60s styled 37 Chevy Gasser

[dragcarz]

I started this project back in April 2021. When  I had purchased this kit pre owned and opened, I did a quick check of the contents and it appeared all there, only to find later, it had two right fenders and no left. I jumped on the parts wanted forum and posted my request and Thomas Coffee responded and sent me a pair of front fenders, Thank you again Thomas!

I’ve slowly been building on this and wasn’t going to post it, but with my Shirley Shahan’s Hornet stalled in crappy Indiana weather, I decided to post it out of boredom. 

im pretty much building it out of the box with the exception of the rear wheels and slicks, from the AMT parts pack, and the injector. 
I filled the gaps in the top of the frame rails and trimmed the running boards off. 
I painted the body it black.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yes, most definitely.   

[Joe Nunes]

This is looking good!  ?

Joe

[TransAmMike]

Very sharp Roger...inquiring mind wants to know your paint system on it!!

[cobraman]

Paint looks very nice.

[dragcarz]

7 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

Very sharp Roger...inquiring mind wants to know your paint system on it!!

Model master black, Splash 2K clear, it’s not polished yet 

[TransAmMike]

33 minutes ago, dragcarz said:

Model master black, Splash 2K clear, it’s not polished yet 

Beautiful so far?

[dragcarz]

Thanks everyone!

[OldNYJim]

Looks GREAT!  Nice work!

[Zippi]

One bad looking 37 Chevy Gasser.  Coming along nicely.  

[Jantrix]

Looking good! That's one of my favorite kits.

[dragcarz]

The weather is starting to break here in Indiana so I’m getting a little bench time finally, I got some primer shot on the filled frame rails, and the body is polished.

Edited May 7, 2023 by dragcarz

[TransAmMike]

Wow Roger, thats a beautiful black paint job.   I think you said in an earlier post its Model Master.  Airbrushed or spray can? Enamel or laquer? 

[dragcarz]

Thanks Mike, it’s air brushed, both color and clear. 

[Zippi]

I agree with Mike.  That black looks killer Roger.  

[oldnslow]

Always liked black , yours is excellent .

[dragcarz]

Too windy and humid it paint the Hornet, so I concentrated on my 37 Chevy. I got a lot done on the motor new mock up photos. 

Edited May 21, 2023 by dragcarz
Added photos

[Limeyglue]

Really nice. The paint is brilliant 

[Zippi]

The 37 is looking pretty kewl there Roger.  Love these old school Gassers.

[Scott8950]

Very nice

[dragcarz]

I made some floor board extensions for the outside of the frame rail as the interior tub doesn’t cover this area and it didn’t look right. I painted the frame and interior tub and seats. I also added the 427 decals from Slixx decals, as this was a popular trend to boast what motor you had since the 427 was so new at the time. I really had to rework the headers as one side was lower than the other and the other was too long. I ended up shortening one header, I heated them both and bent them upward to level them out. 

[Zippi]

Looking good Roger.

[deuces wild]

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[chris chabre]

KILLER! wheres the injector hat from?

[Rattlecan Dan]

Gorgeous paint! Can't wait to see the finished build.