New Lyle Willits-Mastered 32 Pick Up

Latest addition to the Replicas and Miniatures stable, courtesy of the immensely talented Lyle Willits. Could it be any cooler? More info here.

JB

Scurvy's Bonneville Kart

I cant get enough of these kits lately - and it seems that a lot of you modellers out there cant either. This is the most original one I've seen yet though...

Built by CC regular Scurvy, this kool kart looks like it was just dragged out of the barn, or a hole, ready for a little tinkering before putting it back on the salt. Beautifully weathered, it took me a minute or two to work out whether he'd REALLY dug up a model or if it was a model of a car that was meant to look like it'd just been dug up. The rusty exhaust shoulda been the give away, but it's so damn good that it took a while for my brain to work it out.

I GOTTA build me about 20 of these - and a weathered one just like this has gotta be one of them. More pics here, check 'em out!

JB

Boyd Coddington RIP

August 28th 1944 - February 27th 2008.

Branch 'Twig' Lew

We've talked in the past about the Bonneville Go Kart that AMT produced years back, and I knew of various parts pack motorcycles that were available, but this one was a new one on me.

Here's the scene, as far as I can find out about it right now. Late sixties, and a young kid nicknamed 'Twig' is newly crowned World Champion Soapbox Derby racer. And in the sixties, Soapbox Derbys were taken pretty seriously - serious enough for Chevrolet to sponsor Twig's little downhill racer, and also to send him on a tour away from his hometown of Muncie, Indiana, on promotional duties. Pretty wild huh?

Now that would be a cool story in itself, but to have AMT pick up on it and issue a kit of his Derby Racer (paired up with an Elky - that box'd be pretty empty otherwise I'd guess), with replica decals AND his face on the front...now THAT is my kinda story.

In a time when we see Boyd's name on kits, movie branding on kits and replicas of only the best known competition cars, this just blows me away. Imagine how Twig felt back then, seeing his name and face on the box, for similarly aged kids all over the country to buy and construct...hero status for sure.

Even cooler, 40 years on, Branch Lew is just about to be reunited with the memory of a lifetime. Read about it here.

Meanwhile, I'm off to hunt one of these down. Last one I found sold for $200, and as I don't want the Camino that's gonna make for an expensive Derby car, but thats the price I gotta pay for falling for all this cool old stuff...

JB

Junkyard Jewels #12: Jet engine

What kinda guy would have a GT40 hood in his garage, but not a jet engine? That's like having a hammer but no spanner!

One of my more unusual Jewels, this one, but it's gonna find a home sooner or later. Dunno what it's from - seems too small to be 1/25th (although there aren't many planes in that scale anyway) but it'll certainly WORK in 1/25th, which is the main thing.

Jet powered dragster maybe? Jet powered show car of some kind? Jet Vette? Who knows what the future may hold...

JB

Trik Trak

Welcome to day three of a series of blogs about that Bathtub that I blogged about yesterday. I'm sure you're all sick of that by now, but this last little part of the story was too cool not to share.

When I ripped the paper off the package, pretty eagerly like usual, I ignored the box at first. It's a box, right? Well, upon closer inspection it seems its a REALLY cool box for something called a Trik Trak.

I'm guessing 60s/70s in origin, and that it's some kind of Scalextric type deal, but I'd be delighted to hear from anyone who can tell me for sure one way or another. Anyone got one? Send pics!

Now I want a Trik Trak AND an Xbox 360. There goes my bank balance!

JB

Holy Grails #2: The Bathtub

Ever fancied cruising in your bathtub? No, me neither. You'd be cold, get strange looks and afer the bubbles have all blown away you'll get arrested. Didn't stop the crazy folk at Elden coming up with this beauty back in 69. A lot of weird crap appeared in the sixties...ever noticed that?

Anyway, this one has been on my 'must have' list for a while, and I managed to pick up this built-but-complete example on eBay last week. Decent condition, and now I've seen it in the plastic I like it even more than I did from the pics I'd seen.

What's not to like? Leather lined bathtubs out back, toilet up front, twin toilet roll bumpers, tortilla tyres and a set of the coolest headers ever to grace a showrod.

Read more about it here. Good work Bob Reisner!

JB

Tomorrow: how the box this thing was shipped in was nearly as cool as the actual kit...

