Almost a Flying Car

[Daddyfink]

So, you take an Airfix 1/24 P-51 Mustang and a Revell '40 Ford.....

[Oldcarfan27]

That's just wrong on sooo many levels.

But I'll bet that thing could fly!!!!

[peteski]

Now who will be the first to model that?  As mentioned, a  1:24 scale aircraft is available (but it likely will be rather pricey, and most model car builders are pretty tight when it comes to spending money). This would even make a decent rat-rod!

Edited December 13, 2020 by peteski

[Deuces ll]

Can't wait to post those pictures on the h.a.m.b.,.... Those guys will get a kick out of them.... ?

Thanks Daddyo for posting those... ??

[Mike999]

8 hours ago, peteski said:

Now who will be the first to model that?  As mentioned, a  1:24 scale aircraft is available (but it likely will be rather pricey, and most model car builders are pretty tight when it comes to spending money). This would even make a decent rat-rod!

Trumpeter also makes a 1/24 scale P-51D Mustang.  I found one at a flea market, with a lot of glue-bombing.  But it was cheap and I bought it for the parts, decals etc.  So anybody wanting to build the Mustang-Mobile might get lucky.

Some reviewers love the Trumpeter Mustang, and others hate it.  One interesting thing:  it comes with 3 1/24 scale resin figures, all of them molded in one piece.

 

[ChrisBcritter]

10 hours ago, Deuces ll said:

Can't wait to post those pictures on the h.a.m.b.,.... Those guys will get a kick out of them.... ?

Thanks Daddyo for posting those... ??

Already did! 

[Deuces ll]

Cool!..... ??

[ChrisBcritter]

And now... The rest of the story. From the Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, September 14, 1947:

Clem Gibson became a pretty successful stock car racer in the Bloomington area in the 1950s; from what I could glean from the Newspapers site, he passed away sometime between 1990 and 2005.

Edited December 15, 2020 by ChrisBcritter

[Daddyfink]

1 hour ago, ChrisBcritter said:

And now... The rest of the story. From the Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, September 14, 1947:

Clem Gibson became a pretty successful stock car racer in the Bloomington area in the 1950s; from what I could glean from the Newspapers site, he passed away sometime between 1990 and 2005.

That body would be worth quite a penny today. Thanks for posting the story. 

[stavanzer]

A great comparison of the relative sizes of both machines. That is only a small chunk of P-51, yet is is almost bigger than the car.

[Brian Austin]

Cool pictures.  It may not necessarily be pretty, but it sure is pretty unique!

 

There have been a number of small aircraft fuselages turned into automobiles, and more than one DC-3 has been turned into an RV.