curt raitz Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Was watching "Chasing Classic Cars" on Velocity a few weeks back featuring the Bill Rutan Special. Not a very attractive car and a definitly a different type of car which show host ol' Wayne Carini regularly diplays . Bill started with a 1945 VW and a 1958 Porsche Porsche 4-cam engine. He designed the frame rollcage, rear suspension, turned the engine around with the transaxle trailing for better weight distribution and relaced the the twin distributors with an 8 cylinder distributor. All together the Special only weighed in at 850 lbs. Bill's most famous race was the 1961 Mt. Washington Hill Climb, he had the fastest overall time on the dirt and gravel road. Second overall in this race was Carroll Shelby in a race-prepared Ferrari! The current car... Here be the completed model... work in progress can be viewed at: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79465&hl= thanx for lookin'...
Jordan 191 Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Cool! This didn't take very long! I love it.
peekay Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Wonderful! Very fine, precise detailing throughout.
Modelmartin Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Oh Ya! She's a cutie, that little bug. (In a sing-song Minnesota accent).
ningoth4 Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 V-Dub fan here and otta say this is a really nice build of a more unique subject. Excellent work! Kevin
MicroNitro Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Great job! Curt I have a dumb question is this the Bill Rutan that is the brother of Burt Rutan the aviation designer?
Erik Smith Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Great model. I watched the wip - excellent work!
am73grand Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Oh man! What a beautiful build!!!!! Nice job!!!
crazyrichard Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 i was a fan of this build from the start and man you really stepped to the plate with this one ..pfft its stunning !! please ad some close ups fromt th interiour and details and the engine
lillakev Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 I showed this to some friends who build 1:1 Bugs and you could see the gears turning in their minds. That is great, a cool build of a cool subject.
Plastheniker Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Fantastic idea and flawless execution! A really unique model I would be proud of.
JM485 Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 That's awesome! any chance it will be at NNL west this year, hopefully I can see it in person.
curt raitz Posted October 2, 2013 Author Posted October 2, 2013 That's awesome! any chance it will be at NNL west this year, hopefully I can see it in person. Thanx, and yes it will be at the NNL West in February 2014
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