Tortilla Tyre

Sometimes it's the smallest details that really turn me on. The big stuff, great design, paint and finish, have gotta be there, but sometimes little tiny details can make for a BIG addition to the overall picture.

I picked up a gluebomb kit from the eBay during the week and it arrived today. More on said kit tomorrow, see if you can guess what it is in the next 24 hours. Now, the kit wasn't constructed very well indeed. Not a gluebomb, but not a great build either (even BEFORE it got stripped down to near component form by whoever was selling it). The tyres though, pictured above, really made this purchase exciting for me. They're not why I bought it at all, but they're definitely why I'm so pleased with it.

Ever seen a tread pattern seemingly made up of tortillas? These are getting resin-popped for sure.

JB

One Simple Rule

And one which deserves it's own blog, I think.

"Make every part a model in itself"

JB

Terminator

I'll start today's blog with a little imagery, before explaining why there's a robot at the top of your screen today instead of a car or something.

"A chrome skeleton, like death rendered in steel."

I've been a Terminator fan for quite a while. I can watch those movies over and over, but the thing that draws me to them isn't the never ending struggle of the human race and the machine; it's how fuckin' cool the machines look compared to the human race. If you could get some kinda aftermarket 'make yourself into a T1000" kit, I'd be there. Those mean little laser-looking eyes, the cold hard steel and all those exposed (once the skin's gone, anyway) hydraulic pumps and stuff. Sexy as hell.

Last night, watching the original Terminator movie (arguably the best, IMO, cos Arnie is a bad guy and there's no crazy liquid metal crap) my hot-rod-modeller mind got to thinking. How SICK would a Terminator hot rod be? Consider the inspiration for this: everything brushed metal, minimal in it's aesthetic qualities yet massively functional. Evil looking, yet mechanically beautiful at the same time. Everything in it's raw state, a palette of metallic tones punctuated only by those devilish red eyes.

Wouldn't be hard to convert to four wheels huh? A beautiful mix of functional yet futuristic components all finished in metalizer tones of steel, magnesium, aluminium and chrome. Like the quote above (by Terminator creator James Cameron, incidentally) says , a chrome skeleton, like death rendered in steel. Red headlights and a small computer monitor for a dash, showing vital data about the outside world in monochrome black and red letters. And yeah, it'd probably start out as an old Ford. Not very futuristic? Maybe, but neither's the human body, and the Terminator looked good modelled after that...

Looking forward to The Sarah Conner Chronicles tomorrow, hope it aint a bust.

I'll be back.

JB

Junkyard Jewels # 11: GT40 bonnet

I had a bit of a dilemma about tonight's Junkyard Jewel. IS it really a jewel cos it's a jewel, or a jewel cos the car which it's from is a cool car? I decided that if I walked into someone's garage and saw this just hanging on the wall, in 1:1, then I'd think it was pretty damn cool, so here it is.

Somewhere out there is a nice (albeit unpainted) model of a GT40 missing it's front end...and somewhere else, eventually, there will be a hot rod running those cool little rectangular headlights and a GT40 gas cap, just cos they were there. And who wouldn't like a hot rod built with GT40 parts? I know I would! Those air intakes would look pretty sweet on the hood of a little roadster too...

JB

Jack of all trades (master of some?)

It struck me today that us modellers have to be good at all kinds of different skills to make a great model. Whereas in a 1:1 hot rod shop, for example, you'd have a chassis guy, and engine guy, a body guy, a paint guy etc, we get to do all of those. It's a great freedom and one that even for those of us lucky enough to own full size modified cars probably don't get to experience ourselves. Not many car builders will have done EVERYTHING on their build with no outside help. Course, there are some, and hats off to them. Wish I had their skills...but I'm too busy perfecting my scale building skills to move on to an even MORE time consuming and expensive hobby.

When I started out I had a knife a nail file and some glue. Now, I got a better knife and cutting matt, specialist glues for different jobs, airbrush and compressor, resin casting supplies, scratchbuilding supplies, and my latest acquisition, an ALPs MD1000.

For anyone who doesn't know (and this isn't your average modelling tool, so don't feel bad if you don't), the ALPs range of printers are a long discontinued breed, ideal for making your own decals. They print using a ribbon, like an old typewriter, with a dry ink that is great for decal making. Even cooler, you can get various colours of 'ink' that you cant get with a normal printer. White print? No probs. Gold and silver? Sure.

