Restorod Autocar

[Gary Chastain]

The Autocar Restorod is completed

[James2]

Great looking rig, good to see this finished up. You put a lot of work into it!

[Biggu]

Wow , that turned out beautifully …. Lots of work and well thought out and definitely not over or under done. Fabulous result, Gary. What a beauty ! 

[Gary Chastain]

2 hours ago, James2 said:

Great looking rig, good to see this finished up. You put a lot of work into it!

 

1 minute ago, Biggu said:

Wow , that turned out beautifully …. Lots of work and well thought out and definitely not over or under done. Fabulous result, Gary. What a beauty ! 

Thanks guys, for the kind words

[freightshaker2]

Super impressive build Gary! Fantastic job! I'm glad to see it finished and looking so good. You can be proud of this one!

[Gary Chastain]

15 minutes ago, freightshaker2 said:

Super impressive build Gary! Fantastic job! I'm glad to see it finished and looking so good. You can be proud of this one!

Thanks Landon

[BK9300]

Very beautiful truck, Gary - just a pleasure watching it all come together!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[cifenet]

Simply A. M. A. Z. I. N. G!

The tri-axle setup, round fender covers, chrome finishes, and the exposed engine showing off details….
 

Just incredible work you have shown here.  Bravo, Gary!

[Gary Chastain]

4 hours ago, BK9300 said:

Very beautiful truck, Gary - just a pleasure watching it all come together!

Thanks Brian, and thanks for sending me advice on this one. 

[Gary Chastain]

4 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

Thanks Chris

[Gary Chastain]

19 minutes ago, cifenet said:

Simply A. M. A. Z. I. N. G!

The tri-axle setup, round fender covers, chrome finishes, and the exposed engine showing off details….
 

Just incredible work you have shown here.  Bravo, Gary!

Thanks Steve, appreciate the inputs. 

[vincen47]

Oh boy, she’s a beauty! That color is so pretty. I would love to see a 1:1 like that at a truck show with that exposed engine. It would be a showstopper!

I especially like that you put an air to air system on it. Not something you see on a lot of resto-mod builds, but ya should.

[Gary Chastain]

27 minutes ago, vincen47 said:

Oh boy, she’s a beauty! That color is so pretty. I would love to see a 1:1 like that at a truck show with that exposed engine. It would be a showstopper!

I especially like that you put an air to air system on it. Not something you see on a lot of resto-mod builds, but ya should.

Thanks Victor, yes the color was a good choice, thanks for you comments 

[Model Builders Mafia]

very impressive

 

[Gary Chastain]

20 minutes ago, Model Builders Mafia said:

very impressive

 

Thanks Adam

[Swamp Dog]

that is one Beautiful A Car..Awesome Job..

[Bainford]

Beautiful Autocar. Cleanly built and a ton of detail. It is clear that a lot of work went into the project. That is an impressive looking model.

What paint did you use for the grill shell and aluminum bits under the hood? The effect is very convincing.

[happy grumpy]

Wow, this build is just awesome. excellent craftsmanship all around.

[Gary Chastain]

14 minutes ago, Bainford said:

Beautiful Autocar. Cleanly built and a ton of detail. It is clear that a lot of work went into the project. That is an impressive looking model.

What paint did you use for the grill shell and aluminum bits under the hood? The effect is very convincing.

Thanks for the kind words. The shiny bits under the hood is a mix of polished aluminum tubing and plastic rod/tubing painted with Krylon Premium Mettalic original chrome. I like the look, kinda polished aluminum look but not chrome. I have used this same paint for aluminum wheels on big rigs. The hose clamps are actually chrome tape used for decoration on ladies finger nails .035 wide, but on shrink tubing (the red and black) hoses it will stick for a little while then start to unroll, so I used a small dot of fast drying clear finger nails polish to seal down the tape joint and rolled it to the bottom, still holding several days later.  The grill is painted with Revell chrome, I think three coats. Some of the heater/air conditioner lines have 2mm crimp tubes (silver plated) over the hose to facilitate the fittings. Feel free to message me with further questions or pictures of the items. 

[Gary Chastain]

1 minute ago, happy grumpy said:

Wow, this build is just awesome. excellent craftsmanship all around.

Thanks Mario

[Bainford]

45 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Thanks for the kind words. The shiny bits under the hood is a mix of polished aluminum tubing and plastic rod/tubing painted with Krylon Premium Mettalic original chrome. I like the look, kinda polished aluminum look but not chrome. I have used this same paint for aluminum wheels on big rigs. The hose clamps are actually chrome tape used for decoration on ladies finger nails .035 wide, but on shrink tubing (the red and black) hoses it will stick for a little while then start to unroll, so I used a small dot of fast drying clear finger nails polish to seal down the tape joint and rolled it to the bottom, still holding several days later.  The grill is painted with Revell chrome, I think three coats. Some of the heater/air conditioner lines have 2mm crimp tubes (silver plated) over the hose to facilitate the fittings. Feel free to message me with further questions or pictures of the items. 

Thanks Gary. Very helpful.

[Sledsel]

That is a really sharp rig!

[RoninUtah]

That looks great, beautiful job!

[Gary Chastain]

9 hours ago, Sledsel said:

That is a really sharp rig!

Thank you Andy

 

6 hours ago, RoninUtah said:

That looks great, beautiful job!

thank you Ron