have the time to pore over page after page, and this way they could get a taste of what is among the 70,000 or so pages available to them. Thank you for your input, I always appreciate your insights.
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Yup. You think that's a good idea or a bad one? I'm doing the research already, so I figured I'd share.
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Tommy Ivo's "Roaring Showboat"
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Very interesting setup on this engine...
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Another cool ad from AMT
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Another thing noticeable in the '60's issues is the penchant for customizers to reinvent their creations and garner more publicity for relatively low investment - kinda like what Microsoft does every few years with Windows Here is a '32 Ford on its 4th time around the block...
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