Phildaupho

Ya known, that's a bunch of great looking model cars - EH!!

Now that's truely a Deusy !!

Beauty!!

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Hosted on Fotki Very early in the 1960’s Henry Ford II decided he wanted his motor company to totally dominate international motorsports. The first target was the Indy 500. With the help of Dan Gurney, Ford partnered with Lotus to enter cars in the 1963 500 based on the current Lotus Formula One chassis and powered by an aluminum version of the new small block Ford V-8. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki The model was built pretty much from the old AMT kit representing the Lotus driven in the 500 by Dan Gurney. In addition to the usual painting, I dull coated a number of the chrome parts, molded the nose sections, made the front wheels poseable and added ignition wires and seat belts. I have seen a few of these built with a red steering wheel and seat, which the Jim Clark British Racing Green Lotus certainly had. The restored Gurney car now has a black seat and steering wheel so that is how I built it. The kit was pretty well engineered for such an old kit. Everything to the rear of the driver’s compartment was a very tight fit as it was on the real car. The old decals left a lot to be desired. They were stiff, brittle and gooey. Micro Sol had little affect on them so they are what they are. More photos of the model and real car are at http://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/dan-gurney-scale-ra/1963-lotus-indy/

Fantastic color combination. Bravo Forza.

Very-Very-Very nice. Ready for Route 66.

It is great to see a '62 Ford being built as now I think they are pretty cool which is certainly not the way I felt about them between 1962 and 1967. My parents bought a new biege 4-door sedan Galaxie 500 with clear plastic seat covers. They still had it when I got my drivers licence in 1965. It had the smallest displacement V-8 with a 2 barrel and sounded like a vacuum cleaner when you floored it. I guess that is why I never had the urge to to build a '62 Ford kit back in the day. I have to say I was very impressed with my dad when he traded it in for a new '67 Mustang notchback.

What a beautiful beast?

Hey Steve - Great to see you are still building Rothmobiles. I remember being blown away by the Rotar when it first appeared back in the early sixties.

Great looking custom of an unusual subject. On a recent episode of Over Haulin, Chip Foose and team customized a Lotus Europa which I thought was surprising but turned out very nice.

For some inspiration, check out photos from Deuce Days in Victoria BC Canada http://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/2013-auto-events/deuce-days-2013-vic/

8.988 ET @ 146.55 mph - these are the only stats I have seen

Thanks everyone for your kind coments Interesting bit of news - I phoned the owner of the real car this morning to see if I could link up with him at the huge Deuce Day car show here in Victoria this weekend. He told me he is not coming - choosing to drag race the car instead. I think this is pretty cool that a guy well into his seventies still wants to race rather than show a car he has owned for over 50 years. There are going to be 975 pre-52 cars, over half being Deuces on display in Victoria this weekend. A convoy of cars from California is expected to arrive tomorrow including the Brizio's and the Edelbrock's. I can hardly wait. http://www.northwestdeuceday.com/

This a replica of a hot-rod owned by the same guy since 1962. I first became aware of this car when the owner Ed Loewen was inducted into the Greater Vancouver Motorsports Poineers Hall of Fame in 2008. Ed bought the already chopped sedan body in 1962. The hot rod was completed in 1965 with a Pontiac engine meaning I probably saw the car at a ‘60’s Vancouver car show. He started drag racing the car in the late ‘60’s and has continued to do so ever since with various engines of ever increasing displacement. It currently runs a 588 Dart big block with a Lenco transmission. In the quarter mile, the street legal car has run a 8.988 ET @ 146.55 mph. I photographed the car at Deuce Day 2011 in Victoria BC Canada and hope to see it again this weekend at Deuce day 2013. Unfortunately, I have never seen it at a drag strip. For more photos of model and real car, go to - http://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/1/ed-loewen-32-ford-sedan/ I tried to capture as many features of the real car as I could. - Top chopped. Top insert made removable to give better view of interior - More stock like rad shell and grill from Rat Roaster although I did not notice until assembly the real car’s shell was partially filled - Stock height headlights from parts box - Wheels from Revell Willys Drag Coupe as are the slicks. The front wheels were narrowed. The front tires and rear street tires are from the Rat Roaster, which are very nice. The rear end had to be raised slightly so the slicks would clear the fenders. - Engine and transmission from Revell ’55 Chevy Pro Sportsman as are some other racing parts. Converted intake manifold from dual carb to single 4-barrel. Mufflers are removeable. - Interior – The flat floor is from the Speedwagon. Roll cage modified from Plastic Performance Products. Racing harnesses from Studio 27. Seat modified from ’55 Chevy Pro Sportsman - Chassis - extra frame tubing from Revell ’55 Chevy Pro Sportsman. Most of the floor originally integral with frame removed. Front axle incorporates beam section from Revel ’37 Ford Pick-up street rod - Moon tank from Revell 5-Window 32 Coupe - Paint – Testor’s Boyd’s Orange Pearl

Great looking Ferrari and I really like the backdrop for your photos.

That looks fantastic!! It looks as contemporary as the C6R and Viper GTS currently racing in the ALMS. Very well done.

Excellent & beautiful - always one of my favorites of the '50's. My parents had a grey Super 88 4-door in which we coast to coast

I really like them all. Very well done.

I really like everything about this post - the concept, the Ghai, the Split Window hauler, the photos, etc, etc. Look forward to seeing photos of the club display someday

Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki For the second year in a row Victoria BC Canada car modellers set up a model car display at an indoor car show put on to raise money for the childrens' unit at the hospital. This year we choose the theme of the upcoming full scale Deuce Day at which 900 cars,the majority of which will be 32 Fords, will be displayed all around the Inner Harbour on July 21. Another modelling buddy displayed his diorama of the long disappearded local quarter mile track as well as large scale models of local historic hot rods. One of those cars - a channeled Deuce rodded in the late fifties was parked next to his display. For more photos of the model go to http://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/2013-auto-events/pearkes-car-show/ For photos of the full scale cars at the show go to http://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/2013-auto-events/pearkes-car-show-may-31/ For more information Deuce Day go to http://www.northwestdeuceday.com/

Now on the GSL website are photos of all the winners GSL XXIV Awards Brunch Presentation/Winners (html) (pdf) http://www.gslchampionship.org/index.html

Thanks Steve for the great photos. I may have to start planning for 2015.

Hi Tom Yes I remember that breakfast. It would sure be nice to be at the awards brunch this Sunday morning in Salt Lake City. Looking forward to the results and photos of all the models. 2015 seems a long way off and by then most attendees will qualify for senior discounts.