Lowrider Contest Entry: '55 Nomad

well here is my 55 nomad so far
still need a lot of parts
found out a good pose for it
building the chrome engine and wiring the distributor right now

the paint will be
panther pink
hot magenta
dusty rose paerl
or hot pink pearl

over white

tell me what ya think?

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/68378DSC00869-med.JPG


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I think it will look awesome!!:sunglasse Will it be 2 toned? I started one of these a few years ago; wonder if I still have it.....

I think it will look awesome!!:sunglasse Will it be 2 toned? I started one of these a few years ago; wonder if I still have it.....


mayb

i was gonna do all pink or pink with a tan or white top

coolness. lowrider nomads are awesome.

Yeah a pearl white roof with some flake would be sweet. Lookin good so far, hope it all goes well.

thats great, i love the pose

thats great, i love the pose

*UPDATE*

laid down black base for chrome paint in belly/frame

BUT my kit is missing the lower a-arms!!!!!!

so far so good. what plans do you have for the interior? what paint are you using for the chrome?

That's going to be a cool build.

Tonio I love the avatar! Samuel Jackson...it'll get you drunk..

so far so good. what plans do you have for the interior? what paint are you using for the chrome?

rustoleum chrome paint

im not sure yet
mayb white and pink
pink and purple
tan

idk

sumthin

oh yeah, nice project

Looks really good so far. I think I might have this kit. Is this the one, where on the box, the car has like 2 colors of a weird green, and the kit comes with some ugly white walls?

Nice lowrider lowcrome! Panther Pink is a great color. Keep up the good work.

J. Barry

*UPDATE*

laid down black base for chrome paint in belly/frame

BUT my kit is missing the lower a-arms!!!!!!Should be easy enough to scratch built witha bit of tubing.Pic up a magazine and find a good reference pic in an ad
like this one
http://www.hotchkis.net/frames/catalog/cat_hp_part_pics/1101_3.jpg

BTW Great project and I love those wheels and stance

Good job!

Should be easy enough to scratch built witha bit of tubing.Pic up a magazine and find a good reference pic in an ad
like this one
http://www.hotchkis.net/frames/catalog/cat_hp_part_pics/1101_3.jpg


im just gonna use some chrome ones from the AMT 66 riviera lowrider kit

Looks really good so far. I think I might have this kit. Is this the one, where on the box, the car has like 2 colors of a weird green, and the kit comes with some ugly white walls?

sure is

I just might have to get this kit! All of these lowriders are so nice. Gets ya away from the GTR's and such around here.

hahah you don't wnat to know what me and a mate did to our box of that nomad, hahah

sure is


Sweet. I'm rebuilding that kit right now. I think I might have to give it a sick paint job, and turn it into a lowrider.
Good luck with the build, and keep us posted.

well here is my basic setup
will have 2 gold pumps
2 6x9s
3 10" subs(i think its 10")
amp
9 batts
tv mounted on roof

PS the subs will be in sumthin like a fiberglass box

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a pic of the tv

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some pics of the chrome engine


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started wireing it

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VERY NICE!! Your entry makes me very nervous :( but I love it!!

The stereo system is awesome and that Hoppin Hudro TV is killer. keep up the great work.

PS - The engine is gorgeous!

VERY NICE!! Your entry makes me very nervous :( but I love it!!

The stereo system is awesome and that Hoppin Hudro TV is killer. keep up the great work.

PS - The engine is gorgeous!


THX :)

i actually pulled the tv out of the AMT '49 mercury kit

BTW the engine is by revell

TTT :)

Lookin' very good man, I'll send those pump's out ASAP!.

Josh :sunglasse

Wicked cool! The engine is HOT!@ Keep it up bro!

J. Barry

here is a update of my interior

started to get the basic frame of my fiberglass(actually putty lol) sub box and center console

lost one of my 6x9's :(

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the box will look sumthin like this except the center point will be lower
( whole shape will slant downwards into the center and not upwards)

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those speakers from dubcity? oh where did you get the engine?

those speakers from dubcity? oh where did you get the engine?

he speakers are from a 1/18 hotwheels honda civic diecast

i got the engines(8 of em) on ebay

Good looking amount of work going on with this project

Good looking amount of work going on with this project


yea
thx man

i just hope i can get some cash for my paint

im getting krylon dusty rose with a few coats of model master clear pearl over it

yea
thx man

i just hope i can get some cash for my paint

im getting krylon dusty rose with a few coats of model master clear pearl over it

Nice colour choice :smokin:

Nice colour choice :smokin:
and i forgot to mention the white roof :)

in my interior im gonna have a switch box(10 switches) a cell phone and a remote for the stereo/power hinges(door opens when button hit)/power windows/ etc... of course all being non functional

