Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2014 1:53:07 GMT -7
Here's a project car I started working on when I was 12. It was purchased from some guy who forgot about it in the middle of a field for $200, and it needed just about everything replaced. It was a nice way to learn, and learn from the many mistakes made. It's a '73 Camaro, now with a 572 and back-halved suspension (9" Ford, Detroit Locker, 4-Link).
My first new car was an '04 Chevy SSR. In 2000 my mom showed me a picture of the prototype, and said she loved it because it reminded her of her dad's pickup truck from when she was little (a 1950 Chevy, which the SSR was modeled after). When they came to market, I had just graduated from college, got a decent job, and needed a car. It fit the bill perfectly.
About 4 years ago, I decided I needed a new project, so I was going to build a '50 Chevy to match my SSR, as a kind of tribute to my grandpa and my mom. I found someone who was selling one close to my home town, it was junk, purchased from an estate sale and had been sitting in a barn for close to 55 years. I bought it, and decided I'd surprise my mom by bringing her with me to go pick it up. When we got into the barn, I looked at her and she was crying...I had unknowingly purchased her dad's truck.
We found old toys of hers under the seat, and a box of his tools in the bed under 200lbs. of junk. We've come pretty far with it, and I expect it to be finished in time for summer, where I'll sign the title over to her.
These are the vehicles I'm going to try to recreate in scale, I'm obviously starting with the most difficult and most detailed. I think the others will be easier to buy as kits, since there's no where near as much customization from stock.
My first new car was an '04 Chevy SSR. In 2000 my mom showed me a picture of the prototype, and said she loved it because it reminded her of her dad's pickup truck from when she was little (a 1950 Chevy, which the SSR was modeled after). When they came to market, I had just graduated from college, got a decent job, and needed a car. It fit the bill perfectly.
About 4 years ago, I decided I needed a new project, so I was going to build a '50 Chevy to match my SSR, as a kind of tribute to my grandpa and my mom. I found someone who was selling one close to my home town, it was junk, purchased from an estate sale and had been sitting in a barn for close to 55 years. I bought it, and decided I'd surprise my mom by bringing her with me to go pick it up. When we got into the barn, I looked at her and she was crying...I had unknowingly purchased her dad's truck.
We found old toys of hers under the seat, and a box of his tools in the bed under 200lbs. of junk. We've come pretty far with it, and I expect it to be finished in time for summer, where I'll sign the title over to her.
These are the vehicles I'm going to try to recreate in scale, I'm obviously starting with the most difficult and most detailed. I think the others will be easier to buy as kits, since there's no where near as much customization from stock.
