Another 1967 GTO Street Freak?

tim boyd · Wednesday at 01:01 PM

Been watchin' & groovin' on Quiet Eric's Street Freak GTO recently posted here

Those who know me know that I love scale comparos - that is, looking at two different models that interpret the same theme in their own way - in this case, that theme is Street Freaks, and specifically, 1967 GTO Street Freaks.

In that vein, a few pix of my own '67 GTO Street Freak. It was done as a how-to after a suggestion for same from the other magazine's then- publisher (Terry Thompson) who remembered Street Freaks from his younger years. Being a magazine how-to, I was somewhat limited in scope in terms of how much kitbashing was involved and how many different kits could contribute parts. I recall using the chassis/suspension from the MPC 1957 Chevy Street Machine kit along with parts of the Pontiac engine from the Revell 1968 Firebird kit and other sources and adding a faded paint with lace underlay paint scheme. That being said, I was fairly happy with how it came out.

But 'what I super-cool to me about Eric's car is that he went ahead and actually did some of the things I considered for my project - including the flip front and sourcing the underbody gubbins from the Monogram 1966 Malibu street machine kit.

So with a very big nod of the hat to Quiet Eric, a few images of my '67 GTO Street Freak from about 15-20 years ago or so..