Spoiled Rotten 36 Ford salt coupe

[alan barton]

With all the swoopy coupes on here lately I thought I might join in the fray.  Believe it or not, this thing spent over thirty years on the bench.  It received two front ends, two rear ends and at least three paint jobs before it got on the shelf.  It got dropped during one of those paintjobs and cracked the roof off.  It travelled with me when I took a year of exchange teaching in Alberta Canada and it even got on the primer table at the 1997 NNL West and the LAIRS show in 2010 which means parts of it have crossed the Pacific Ocean from Canada or the USA to the west coast of Australia or back no less than five times!.  It was made entirely from either glue bombed parts or leftover parts that others didn't want. I call it Spoiled Rotten because it has at least six aerodynamic aids by my count, and as a Bonneville contender it probably shouldn't have any!  It is strictly a curbside and I didn't dare tackle scribing door lines on it through all the layers of plastic and Bondo - that could have only ended in tears! 

It started life as the lower body of an AMT 36 coupe but I want to see if you guys can identify the other bits that went into it.  Some are obvious while others are a bit obscure, .It is a pure fantasy build but if it could race anywhere, Bonneville (or Lake Gairdner here in Australia) would be the place! Let me know what you think, good or bad.

[bobthehobbyguy]

See the rear fenders from trantula and front tires have monogram ice t pods. Love it. Nicely done. Great concept.

Edited November 2, 2017 by bobthehobbyguy

[cobraman]

That's different, I like different. Well done.

[shoopdog]

Very, very  cool!

[crazyjim]

A really sharp build.

[iBorg]

Modeling at its best is a flight of imagination. This is a great example of that.

[Foxer]

Pretty cool. A lot of mileage on that!

[donb]

NICE! It would be really cool to see this on the flats. 

[alan barton]

Thanks guys.  And Bob, you were right on the money.  I mocked up the car with Ice T side tanks and a visiting friend said "I could laser cut those from aluminium for you at work."  So he did!  I then filed and sanded them into a more streamlined shape but finished them with 800 wet and dry but no polish  so that I got that fabbed aluminium look rather than chrome.

 

For those that are playing at home, there are at least another six significant donor models in this one. And no, I didn't notice the black rear window glass had slipped out of lace while I was photographing it!

Cheers

Alan

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[TooOld]

That's a real beauty , would love to see it on the salt !

[espo]

Beautiful looking body work and great paint job. Summit Racing should be paying you sponsorship money.  

[spencer1984]

Very nicely done!