427 Motorsports - American Double Build.

[Shelby 427 1965]

So I've been super busy doing my most detailed build ever, alongside a pickup that's supposed to tow it..

I got these kits second hand, and unfortunately the pickup supposedly has a tow bar but it wasn't in the kit. That's why these two are paired together.. the original plan was to have a trailer and have the dragster on the trailer. I'll get round to that eventually.

ANYWAY. Now that that's out of the way...

Coming from where I do, American car kits unfortunately aren't as common as I'd like, so I don't get to build them as much as I want to. But that makes the builds I DO get to do a lot more enjoyable..

I decided one day while bored at school, I'm gonna make a dragster. You know the sort. Big back wheels. Small front wheels. White letters. Scoop. One condition... it HAD to have a Hemi. I also wanted something cool and old to tow it around to shows and races... which leads me with these two!

I'm gonna give the break down in this post, and then I'll post the completed pictures of the two in the next post.

So, to start off. The first one. The Plymouth, the one I started with.

The paint is Tamiya Olive Drab.

Modifications:

boot opened, and custom floor made because I no longer have rear seats, and I needed one for the boot. Fuel cell added and wired in.

Hood pins front and rear. Scoop added to the bonnet, from the Hemified 68 Charger kit.

Seatbelts, Custom racing dash, custom steering column. Fire Extinguisher. Don't seem to have pics of the rest but they're there, I do have a pic of when the seatbelts were done though...

Spotlights drilled out for vents. Headlights blacked out.

Light weathering (rust).

Wired distributor, wired "Moon" battery.

Problems:

- I had no room for the radiator. The Hemi was too big and it wouldn't fit in. I'm not sure what to do about this and am open to advice as I feel it looks bad without it. Any ideas?

- I had no BMF left. So, the chrome trim is painted, but on the GTX I used metallic grey for the side trims to make it a bit more subtle.

- Boot wasn't very precisely cut out. I'm still learning how to do this properly.

So that's the Plymouth... Onto the Chevy!

This kit was made box stock, it's the prostreet version. So I don't really have a lot to say about modifications. I smoothed the badge on the front and added a standard Chevy badge, but that's about it. It was painted Ford Wedgewood Blue. (I know, Ford paint on a Chevy!!)

So, onto the pics.

[Shelby 427 1965]

1969 Plymouth GTX Dragster.

[Shelby 427 1965]

1955 Chevrolet Stepside.

Whilst there's still stuff I'd like to do to them, I'm considering them finished for now.

Thanks for looking everyone, all comments are much appreciated

Edited October 25, 2014 by Shelby 427 1965

[Maxicoop]

a beautiful pair of toys !!!! very nice details and paint !!!!!

[Grumpa]

Nice work Tomo! This combo will look great with that GTX on a trailer behind (as it should be) that Chevy! You could have incorported the radiator into the firewall going accross the front. This would have required some cut, sand, test fit and repeat as necessary, but it looks like there is enough room there to have done that. Anyway, good job. That chevy PU looks cool.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Thanks guys!

I had never thought about the radiator in the firewall.. I think it's a bit late for that now though!