'34 Ford PU wheelstander - Bottoms Up
Oct 4, 2021 15:32:30 GMT -5
Duane, krassandbernie, and 2 more like this
Post by chepp on Oct 4, 2021 15:32:30 GMT -5
Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
[radio commercial]
Championship drag racing is this Sunday at County Line Dragway!
Rails, roadsters, stockers, bikes and more! The action starts at noon!Between rounds watch Al Cohol’s famous Bottoms Up exhibition machine. It’s the wildest hot rod pickup that you’ve ever seen.
A double-blown Hemi makes for crazy tire smokin’ wheelstandin’ entertainment. You’ve got to see it to believe it.
Roar out to County LIne Dragway, just five miles east of town. Be there!Here's the story: around 1963 some drag guys were sitting around and came up with the wheelstander idea. Somebody had the pickup cab (rusted around the bottom) and chassis. At the time it wasn't worth fixing up since it wasn't a roadster or a coupe, so doing a poorman's section (cutting off the lower body) and welding the doors, etc. on was a cheap and effective use. The pyramid blower drive didn't work well enough for class drag racing but it looked impressive. Track promoters were looking for things to fill down time during meets so the guys figured that combining the stuff could bring in enough money to make it worthwhile.
These guys, according to my made-up history, were the first to build an exhibition wheelstander.
Cab and bed: AMT/Lindberg ’34 Ford pickup
Bed top panel: from AMT/Lindberg ’34 Ford pickup hood sides
Engine: Revell '32 Ford optional 392 Hemi block, heads, and related parts
Blowers and related parts: AMT ’53 Studebaker optional engine
Zoomies: shortened AMT Tom McEwen Wedge Dragster
Frame: AMT/Lindberg ’34 Ford pickup + scratchbuilt rear section
Wheels: Drag City Casting Halibrand
Seat: Drag City Casting reworked original SWC gasserDriver: modifed sports car figure from Fujimi 1/24 114910 set
Other parts: Revell 22 Jr. steering gear, slicks, scattershield, in/out box, disc brakes
Paint
Body: Tamiya Pearl White TS-45 over Tamiya Fine White Primer. Tons of Tamiya Clear TS-13
Body deco, sprayed with Badger Krome Renegade with .21mm needle and tip
Yellow fogging: Tamiya Clear Yellow X-24
Beltline stripe: Tamiya Clear Red X-27 blending into Tamiya Clear Blue X-23
Frame: mix of mostly Model Master metallic blue with some MM Arctic Blue metallic
Decals: pink elephant art was swiped from an old business card found online. The rest is my work. Inkjet printed on HobbyCal paper. Tamiya Clear TS-13 didn’t play well with the decals.
Build thread trakinscale.proboards.com/thread/19422/34-ford-pu-wheelstander?page=1
Credits — thanks, guys!
Duane: Idea for making it a wheelstander with a mid engine; bed general appearance
mrmetallic: Bottoms Up name
The late Ron Savoie aka FordRodnKustom: one scoop and injector
Others too numerous to name: comments in the build thread