Rob McKee Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Darn, I was going to hold off buying this kit for a little while but after seeing your engine I just ordered 2. Gee thanks, By the way, it looks great in the 32. I also like where you are going with the chop job.
2002p51 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Posted October 11, 2012 On 10/11/2012 at 4:47 AM, Rob McKee said: By the way, it looks great in the 32. I also like where you are going with the chop job. Thanks, I just hope I can pull it off. I'm lousy at that sort of work.
Chuck Most Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 To me the American 5-spokes don't quite jive with the engine, but I think I'll let it soak in before I come to any final conclusion on that.
BluePopsicle Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 The engine looks perfectly comfy in that body.
johnbuzzed Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Yep, that looks good in the '32; with steelies and whitewall, perhaps?
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) American Racing (Romeo Palamides, the founder and a well-known drag racer of the time, began advertising alloy drag wheels in Hot Rod in 1956) came out with the classic 5-spoke design for racing in magnesium in '59 or so, and the aluminum street version in about '63. The Olds Rocket motor was still a plenty hot-setup then. Think Stone-Woods Cook. Edited October 11, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy
2002p51 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Posted October 11, 2012 On 10/11/2012 at 1:12 PM, Michigan Madman said: To me the American 5-spokes don't quite jive with the engine, but I think I'll let it soak in before I come to any final conclusion on that. On 10/11/2012 at 4:29 PM, Ace-Garageguy said: American Racing (Romeo Palamides, the founder and a well-known drag racer of the time, began advertising alloy drag wheels in Hot Rod in 1956) came out with the classic 5-spoke design for racing in magnesium in '59 or so, and the aluminum street version in about '63. The Olds Rocket motor was still a plenty hot-setup then. Think Stone-Woods Cook. But don't think about this as a car built back in the '50s or even the '60s. Hot rods like this are the hottest thing TODAY! It's very common these days for guys to look beyond the ubiquitous small block Chevy and Ford or modern EFI power plants and engines like this Olds and Cadillacs and nail head Buicks are seeing a resurgence in popularity. No, this is a model of the type of car that would be built today!
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) On 10/11/2012 at 5:15 PM, 2002p51 said: But don't think about this as a car built back in the '50s or even the '60s. Hot rods like this are the hottest thing TODAY! It's very common these days for guys to look beyond the ubiquitous small block Chevy and Ford or modern EFI power plants and engines like this Olds and Cadillacs and nail head Buicks are seeing a resurgence in popularity. No, this is a model of the type of car that would be built today! Yup, I'm aware of all of that and I build this stuff 1:1 for a living. I ONLY mentioned it to head off any period-correct anachronism worries in case it WAS to be a period-build. However, many of today's more knowledgeable 1:1 builders tend to keep parts of the same era together on the same build, though sometimes updated (like 18" kidney-bean Halibrands.....period look, current tech.) I'm currently diong a 1:1 '33 Plymouth, early ('56) hemi-powered, with Hilborn-look EFI. I get it. By the way, if this were built today, it would most likely ditch the Cad-LaSalle-Olds 3-speed manual (that's molded on the Olds mill) and substitute a 5 or 6 speed, or an automatic. Just sayin'. Edited October 11, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy
2002p51 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Posted October 11, 2012 Well, if I were building it in 1:1 scale I might consider a modern 5-speed, but never an automatic! In 1/25 scale it really doesn't matter 'cause nobody ever looks underneath my models anyway.
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 On 10/11/2012 at 6:58 PM, 2002p51 said: Well, if I were building it in 1:1 scale I might consider a modern 5-speed, but never an automatic! Good man !!!
Gluhead Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Yep, there's a bit of room for tech in these things. That's what's great about hot rods that are traditionally inspired; they don't have to be locked into restraints where nothing after year so-and-such is used. The goal is to capture the hot rod essence. I know you know what I mean by that, Drew, by your recent comment on the gasser thread. That in mind, the Americans are fine...but the tires pose an awkward juxtaposition from whatever standpoint this one's gonna be built from (unless it grows fenders). They just don't look right. But I'm bettin' you already have that minor issue sorted out.
2002p51 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Posted October 11, 2012 Well, I know the trend is to bias plies (that's what I have on my 1:1 too) but I actually like those tires for this car. I think they lend a more aggressive tone that goes with the hunkered down look of the chopped top.
2002p51 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Posted October 23, 2012 Update! It's done, here's the link to the post in Under Glass: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65445
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