'66 Buick Wildcat: Trailer Park Special!
"White Trash Beautiful, Trailer Park Queen" -Everlast And so begins my xms muscle car entry, a 1966 Buick Wildcat. And before you claim Buick had no muscle, try a 401ci V8 pushing the oh-so underrated 340hp with a 4 speed manual tranny. Not to mention a body so long you could land a 747 on the deck lid. :nod: as you can guess from the title, this ain't going to be a shiney polished up show queen. Nope. Like half the stuff I've done, I just don't care for shiney paint... :lol:. Flat green Camaro. Flat black '56 Nomad. The silver on the S10 was pretty flat too. So, in keeping with that, and also putting a so far, polar opposite on the trend for building cars, we shall have a Trailer Park Special! I'm talking sun-faded paint, mixed-matched wheels, missing head lights, cracked windshield, and primer sportin' American Muscle... Sorta like my '90 Firebird in some ways... lol. And so we have it, the start of the 1966 "Trailer Park Special" Buick Wildcat. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel018.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel003.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel005.jpg And I did mention how large this car is: http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel002.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel004.jpg :eyecraz: So, I started on working on the mounts. Thanks to the fact that this model dates back to the older days of models, it's a really simple, beefy model. The whole chassis is molded as one piece, so the body mounts with posts. Thanks to this, I just cut off where the body mounts to the chassis up front, and then glue it to the posts, and I've got a solid front mount right off the bat. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel008.jpg A redneck Muscle Car would not be complete with out some contraption sticking out of the hood. So, here's how it went. 1st, I pulled the blower off a HEMI engine I had laying around: http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel007.jpg Then I cut all the intake runners from the Buick's Hillborn Injection intake, so I have a mounting spot for the blower: http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel006.jpg Then glued the blower to the base of the hillborn piece, and thus I have the blower rigged up. Once I get some paint on the motor, I'll mess with getting the original blower pully assembly on too: http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel015.jpg I would say a blown 401ci Buick motor would be a fun *** ride. In keeping with details, I can't have a nice windshield now can I? http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel011.jpg Pondering if I could toss on the WILDCAT decals for extra cool points, but may leave them off http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel013.jpg And this is where it sits at the moment. These arent the final set of wheels and such, just have the car set up for mockup. Gonna need like 5 chassis spacers for this too. :lol: http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ckmodel012.jpg |
Lmao, I like the way it looks with those wheels.
I may just have to go get a Wildcat model and a set of those rims, I have something badass in mind. Can anyone say heavy duty, steel-plated, all out nuclear war-ready? :lol: I think it could do without the decals, unless of course they were all faded according to the paint, and such. Maybe have a chunk of it missing on one side. |
That's the idea, fade the decals. Just trying to think of a way to fade them with out ripping the water slide.
The paint will be faded though lol |
nice start on it :)
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perdy **** nice yo!
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I really like it, seems you put a lot of thinking into it. Try fading the decals with a heatlamp or the sun, it may work.
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Allright, so I got the sucker painted yesterday, gotta sand down and throw a few more coats on later. Got the body mostly mounted, wheels done, stance right, bullet holes done, and gotta figure how to cut the interior and engine to fit....
It's Chuggin' along, pics this weekend |
Looks like it's going to be a sweet project and this explains the other thread.
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sounds great man, cant wait to see it, hurry and get your computer fixed, this is killin me haha
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heh, leave it out in the sun with a fan after its done to give a more of a sun-faded look.
worked on my motor trend magazine |
Good work so far. The paint is still looking a little to fresh, but the rear dent is a nice touch.
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Still gotta ways to go. The hood and top fenders are up next to be faded. Then gotta go buy primer and do up some ish.
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looks like its coming along nicely, the dented rear end came out great. looks like actually got side swiped haha. i see you got the wheels and stuff, they look great on it. keep up the good work
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Don't forget, it needs to look like bumper stickers are holding it together. Maybe also a bungee cable holding the hood down.
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how about a warped trunk? or a duct taped window?
that'd really add to the effect nice dent how did you put the black stuff in it? are you going to try to bend in the bullet hole a bit? cuz it looks like a normal drilled hole right now. rusty chrome on the list? |
Some Bondo or something like that on a fender? Looks awesome so far!
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Good ideas, may use some. :nod: |
nice so far...cant go wrong with some missin headlights or a misshapen hood that cant close
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