vintagedragfan Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 This is my first attemt at some scratch building, the body is from a 32 ford kit, reworked a Hawaiian chassis and used some drive train components tires and wheels, bobbed the rear of the body, all polished aluminum panels and upholstered aluminum seat, scratch built shifter and linkage, throttle and linkage, fuel block and lines, seat belts, brake lines, chute cords and releases, coil overs, steering wheel and column,wheelie bars, many hours of cussing and bending finally got some headers, hand painted skull on diff. cover, decals were made on my computer, DuPont B/C go really fast Black (not polished), I've got about 4 months of cussing in this one! http://public.fotki.com/vitagedragfan/death-wish/
Nitrozilla Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Four months of foul language really paid off on that beauty Bill. My favorite of your builds so far. Apparently, the judges were kind of fond of it too. Congratz !! Love. love, love the precision on the upper fuel lines.
vintagedragfan Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 Four months of foul language really paid off on that beauty Bill. My favorite of your builds so far. Apparently, the judges were kind of fond of it too. Congratz !! Love. love, love the precision on the upper fuel lines. appreciate that alot Joe means alot to me!
gasser59 Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Now that is some building right there!! Great job on everything. Thanks for posting this one as its my favorite of your builds as well. What else you got?
vintagedragfan Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 Now that is some building right there!! Great job on everything. Thanks for posting this one as its my favorite of your builds as well. What else you got? thanx Brad, gonna post my work in progress soon if it's ok with every one
Nitrozilla Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 thanx Brad, gonna post my work in progress soon if it's ok with every one oh no, anything but that............ Kidding, yes we need WIPs. How the heck are we supposed to compete with you if you don't show us how to beat you ??
W-409 Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 This is über cool! I like that paintjob. And idea is great-I haven't seen much this kind of Altereds. Thanks for sharing it, engine looks like nicely detailed one.
eviltwincustoms Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Another nice build.... The 32 is my favorite be it hot rod or dragster. I agree, need to show us the WIPS.
Truck parts Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Bill, That is one bad A## looking car.Outstanding build.
vintagedragfan Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 Bill, That is one bad A## looking car.Outstanding build. thanks fella's I appreciate all the feedback!
1320wayne Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Another cool build. Nice detail and I love the display.
vintagedragfan Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 Another cool build. Nice detail and I love the display. thanks Wayne!!
brett Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Not only did your display have my wife and myself drooloing, that 32 is wicked cool as well. Awesome Bill just awesome.
vintagedragfan Posted January 2, 2012 Author Posted January 2, 2012 Not only did your display have my wife and myself drooloing, that 32 is wicked cool as well. Awesome Bill just awesome. Thank you it was fun to build and when I seen the display I knew it had to be parked on it, lol
vintagedragfan Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 Thats one awesome altered thank you cole
JPolli Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Bill Excellent Build! Could you please comment on how you got those fuel lines so straight and precise? Perfect 90 degree bends. I have tried to do this but with no luck. Thanks
Dr. Cranky Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Love the display, and the model deserves all the recognition at the show tables. Congrats.
vintagedragfan Posted January 8, 2012 Author Posted January 8, 2012 Bill Excellent Build! Could you please comment on how you got those fuel lines so straight and precise? Perfect 90 degree bends. I have tried to do this but with no luck. Thanks thanxs JPolli, on the fuel lines, I made my fuel block for behind the hat, drilled my holes for the lines where i wanted them, put straight lines through the block leaving them too long, marked on paper the incraments where they go under the hat from the fuel block, and the width i wanted them from the hat, sit the fuel block on the paper and bent each one to the marks ( by hand) and snipped the eccess off when they were done, very simple to do with a little bit of patience, hope this helps, thanx again for looking!
vintagedragfan Posted January 8, 2012 Author Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) Love the display, and the model deserves all the recognition at the show tables. Congrats. thank you Dr. I appreciate the complament! sorry there isn't any rust on it! I guess in 1:1 it would be a fiberlass body lol, thanks for checkin it out Edited January 8, 2012 by vintagedragfan
vintagedragfan Posted January 8, 2012 Author Posted January 8, 2012 Were did you get the display stand I got the display at a music store, it is an insense burner actually, took the dish off and put a piece of beveled glass on it and put a battery powered tea light under it
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