Show Stand

[bill-e-boy]

I have a number of early hot rod kits that have had extensive chassis work done to them and I want to show off my handy work. I had a good think of what I wanted.

- A black base

- LED spot lights - preferably hidden

- Pedestals to lift car off the floor a bit

- Mirrors to show off all the underside bling 

- Some sort of perimeter or barrier to keep the public back

I did a quick sketch of what I wanted and armed with my fertile imagination went to the nearest $2 emporium. A few bucks lighter I can back with a pack of black card, a bag of 16mm chrome balls, a pack of small mirrors and some fancy string

I also went to Jaycar and picked up some 3mm 15000cmd white LEDS - cheaper by the 10 - and an AAA cell battery box with a switch

I dilled out the chrome balls to fit the LEDS into and double stacked these and connected with some styrene tube I have. I set it up on a bit of customwood with a bit of blue card to check the concept. I mocked up some mirrors and found I need to have these on an angle to get the best from them. The nuts are to mock up display height

The chassis is a 32 Ford junker from the parts department

I powered the LED up and found it was too close to the car for maximum effect so I made the card larger - sorry no pix of that step

The height of the nuts was perfect so I am about to machine some pedestals from ally bar that I will polish. And continue with 3 more chrome ball stacks