I wanted to make a set of my own decals for a 55 Gasser that I'm building, and an ALPs was the best solution to the problem. I wanted gold decals, and yellow or brown wasn't gonna cut it. So, off to eBay I popped, and came back £200 less well off. Then, I started the tedious process of sourcing discontinued cartridges for a machine that, from what I've read, isn't reliable enough that you'd want to invest much in it in the first place. At least it's small so it won't need a van to dispose of it...

The reason for it's versatility is also its Achilles heel. Because a print job can use anything from one ink colour up to 8 or more, there isn't enough room for those big ink cartridges to all fit on the print head. So, like an old Wurlitzer, when it comes time to print black the printer grabs the black cartridge from a special storage spot on the lid, uses it and then returns it. It's genius, and I'd love to see inside there when it's doing it's thing. Pity it all has to be closed up to work, cos I'll bet it's quite a show.

Having all these clever parts and crazy mechanisms means that, even with a new-old-stock unit like mine, failure is likely quicker than you might expect, but I'm hoping I'll get lucky and it'll last me decades and decades.

So, back to my original point, I now consider myself at least a dabbler in airbrushing, resin casting, scratchbuilding, detailing and now decal printing! All I gotta do now sis spend about ten years getting good at ONE of them and I'll have some useful skills to use on my builds. 'til then though, the journey is the most fun of all!

JB

James Ries II's 32 Ford Cutdown

Just when you thought you'd seen ever variation of a Revell 3 window...hang on!

Racing applications for the 32 Ford are basically limited to the drags/Bonneville or the old jalopy scene from the 50s. The Jalopy Deuce racers I've seen were essentially stock 32s lightened and with some nice hardcore steel tube bumpers added. This, from what James tell us, was a 50s short track racer or an entirely different breed. Such a discovery, like finding a new delicious type of Coke one day just sitting there in someone's fridge - pretty exciting for a guy who's bloodstream is 50% Coke and 50% old Fords.

James quartered this body (and you thought a chop was a major undertaking?), lost about 50% from the blower half and dropped it on a much modified 'stock' Revell frame (albeit narrowed). The parts box and James's scratchbuilding skills make up the rest of this build so far - and he's got a similar project in 1:8th planned next. I love it, I could build a whole fleet of 'em right now. I'd love to see you do the same. Saws at the ready gents!

More pics and details here

JB

Where the tragic happens

If you're a classic car kinda guy, a 'keep cars stock' kinda guy, a 'put a Ford engine in a Ford' kinda guy or a 'keep old kits sealed up and build them box stock' kinda guy then, yeah, the pic above is where the tragic happens. Old classics are mutilated and have things done to them that would make restorers cry, stock cars have everything but the roof replaced for something different, Fords get Buick engines, old kits are opened and box stock kits are built with barely a look at the cover of the instructions. Welcome to my little world.

My little space is important to me - I use it for building, relaxing, thinking, internetting, blogging, painting - everything. Everyone needs a little space in their world to do the stuff they like. Maybe its not ONE place, or maybe the place changes. But for me, it's this place.

JB

Coolest Corvette Ever?

I don't know where I found this pic, so I'm afraid I can't credit who took it or where it was taken. Maybe at an NNL? Apologies in advance to who I 'jacked this from.

I've got a folder in my Fotki called 'Other People's Pics' which is where I like to collect various cool modelling-related things that I like from around the 'net. It's got box art, snaps from shows, WIP pics, some 1:1 bits and pieces, Hot Wheels and even the odd surfboard.

A lot of the finished builds I 'borrow' for this folder are one's that I want to borrow aspects from in the future. The paint maybe, or the wheels, or a particularly nice bit of scratchbuilding.This one though, I could pretty much steal wholesale and be delighted with the results. Wouldn't change a thing, it's so fresh and yet so classic at the same time it blows my mind.

Just wanted to show a little appreciation to whoever built this, showed it, and whoever took the pic. You're an inspiration - literally!

JB

Junkyard Jewels #10: Stretcher

You don't see a 1:25th stretcher every day, so i was delighted to find this in a parts lot recently. I'm guessing it was an ambulance kit of some sort - what else? - that donated this cool piece to the world.

What to do with it? No idea, short of actually building an ambulance to go with it. There's police funny cars, fire engine hot rods but not so many cool ambulance kits (bar the Vanbulance)., so maybe a show-rod ambulance is in order?

