Traditional A-V8 Hiboy (Revell)

[alan barton]

Thanks everyone, it is great to see how many people appreciate this iconic car!  Chris, I just had to do something with the headlight posts but I didn't want to go to the trouble of replacing them and the shock mounts so I filled the holes, cut the shock off and drilled a hole to allow the shock shaft to ride up to the correct height and just generally massaged them as best I could.  To my eye, the headlight placement on this kit is a spread a bit to far apart.  

At this stage, the black body might become a replica of a race car street rod that a very dear friend of mine built many years ago.  He passed away ten years ago but his daughter displayed the car at our recent hot rod show.  It was build on a 29 style chassis so the Revell kit will be perfect for that.

Travis, I must admit I didn't think about the front brakes - I love finned drums so much they were going on regardless!  But for people going for a perfect replica that is good information to know.  Once I stick the steering wheel on the right hand side, I've pretty much blown that aspect anyhow!

Another build I have on the bench at the moment is my take on the John Corno/John Buttera white hi-tech hiboys, It will be 90% Corno/Buttera, 10% A.B.!

Here's my mate Iggy's hiboy - this thing is a very tractable street rod and an absolute weapon on the strip ( there is a bolt in cage for racedays.) His daughters raced this just as hard as he did!