Start of a Syclone

Well started on the GMC Syclone tow truck for my funny car and trailer.

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/DSCN0381.JPG
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I am going for a bright red vinyl and grey leather interior (should have pictures tomorrow) and Nissan Red 526 for the body work.

Added the arch extensions and will smooth tomorrow when dry.
EDIT
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/DSCN0387.JPG

this is cool. I like what you have planned for the body work. thats one fast truck. what are the specs on the cyclone engine, I forgot??

hey is it lindberg kit ?

I have this one sitting for over 10 years in his box :D

Its the Revell kit.
I am looking at smoothing out and fitting ground effects at the rear, keeping it quite standard as I dont want to detract from the car it will be towing.
Specs on the pickup are:-
1/4 mile in 13 seconds at 103 MPH
4.3 Liter 285hp V6

Nothing compared to what it will be towing :naughty:

Nothing compared to what it will be towing


so whats the big secret?? :dunno: whacha buildin??

twin 425 cubic inch tornado engines, two GNC 6:71 superchargers, cragerblower drivers and 1000bhp.
Has to be the Hurst Hairy Olds :iceslolan
http://www.supercarsunlimited.com/photos/funstuff/66HHO/Image7.gif

is that car awd, or fwd??

the Hurst Hairy Olds is AWD. An engine for each drive axle.

so whats that mean? 2 engines? Thats would be crazy

Looks pretty good..you know what you should of done..? should of made the putty smoother..because i did it like that and boy!! it took me forever to sand.

Looks good keep it up man

Thats the interior finished
Red vinyl and grey leather.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/DSCN0384.JPG
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/DSCN0385.JPG
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the interior looks great, lets see the drag car? keep us posted on your progress. :evillol:

the interior looks great, lets see the drag car? keep us posted on your progress. :evillol:
The Drag car is next to be built but as I have not modeled for a while, I thought I would get my hand back in with the tow car.
Thanks for the feedback ol'dude

Molded? If you need to mold the body, why not just modify the 66 olds cutlass 442 to fit your needs?

Molded? If you need to mold the body, why not just modify the 66 olds cutlass 442 to fit your needs?
modeled not moulded
as in I have not built any models for a while.

oh, my bad. I read what you wrote wrong.

Besides, SR5, Monogram did a kit of the Hurst Hairy Olds way back in the 60's that's been reissued many times over the years.

Most recently, it was reissued with a newly printed decal sheet as a limited edition, complete with a pre-painted resin figure of Miss Hurst Shifter herself; Linda Vaughn.

http://www.lindavaughn.com/lindava.jpg

Thats a cool tow vehicle mate.Nice to see one of these hotties getting built.The Syclone was a ball tearer and still one of the quickest US production vehicles built.

I didn't know monogram did one.

Nice work with the putty. Looks very nice. The truck seems like it's going to be great, but I think what we all want to see is the twin engine drag car. Keep us posted.

Nice work with the putty. Looks very nice. The truck seems like it's going to be great, but I think what we all want to see is the twin engine drag car. Keep us posted.
Dont worry, its coming next :iceslolan
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Can ya snap a pic of the drivetrain on the instructions????

sure, here you go.
It is a quite basic drive train that connects direct to each engine on the kit. Not the most detailed of kits but will look ok once I add a few bits and bobs.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/DSCN0399.JPG

The real thing didnt have much more though :biggrin:
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/66rep6.jpeg

that's sick!! Just imagine if it had to modern day pro mod engines of over 1200whp per motor! That thing must be a blast to drive. How did they do the transmissions and stuff? Gona have to research that beast.

main body putty and paintwork done in Nissan red

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/truck+shell.JPG

That's nice, but the syclone, aswell as the 454SS should be black, but that's MO. I like how the body just flows into the flares.

yeah I know if I go for the traditional it should be black but hey :biggrin: It going to be a bit different with the arches so I thought why not. Cheers for the comment on the arches, took a bit of work to get them that smooth.

So, Im assuming that the trailer will match the truck? Not widebody, heh heh, but in paint.

yep thats the plan, the tool chest and mud guards will match. The sides may stay clear or may go red, not sure yet.

Hairy used a pair of blown injected 425ci Oldsmobile V8's putting out around 800hp each, and the driveline was just a pair of 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado transaxles strengthened with a bunch of Hurst components. Considering it was trying to funnel all its power down to 10.5inch wide M&H Racemasters, it was a total handful. Hence its name; "Hurst Hairy Olds".

Here's a couple of pics of Hairy in action.
http://www.oldsmobility.com/images/hursthairy_L.jpg
http://www.schubeckracing.com/images/image010.jpg

this is going to be a bad ass pulling an even bigger badass. I love the cyclone and the typhoon, there is one around my neighborhood but the dude that owns it takes awful care of it. I almost bought i a few years ago until i got in and cranked it up, it's a shiny turd on wheels.

I'm a big fan of the GMC turbo twins. My cousin Barry's (owner and designer of the award winning custom 1959 Buick "Lo Sabre) daily driver is a Typhoon that he had tuned by a certain Mr. John from Decatur, Indiana. ;)

latest progress shots of the chassis and engine of the cyclone

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/syclone+chassis+engine.JPG

this truck is powerful and all, but how about a striaght exhaust? you gotta realize the weight of the hurst plus the trailer, and well, its alot!