'37 Chevy Modified Coupe

[bobss396]

'37 Chevy Modified from a few years back. It made the magazines, won some trophies. Now showing some age with yellowed decals. Bumpers and wheels I made from aluminum stock. 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Great looking Coupe. Fine detailing and realistic finishing touch.

[Vettegasser]

Nice 

[bobss396]

Tires are resin pieces that were badly formed. I trued them up on a lathe, painted with TS63 black and lettered.

[afx]

Great work.

[TransAmMike]

Really nice now, but wait till it hits the track??

All kidding aside, great work!!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[presnell]

Those early model modifieds were great! Very good work and nice wheels!!!

[Horrorshow]

Real sharp, nice work 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Bainford]

Very cool modified. Great period look. 

[Reegs]

Great work. Takes me back to the days of Freeport and Islip.

[Zippi]

Sweet looking little Modified Coupe.

[slusher]

Beautiful clean built modified!

[bobss396]

On 8/28/2023 at 5:22 PM, Reegs said:

Great work. Takes me back to the days of Freeport and Islip.

This is where I saw them first, around 1966 probably at Islip. By 1970 the coupes were slowly being replaced, by 1972 the Vegas and Pintos were all over. 

[bobss396]

I'm doing a Richie Evans coupe as a consignment for a good friend. While I'm deep unto it, I'm also making items up for an upcoming '36 Chevy modified.

I have the cage (from scratch) built, also made up a simple jig to build on. I need to get a CAD program on my new PC so I can make a better cage. The ones in the kits are not so great.

[Reegs]

On 9/12/2023 at 7:35 AM, bobss396 said:

This is where I saw them first, around 1966 probably at Islip. By 1970 the coupes were slowly being replaced, by 1972 the Vegas and Pintos were all over. 

So true. I remember in the early '80s somebody had a coupe mini-Mod.

[bobss396]

16 hours ago, Reegs said:

So true. I remember in the early '80s somebody had a coupe mini-Mod.

The mini-mods were an evolution from the old VW class at Islip. Slowly the VWs were edged out by the fabricated chassis cars, which were wicked fast. Then one day the division was GONE, around 1983.

I ran into someone who was on a team around 1987 and found out what happened. An Islip track official tried to shake down the series sponsor for a kickback, who was Amsoil. The sponsor said NO and that week the division was kicked out.

[Reegs]

Lousy S.O.B.

[bobss396]

14 hours ago, Reegs said:

Lousy S.O.B.

I am not going to mention names, but it was a BIG official at Islip. That was a great division. I was on a monthly bowling league about 12 years ago and ran into one of the former drivers, he was quite a bowler. 

[Reegs]

It was so long ago. I only remember one name from back then.

Edited September 15, 2023 by Reegs

[Volzfan59]

Well done! I really like the use of the Stanley Smith #49 Amertron Batteries Cup Series decals.