53 Stude Sportsman Done

[Slim Louis]

[62SS]

Turned out great Slim. I like it a lot. Nice job.

Ed

[george 53]

Slim, If Clay sees that rascal he may take a contengent of Marines over there to aquire it! Came out real nice considering it was a funny car to start with!!! Great job!

[Clay]

Slim, If Clay sees that rascal he may take a contengent of Marines over there to aquire it! Came out real nice considering it was a funny car to start with!!! Great job!

SHHHHHHHH George you ruined it.....

Awesome Job Slim, love it, I really do, can i have it? j/k, but seriously can I have it? HA

Real good job, you have given me plenty of ideas for some stuff laying around here.

[ricky12]

looks great love your work whats next

Edited August 10, 2008 by ricky12

[MrObsessive]

As a fan of all things Stude..........especially the Starliners and later Hawks, that is a great job Slim!

The bodywork is flawless considering what you started with.........

[FactoryStock54]

Fantastic!

(From another lover of all-things Stude)

[studebot]

Really nice job! Did sportmens have a back bumper, or did they have round tubing for a bumper? I vaugly remember a guy getting his 57 chev out the garage sat nite and put it on the trailer,open headers!!!!!!!!! Man that thing took a lick"in

[Slim Louis]

The speedway cars tried to protect there gas tanks(cells) and radiators with some more or less aero dynamic protection. The short track guys used round, or square tubing, truck or Edsel bumpers, you name it. Take a look at my reference section in my Fotki, and you can see the examples. The wonderful thing of modeling vintage race cars, is that you will find a prototype for darn near everything!

Check it out!

http://public.fotki.com/slimlouis/reference-pictures/