Little Deuce Coupe inspired by the song

[Phildaupho]

Note - Some of this story was made up for April Fools Days - This is a model of the real Little Deuce Coupe that inspired the Beach Boys’ song of the same name. Although it was meant to be on the record album cover it obviously was not and it eventually disappeared. The record company guys thought it looked too plan [as in - You don’t know what I got] so it was sent to Barris Kustoms for enhancement. As it turned out it was not finished in time when record advanced the release date so [ this next part is true] Hot Rod magazine was asked to provide some photos. The picture of the Chili Catallo Silver Sapphire was cropped from a 1961 photo session by Eric Rickman. Another interesting fact is that the red jacket to add color to the photo and worn by Chili whose head was cropped off in the photo belonged to Big Daddy Ed Roth!!

 

[ This is fiction ] Because the real Little Deuce Coupe missed its moment of fame, to make it a full on show car the flathead was replaced with an eight carb Hemi. Shortly afterwards the car was crashed and completely destroyed by fire so totally disappeared.

The car was originally built for Bonneville where it ran 140 mph on alcohol. Picture if you will how this car looked at Bonneville.  It was chopped and channelled over a Z’d frame. It was very light having a louvered roof panel and trunk and a stripped interior with aircraft seats. It ran with magnesium wheels, no headlights and a fairing over the front frame horns.
 

TRUE - Notice how the car has all the features mentioned in the song such as the flathead, 4-speed and lakes pipes. It also has a full hood, which hid the potential of the engine.

Edited April 1, 2018 by Phildaupho

[Phildaupho]

[PARTSMARTY]

Very cool indeed !!!

[TooOld]

Great looking Deuce ,  I love the color and the Flat Head !  I admit I don't know much about the Little Deuce Coupe and never knew the car on the album wasn't the original . . . oh yeah , April Fool's !

Edited April 1, 2018 by TooOld

[ATHU]

Very very nice!!

[espo]

The story is suspect but plausible. The model however is outstanding. I have a preference for the Flat Head but the Hemi is cool also.  

[donb]

Cool car! Nice job!

[Phildaupho]

Thanks everyone. It was a fun project.

[Snake45]

Very nice! I like yours a LOT more than the famous one on the album cover. 

[mredjr]

Very nice!!

[Sixties Sam]

Very cool with flathead or hemi! Nice work!

Sam

[DeeCee]

That is one very cool Deuce man, love that color on it too..

[slusher]

Super Nice Model!

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Very nice

[mredjr]

Nice job!!

[bobthehobbyguy]

I'm curious. Did you do separate versions? voth versions are great.

[dan_a]

Great 32 duece, perfect stance and a nice period look!

[Pat Minarick]

Very cool.

[unclescott58]

A decent looking Deuce. Very Kool. 

[Phildaupho]

On 2018-04-05 at 2:33 AM, bobthehobbyguy said:

I'm curious. Did you do separate versions? voth versions are great.

I actually built it with the Hemi a few years ago and converted to flathead last month.

 

[Phildaupho]

On 2018-04-01 at 11:39 PM, Snake45 said:

Very nice! I like yours a LOT more than the famous one on the album cover. 

 

On 2018-04-01 at 11:45 PM, mredjr said:

Very nice!!

 

On 2018-04-02 at 2:21 AM, Sixties Sam said:

Very cool with flathead or hemi! Nice work!

Sam

 

On 2018-04-02 at 1:21 PM, DeeCee said:

That is one very cool Deuce man, love that color on it too..

 

On 2018-04-03 at 6:17 AM, slusher said:

Super Nice Model!

 

On 2018-04-04 at 10:41 AM, Modelbuilder Mark said:

Very nice

 

On 2018-04-04 at 11:13 AM, mredjr said:

Nice job!!

 

On 2018-04-05 at 2:41 AM, dan_a said:

Great 32 duece, perfect stance and a nice period look!

 

On 2018-04-05 at 4:12 AM, Pat Minarick said:

Very cool.

 

On 2018-04-05 at 7:07 PM, unclescott58 said:

A decent looking Deuce. Very Kool. 

Thanks everyone. Hopefully by this time  next year I will have completed a model of the Silver Sapphire