I'm tempted to sling a Corvair engine under it and add go-kart wheels...Hospital bound? You will be...

JB

Study of a Hot Wheels #1: '33 Ford

Every time me and my long suffering girlfriend go shopping for food we follow a very particular routine. Walk past fruit and veg to cheese counter, try this week's cheese sample, then go down the toiletrys aisle, then the pet food isle, then to the bakery, then to the cake aisle (painting a healthy picture huh?) and eventually she'll get to the frozen meat section and spend a good ten minutes pondering which leg of lamb to buy. This bores me, pretty much to the point of tears (if I werent a bloke), every week. All is redeemed though, when we finally get to the crisp asile. Not just for the delicious crunchy snacks, but because the end of the crisp aisle is where the Hot Wheels display is.

Checking out the new selection of Hot Wheels every week is the highlight of my Tuesday morning. At no other point in my regular routine do I get so excited by such small, cheap playthings. So, rather than bore my missus to the point of homicide any more, I wanted to share some of my cool Hot Wheels buys here.

Now, I'm no Hot Wheels collector, lets get that established right away. I AM a member of the Hot Wheels Collectors site, I DO post on their forum now and then, and I DO have a load of Hot Wheels on my wishlist. But I'm DEFINITELY not a collector. Convinced? Me neither.

Regardless, this is what I picked up last week, just cos it's top of the page in my Fotki right now. The designers at Hot Wheels have got to be some of the most creative and prolific designers in the car world. Ok, so this design isn't the most original (wait until you see the weird stuff we got coming!) but it IS a beautifully designed roadster.

Black paintjob with a subtle flake, blood red interior and subtle references to it in the almost burgundy coloured grille and two tone stripe down the side. Chromed independent front and rear suspension and 5 hole pepperpot style wheels up front, billet looking three spokers at the back. Even if you're not in the street rod scene as much as the hot rod scene, the use of colour and finish has gotta push a button somewhere in you...

Simple, and beautiful. In my book that adds up to a sweet car, whatever the scale.

JB

Tommy May's Red Hot Chili Pepper

This one's gonna blow your minds folks, it's a good one.

Tommy May certainly doesnt mess about when it comes to putting together a killer build, and when he posted up a thread in our World's Most Beautiful Model Roadster Contest forum at Auto Modelling I just knew it was gonna be something cool. I didn't know quite HOW cool it'd be though. Or should that be 'hot'?

Make no mistake, this is one of the coolest builds I've had the pleasure to lay my eyes on since I started this hobby. I've seen a LOT of cool builds, but this one is way up in the top ten. And to have it debut on my own forum? Well, that's something special to me.

Tommy started out with an AMT Model A body, a Revell A tracknose and the simple idea of making a street rod "that would knock your socks off". Loose plan in place, he then sliced up a few hundred dollars worth of kits for parts. Check the spec:

Rear side vents from a Monogram Greenwood Corvette
Testors Aluma-Coupe headlight pods
Revell 93 Trans AM dash,
Revell VW Rabbit steering wheel center with aluminum rod rim
AMT Berretta 2.8lt V6
Berretta sub frame modified for rear drive.
Monogram Outlaw rear tyres
Revell Pro-Street Moroso front tyres...

...and that's without aftermarket bits from MCG, Detail Master, R&D, RMcoM and R&B Motion. Then there's the parts he modified or scratchbuilt. You don't need me to tell you how much work went into this...it weren't no simple kitbash, I can tell ya.

There's some interesting touches on there too - things used in ways they weren't intended to be: the ignition wiring that forms the piping details in the interior for example. Or the train light lenses on the distinctive headlights. And those gorgeous machined wheels - JPS with centres machined and designed by the late great Ricky Couch. I just KNOW Ricky would've loved this build.

Clean and elegant, and in your face too, all bright colours and things jumping out at you for attention. Body from the 1930s, hiding a mid traverse mounted V6. Perfct in it's simplicity, but with tonnes to look at. This build is the definition of contradiction, and it couldn't work more perfectly. I wouldn't change a thing, and after 4 years effort I'd hope Tommy feels the same.

I could've hated him after dropping a load of pics in a thread with no backstory and then casually posting to say "I'm fixing to go cook some fittles (fried possum)" and not coming back for a day when all I wanted was to know about every little detail of this build, but another look at the pics and all was forgiven.

