'37 Chevy Gasser

[aaronfurlotte]

I just tried the tires you suggested, and they look damn good!

[krassandbernie]

I've built a few of these '37's already! LOL! Another good looking tire is the Pirelli's that come in the Revell kits like the early issue of the Anglia, Thames, Miss Deal Stude, and S.W.C. Willys.

[aaronfurlotte]

Stance mock-up!

[Duane]

Aaron...your '37's just sick !!!!!...great work !!!!!

[1955chevy]

Hey Aaron,
Welcome back to modelling. How about my '37 Chev for inspiration.
Pic 1) for wheel tire combo.
Stay out of trouble!!

[krassandbernie]

Looks much better with those front tires! If it were me, I'd bring the nose down a hair......and place the center cap right below the bottom edge of the fender.........back half of the front fender. Most of the old gassers seemed to look just right with the center of the front wheels lined up this way. It should sit almost level; or a hair higher in the front when viewing the relation of the rocker panels to the ground........or invisible line drawn from the center of the rear wheels to the front wheels. That being said, it's your build........do what floats your boat in the end!

[aaronfurlotte]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I've made some progress since yesterday. The running boards are now gone and the rear wheelwells are larger. I'm using the long ladder bars from the SW&C Willys, slicks are old AMT Goodyear Bluestreaks(I actually found two with concentric center holes!), rear wheels from a Revell deuce, front tires from the Winged Express and front wheels are from the '53 Stude. I was going to use the front suspension from the Willys but ended up using the '37 kit parts. It would look better if the front was lower, as Ed suggested, but i decided not to mess with it. Whenever I modify or scratchbuild suspension, something always ends up crooked. Hahahaha.

Here's the only picture I could get before the camera crapped itself:



The corvette tri-power is lookin' pretty mean. I figured it would be a nice change; all of my drag models are either blown or injected. The '38 I posted is carbureted aswell.

[aaronfurlotte]

New camera batteries!

Outrageous ladder bars!

[1955chevy]

Aaron, lookin' good

[Duane]

your '37's gonna kick ass just like
the '38 in the YouTube !!!!!!

[draggon]

I like the front end up, and the ladder bars look great!

[Gluhead]

Looks cool, and I dig the 'vette mill. And 'gratz on finding a pair of good Goodyears! lol. I know that's a challenge.

You're close enough to level now that you could shim the rear up a hair or shave a little off the perches up front and get within horseshoes range, or do both and be even closer. Another thing I always do is cut a flat spot on my tires to help avoid that inflated-to-100psi look. That may only get you half a millimeter or so but at scale that's another half an inch.

Either way, good stuff...keep after it.

[aaronfurlotte]

I know it probably doesn't look any different, but it is. I lowered the front about 2 scale inches by removing the front spring perches and gluing them up higher on the frame. Also, AMT made those perches very thick so I thinned them out a bit.

[Gluhead]

Yeah...lookin' good.

[1955chevy]

That looks real good Aaron