Street Machines
1953 Chevrolet Pro Street Panel
This Chevy Panel was pictured in the September 1992 issue of Car Modeler magazine and the October 1992 issue of Plastic Fanatic magazine. I frenched the headlights & tailights, smoothed over the entire body and dropped it onto a pro-mod chassis w/ street tires.
Now, here's a no-no that is never done....so I did it....LOL. I dropped a Big Block Ford w/tunnel ram & 2 Dominators into a CHEVY. Ahhhh, screw tradition :)
1955 Chevrolet Cameo pickup
This is called "A Boy and his Toys"
This pickup was pictured in #52 Winter 1997 issue of Plastic Fanatic magazine.
It's powered by a fully wired 409 c.i. Chevy engine w/dual holleys....very streetable.
The interior has all the necessities (keys, stereo, air freshiner, sunglasses etc.)
In the pickup bed are his other toys. The go-cart is powered by 2 fully wired McCulloch engines. Of course he has all the tools to fix any problems that may occur including a hand gun for the "Richard Pryor method of automobile repair". A full stein and a fully wired boom-box make his day complete.
1958 Pro Street Edsel
Here's another one I've always wanted to slam. I built this before the 58 was ever re-issued. This has molded in bumpers, a 3 scale inch chopped top and dropped onto a Pro-street chassis.
1958 Plymouth Panel Delivery
This Plymouth Panel was pictured in the September '94 issue of Custom Rodder magazine. This is a resin cast body that I dropped way down onto a 1970 Super Bee chassis....gotta keep it all MOPAR yano? It rolls on old Keystone 5-spokes with white walls from the Little Coffin. It's called "Christine's Speed Shop"
1959 Oldsmobile Super 98
This is my favorite type of model to build...or cut up, which ever you prefer. It was an original 1959 Johan kit that I sculpted the fins, shaved about 50% of the trim off, reshaped the doors, dropped it into the weeds on 22" wheels and decked out the interior to the hilt with an ear blasting stereo system
1960 Lincoln Continental
Here's another one to piss off those "purist" out there. It's an original SMP kit that I hacked the roof off, sliced the windshield and sledded the hell out of.
The interior was left pretty much stock except for the seat material decals, photoetched door handles, electric wondow switches, ignition keys and some dash stuff.
What would a Continental be without a continental? Of course one needs something pleasing to the eye to grace it....Ryt?
1960 Imperial convertible
This Imperial appeared in the November 1999 issue of Custom Rodder magazine. This was an original SMP Annual kit from 1960. I do from time to time feel the need to build these old and rare kits, especially if they're so massive and (in some peoples eyes) ugly.
The interior is rugged and fully detailed (domed gauges, ignition keys, electric window switches, vents, door handles, stereo w/speakers etc). The only thing that are missing are the oars. This "Boat" floats really low in the water on it's modular 3-spoke wheels and 59 Caddy tailights. I built this in memory of a good buddy....John Slivoski
1961 Plymouth Fury
This purple nightmare appeared in the August 2001 Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine & the 2002 Scale Auto Enthusiast Contest Annual....guess there's no accounting for taste huh? It was painted in REAL actual Mopar "Plum Crazy" paint before getting slammed into the weeds on modular 2-spoke 22" wheels with low profile tires.
The interior is rugged, fully detailed with the typical photoetched stuff and completely covered in zebra pattern interior decal material.
**No animals were harmed in the making of this model**
I bought this model off ebay in less than "Junkyard" condition. It was only a body (?) that looked like it was dipped in a bucket of house paint with no bumper/grills and the roof was completely ripped off....and I do mean RIPPED!!!!
1962 Austin Mini Cooper Convertible
This little beast was pictured in the Scale Auto Enthusiast Contest Annual 1998-99. This was my 1st attempt with varathane paint which dries as hard as a rock but also gives one brain damage in the process....can ya tell?
I started out building this as a mild street machine but the interior got a little out of hand so I whacked off the roof so that it wasn't hidden anymore. As you might be able to tell, the interior is built for sound with 2 power amps, 2 subwoofers and 2 mid-range coaxial speakers.
1960 Buick Invicta
"The Lizard King"
I picked this up on ebay as a previously built-up car that was already taken apart by a guy who apparently had lost interest in it. I jumped all over it because it was one of the 1st kits with an engine....which of course I replaced. But the thought was there....Yano?
I wanted a more high-tech look to this one so I took a modern day Corvette engine, filed off all logos off the valve covers and dropped it in after a few adjustments.
The psychedelic interior was my inspiration for it's name taken from a line in a "Doors" song.
1950 Nash Ambassador
"Hot Tub"
OK...if you got this far, you have to know by now that I have a fondness for cars out of the norm. This was a resin cast that just screamed to be tubbed because itself is the closest shape to a bathtub.
I used the chassis from a 70 Pro-Street Coronet and with a little cutting, it fit perfectly. After painting it in a pearl white, I did up the interior in a leopard pattern to match the flames on the outside.
Tym to move on....
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