This is my 10th completion of 2012. My goal this year is to finish as many of my stalled projects as I can. This one has been on the shelf for more than 2 years.
My wife Dianne has accommodated my expensive model car building hobby for many years. She hasn't complained about the time I spend away from home at ACME meetings and at out of town model car shows. So, I dedicated this build to her, painted it yellow (her favorite color) and used a vanity tag with her nickname on it.
I started with the AMT Beverly Hillbillies kit and built it as a 1921 Oldsmobile hot rod roadster. To get the lowness I wanted, I "underslung" the chassis. I added a 1969 442 W30 motor and 4-speed transmission with a parts box quick change rear end. I used "diamond plate" for the floorboard and parts box seats.
I added quite a bit of detail, with brake lines, battery cables, fuel lines to the fuel pump and from there to the Holley double pumper carburetor. I added a double inlet fuel line. The aftermarket tachometer is wired as are the headlights and I included carburetor linkage. I used flexible radiator hoses and included clamps.
This project fits in with the "TV and Movie Cars" theme for the next ACME Southernationals NNL show, so i will probably put it out on the table.
Dianne is pleased with her hot rod Oldsmobile and so I am pleased, too.
Enjoy!
My wife Dianne has accommodated my expensive model car building hobby for many years. She hasn't complained about the time I spend away from home at ACME meetings and at out of town model car shows. So, I dedicated this build to her, painted it yellow (her favorite color) and used a vanity tag with her nickname on it.
I started with the AMT Beverly Hillbillies kit and built it as a 1921 Oldsmobile hot rod roadster. To get the lowness I wanted, I "underslung" the chassis. I added a 1969 442 W30 motor and 4-speed transmission with a parts box quick change rear end. I used "diamond plate" for the floorboard and parts box seats.
I added quite a bit of detail, with brake lines, battery cables, fuel lines to the fuel pump and from there to the Holley double pumper carburetor. I added a double inlet fuel line. The aftermarket tachometer is wired as are the headlights and I included carburetor linkage. I used flexible radiator hoses and included clamps.
This project fits in with the "TV and Movie Cars" theme for the next ACME Southernationals NNL show, so i will probably put it out on the table.
Dianne is pleased with her hot rod Oldsmobile and so I am pleased, too.
Enjoy!
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1023465.aspx
Birabongse Bhanubandh Lucien Bianchi Gino Bianco Hans Binder Clemente Biondetti
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