David, this car, and how you did it, especially the major bodywork, is very inspirational. I have a Maine Super mod in mind, from the late 60's. There was no custom chassis or anything else around here at that time. Every thing we saw then was built in the back yard. It is amazing to look at the sheet metal work those guys did in that era, with no MIG or TIG welder. All that they had was the torch and a stick welder. I have seen photos of guys doing custom work in the 40's and 50's and it is amazing to look at the work they did with relatively simple tools.
I have looked at some photos of midwest and Texas area super mods, of that time, that were 30's and 40's coupes that were given the "treatment" and dramatically narrowed. Photos from directly in front or rear reveal a lot about the cars. There was a video posted by MarkJ back in Aug 2018 that showed some cars from Meyer Speedway in TX. I grabbed some screen shots and blew them up on my computer. Photo is grainy but the car looked like David B got at it.
This car has been seriously narrowed, not a simple task, in full size or 1/25. Gotta admire the ingenuity of the builders. They must have been thinking of the aerodynamics of the car at speed. Think I can see a crease where the two body halves were mated, in the roof. !/25 you can hold in your hands and work on it. Imagine doing that on a full sized car made of steel.
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Nathan Pitts, on Flickr
I suspect that working in styrene is much simpler than on a full sized car. Nevertheless I will admire forever the skills these guys had in the 60's when they had little for tools to do sheet metal work with.
MB