gray07 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 has anyone ever built this car more of a street rod then the way they drove it. if u have post pictures please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I have this kit and my plan (down the road) is to make it a Street Rod using the engine from the '50 Olds Custom kit since it is an Olds. Hopefully I'll be getting to it in the not too distant future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I call this "The Beverley Hills Hornet". It's a bash between the Olds truck and the old Monogram Green Hornet show rod. Note that these are many of the custom parts in the kit. The engine, body, windscreens, and the wheel / tire set are all from the kit. The grill is chopped down to fit. That is the bed from "Jethro's rod", cut down to fit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray07 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 cool, thank u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 I have a very old article cut out from Model Car Science about building and weathering the car kit built as per the original in the TV series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTrucker Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Bugatti Fan said: I have a very old article cut out from Model Car Science about building and weathering the car kit built as per the original in the TV series. That would be a great thing to have!!! I have one on my "Honey Do" list for the wife. That is her favorite TV program! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattle can man Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 I have this kit. please tell me that the hot rod engine is not a Chevy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 11 minutes ago, rattle can man said: I have this kit. please tell me that the hot rod engine is not a Chevy. It's an Olds engine. Considering when the rod car was made for the TV show, it's probably a 400 or 425. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Can-Con said: It's an Olds engine. Considering when the rod car was made for the TV show, it's probably a 400 or 425. The even intake port spacing isn't like any Olds I know, or SBC, BBC, Caddy, Pontiac, or Ford either with the paired center exhaust ports (which a Y-block has, but which also has very different paired-and-stacked intake ports). Looks like some inaccurate blobular mashup to me...but I could be wrong. Edited May 23 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 1/9/2019 at 12:20 PM, gray07 said: has anyone ever built this car more of a street rod then the way they drove it. if u have post pictures please This is my favorite: https://public.fotki.com/funman1712/tim-boyds-124th--12/boyd-street-rods-ra/boyd-roadster-hot-r/dsc-0445.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) 22 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: The even intake port spacing isn't like any Olds I know, or SBC, BBC, Caddy, Pontiac, or Ford either with the paired center exhaust ports (which a Y-block has, but which also has very different paired-and-stacked intake ports). Looks like some inaccurate blobular mashup to me...but I could be wrong. According to the Bareass site it has the engine out of a '69 442 and an automatic tranny so ?? [could be anything on the real car, base Cutlass 350 V8 probably] But, yea, the kit engine is total fabrication. and the intake pipes are just attached to the hood. He was kinda known for "fast and dirty" so I don't really believe much that's posted on the site but, here's a link,, http://www.barris.com/carsgallery/tvmovie/beverlyhillbillies.php Edited May 23 by Can-Con 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattle can man Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Blobular I can accept. if it was a Chevy, I'd be looking for a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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