57 "Surfari" Transcontinental safari Station wagon

[zelkam]

hi,

here is my new creations, a station wagon, not to change

Lou Callasibetta's '57 "Surfari" Transcontinental Safari station wagon took the Post War Best of Show Award. The mild custom featured many tasteful touches, yet still remained true to the original design. Lou runs The Old Stillwater Garage in Stillwater, New Jersey, and has turned out some spectacular vehicles.

here is my version. I started this project in April.

I used a resin with "shawn carpenter"

frame 55 chevy nomad,

chevy 57 engine bay ,

engine 65 pontiac.

modification of the resin, to transform it into "Transcontinental." Scratch Intérior full door panels, body lines, roof rack..... there are 160 pictures on my Fotki to explain the changes, the images speak for themselves.

some assembly steps

FULL WIP HERE

http://public.fotki..../pontiac-57-sw/

If you have any questions, I would be happy to respond. Jean-Jacques

Edited October 15, 2011 by zelkam

[zelkam]

If you have any questions, I would be happy to respond.

Jean-Jacques

Edited October 12, 2011 by zelkam

[kenb]

Beautiful build. I like the roof rack, it's putting ideas in my head.

Ken

[Dr. Cranky]

Jean-Jacques, amazing work, buddy. Love it. As always you manage to combine the great details of the interior with an amazing paint job and body work. Another winner.

Congrats.

[84vanagon]

Very cool!

[W-409]

WOW, amazing build! Really nice job, as always. That red color looks very nice and paintjob is great. Modifications are done nicely. Excellent job. Interior looks super nice and clean. I like it, not big mistakes.

BTW, that topic title "Surfari" is almost like surffari, it means surfer in Finnish.

[LAone]

wow, what a beauty. awesome work on the detail.

[jeff ewaskey]

Wow your wagon is truly beautiful !!!!!! Very impressive build.

[BOSWELL891]

Very cool. Love that paint job.

[disabled modeler]

Beautiful wagon! Nice work!

[deathskull59]

i wonder why can revelle or amt do some nice 50s pontiac cars and wagons. i think they would sell even better then the chevys. and speaking of chevy they need to make more chevys from the 1930s cus. theirs way to many fords in the 30s. you know something diffrent. so what you guys think.

[ChrisR]

GREAT MODEL!

[mytricia]

it doesn't get any better than this.absolutely amazing!-"W O W"

[retrobuilder]

WOW!!

[carrucha]

Cool wagon. Nice work on the interior. Very good job.

[peekay]

Another beautiful wagon from you.

[S. Svendsen]

Awesome!!!!

[Wagoneer81]

Ohh, that's beautiful! I want one!

[Danno]

Wow! I mean ... just ... WOW!!!

[zelkam]

Hi boy,

thank you very much for the comments.

Deathskull59 I would also like Revell and AMT is embarking on the construction of these cars.

W-409 yes it is indeed troubling

thank again

Jean-jacques

[charlie8575]

Nice job on this. The Transcontinental is one of those great forgotten cars.

I'd love to see one in plastic, or even a standard '57 Pontiac wagon with the extra parts. Of course, a 2-door '55-57 Safari is on most people's wishlist- mine included.

Charlie Larkin

[Dominik]

hey Jean-Jaques,

i saw this very intersting and beautiful station last week at MAA in Frankfurt! Amazing built. Real it looks a more better than "only" on photos.

Show us more of your stations.

[Chuck Most]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

[Sixties Sam]

Beautiful wagon! Great color scheme, and the roof rack adds a lot to the model. Nice work!

Sam

[george 53]

Daaaaayum Jean, That rascal sure is sweet!!! EXCELLENT job on converting it to your car of choice. Never saw a Transcontinental, but yours sure is NICE!!!!!