Phildaupho

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.

I am anxiously awaiting posts with photos. It must be a great event as the Internet seems void of any reports. I am in a San Luis Obispo motel after a great top down trip down the west coast. North bound for home tomorrow.

VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE !!!! BRAVO

Very nice model. Great job on the trunk.

You are definitely the Roth miester. I have just looked at all your builds and all are outstanding. I have all the books about Big Daddy Ed Roth and at one time all the Roth kits. If I ever get the Beatnik Bandit built and it looks remotely like yours, I will be very happy

http://www.fotki.com'>Hosted on Fotki http://www.fotki.com'>Hosted on Fotki I first started reading about cars in my dad’s Popular Mechanics magazines. My favorite issues were the ones that featured new cars and especially concept cars. Trying to raise the profile of their year old Corvette, Chevrolet built three special versions – a hardtop with roll up windows, a Nomad station wagon and a fastback coupe they called the Corvair. My model uses an R&D Unique Mini Exotic transkit mounted over an AMT chassis. I built it as a curbside as I have read no confirmation that the original even had an engine. The AMT Corvette sits very high requiring about a quarter inch of lowering. I took the easy route by channeling the body. The side-vents and exhaust outlet were opened up. Model Car Garage photo-etched headlight covers were swiped from an earlier C-1 build and aluminum tube exhausts were added. The real car has never re-surfaced and was probably cut up. The chassis may have been subsequently used under a stock Corvette. The paint is Model Master Custom Lacquer System White Primer, Diamond Green, Emerald Green and Ultra Gloss Clear. The R&D Unique Mini Exotic transkit was pretty good. There were a couple of thin areas but the body did not require too much clean up. I think the unique characteristics of the one of a kind Corvette Corvair were captured very well. The only real criticism I have is of vacuum formed windshield. Two windshields are provided but both fit poorly and had imperfections in the “glass” area

http://www.fotki.com'>Hosted on Fotki http://www.fotki.com'>Hosted on Fotki I have always had a soft spot for ’57 Olds. My parents had a ’57 Olds Super 88 four-door sedan when I first got into building model cars and reading car magazines. It was in this car that my family drove across North America with one of those “air conditioners” hung on the side window. Also etched in my mind’s eye is a memory of seeing four young guys cruising on the freeway on a hot summer day in a two-tone green ’57 Olds hardtop station wagon. To turn that memory into reality I used an R&R resin kit. While I was at it I preformed some mild customizing by shaving some of the trim and installing an AMT parts-pak ’57 Buick grill. For a bit of realism I converted the molded headlights to lenses and reflectors. The stance was suitably lowered and parts-box custom wheels were installed. The kit only comes with a vacuum formed windshield so I had to fashion side and rear windows from sheet clear. The paint is Model Master Custom Lacquer System White Primer, Emerald Green, Diamond Green and Ultra Gloss Clear. NOTES regarding R&R KIT – PROS – The trim, body shape and proportions are quite well replicated. The bumpers, grill, headlights and taillights come chromed. R&R is the only game in town if you want a 57 Olds Wagon and certainly offers a huge range of car bodies that are not available elsewhere. CONS - The body had a lot of pinholes and rough areas Even though the chassis is identified as being for ’57 and ’58 Oldsmobiles, I had to shorten the rear of it substantially. The kit only comes with a vacuum formed windshield so I had to fashion side and rear windows from sheet clear. The leading edge of the rear door panel line was incorrectly scribed as a separate panel line rather than integral with the trailing edge of the front door. The rear window pillars needed to be realigned.

I have experience with three of the '53 Corvette kits being discussed. A number of years ago after recently returning to the hobby, I decided to build a '53 Corvette for my brother as he often said how much he liked the first Corvettes [i later found out he meant the '56 & '57 Vettes]. Anyway, I remember being in the hobby shop and trying to decided between the AMT and Monogram. As a kid I had always favored AMT but the salesperson convinced me the Monogram kit might be a better choice. Both myself and my brother were very pleased with how the model turned out. I made my own mesh headlight covers that were better than what comes in the kit but not accurate. I used the excellent Model Car Garage photo-etched covers on a later custom project. I am currently working on a trans-kit project that specifies the use of the AMT kit. I have to say it is an OK kit but I definitely prefer the Revell/Monogram for the body and trim items in particular. Something I do really like about the AMT kit however, is the very cool looking up-top and side curtains. By coincidence I am also helping a nine year nephew build the AMT Snap '53 Corvette. I consider this a great snap kit for a beginner and think in many ways results in a more realistic looking '53 Corvette than the AMT glue kit.

Is this longroof week or what? There sure have been a lot of very cool wagon and panel posts that last few days!!