Rod and Custom March cover car

[Jantrix]

For those of you with the recent Revell Black Widow '57 kit that are sorta wondering what to do with it, you might want to check out the March '12 issue of Rod and Custom. The cover car is a stunning '57 150 sedan staight axle gasser. Really nice.

[High octane]

Sounds good and I guess I'll have to check it out, thanks.

[Greg Pugh]

I got mine a couple of days ago. It looks awfully menacing. It would make a great looking model.

[VW Dave]

'Stunning' is a word that doesn't do that car justice.....

[pepperdrumstix]

I have that issue right next to me. That '57 is perfect for a street freak look-alike gasser. The pie crust slicks, the straight front axle, the colors and the wheels. The thing that makes this real car so cool and drivable is the SBC with a single 4 barrel carb. This could be built from the new Revell '57 Chevy Black Widow Kit. I built an AMT '57 Chevy model way back in the early '60s that looked something like this but with solid black paint, straight axle, slicks, kit mags, a blown 409 motor and lots of decals under the hood on the firewall like we used to do with the real cars. I still have it although it is in pieces, but this '57 cover car has made me want to rebuild that old AMT build and get that "barn fresh" look of a just discovered old street-strip gasser '57. I am still recovering from more leg surgeries in Dec. so this might be a perfect project for me now when I can't go outside to paint. The original black Western Auto rattle can black paint is still good and all the parts are still with the car. Yes I am going to re-build this old '64 '57 Chevy build. Patrick