gseeds Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) Ive been on a kick lately of building some of my old real cars and cars that I remember as a kid, in 1965/66 when I was about 6 years years old , my older brother was in high school in Long Beach California and in 1965 and ‘66 owned a ‘57 Chevy that I wasn’t allowed near but I remember it parked in the driveway, sadly there is only one picture of this car and in its last stage of coolness before being towed off to the junkyard, talking with my brother a couple weeks ago he explained how the motor started running bad so him and a couple of his 16 year old buddies decided to pull the motor out to repair and , well the motor never made its way back under the hood, instead found it’s way into the trunk never to see day light again, while the car sat waiting on the street next to our house it was a victim of hit and run, ( notice rear driver side Quarter panel ) but as a small child I remember this car being very cool and have built a model from this memory, talking with my brother asking him what he remembered about the car as I built the model he explained that the paint was a two tone stock for a 1957 Chevy , larkspur blue top and harbor blue bottom, these colors I bought from Model Car World , to lower the car he put lowering blocks on the rear and front springs were heated, sitting on chrome reverse wheels, he also had a record player inside under the dash , and he remembered that someone gave him a fuel injection system for his small block, it always stayed in a box in the trunk I’m sure it must have been nice driving this car to school , at least for as long as it did run . In the back ground of the black and white photo is the Chevy parked on the street right before it was towed off, in the foreground is my sister and her husband with their brand new 1966 ford fairlane. At 5 or 6 years old this is probably is my very first memory of what I though was a cool car and sent me on my way of a lifetime of being interested only in cool and custom vehicles, for this build I use a pro shop amt 57 Chevy, if you zoom in on the interior pic you can see the record player! Thanks for looking!! Edited March 16, 2022 by gseeds 4
Mattilacken Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 What a story! To sad it got junked! Today it would have been saved, but again many wrecks live on today as well since they get salvaged from the yards so we can only hope it still lives on some where! the model came out great! Love the looks and the trunk detail is awesome!! 1
bisc63 Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 What a cool memory, a photo to keep it alive in 2D, and a model to keep the memory in 3D! Beautiful 2-tone color choices; that had to be a sharp car, even in an era of sharp cars. Well done. 1
MeatMan Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 Very nicely done! Good story too. I replicated my brother's Chevelle but had no pics to reference like that. Awesome! 1
1972coronet Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 Lovely tribute and execution! Where abouts in Long Beach did you live? It's my favourite beach city. 1
Koellefornia Kid Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 NICE! Great stance and beautiful colour choices! 1
gseeds Posted March 13, 2022 Author Posted March 13, 2022 4 hours ago, 1972coronet said: Lovely tribute and execution! Where abouts in Long Beach did you live? It's my favourite beach city. Thanks, it was north Long Beach, my brother went to Jordan high school. 1
1972coronet Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 57 minutes ago, gseeds said: Thanks, it was north Long Beach, my brother went to Jordan high school. Artesia / US 91 / CA 91 x Atlantic. Needless to say: incredibly-different area these days. 1
TransAmMike Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 Nice work there Gary? My very first car was a '57 Bel Air 2Dr Hardtop white with red/black interior. I too had chrome reverse wheels on it. Great memories. 1
Bills72sj Posted March 14, 2022 Posted March 14, 2022 Nice 57. I have only had 1 cross my personal path. I was my BF dad's orange 210 with a white top and orange Corvette Rally wheels. He said the color made them look like Lifesavers candy. 1
happy grumpy Posted March 14, 2022 Posted March 14, 2022 Awesome looking Chevy and great backstory. A lot of my builds have a connection to my past. Great color combo. 1
lazlow Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 that's to cool, love the trunk detail and the record player. 1
Ulbo Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 Great model well built with nice color combination and I like the stance and wheels too? Story is a bonus!!! 1
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