63' D&M Vette Gasser

[aurfalien]

Hi,

Has any one ever kitted this bad boy;

 

Edited October 4, 2015 by aurfalien

[Snake45]

No, but it should be fairly easy to kitbash using the common AMT '63 and maybe the Revell '62 gasser.

[aurfalien]

Wow, cool idea, thanks Snake45.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yes, Mr. Snake is spot-on with that idea...and even though the '63 and later Corvettes had independent rear suspension, a real gasser version most certainly would NOT (too fragile) so the Revell '62 guts are good all the way back.

Also bear in mind that the C1 and C2 (first gen Stingray) Corvette frames are entirely different, but there's nothing to stop you from building a C2 Stingray gasser on a C1 Corvette frame, even in the real world.

Edited October 4, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy

[aurfalien]

Yes, Mr. Snake is spot-on with that idea...and even though the '63 and later Corvettes had independent rear suspension, a real gasser version most certainly would NOT (too fragile) so the Revell '62 guts are good all the way back.

Also bear in mind that the C1 and C2 (first gen Stingray) Corvette frames are entirely different, but there's nothing to stop you from building a C2 Stingray gasser on a C1 Corvette frame, even in the real world.

Awesome!  Thats what I'll do then.  Unsure why I'm all about Gassers now.

[dodgefever]

Not a gasser anyway, it's another wannabe nose-high street freak,  Faux spindle mounts as well. Ugh.

[aurfalien]

Not a gasser anyway, it's another wannabe nose-high street freak,  Faux spindle mounts as well. Ugh.

Well, what a Faux Gasser at any rate, so sexy and beastly!

Edited October 4, 2015 by aurfalien

[Ace-Garageguy]

Not a gasser anyway, it's another wannabe nose-high street freak,  Faux spindle mounts as well. Ugh.

Man's got a point.

Lotsa the mile-high cars being billed as "gassers" these days would have to run as altereds anyway, due to the amount of engine setback and height. For instance, at one time, the engine setback in a gasser was limited to 10%, and the crank centerline at 24" high.

Decide whether you want to build a wannabe look-at-me pretend car, or a real race car, and if it's the latter, look up the relevant rules for the time period you want your model to represent. There's a link to old gas-class and other NHRA rules somewhere on this board.

Modified convertible Corvettes 'round '63 would have run in the MSP class with its own set of rules (modified sports for convertibles, but the '63 and later hardtop MAY have been legal to run as a straight gas-class car...look it up if you want to be accurate). By '68 or so, I'm pretty sure there were converts running as gassers.

I believe the very famous Mazmanian car ran factory-type independent front suspension too, not the straight-axle favored by some real cars and all the wannabes.

Here's a couple threads to get you started...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/corvette-hot-rods-picture-thread.545759/

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/corvette-gassers.573476/

Edited October 4, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy

[aurfalien]

Wonderful links, thanks Bill.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Wonderful links, thanks Bill.

Here's another good one...                          http://gassermadness.us/Gas_Classes/index.htm

[aurfalien]

Here's another good one...                          http://gassermadness.us/Gas_Classes/index.htm

Oh yea, likin this site, very very cool find!