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Post by cycolacfan on Sept 15, 2011 14:32:38 GMT -5
I'm guessing the Jo-Han Chrysler Turbine car wouldn't be TRAKable, even if customised?
Was considering nosing, decking and maybe making one into a wagon using a few '62 Thunderbird pieces.
Would be a traditional style build but, I guess, not based on a TRAKable car.
Any thoughts?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2011 15:02:28 GMT -5
Hmmmmm...good question. I really don't see why not, it would be like customizing a mid 60's Mopar, but then I don't have the final say. Friendly debate?  |
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Post by RodBurNeR on Sept 15, 2011 15:02:36 GMT -5
I don't have any reason to say NO..as long as it's along with the guidelines.  |
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Post by cycolacfan on Sept 15, 2011 18:48:12 GMT -5
I was assuming it fell into that 'could've been done, but never was' they only built 50 and 40 plus of them were destroyed, as far as I'm aware all the survivors remain stock.
Like you say a friendly debate.
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Post by davkin on Sept 15, 2011 23:35:36 GMT -5
To be consistent I'd have to vote no, (see my last post in the volksrod thread), but I'm not in charge. While I'd say it doesn't fit the definition of traditional it is an intriguing idea. I could see a mainstream Mopar product getting customized using some styling cues from the turbine car though.
David
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Post by chuckmost on Sept 16, 2011 23:47:01 GMT -5
Disregard the fact it's a concept- its an early '60s Mopar. Early '60's Mopars are clearly welcome here... if they fit the guidelines of course!
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Post by davkin on Sept 17, 2011 0:22:51 GMT -5
But it is a concept, Disregarding that fact would be like disregarding the fact that a volksrod is made from a Volkswagen.
David
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Post by RodBurNeR on Sept 17, 2011 0:33:47 GMT -5
My reasoning for saying "ok" would be that kids in the 60's did kustomize these kits...I have no problem.
I have seen a real one in life also, pretty crazy looking I have to say.
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Post by zenrat on Sept 17, 2011 21:42:23 GMT -5
Hmmmm, Chrysler Turbine Gasser...
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Post by Bernard Kron on Sept 17, 2011 21:50:39 GMT -5
My 2 bits are that the look of the car is somewhat "dream car" or show car, and it would have the look and feel of a custom contemporary with the guideline period, especially if you went fairly radical with it (bubble top?)...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2011 9:27:02 GMT -5
Bubble top? ? Now that would be kool. If the gas turbine is too radical one could pull it and drop in the internal combustion mill of their choice. ;D |
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Post by Duane on Sept 18, 2011 9:53:46 GMT -5
Mike...cut the bitch up so it isn't recognizable as a turbine.
then add the bubble top and V-8 !!!!
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Post by chuckmost on Sept 19, 2011 0:21:28 GMT -5
But it is a concept, Disregarding that fact would be like disregarding the fact that a volksrod is made from a Volkswagen. David So? It's a MODEL. Half the fun in model building is being able to build something that would bankrupt you or possibly get you killed in 1:1 (like pro-streeting a '30's Bugatti, for instance). And depending on how extensively its customized, if the end product looked nothing like the concept and was just described as a '1963 Chrysler'. Or... say the model represents a production Mopar which was customized to resemble a Turbine. Not sure how or if your opinion would differ in those contexts, David, but to me the fact it's a concept doesn't rule it out- as I said, as far as I'm concerned it's an early '60's Mopar. My '66 Packard project is a concept- in fact no such car really existed, yet my Renwal kit is around here someplace in On The Bench. My premise for that disregarded the fact it isn't a real car, and Bob and Chris gave it the green light. (And to anyone who was following that thread- worry not- the Ugliest TRAKable Kustom ever will return shortly!) Wait... maybe that fact makes me biased? Just my $.02, I ain't da boss man, I'll leave it in the hands of the TRAK gods. Oh- on a side note- MCRC sells a wagon conversion for this kit... surf wagon or hearse perhaps? |
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Post by robtrat on Sept 19, 2011 7:42:23 GMT -5
Have we not seen some beautiful TRaK-able kustoms built from the Ford 'Futura' concept? and I think I recall at least one based on the Pontiac 'Club de Mer'. As long as there have been models, we've turned concepts into kustoms.
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Post by volvo544special65 on Sept 20, 2011 14:33:23 GMT -5
But it is a concept, Disregarding that fact would be like disregarding the fact that a volksrod is made from a Volkswagen. David I think there's a difference there. I don't see any problem with a VW body in itself. But I also see it this way... Chrysler Turbine car, customized in a 60s style = yes. Fenderless Chrysler Turbine car with suicide front end, body made into a roadster with Du Vall windshield, bomber seats and old Ford wire wheels = nah. It IS harder with some vehicles, but I DO believe that almost everything could be made TRAKable that is from the right time period, even a VW. But one has to look at, how would this car have been altered during "our" time period? There probably was souped up and/or customized VWs on both street and strip during the time period this forum will represent, but I have a hard time believing that very many of them were made into what we today call a "Volksrod". Sure, the modifications probably in most cases were possible by then - but the same goes for say a 66 Nova, but probably it would never have been considered. And, should I apply the "Volksrod" concept on a 66 Nova, it would definitely not be traditional anywhere in my eyes. Or, how about a 57 Chevy, with gasser stance, model T wooden wheels, Corvair Turbo engine mounted up front, Citroen single spoke steering wheel, painted cocoa brown with pink roof? It could have been done too....but is that a "traditional" build? Just my few cents. The boss may think different so don't listen to me, it's just an opinion and not some kind of rules. |
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