10 switches?! what for?! :D :D

10 switches?! what for?! :D :D
the hydros duh lol

front
back
left side
right side
front left
front right
back left
back right
see-saw (front and back)
see-saw(side to side)

You only need 1 switch per hydro.
1 front left
1 front right
1 back left
1 back right.
(I think... :uhoh:)

You only need 1 switch per hydro.
1 front left
1 front right
1 back left
1 back right.
(I think... :uhoh:)

yea but 10 is a nice luxury :)

I know this isn't a lowrider forum, just to touch on the switch topic real quick-

Most of the time 4 or 8 switches is enough. Some setups have gone as crazy as 32 and I've seen this myself. The only thing the number of switches determines is ease of different moves. If the car is a front hopper it can do with just two switches, one to lift either front or rear. The front switch would be the one most used for hopping the front obviously. Setups with 16 switches usually are split to 4 switches per wheel. This way the user can make the car dance with total control of each wheel.

Either way, 4 switches alone can control each wheel but then you would need to activate all 4 simultaneously to make the whole car go up or down evenly (pancake). There's so many moves that additional switches can help you out with like pancakes, three wheels, and bunny hops. For the guys that compete it's more important than to the regular street cruiser or show car. Mostly you can go with as many switches as you want, doesn't necessarily mean you need them all.

Happy modeling, nice ride BTW. :biggrin:

that's alot of switches....32, I say if your good you should only need 4, and can do moves as complicated as what you can do easily on 32, however, I much rather bags, over pumps, that's just me.

Dang. Once you get up to about 32 switches, it just get confusing. One wrong move, and there goes your body, or bumper. Most of the lowriders that I've seen just have about 4-8 switches to keep them simple.
The cool thing to do with the model would be to acutally make the switches functional. I might have to try that once I get better at modeling.

that's alot of switches....32, I say if your good you should only need 4, and can do moves as complicated as what you can do easily on 32, however, I much rather bags, over pumps, that's just me.Can't 3 wheel on bags though :evillol:

Josh

no, but bags are cool, cause you can slamm the ass and throw sparks :evillol:

no, but bags are cool, cause you can slamm the ass and throw sparks :evillol:Take's alot of body droping, channeling the cab and a huge cnotch to get it that low, but once you do you can grind the frame down :iceslolan :evillol: :evillol: :evillol:

Josh :biggrin:

Take's alot of body droping, channeling the cab and a huge cnotch to get it that low, but once you do you can grind the frame down :iceslolan :evillol: :evillol: :evillol:

Josh :biggrin:

That's why there's a company that makes solid titanium triangular pieces that are welded onto the frame, you can take a grinder to them with a very rough grit for hours on end at the highest speed possible. All that has happened is the paint has been scraped off.

Now, back on topic, lowcrome, thought about a pearl white top to go with that redish body?

Can't 3 wheel on bags though :evillol:

Josh

Most cars won't three wheel as good on bags as hydros but you can get the car into the stance. There's a new body Celica in my crew that barely lift the wheel. That's with 18's. If she got the ghetto momentum she'd definitely have that thing 3-wheel. Here's a pic of her car at Global last August. My car is to the right.


http://www.nwnismo.com/events/AUG23/058.jpg



As far as switches-to-moves ratio is concerned. That's going to matter a lot on your set-up. Dumps per pump and number of pumps. You can't just say "do all these moves with a standard set-up".

Now, back on topic, lowcrome, thought about a pearl white top to go with that redish body? that was part of the plan

sorry, didn't notice.

current condition of center console/sub box

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engine 90% done(needs to be wired)

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engine bay
bmf radiator
shaved firewall/wheel wells
and engine test fit

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update on setup(still need gold pumps)
have a bmf amp now :)

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looks great! I can't wait to see the box being built up! How about some color on the body now??

looks great! I can't wait to see the box being built up! How about some color on the body now??

well if i had some id be paintin it

buy my parents wont take me to get sum :(

UPDATE

well i tore out that center console

makin a new one :)

gettin paint saturday ;)

still need to find some seats
the center console is too wide as well as all the seats i have

its about time for some damn updates

lol

the kolor is krylon watermelon with a model master clear pearl top coat


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it's about damn time! looks great. nice color choice.

:sunglasse OMG THAT COLOR IS SO SWEET! Look's fantasic man. Keep it up!


Josh :sunglasse :sunglasse

Mmmmmmm that colors making me hungry. I love it.

"TTT" for the haters

I love the color! so shiny!! Are you two toning the main body?

hell yea im doin 2 tone

here are more pics of the kick ass paint job

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PS body waitin for pearl

Mmmmmm....tasty!:)