Post by Bernard Kron on Aug 23, 2012 10:18:32 GMT -8
As I battle my way through building a belly tank lakester, most of which is requiring extensive scratch building, I find the need to do something a bit more basic and recreational. The blown fuelers of the mid 60’s were brutally simple devices so I thought I’d do one in as basic and uncomplicated a style as I could in the hopes of creating a little side project with maximum aesthetic bang for the buck, as it were.
I’ve started with an AMT Too Much which shares it’s nearly 200 inch wheelbase chassis with the Digger ‘Cuda and the Tommy Ivo dragster. I used one of these chassis last year to build a Junior Fueler and found it to look a bit too long when running it without any front bodywork. So I thought I’d shorten the wheelbase on this one by removing two bays in its tubular frame. The result is an approximately 160 inch wheelbase, virtually identical to the Ramchargers dragster and typical of the transitional wheelbases of 1962-1965 as diggers gradually evolved to the ultra-long cars of the late 60’s into the end of the FED era around 1972. I’ve always felt that the 160-180 inch cars were the most beautifully proportioned, and often looked better without a nosepiece, the bare chassis giving them a superlight utilitarian character that’s irresistible. That’s the look I’m reaching for with this build.
To respect the simple, recreational aspect of this project I’m using as much of the kit as possible. I’ve substituted an Altered States Models “shorty” body which I’ve made shortier by removing the side panels covering the engine bay. The kit blown 426 Hemi will be used but I’ll substitute a more interesting set of injectors. Other than that it should be pretty straight forward.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
I’ve started with an AMT Too Much which shares it’s nearly 200 inch wheelbase chassis with the Digger ‘Cuda and the Tommy Ivo dragster. I used one of these chassis last year to build a Junior Fueler and found it to look a bit too long when running it without any front bodywork. So I thought I’d shorten the wheelbase on this one by removing two bays in its tubular frame. The result is an approximately 160 inch wheelbase, virtually identical to the Ramchargers dragster and typical of the transitional wheelbases of 1962-1965 as diggers gradually evolved to the ultra-long cars of the late 60’s into the end of the FED era around 1972. I’ve always felt that the 160-180 inch cars were the most beautifully proportioned, and often looked better without a nosepiece, the bare chassis giving them a superlight utilitarian character that’s irresistible. That’s the look I’m reaching for with this build.
To respect the simple, recreational aspect of this project I’m using as much of the kit as possible. I’ve substituted an Altered States Models “shorty” body which I’ve made shortier by removing the side panels covering the engine bay. The kit blown 426 Hemi will be used but I’ll substitute a more interesting set of injectors. Other than that it should be pretty straight forward.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
