wrecker388

This was supposed to be my 2013 Cannonball Run entry. Considering I finished it yesterday, I would say I am just a little bit late. Lol. I started with the latest release of Roscoe's Cruiser from MPC. The front roll pan is a modified custom piece from the AMT 65 GTO. The wheels are Cragar Protechs from the AMT 32 Ford Phaeton Reissue from the 90s. The hood scoop is from the most recent reissue of the MPC 67 Charger.The air cleaner is also from the 65 GTO, slightly modified. The mirror is from a Revell 50 F-1 pickup. The grille is just a piece of mesh from a Chevy truck air cleaner. I shaved the door handles and trim. The paint is Duplicolor Orange Mist Metallic. It is pictured with my 2015 Cannonball entry. Thanks for looking. All comments, good or bad, welcomed.

Sweet! Every pickup needs something in the bed.

Thanks Mike, Tom and Bruce. Mike, at first the paint made me mad but then I looked closer and thought 'it has the same sun faded look as my T-Bird" So I stuck with it. Tom, the paint blushed due to suckish weather conditions. Bruce, It won't be moving until then!

Thanks guys! I instantly thought of this thing when the idea of sleepers was mentioned due to the "90s Granny-car" look it had going on.

Sweet! I want to play around with Tru-Fire at some point once I get my airbrush working right again.

i can retake a picture of the engine if anyone is interested. All of the ones I took sucked and my camera's batteries were nearly dead.

OK, here is my Cougar. The cage is scratchbuilt from 1/16 Evergreen tubing. Wheels and tires are from Monogram's 55 F-100 Street Rod. The decals on the rear window are from a NASCAR kit and Roscoe's Monaco. The body paint is Dupli-Color gloss Black and because it blushed on top, it gave the car the typical peeling 90s beater look. The front bumper is primer and the hood is Dupli-color Graphite Grey Metallic. The Maroon interior really gives the car a 90s look as i don't think I've seen a vehicle newer than like 99 with a burgundy interior. I went for a built in a LKQ yard type look and think I hit it pretty well. The kit is virtually box stock, I had to modify the front wheel backs a little bit. The worst part of the build was when one of the front wheel backs decided to go MIA for about an hour and screw with me. I still need to make some license plates for the front and rear.All comments welcome.

OK, here is my Cougar. The cage is scratchbuilt from 1/16 Evergreen tubing. Wheels and tires are from Monogram's 55 F-100 Street Rod. The decals on the rear window are from a NASCAR kit and Roscoe's Monaco. The body paint is Dupli-Color gloss Black and because it blushed on top, it gave the car the typical peeling 90s beater look. The front bumper is primer and the hood is Dupli-color Graphite Grey Metallic. The Maroon interior really gives the car a 90s look as i don't think I've seen a vehicle newer than like 99 with a burgundy interior. I went for a built in a LKQ yard type look and think I hit it pretty well. The kit is virtually box stock, I had to modify the front wheel backs a little bit. The worst part of the build was when one of the front wheel backs decided to go MIA for about an hour and screw with me. I still need to make some license plates for the front and rear.All comments welcome. I have an idea for my next Cannonball build. To be revealed at a later date.

My dad and I aren't sure what my bench used to be. He thinks it might have used to haul some kind of missiles during one of the wars. It seems to be made of chromoly square tubing and can support a ton of weight as my dad's big Snap-On top cabinet is on it's twin. He covered the top of it with a piece of Stainless which is my work top. I don't have a pic on hand, if anyone is interested I can post one.

I painted and finished the Cougar today! I'll post of some pics of it tomorrow. I'm so pumped because I finally finished one in time for the Run and it's my first finish of 2015!

That was very cool. I wouldn't have the patience to do one turn, let alone a whole race.

Haha. They so need to use that in the new movie. They could say he rebuilt that "pile" (as I recall him calling it) from the first movie.

I like what I see so far.

Awesome Tom! I loved this thing the very first time I saw it!

So where are the keys? There is no way that is a model. Just kidding. That is over the top excellent craftsmanship David!

Wow! That looks amazing!

I might as well pull out now. I'm sick and haven't touched the tank for a month. My parents have a new freezer coming this week, so no time this. And my airbrush was still screwy the last time I used it even if I got the tank built in time the paint would probably bite. Sorry guys.

Well, looks my Cougar will need to be really incognito. Or armed to the teeth with cop-stopping goodies. Or both...

Screw the Corvette! I can't wait to see one of these in plastic.

To answer your title question: A Go-Cart on every illicit drug known to man, and then some. That said, this will be insane when finished!

Whoa. I thought my dad having 355,000 on his 88 K1500 was impressive. This is quite impressive.

Tim, you have me listed as "Wreaker388" not Wrecker. Not criticizing, but could you fix it please?

I saw that the other day and thought it was different. You typically don't hear of car parts being left in a person for 51 years.

Looks good! My mom's first car was a 66 Goat, so I have a soft spot for these.