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All American had a number of beautiful models of classics. You certainly did this one justice.

Fantastic build of a very cool car.

I guess being strictly a drag car there is no need for headlights !!?? I used the headlight covers from the AMT '49 Ford

Thanks guys. It was a fun build especially learning about the current car and the original.

Does anyone know the identity of this car? I cannot make out the description. Looks like it would make a cool street rod !!

Looks fast all right!!

It is good to see Revell North America is alive and will be re-issuing a bunch of kits. Although it may have been done elsewhere I think it is time we do a poll of additional kits we would like to see re-issued and send the results to Revell. I started a list of kits I figure modellers would want to see need on the list and it has already grown quite long. Certainly on my personal list would be the Model A twins and the rest of the 32 Ford Deuce line-up.

This is fantastic. Absolutely beautiful model. Very well built. I had no idea Ebbro had a kit of this car. A local vintage car racer has a full-scale one in his collection which I have seen.

Definitely built to concours d'elegance standards.

This 57 Ford Faux Sedan Delivery was built as a tribute the faux Sedan Delivery the editor of Canadian Hot Rods magazine built built as a tribute to the real 57 Sedan Delivery his dad drag raced back in the last century. The model started out as a Secret Santa kit project that had to be completed in less than one month.

That is one tuff looking Deuce.

Thanks Travis - After lengthening the frame and putting the engine with belts and pulleys in place I considered taking 2mm out but once the axle was in place I noticed the bottom pulley would interfere with the axle. Things don't always work out in scale and when kit bashing as they do in the full scale world.

When checking out how the engine would fit I discovered the blower pulleys and belts would require a minimum of an extra 3mm so to be on the safe side I lengthened the frame 5mm ahead of the engine mounts. Because the wheelbase was reduced by about 3mm due to the axle being located behind the spring I think the result gives the model better proportions. For its age I must say I am very impressed with the Beatnik Bandit Oldsmobile engine although I used the 6-71 Blower from the Revell Willys. Everything is currently being held togehter by masking or double faced tape so alignments are not accurate

Bizzarro yet cool but also very well done

Everyone is sure digging your 57 Olds. Me too. I drove across North America in the back seat of my parents Super 88. It still looked good when we arrived on the west coast but when my dad traded it in on a new 62 Galaxie 500 it turned out the Olds was rusting from the inside out!! I think it had had a respray. Pretty amazing how quickly cars got old back in those days !!

I am building a model of the "Chili" Catallo Silver Sapphire Little Deuce Coupe for Deuce Days in Scale in Victoria BC Canada July 21/19 T This is the Eric Rickman photo that appeared as is on the cover Hot Rod magazine and cropped on the cover of the Beach Boys album. The car owner "Chili"Clarence Catallo is wearing "Big Daddy" Ed Roth's jacket to add some extra color to the photo !! I was a car crazy teenager in the early sixties and infatuated with the California life style so the Beach Boys were my favorite rock & roll group. I especially loved their car songs and the associated album covers. For their Ed Sullivan performance of their song “I get around”, there were three hot rods on stage. However I was a little bummed when they used a Model A cab Pickup on their Surfin’ Safari album rather than a Woody. Lately I have focused on the Little Deuce Coupe album. Last year I built a model which more reflects the words of the song. This time I am building a replica of the car that appeared on the album cover which was known as the Silver Sapphire that was owned by Chili Catallo. I was delighted to discover that I would be using parts from kits of two of my favorite cars of the early sixties the Ala Kart and Beatnik Bandit both of which I have never gotten around to building models of – surprisingly enough. I even found a photo of the Silver Sapphire and the Beatnik Bandit at the same show. BODY The well done resin body and custom nose came from Hendrix Mfg. Co. so maybe the most difficult and visible part of this build was already done for me and it did not need much work after clean up, but I would still have to make up lower side wings from sheet styrene, make a firewall and create the rear tube “grill” and taillights. Also required is a complete chassis with appropriate suspension, steering and brakes as well as providing an engine and full interior. INTERIOR Interior tub is from the Revell 3-W Coupe and was sectioned. Foot boxes were recessed between the frame rails. Made up the square button stuff pattern by scribing and filing styrene sheet. Buttons will be pin heads. Dash will be modified for extra gauges. Steering wheel will come from AMT 32 Victoria Shifter sourced from AMT 25 T CHASSIS Frame from Revell Deuce with floor, front horns and fuel tank removed. Z’d in back frame height FRONT SUSPENSION 37 Ford tub axle from AMT 25 T using spring in front of axle so shocks need to be reversed and swapped side to side Steering will use pieces front Revell 29/30 Ford, AMT 25 T and Replicas & Miniatures REAR SUSPENSION Rearend from Revell Deuce with input housing and back cap from the Revell Beatnik Bandit kit to make it look Oldsmobile Transverse leaf spring, shocks and radius rods added [Only photo of rear suspension I could find was of Danbury Mint Diecast !!] FRONT BRAKES Kinmont front brakes from Replicas & Miniatures REAR BRAKES AMT Ala Kart FRONT AND REAR WHEELS AND TIRES White wall front tires and chrome wheels from AMT Ala Kart. Slicks from Revell Tire Set DRIVETRAIN Oldsmobile engine and rearend from the Revell Beatnik Bandit kit 6-71 Blower assembly from Revell Willys Street Rod [Beatnik Bandit had a 4-71] Carburetors - TRANSMISSION La Salle transmission from Replicas & Miniatures INCIDENTALS Background history of Silver Sapphire This car has a very interesting history and evolution as a hot rod, there having been 5 distinct versions of the car - Clarence “Chili” Catallo bought the ’32 3-W as a fifteen year old in Detroit - The first modied version was built by Chili and his friends and family. The body was channelled and ran an Oldsmobile that was initially carburetted and eventually McCulloch supercharged. The rear wheel arch was raised during this time and it got its first set of scallops and lots of chrome - When Chili had more money he took it to the Alexander Brothers who sectioned the doors and added the side wings, custom nose and other features. The engine went back to carburetors - Chili moved to California the rod & custom mecca where the car spent time at the Barris shop. There it was chopped, the 6-71 GMC supercharger was added and it got the paint job and scallops we are all familiar with from the Beach Boys album cover. - Chili eventually sold the car to buy a Porsche. The car was repowered by Chrysler Wedge and got a new frame but that owner kept all the original parts - Chili bought the car back in the mid-nineties but died before the restoration was completed. Chili’s son Curt completed the restoration in 2000 and the car remains in family ownership.

This thread is a great read of an interesting car from a fantastic series. I have always been a fan of Historic Trans Am cars. All the Pontiac Cars that competed are amongst my favourites.

Lincolns and Cadillacs have sure been popular here lately. Yours looks good from what I can see in the smallish photos. I do not imagine there are many of these in Poland or anywhere for that matter!!??

Beauty - ready for a road trip with the family

Could replace the box art with this one. Well built.

Real nice Cobra. Especially like the big tires and the texture of the seats.

I like it a lot especially the two types of wheels which was once very popular

That is definitely one big beautiful model of a gorgeous car

Very elegant wagon. Another beautiful model.

WOW - you do beautiful work. This was the first automotive model I built by myself in the very early sixties. I didn't paint it and I think I used every part in the box. At the time I did not know how good a model could be when built by a skilled modeller. This will likely be moved soon to the truck tread which I sometimes regret not looking at often so I am glad you initially posted Model Cars Under Glass.