Here at AutoModelling HQ we love a restoration, old parts, and modifying stuff to make it cooler. Just what hot rodding's all about, right? Arcturus, a regular on our very own AutoModelling Forum is ticking all the boxes with this cool build, stock or not.
Arc, as I like to abbreviate him to, is a MASSIVE promo fan. Like how I am about Showrods and Deuces, he is about promos. He's alays popping up on the message board with pics of cool old promos he's found on Ebay or resin kits of interesting old 60s iron.
This 63 Fury came in a job lot of promos (told he he liked em!) and was aparently pretty beaten up. You know how old kits are - the chrome is rubbed right through to the plastic, someone's scrubbed enamel on it with all the delicacy of a bull in a chinashop, etc etc, but that didn't stop him coming up with the idea to convert the 2 door to a four door. And much as we like conversions full stop, what's cooler than converting some old possibly-rare plastic to something different than what it was?
Right now, like a lot of these things, it's got a friction chassis, and of course a 2 door interior to deal with, but Arc is confident that he'll be able to handle these minor hurdles. He's talking about making a copy car out of it but every time I look I see a cool near-stock looking street machine on those awesome skinny whitewalls and a nice bright metallic paintjob. But hey, I'm the kinda guy who can't leave anything alone or do it how it's meant to be done.
However this comes out it's a cool looking car made even cooler with a little thought and some scribing action - and no fear of messing a little with a dirty old hunk'o'plastic. Nice!
Tomorrow: someone else who took something old and made it cooler. Stay tuned!
JB
Edit: Forgot the link...check more on this build out here
Arc, as I like to abbreviate him to, is a MASSIVE promo fan. Like how I am about Showrods and Deuces, he is about promos. He's alays popping up on the message board with pics of cool old promos he's found on Ebay or resin kits of interesting old 60s iron.
This 63 Fury came in a job lot of promos (told he he liked em!) and was aparently pretty beaten up. You know how old kits are - the chrome is rubbed right through to the plastic, someone's scrubbed enamel on it with all the delicacy of a bull in a chinashop, etc etc, but that didn't stop him coming up with the idea to convert the 2 door to a four door. And much as we like conversions full stop, what's cooler than converting some old possibly-rare plastic to something different than what it was?
Right now, like a lot of these things, it's got a friction chassis, and of course a 2 door interior to deal with, but Arc is confident that he'll be able to handle these minor hurdles. He's talking about making a copy car out of it but every time I look I see a cool near-stock looking street machine on those awesome skinny whitewalls and a nice bright metallic paintjob. But hey, I'm the kinda guy who can't leave anything alone or do it how it's meant to be done.
However this comes out it's a cool looking car made even cooler with a little thought and some scribing action - and no fear of messing a little with a dirty old hunk'o'plastic. Nice!
Tomorrow: someone else who took something old and made it cooler. Stay tuned!
JB
Edit: Forgot the link...check more on this build out here
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