High and Mighty inspired Shoebox Ford

[Ferbz]

My High and Mighty inspired 49 Ford model project is finally done! I've documented the build progress in the WIP channel if you want to see how it came together. Admittedly, I dont normally build drag cars as my favorite topic is traditional customs, but I learned about the famous 1:1 Plymouth and I got a whacky idea: 'What would a shoebox Ford version look like?' And what if Ed Roth somehow got involved? 🤪 Needless to say, I got inspired, started in earnest and came up with this fictional back story: In a different parallel universe, Ed Roth saw and appreciated what the Ramchargers team was doing with their experimental Plymouth. On a test run at the drag strip, they crashed it and banged up the body and was in need of a replacement body fast. Ed offered to give them a 49 Ford coupe body he had with one catch: they had to agree to let him promote his Rat Fink branding on the car. They agreed, and the rest was history! (alternate fictional history that is) 😁

Edited 22 hours ago by Ferbz

[M W Elky]

Dude it’s just wild love the back story . I admire your imagination and dedication to getting her done . I flowed your amazing work on the wip . It shows you build customs something else that I really admire 

[RancheroSteve]

Really terrific!!

[Ferbz]

34 minutes ago, M W Elky said:

Dude it’s just wild love the back story . I admire your imagination and dedication to getting her done . I flowed your amazing work on the wip . It shows you build customs something else that I really admire 

Thanks man! Once I got inspired, I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to try to accomplish. This build has a sense of humor which was a nice break from my usual 'serious' custom subjects where I'm exploring design ideas. I did take a break like this once before many years ago when I got inspired by looking at lots of Dave Deal's cartoon artwork. I was looking at my 55 Chevy pickup model and wondered how Dave Deal might've drawn it and proceeded to cut it up and glue it back together:

[Ferbz]

17 minutes ago, RancheroSteve said:

Really terrific!!

Thanks! This build was quite a bit of fun 😉👍

[bondo bill]

great build and story

[ChrisR]

Cool!

[Straightliner59]

I enjoyed seeing it from its inception, to now! Nicely done! I've long wanted to build something inspired by High N Mighty. Very cool project!