The Danish sprue wrangler Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Hey I have had this fun little project in the past few days. this 1969 showrod kit went together very nice. the plans was missing so I built it from pictures not really a problem with this one. but I also had my first encounter with Waterslide decals on this kit. but I was really surprised how good that turned out. only struggled with the one inside the sink. but they where also 48 years old but they still went on straight (and no silvering ) i did break the Horn so had to leave it out . i then wired up the engine and added a distributor , it also has custom wheels ill explain them further down. The Rims and Tires. i want to use the originals for another project , so i had to make / get some replacements . the front pizza cutter wheels are from a old Meccano Engineer set. And the rear Slicks are Actually 6 wheels put together . 2x 1:32 scale Siku diecast Terra style Rear tractor Tires. with the thread grinded off with a dremmel and then sanded with sandpaper . and inside those (for rims) i have 2 metal wheels with rubber tires (from yet another engineers set) in each side . this was my second build and i enjoyed the time with it over a couple of days it turned out pretty good. its a wacky thing for sure .. Edited April 18, 2016 by The Danish sprue wrangler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMCMAN52 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 You don't see this kit built to often, you did a nice job on it with out any instructions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford guy Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Excellent build John. I love the wheel and tire combination! Super Cool Show Car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Danish sprue wrangler Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 You don't see this kit built to often, you did a nice job on it with out any instructionsthanks john . and no you dont see it much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Danish sprue wrangler Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Excellent build John. I love the wheel and tire combination! Super Cool Show Car!thank you Roy . I was very unsure if I broke some unwritten law by taking the original wheels away. from this classic kit . but end of the day I think it looks good with this combination of wheels. and it makes it uniqe from the others around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTJUNIOR Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Cool show rod and creative wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Danish sprue wrangler Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Cool show rod and creative wheels. thank you Tony . glad you like em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Rollins Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Now that's a strange kit... but great job on the build. I can safely say I've never seen anything like that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Nicely done in general, but your ignition wires are about the size of garden hoses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Nicely done in general, but your ignition wires are about the size of garden hoses! don't larger spark plug wires get more spark to the spark plugs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 don't larger spark plug wires get more spark to the spark plugs? Have you ever seen a real car where the diameter of the spark plug wires was the same as the exhaust header pipes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Have you ever seen a real car where the diameter of the spark plug wires was the same as the exhaust header pipes? well...that "wink" you may have missed might suggest I was kidding a little bit. otherwise, I will neither confirm nor deny what I may or may not have seen on real cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 (edited) John this is awesome! The "garden" hose plug wires, as Harry pointed out, don't really look out of place. I think they kinda go with the bathroom theme. Great scratch building and mods. Edited May 31, 2016 by Rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodaSaurus Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 (edited) Remember this in the hobby shops back in the 60s-70s. There was something similar that had a hemi powered toilet in it with twin tubs by Bob Reisner? Edited June 6, 2016 by HotRodaSaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Ugly car IMO. But you did a very nice job building it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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