If Tommy May's name doesnt go down as one of the greatest model builders of our time, there's been a great mis justice - every build I've seen of his has been just as beautiful, just as well planned out and just as spectacular. This is just the most recent of many.

Tommy obviously views this as a personal best though, saying "Every artist has to have their masterpiece... This is one of mine and I'm damn proud of it." No argument here brother, and many thanks for letting me share it with the world.

View Tommy's thread on AutoModelling.com here

JB

Andy Jones's Chopped and Channeled 3 Window

Andy Jones is the builder of all manner of cool tuners and modern metal, and was recently featured in Scale Auto where they gave him a 2 page spread. Impressive stuff, but stuff that doesn't quite fit in the remit of what I write about here, so I was delighted when he posted up a thread on Auto Modelling about his latest build - a real low Flattie powered 32.

Check it out, it's a cool one...

Tomorrow: some chilli...

JB

Ramone's GOLIATH

OK, so Ramone doesn't write 'GOLIATH' in all-caps. But I'm gonna, cos I'm pretty sure it deserves it.

Based on a mix of the Allison Thunderbird kit which was just recently reissued and an AMT Double Dragster frame, GOLIATH gives a better power to rate ratio than any build we've ever featured here on the blog.

There's bit from the Stinger dragster in there too, and even a coupla bits from a Thames panel van! Bet ya wouldn'tve guessed that.. Whatever went into it, Ramone's undeniably put together a killer build here.

Check it out!

JB

Junkyard Jewels #9: Wing

Age? Dunno. Origin? Dunno. Destination? Dunno.

Whatever, I think this old wing is a cool find as finds go and another example of me being able to imagine a cool build to go with it. Little single seater racer, mid engine, independent suspension and this wing stuck up high on four spindly struts. White paint job with three proud blue stripes. and a roundall with a nice 70s-font racing number.

Naturally, the driver would have massive sideboards, cool shades, terrible shoes and be a hit with the ladies. I just need the rest of the car!

JB

Holy Grails #1: Trophy Series 32 Sedan

Long before the Revell 32 Sedan there was a model so cool that I've wanted one since I first saw it. Here's why, although I didn't know all the reasons until I got one. First up check that crazy grille. Soooo cool.

Then, the beautiful Nailhead with spark plug covers:

Then these cool pie-crust whitewalls and star design wheels:

Best steering wheel / dash combo in any kit I've seen:

A beautiful scale banjo:

Smoothest chassis to ever grace a hot rod:

Don't tell me you don't want one...

JB

Fred Mellini's Lil' Hangman

Another day, another killer work in progress. Cool concept? Check. Looking amazing all mocked up and in primer? Check. Got a good name? Check!

Fred Mellini is a Coffin Corner member whose work I admire very much indeed, and when I first saw this build it got me pretty stoked. By the time I saw it again on it's wheels I knew I had to feature it.

Based on a Lil Yeller showrod kit, Fred came up with the concept of a kinda killing machine-cum-towtruck, with a noose out back where a winch and hook would normally be. I love the little mini pick-up bed out back, the wider and wider-er tyres and that crazy engine.

Another great build I wished I'd thought of first...I'm gonna be watching this one closely in case Fred leaves a window open so I can bring it home with me. And any build worth risking prison for (especially when I've ALREADY been questioned by the fuzz tonight) has gotta be a winner.

Once you've checked his build out on the CC, check out his website. Anyone who kitbashes, resin casts and scares kids with a 1:1 hearse and clown outfit is alright by me!

JB

My Friend Morton

My friend Morton is my most valued ally when it comes to putting any kit together. Like a chef needs his knives and his oven, I need my knife and my glue. Anything else, tools wise, is a bonus the way I see it. Like a chef, I could even strip it down so far as to only need the knife. A chef can make sushi without needing an oven and I could make a snap kit with out glue. Just a knife to sculpt and carve raw materials (be it fish or styrene) into a finished product.

It pays to have a good one. In fact, any tools you buy - spend enough that you wont have to buy them again. I didn't always do that, but I'm learning.

I started with an orange plastic Swann Morton hobby knife but it couldn't quite handle the abuse I was giving it. It held the blade with a tightening screw and I was always afraid the blade was gonna slip out when applying a lot of pressure and cut a major vein in me.

