In Progress - Rambler street rod

[CADguy]

I needed a break from a detailed Ferrari I'm working on, so I picked up this kit at the HobbyLobby 50% off sale this week, and started tinkering around.

So far I've chopped the roof, and lowered it 5 scale inches. I had to cut the roof legnthwise, and add 2mm of styrene down the center to get the pilars to line back up. Since the pilars are fairly straight up and down it's an easy top to chop.

I don't have any real plans for it, I'm just having fun with this build. The more I tinker with this kit, the more this butt ugly car grows on me.

The interior in this kit is awful. The windows will definately be blacked out. But the extras that come in the kit made it well worth the $6 I paid. It has more "extra" parts, than necessary parts. It came with surfboards, a suitcase, a cooler, bowling ball bag, 1950's police light and fender mounted siren. A taxi sign for the roof. And 3 full sheets of decals. There's about 30 license plates alone.

[7th_skyline]

Use the taxi light!!
chop top coolness!

[mikemechanic]

Cool, what are you going to do with the windsheild after the chop?

[ol' dude]

that looks kool, can't wait to bust out mine. what color is it going to be? did it come with lakeside pipes? kandy kolors with flames would be sweeeeet

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Time to do some more cutting...ditch that humongous front bumper (or section the grille to raise it up and remove the fugly bumper guards), perhaps make it look like a rolled pan in body color. Do a mesh-type grille...

The S2000 rims, strangely enough, fit it well if you go a bit more modern on some of the details...heck, the Pathfinder Armada has the same roofline! And I see by your "spacer" that a side-exit exhaust would look pretty sweet.

$6! I paid $20 for mine. And you can get a screaming deal on one at Hobbytown for $49.95... I gotta get another Enzo this week for yet another set of rims/engine/seats...for a street rod!

[ol' dude]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

Time to do some more cutting...ditch that humongous front bumper (or section the grille to raise it up and remove the fugly bumper guards), perhaps make it look like a rolled pan in body color. Do a mesh-type grille...

The S2000 rims, strangely enough, fit it well if you go a bit more modern on some of the details...heck, the Pathfinder Armada has the same roofline! And I see by your "spacer" that a side-exit exhaust would look pretty sweet.

$6! I paid $20 for mine. And you can get a screaming deal on one at Hobbytown for $49.95... I gotta get another Enzo this week for yet another set of rims/engine/seats...for a street rod!

zoom-zoom, you working on a street rod?? with a enzo engine? grala said he built a rat-rod out of a mercedes? seee-yaa

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by ol' dude

zoom-zoom, you working on a street rod?? with a enzo engine? grala said he built a rat-rod out of a mercedes? seee-yaa

We (me, Veyron, Pico and Wayne) hatched another ACME "sub theme" this weekend while looking at some cool old street rods in the auction tent at Amelia Island. Basically a combo of sleek/swoopy street rod, like a duece roadster, or highboy, or similar style, and adding Ferrari power...as Ferrari is an official theme for the show. This may end up like our Z car subtheme...I've got my car picked out, the AMT Slammers Super Coupe. The more the merrier...do a Ferrari-engined, Ferrari-themed late '20's or '30's style street rod.

[tonioseven]

50% off sale is back?! Oh, looks like it's gonna be another cool project from you!!

[Veyron]

Hey, CADguy, who stepped on your roof?

[CADguy]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

Time to do some more cutting...ditch that humongous front bumper (or section the grille to raise it up and remove the fugly bumper guards), perhaps make it look like a rolled pan in body color. Do a mesh-type grille...

The S2000 rims, strangely enough, fit it well if you go a bit more modern on some of the details...heck, the Pathfinder Armada has the same roofline! And I see by your "spacer" that a side-exit exhaust would look pretty sweet.

$6! I paid $20 for mine. And you can get a screaming deal on one at Hobbytown for $49.95... I gotta get another Enzo this week for yet another set of rims/engine/seats...for a street rod!

The front end will get some kind of mod for sure. I kinda like the way it makes the front end super low and flat. The bumper guards are definately out. I like the rolled pan idea. But I'm unsure if I want to do a lot of changing. The ugly front end was the most distictive feature of the car.

I'm thinking a smoothie bumper like a stock 1950 chevy truck bumper may help smooth out the funky lines of the front end.

Side pipes will definately look cool. The kit does come with some side pipes I think.

I'm thinking this car needs some outrageous paint. A pink or cobalt blue pearl, or kandy. With rear wing cove in brushed aluminum.

The windshield still works with very little modification. The entire chop was done at the bottom of the pilars, so the glass still works. The clear glass in this kit is tinted green. So I will be spraying it black.

[CADguy]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

We (me, Veyron, Pico and Wayne) hatched another ACME "sub theme" this weekend while looking at some cool old street rods in the auction tent at Amelia Island. Basically a combo of sleek/swoopy street rod, like a duece roadster, or highboy, or similar style, and adding Ferrari power...as Ferrari is an official theme for the show. This may end up like our Z car subtheme...I've got my car picked out, the AMT Slammers Super Coupe. The more the merrier...do a Ferrari-engined, Ferrari-themed late '20's or '30's style street rod.

I've got an Enzo engine laying around. I'm in for that theme. I picked up a rat rod 3n1 kit for ol'dude at Hobby Lobby that I may keep now.

[CADguy]

I've made a little progress on this one.
A viper donated it's grill for the front end.
The roof is glued on.
The door handles and scripts have all been shaved off..
The putty still needs sanded and shaped on the front end, but it's almost ready for primer.

[ol' dude]

hey where di d that big front end go???? the viper front looks cool, now it looks like something from B Coddington, which is awesome! keep it going, shave it smooth!!!!

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Muuuuuuuuuch better! Glad you got rid of the gravel scraper!

Looks like something Ted "Chopper" Lear would build. You gotta get some House of Kolor paint on that.

Maybe think of something cool for the hood...a recessed intake or perhaps a small power bulge or perhaps some slots/vents...like what could you do w/this car in your NFSU hood menu?

Looking way

[rx7king]

thats awesome