The Little Old Lady from Pasadena

[spencer1984]

I built this for the 2021 "Cannonball Ruse" CBP (starts here, and still ongoing!). It started as Lindberg's "Maverick" '64 Dodge 330 Super Stock, built as a sleeper with a few extra performance upgrades. The 426 is now supercharged with a unit from AMT's '57 Ford, wheels and tires are Plastic Performance Products, and as a last added kick it has a Turbonique from Alan Raab. I also included a figure of the Lady herself, a Hendrix Mfg Co. resin figure with a vintage helmet from Fujimi's Driver set. A full writeup of what went into it is available here, and as always any comments/criticisms are welcome.

[Tom99]

Nice!!

[TransAmMike]

Super cool Bill, great work?

[PappyD340]

That's awesome, well done!!

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

That looks amazing. 

[Classicgas]

Very cool.  What is a turbonique?

[Jack L]

2 hours ago, Classicgas said:

Very cool.  What is a turbonique?

rocket powered turbine driven axle from the 60s

[SSNJim]

I didn't know what it is either. Interesting product and company - nothing like a 850-1300 HP boost. Turbonique - Wikipedia Check out the second External Link in that article. Lot of ads and tech manuals.

Edited May 22, 2021 by SSNJim

[BlackSheep214]

Heh.. the little old lady got a deceiving little ol’ hot rod. That looks pretty awesome. Well done!

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!

4 hours ago, Jack L said:

rocket powered turbine driven axle from the 60s

And madness. It was definitely powered by madness. ?

[Pat Minarick]

Very nice !

[Spottedlaurel]

That's great, up to the point when you the back end it looks so clean and subtle.

[charger74]

It looks great 

[ATHU]

Fantastic, well done!!

[Beamerman]

Very cool!! well done...

[Safire6]

That's cool! Nice job.

[carrucha]

Neat build.  Nice job detailing the engine.

[Oldcarfan27]

I always saw her as a little more older. As Jan and Dean pictured her.

[grodudulle77]

Awesome look !! ??

[ChrisR]

Cool!!!

[thatz4u]

well done, one of the best builds with this kit....

[crazyjim]

Fantastic build.

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!

18 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

I always saw her as a little more older. As Jan and Dean pictured her.

Fair point, and what I usually see when most people are talking about this car. I wanted a slightly different take on her, more of a former badass who retired into street racing (my favorite backstory at the moment is that she was a WASP in WWII). I was trying for something similar to Bette Davis in Dead Ringer, with a little Valentina Tereshkova thrown in.

[Chuckyg1]

Well now, this is certainly different...…And totally awesome! Great idea & cleanly executed.

[Draggon]

That's a great build overall, but the Turbonique axle is awesome!  Love it!