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Our friend @Claude Thibodeau recently posted a Deuce he put together from miscellaneous parts, and it inspired me to try my hand at something similar. To begin with, I pulled out my favorite AMT parts pack and fished out their beautiful hot rod frame assembly. It went together great, and begged to be left in all its blingy chrome glory.

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Next up was the Chrysler hemi and rolling stock from a partial AMT kit I had laying around of the Corvair Chezoom funny car. These parts could also have come from their Barracuda "Hemi-Under-Glass" which shares the same underpinnings. The parts dropped in with very little alterations and looked totally in place. Adding spark plug wires really added to the realism of this awesome looking engine.

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Finally, the body came from an AMT Custom and Competition parts pack. The trickiest part here was creating floorboards and a tunnel from scratch, along with shortening the trunk.

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Since this dragster was to be named "Snake", I chose a color palette from a copperhead.

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When completed, this model looked like it was always made to go together with these parts.

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Hi EMRE!

Nice, and happy if I had any effect in "inspiring" your roadster!

Funny: my parts box contains many of the parts you used, accumulated over many decades. Nerver throw anything away, they say...

Bravo!

CT

Posted
59 minutes ago, Claude Thibodeau said:

Hi EMRE!

Nice, and happy if I had any effect in "inspiring" your roadster!

Funny: my parts box contains many of the parts you used, accumulated over many decades. Nerver throw anything away, they say...

Bravo!

CT

Your work always inspires me Claude! :) 

Posted
54 minutes ago, Tim W. SoCal said:

Bitchen "T" Fuel Altered, EMRE! Beautiful color and good detail work...

Thank you much Tim. Now I just have to look up what "fuel altered" is! (I'm still learning about the classic hot rod era) :) 

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1 hour ago, ea0863 said:

Thank you much Tim. Now I just have to look up what "fuel altered" is! (I'm still learning about the classic hot rod era) :) 

A Fuel Altered is essentially a short wheel base dragster with a body. AA/FA (AA Fuel Altered) dragsters were quite popular throughout the 1960's. They were quite fast and due to the short wheel base were a handful to drive. The illustration is of the "Winged Express" owned by "Wild Willie" Borsch and Al Marcellus.

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11 hours ago, Tim W. SoCal said:

A Fuel Altered is essentially a short wheel base dragster with a body. AA/FA (AA Fuel Altered) dragsters were quite popular throughout the 1960's. They were quite fast and due to the short wheel base were a handful to drive. The illustration is of the "Winged Express" owned by "Wild Willie" Borsch and Al Marcellus.

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Super cool! And this artwork even looks a lot like my build, except for the large wing of course.

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted
41 minutes ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

 Cool altered. Great build and nice detailing.

 

37 minutes ago, slusher said:

Fantastic build, excellent craftsmanship!

Thank you gentlemen.

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