How About An Old Survivor?

[Tom Geiger]

Many of you know that I seek out and preserve ancient builds. I see these as the folk art of our youth and I hope my posts have saved some old beauties that otherwise might have been broken up for parts.   I especially love cool old customs that were well thought out and executed, as well as those that just have a cool factor.  This is one of those with the cool factor. Dave Burket found this one in a collection and set it aside for me.

This has to be an original issue AMT 1932 Vicky kit.  In fact one of the things that makes it cool is that this looks a lot like the retro box that the kit is now out with!  

Our original builder did a great job of building a drag car.  All flat paints and period racing decals.  This one is barn fresh, I haven't even gotten around to cleaning it up. Per the rules of my Olde Kustom Kollection, these relics get a good cleaning, and any missing parts are replaced, but there are no improvements to be made!  We are preserving them as an art form, and we don't want to change history.

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I've had this car a few months, and it's sat in plain view.  Only today did I realize that the body wasn't attached at the front, but it felt secure in the rear. A quick look revealed that the builder set it up like a funny car.  I went looking for the hinge and saw that he glued the fenders to the tires.  So if you turn the rear wire axle, the body opens up.  Actually pretty cool for an early 1960s kid.

So this mean '32 has earned it's spot in the Olde Kustom Kollection.  

 

[Speedfreak]

I think it's cool Tom, it's got hot rod attitude. I love the little balls in the velocity stacks, do you know if those come in the kit? I've thought about getting the current issue of this kit, I like it.

Edited August 26, 2015 by Speedfreak

[tbill]

that is pretty cool looking i must say. i dig it

[cobraman]

Cool old build.

[vintagercr]

That's neat!

[oldscool]

That IS really cool! Like a barn find.

I wish Round2 would give us those Firestone slicks back.

[Tom Geiger]

Gene, I'm not certain, but the balls don't appear to have been painted.  I only have the release from around 1990 with the gray car on the box. That doesn't include the intake / carbs nor the headers.  I'm not sure if they were in the original release of the kit, or if the builder kit bashed them from something else.

[oldscool]

I think it's cool Tom, it's got hot rod attitude. I love the little balls in the velocity stacks, do you know if those come in the kit? I've thought about getting the current issue of this kit, I like it.

Yes, the little balls come in the rerelease.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Now that's cool!!! I like your work!

[Snake45]

That's pretty cool, and I like your idea of preserving these old relics!

Couple years back I was buying a lot of AMT '64-'67 original Sting Rays off ebay, and bought a couple sets, collections and "junkyards" that had parts or bodies I needed and a bunch of other things I didn't. One of the "extras" is an MPC '66 (IIRC) Vette coupe set up as a drag car (I guess a dragster, more or less) and painted a purple metalflake (I think it's prolly AMT Grape metalflake). I go back and forth between trying to restore it to factory stock (I think I have all the parts), or just clean it up and fix it up a little, as you're doing. I think you're swaying me over to your way of doing things.

[Helix]

A trip down memory lane, thanks for sharing Tom 

[Tom Geiger]

 

I think you're swaying me over to your way of doing things. 

 

 

Just like real cars, they're only original once!   

Edited August 27, 2015 by Tom Geiger

[slusher]

I like seeing these old classics you find Tom. Neat old model..

[Draggon]

That's great to save an old relic! I've got one of them too.........

[ProStreetOnTheStrip]

ive been thinking of digging up some of my relics and trying to save them

[Jantrix]

Tom, I think that one should be set in some sort of rustic "forgotten hot rod" dio-base and left as is. Don't clean up anything. As Wayne Corrini would say, "that's good dust".

[Modlguy]

It's another great addition to your preserved collection, Tom. Someday you need to bring that set out to GSL for everyone to see. And of course set it up at NNL East as a separate display. 

[rustybill1960]

I like that Your preserving the hobby and history also.

I agree with Gerald too

Thank You for sharing

May Your Collection grow

Later

Russ

Edited August 28, 2015 by rustybill1960

[Danno]

Yuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhmmm.

[MAGIC MUFFLER]

That thing sure has some good flavor!!!  Nice rescue...