30s sprint racer

[thirdgearspeedshop]

Finished this one up this weekend. The original inspiration came from Mike Santiago's single seat speedster that ran on the beach at TROG a couple years ago. My research took me back to the early 30s and the birth of open wheel sprint cars. Most of the kit parts in this build came from the  Revell 31 Woody. I narrowed and shortened a T model frame, kicked the rear, used a model A rear crossmember and a perch style front sprint mount. Split bones front and rear. I made my own front spindles, and relocated the steering arms. The only brakes are rear mechanical brakes operated by a hand lever. The nose is from the Revell 29 pickup, flipped upside down and cut in half. the grill is 37 Ford. I scratchbuilt the Cragar/Miller OHV speed head, the headers, the body and the gas tank. A full build thread can be seen here: http://trakinscale.proboards.com/thread/18983/single-seat-bobtail-speedster-trogster Thanks for looking.

       

[Marty W]

I give that an 11. It is an unusual and very interesting subject, and you did a great job on it!

[sentsat71]

WOW!!!

VERY nice!!!

[Bob P.]

Well done, nice fab work.

Bob

[Greg Birky]

Very nicely done, excellent detailing and fab work!!!  Nailed it!!!

[RCR]

Love it!

[Dirtman]

Excellent! Super! Great! And more!

Rett

[RandB11]

Incredible build!!Excellent!!!
Rick

[David Bogard]

Race cars have come a long way.

[Gary Davis]

Now that's a HAIRY KNUCKLED race car for sure. Great Job!