FORDSVTPARTS Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 I haven't posted anything new in a while and as is typical for me it's only about 90% done, I just couldn't wait to post it. I'm not even sure what to classify it as but it's name fits. The idea is that the car was born out of the ashes of post war Germany and built from the remains of what could be found which obviously included the Allison V-12 from a downed P-51 Mustang. It's built in similar fashion to the old prewar hillclimbers.
Bernard Kron Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 A beautiful sacrilege that can only exist in the mind and hands of a car modeler! Great build!
Nick F40 Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 This is really cool. This I would like to see in a hillclimb. These are the kind of cars I like.
FORDSVTPARTS Posted January 26, 2009 Author Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks guys, I'm still working on some of the details like headlights but it's close enough to share.
Modelmartin Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 So that's where the missing 7th Bugatti Royale went to!!
FORDSVTPARTS Posted January 26, 2009 Author Posted January 26, 2009 So that's where the missing 7th Bugatti Royale went to!! That and a Mercedes SSK, Theres some good stuff in those two kits.
John Goschke Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Cool idea and a great build! As a recovering aircraft builder though I have to point out that the downed Mustang would've more likely had a Packard-built Rolls Royce Merlin. Maybe the Allison came out of downed a P-38!
FORDSVTPARTS Posted January 27, 2009 Author Posted January 27, 2009 Cool idea and a great build! As a recovering aircraft builder though I have to point out that the downed Mustang would've more likely had a Packard-built Rolls Royce Merlin. Maybe the Allison came out of downed a P-38! You are correct sir, A P-38 would be a more likely donor. That or an early Mustang/Apache or P-40 although I'm not sure how much service the P-40 saw in Europe.
Peter Lombardo Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Not a hot rod you see every day....pretty crazy and different idea....this is what our hobby is all about.....the classic line.."What if". What if you took this engine, with this chassis and that body with this color. Very cool, I like the Dualie rear tire setup. And of course the Allison engine is nutz.
evilone Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 And to think that i thought that engine looked huge in my pete .Looks sweet bro good work .
Harold Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 'I build my cars to go, not to stop!' Etorre Bugatti, responding to complaints of his car's notoriously poor brakes. Great car, SVT- Etorre would be proud.
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