stavanzer Posted September 5, 2024 Posted September 5, 2024 You could remove the fenders from the MPC Stutz Bearcat, and come close to this. Look at that Patina. 1
Ace-Garageguy Posted September 5, 2024 Posted September 5, 2024 Thanks for posting the photo. I bought one of those not having any real plan for what to do with it. I think I know now.
peteski Posted September 5, 2024 Posted September 5, 2024 4 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Thanks for posting the photo. I bought one of those not having any real plan for what to do with it. I think I know now. You bought a 1:1 scale vehicle or a model of a Mercer Runabout?! As for the similarity, this type of contemporary cars did looks quite similar to each other.
Ace-Garageguy Posted September 5, 2024 Posted September 5, 2024 4 hours ago, peteski said: You bought a 1:1 scale vehicle or a model of a Mercer Runabout?! Model. I was responding to the mention of the "MPC Stutz". I should have been more clear. As you say, the two cars are visually similar enough to achieve the same effect.
89AKurt Posted September 6, 2024 Posted September 6, 2024 That is too cool! Love the patina. Old tires too, but for some reason old rubber lasts longer than today.
peteski Posted September 6, 2024 Posted September 6, 2024 16 minutes ago, 89AKurt said: That is too cool! Love the patina. Old tires too, but for some reason old rubber lasts longer than today. It probably had some "hazardous" chemical in it which is now banned. 1
stavanzer Posted September 6, 2024 Author Posted September 6, 2024 Lindberg has a 1/16 Scale Fenderless Stutz Racer. NIce Kit, but Very, Very Simple. Here is a built one. 2
Brian Austin Posted September 6, 2024 Posted September 6, 2024 I think they make repro tires these days. Also, back in the early days of motoring, tire blowouts were common.
stavanzer Posted September 6, 2024 Author Posted September 6, 2024 I remember reading a contemporary account in an old Magazine of a 25 mile trip in 1912, that had 9 blowouts, and took 8 hours. So tires were very fragile in the 'Teens. One of the reasons many Brass Era cars carried two spares.
Brian Austin Posted September 7, 2024 Posted September 7, 2024 People also forget how poor the roads were in the US at the time as well.
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