Fuel Coupe

Jim I have been reading alot lately about the Vietnam "conflict" definitely interesting. Mostly autobiography stuff. I wasn't born until 68 but my dad almost reuped to go over as a sniper... Kinda glad he didnt...

What I meant was not modeled to death...

I dont know man, Something just aint right about it and I can't put my finger on it... Oh yea, Its not in my case. Looks great I really like the obscure and not so mainstream. You done good....

Thank you....

Nope, Thats a 33 willys truck by Ed Fluck at Drag City Resin. Great guy and awesome resin.

Dave I'll put this real simple. Stop trying to explain yourself and get on with the tip. Either that or move on. Do A COMPLETE tech tip without all the slight of hand and "Pay your dues" or "do some leg work". Come on man really? Pull your big boy pants up and lets go to work... Get on with it...

the pattern is the same in the Wild Willie Borsch altered as well as the bantam blast altered. You may need to get 3 seats to make 2. I hope this helps...

Thanks...

Thanks guys. Well as far as the chassis goes, I used all the reference pics I could get from the owner and figured out the the original Chassis research chassis had a wheelbase of 98" then I worked that out to 1/25 scale. I then used a copy of an old blueprint from Chassis research. From there I built it like a real chassis builder would. I got the two main rails to length. Made firewall hoop, added the two hoops on either side of the drivers cockpit then to two upper rails from the firewall forward. It was tough keeping the twist out of it and there was alot of trial fitting to go with it. On some bends I did use some heat but for most of it I bent the plastic rod/tubing beyond the angle I wanted and let it relax back to where I needed it. In the on the workbench section of this site is the link to the build on this car. If you cant find it I will be glad to send you the link.

Yes Dan you can, the Mods here dont mind linking sites here... I have to admit the straightliners are a tough bunch. I got tuned up pretty good on my Saddleback car but have since finished the Hollish Bros. coupe and the difference in the two can be attrubuted to hanging with your bunch....

Dan, As A member of the straightliers group, You know Im in. Glad to see you post this tutorial up on your site. Now how about one on that killer chassis that your making the tins for.

Turned out really nice. Me likes...

Thanks Mike, I knew there was something about that. I just couldn't remember what it was.

Thanks guys, Sjordon. I'll get right on that

That looks great. What do I have to do to get a set of those decals

Great job on the headers. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, I read somewhere (thought it was here) that to use solid core solder and not rosin core. Something to do with the flux leeching out of the solder

HA HA thanks Matt

Thanks guys, Im a little let down by the lack of responces but I understand this car may not be everyones cup of tea (It is ugly as heck). The real car has some really cool history. That coupled with the fact that the model has very little pulled from the aftermarket. This car wasnt built by modifing a kit or adding a bunch of detail parts (which is the way I normally build). I wanted to see if I could build something that wasnt kitted or offered in resin. To me its the best and most accurate work I have done to date. Personally I think it blows my Saddleback AND Pure Hell cars away!!

Great job John. How do you dull down your tires. they look really good..

Now that's the truth!!!!

Last two pics...

Sorry for posting this in two places, I figured not everyone goes into the drag section. The back story: In 1959 two brothers and some friends fueled by Budweiser and and late nights in a garage with a furnace fueled by burning tires. Working in shifts the boys set out to build a gas coupe to run at Detroit Dragway. After a hot lap through the neighborhood that woke up all the neighbors and caused a driveby from the local P.D. the boys got two hours sleep and loaded up from Akron to Detroit. Once there they were laughed at and almost failed tech. Once through tech thy were almost shutdown at the starting line when they convinced the starter to allow them to make an easy run. That "easy" run was within a few tenths of the national record. People knew they were for real then. Art Chrisman saw that run and named the car "The Flying Outhouse". The won A/comp with a new national record of 10.14@ 142.85 backed up with a 140.62. and opted out of middle eliminator and decided to run in AA/Dragster. They were on their way to another track record when after a few red flag starts the car finally blew the clutch racing against Rodney Singers 480ci blown Lincoln. Two weeks later the coupe ran a 9.63 that was the last time the car ran. The car was dismantled and sold off never to be seen again. This is the story to best of my knowledge. I want to that Todd Schmidt and the Hollish Brothers for the help in recreating this neat little piece of drag racing history.. This car is approx. 95% scratchbuilt. The only kit items that were used on this build were the engine, blower, rear tires, rearend and cowl. the rest was scratchbuilt and very few items from the after market. I wanted to see if I could build a model without using a whole lost of items that made the build look like jewelry but more realistic...

Yes Mike it does, It was an afterthought just before paint to go ahead and open it up. The hinges are soldered brass, the t-handle is also brass that is soldered...

Thanks Dave I have a few things I need to figure out with the water pump on El Gringo. Just don't know how to get it to look right.

Bob, You are doing a really nice job on this one. Great work, Tommy would love it...