'60 Corvair A/FX /pre-funny car

[Vettegasser]

Very cool 

[papajohn97]

Hey Eric, really enjoying watching all the scratch-building you're doing on this one. This build is making me fantasize about building a later body ('66 - '67) Doug Thorley/ Hayden Proffitt/ Randy Wells topless Corvair early funny. Wonder if the recent AMT Chezoom ('69?) Corvair body could be a suitable donor to cut the top off and use for a '66 -67 body?

Mike (iBorg) - thanks for posting those two history links....the source of my scale modeling fantasies! What a brief but awesome period of drag racing history!

[Quiet Eric]

2 hours ago, papajohn97 said:

Hey Eric, really enjoying watching all the scratch-building you're doing on this one. This build is making me fantasize about building a later body ('66 - '67) Doug Thorley/ Hayden Proffitt/ Randy Wells topless Corvair early funny. Wonder if the recent AMT Chezoom ('69?) Corvair body could be a suitable donor to cut the top off and use for a '66 -67 body?

Mike (iBorg) - thanks for posting those two history links....the source of my scale modeling fantasies! What a brief but awesome period of drag racing history!

Thanks!

As far as I know, there's really not much difference from '65-'69 so I don't see why that wouldn't work, especially for racecar purposes. I call this one a '60 and I don't recall why I landed on that year, because the resin kit I bought was sold as a '63.

[Quiet Eric]

I decided this one should be something close to Evening Orchid/Iris Mist...well I didn't figure that out before my last Scale Finishes order, so this is my compromise. I decanted and mixed a couple Tamiya colors and came up with this. It's pretty close to what I had in mind and I'm excited to see it with some white detailing and decals.

[FoMoCo66]

Thats a pretty good looking color, I like your compromize.

[Quiet Eric]

Couldn't resist adding some decals this morning.

[TarheelRick]

Really cool looking Corvair, like that color. Some very nice scratchbuilding also.

[Shark]

Lots of times when I check in on in progress builds regularly I lose interest in them, but not this one.

[Quiet Eric]

Thought I'd be taking a break on this one while I got another one in paint but changed my mind on the color for that one, so I've been knocking out the chassis. Made a lot of stupid mistakes that I had to sort out, the biggest problem being having the chassis, floor, and cage all glued together but wanting them different colors. Went with silver for the bars and black for the floors. Ended up spraying everything silver, then brush painting the black. It's not my finest work but it'll do. And of course there's stuff that fit fine in mock up but gave me trouble now like the drivers side header. The magneto is from Detail master. I plan on doing the barrel valve and fuel lines, and it still needs a few more parts installed along with some detail painting and touch ups, but I got to a good stopping point.

[papajohn97]

On 9/7/2025 at 3:31 PM, Quiet Eric said:

Made a lot of stupid mistakes that I had to sort out

They sure don't show Eric, I think the chassis/engine looks fantastic and with the body in place, this build screams "wild/ experimental/ break-all-the-rules" mid-60's drag racing. Really loving what you've done here and looking forward to seeing it UG once the final details are installed.

[Quiet Eric]

I sure don't plan on making a habit of this detailing, what a pain! I wouldn't say it was enjoyable, or that its entirely accurate...but on a racecar, it's hard to avoid. Injector lines, fuel pump lines, added the steering linkage, valve cover breathers, fuel tank filler, a shifter, and a fire extinguisher. Likely the last update until it's finished though it might be a few weeks before the body is wrapped up.

[Reegs]

Beautiful. Takes me back to the old wild-and wooly match race days.