57 Plymouth - Christine

My building from the salvage parts is dwindling down. Aging eyes and  thin selection of usable parts putting a crimp on me.
My birthday this last July brought me a BRAND NEW model kit !!
Can I handle that?...... I guess not ! Can't stand the thought of building a cool car and have it riding on STOCK wheels. Extremely UNcool !
  
 I have only 1 set of matching wheels left in the salvage tire yard. And wouldn't you know it....DONKS !!! I hate donks ! But stock wheels ain't gonna get it for me. I must have used the tires that were with the donks for something else. They would have been too wide anyway. I found a set of narrow tires that fit the donks, and will only use the front wheel halves, faking out the backsides with drums for the rear and discs for the front.
 So, some severe suspension modifying. I did try to dress up my cobbling on this one and tried to  dress them up with suspension parts. The front axle tubing is riding on the top of the frame, while the plastic rear axle is glued tight to the underside of the kickup in the rear. Don'ks will ride just about right this way. Hopefully, I can build(assemble) the rest of the model the way it was intended.

Nice start! And I know what you mean about the cool/uncool thing. Many times I've seen that sort of thing in real life and felt a purely subjective shudder. Looking forward to seeing where you take this.

Well. got her on a rolling chassis.

Wow. Skinnies all around. Cool!

Love them Skinny tires. That's Bonneville stuff right there.

Did I ever mention that I dislike interior tubs that are part of a kit assembly.  But then again, I rarely do a simple kit assembly. We'll see how this turns out. I haven't messed with anything but the suspension, so, it OUGHT to go together !

Looking awesome! I really like that seat colour combo.

Body main color on.

Nice.

Trim painted, 'bout ready to install the glass and see if the tub will co-operate.

Looks good Clay. Those Motolow pens really make the chrome easy. LOL

Great colour combo on the body.