53 Chevrolet Sleeper

[Duntov]

HI:

Here is “one†of the things I have in progress at present. This is a fairly pedestrian looking 53 Chevrolet. I will be using the big block from the Monogram 65 Corvette requiring surgery to the inner front fenders. The custom wheels and tires and the rear end from the Revell Cutlass Supreme kit have been substituted for the kit pieces. I did major surgery on the belly pan to remove all cast on exhaust and muffler items and rebuilt the pan with scrap styrene and flat shapes to match the original panels….

Enjoy….

Front wheels with Pegasus disc brakes installed - these will be detail painted with some jet exhaust to simulate the wear pattern.

Front wheel from the inside: (the holes in the engine heads are forthe pinned headers)

The big block Corvette engine....much detail still to add..........

The frame and belly pan have been rebuilt as shown……the cross member is purposely built in an

identical manner to a Corvette to be able to accommodate the stock big block Corvette exhaust system....

Note the liberal use of Tichy rivet heads to "re-detail" the frame components....

The car will actually sit a just a bit lower in the front when I cinch up the front member to the frame....it's a 1 mm high at present.......

Will go to primer tomorrow if the weather holds….. no color in mind yet but something very conservative to keep with the “sleeper†theme of this car.

Regards Bill (Duntov)

[diymirage]

these are great projects

i always enjoy the type of work that in the end no one but you knows (unless you point it out of course)

you did a great job on the undercarriage, it looks just like it should: stock