SO, last summer, I upgraded to an all metal item, as pictured (albeit abstractly) above. This one needs a pair of pliers to get the old #11 blade in and out. That's more like it!

It's never let me down in hundreds of hours of use, and bar a regular blade change (once a month unless I'm BMF-ing) I couldn't ask for more from a tool.

In fact, I don't even think about it, it's just an extension of me. Which is just how a tool should be...

JB

Auto Modelling Shop

I'm not a big one for self-promotion generally; it's too much like hard word and frankly boring. This however, I'm quite proud of.

You know how, if you're in the UK, its hard to find all the stuff they chat about in the US. Replicas and Miniatures parts, Model Car World paints, Slixx decals; all that stuff they chat about on Scale Auto and all the American-based forums of the world?

Well, I wanted that cool stuff people talked about on there, and I figured others might too. Hence Auto Modelling Shop. We're gonna specialise in bringing cool shit this side of the pond for people to buy and receive quicky and easily.

Right now we got a bunch of kits, including some rare old stuff and oddities, and we're taking pre-orders on Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland parts which are winging their way to us as I type this. We're gonna be an official distributor of Alclad very soon, and then not long after that I'm gonna be dragging some more never-before-seen-in-the-uk stuff here for you to get your gluey mitts on.

I hope I've created a shop people will find useful by bringing in the kinda stuff I'd buy all the time myself if it weren't on sale quite so far away, and I hope its popular enough to make all the cool stuff you just cant get, gettable. Stocking EVERYTHING is gonna cost a lotta money, but brick by brick we'll build something cool.

Anyway, peep it up at automodelling.com/shop

Here ends our public service announcement for tonight...

JB

Junkyard Jewels #8: Kustom Front End

Another blog, another Kustom front end. Room for a coupla headlights - but for a more modern look could be got with a single light on each side. Judging by the colour of the plastic and the near identical glue stains this one came from the same kit as JJ#7.

So many front ends, so few rest-of-the-cars...

JB

Junkyard Jewels #7: Kustom Front End

Kustom is always spelt with a K. Remember that kids. Got that? Now you can be almost as cool as yesterday's (we're behind) Junkyard Jewel. Don't appear to have the lights for it, but an old AMT Parks Pack may well be able to sacrifice some to the cause. Love those little chrome inserts! Wonder where it's from?

Next - another Kustom front end.

JB

Junkyard Jewels #6: The Number 62

Skanky old decals are the nearest us modellers will probably get to time-weathered paint - unless we weather it ourselves, obviously. Being a fan, as I am, of something that looks like it's been properly used and enjoyed, a decal missing bits out of it quite appeals to me.

Chances are it'll silver like a bastard when I lay it down, and it's almost crazy to build a whole car around a single decal, but how cool would this look on the back of a royal blue roadster of some sort. Number 62 takes the record!

JB

Soooperdave's '40 Rail

Ever seen a 40 Ford like this before? I hadn't. What a trip this build is, just such a cool concept. Dreampt up by Coffin Corner's Soooperdave this awesome build is twin engined, twin blown, uses an AMT Double Dragster frame and is the coolest vintage bodied FED I've seen for a while.

'Dave has been churning out all kinds of builds like this, which are just the kind of thing to get my excitement nerve twitching. And I don't think I even HAVE an excitement nerve! Whatever, something's a shakin...

This isnt the first build of Dave's that I've enjoyed...just the first I've blogged. Check out his 63 Vette gasser, El Ca-Mini-O (even better that it sounds, if that's possible), mid engined 'Cuda, Fiat rail, as well as this one on the CC.

I just blew four more potential blog entries with those links, but it was worth it - you guys gotta see this guy's work. And he builds 'em fast too! A definite inspiration, and a guy who's next project excites me every bit as my OWN next project! Bring 'em on Dave!

JB

The Builds Of Gray Smith: Part 3

Last in our trilogy today, and it's been fun. I love stuff in progress, I love finished builds but something that's just a pile of parts is music to my ears. No paint, just different coloured bare plastic showing off a mix of different parts from different kit boxes and a whole world of opportunity ahead of a build. This one's no different.

Three window coupe, big ol'meats back and front and a DOHC mill up front. This one's gonna be mean as hell, I suspect. More mock-up pics here, for the curious.

Many thanks to Gray for letting me feature all these odds and ends here,it's been fun. Hope to post some more of his stuff very soon!

JB