Gramps46 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 It was either late 1961 or early 1962 and I was a sophomore in high school when I was inspired by the pictures in Hot Rod. I don't remember exactly where the plastic parts came from but the frame is from a coat hanger and the small rails are from my grandmother's hat pins. The body was a sheet of copper that I beat into shape. Those were fun times and I am lucky to still have it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Pretty cool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Wow, pretty impressive! Better than about 90% of the "Readers' Models" in the old model car mags of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Impressive work. Cool that its survived all these years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny rocket Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Very neat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynlo Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 What a cool piece of modeling history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan barton Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 That is a great piece of history to still own after all these years. You obviously did a great job back then. The rear wheels and tyres plus the engine and headers look like they came from the AMT Double Dragster kit, with ram tubes added. Cheers Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Thank you to all who responded and yes I am very lucky to still have the dragster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 That is cool as hell! Nice work, Gary. Very, very interesting piece of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 58 yrs old looks alot better on your rail than on me ..I gotta tell ya...lol Nice work on that Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Awesome work, well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I love it! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces ll Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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