Demo Derby Chevelle Wagon

[Pullin Gears]

It's seen better days!

I added various body braces and damage. All the numbers, writing, and logos are hand painted.

It's a big-block car too!

Chassis was weathered, rear was braced, and the fender-wells were removed

[TheRX7Project]

Now that's cool!

Edited April 5, 2013 by TheRX7Project

[Pullin Gears]

A couple more pictures...

The chain came from the ship section of my now closed local hobby shop.

Ready to go racing!

Cracked vent window came out really cool!

One more!

Thanks James!

[Davewilly]

Pretty cool derby car!

[hacked]

''cool'' it looks a bit like my daily driver

[guybrush]

hallo kevin good idea it looks good...

regards maik

[TFchronos]

Awesome build, looks great!

[kalbert]

I spy a blue '65 tow rig.. More pics of that?

[Foxer]

Nice job on that!

[Bigfordguy]

Cool build

[slusher]

Thats cool and well done. Where did you get the snow tires?

[wrecker388]

I've never seen a derby car with windows or headlights, but other than that this is really cool, especially the vent window.

Edited April 6, 2013 by wrecker388

[Austin T]

Very nice job with the dents and mud, most of them I see at shows are WAY too overdone. Next time you build one though it would make it look even better if you put a gas tank on the inside and replace the molded in one with sheet styrene, we don't want any old Chevelle wagons blowing up.

[mnwildpunk]

wow me likey ! I would also like to see the tow rig too.

[Gramps2u]

That is a great use for that kit. Very Cool! The M/S tires look like the ones from the "Hogan's Hero's" jeep kit.

[wheaton79chris]

Austin some places allow you to keep the tank in for strength, you have to drill holes to make sure it can't hold fuel. That is one nice "pre" derby car

[Scalper]

nice.. looks like a winner.

[Pullin Gears]

Thanks everybody! I believe the tires are from the "Hogan's Hero's" jeep. I bought it as a bag of parts mainly for the tires!

Lee: Sorry,I only had one set!

Riley: The local "Derby" where I live also has a race that turns into more of a derby and they allow a windshield, I should have been a little more specific since the races inspired this build.

Austin: I did actually relocate the battery and a crude fuel tank inside, but didn't post the pictures because they were kind of blurry, but here is a couple anyway:

And some more of the tow vehicle, it has it's own topic also: 66 Chevelle Wagon Beater

It tends to overheat though:

Thanks Again!

[Tom Geiger]

I've never seen a derby car with windows or headlights, but other than that this is really cool, especially the vent window.

Rules vary with the demolition derbies. I used to compete at Wall Stadium in NJ. We could leave the windshield too, but no other glass. We couldn't use station wagons either, although I see them used at other derbies. We could run with the stock gas tank but no more than 2 gallons of fuel in it. You could add a gas tank in the back, but the gas line had to run under the car and not through the interior. I had my batteries (2 of them) on the front passenger side floor in a closed box. You don't want one exploding. You couldn't run with any lenses, headlights or bright work. You would radius your wheel wells so your tires wouldn't get jammed in when you got hit. You wouldn't remove the inner fender wells in the front because you need all the metal you can get!