´59 El Camino Low Rider

[Andy Oldenburg]

This build is about 2 years old, but still one of my favorites.

I am a big fan of Quentin Tarantino and really like every film of his. In "Kill Bill" there is an important character that is not human: It´s that yellow "Pussy Wagon". This came to my mind and inspired me when I bought this Chevrolet El Camino kit. I wanted to build my very own version of a P-Wagon.

I chose to build a low rider with a maximum amount of muscle and hot rod appeal, but with a feminine touch to the paint job.

The wheels are custom by Scale Production and actually for a racing car. Very low profile tires lets the car hug the street. To make room I widened the rear fender with an arch of 0,5mm styrole and filled and worked it until the surface was smooth. The body is in a silver metallic and enhanced with a baby pink (Tamiya). The finish was with 2 crystal clear coats and a good polish.

From the box I only used the big block engine. The custom parts in the kit were not hot enough for my needs. I used parts from my leftover box and added some home-made details. I was really happy to have found a supplier for those wire braided cables and hoses. The setup resembles a full-blown engine I discovered while googling.

For the bed I didn´t have a supplier for wood veneer back then. I opted for popcicle sticks and sanded them down until I got tired of it. Colored with walnut varnish makes it look real enough to me.

The "springs" in the kit did not satisfy me, they didn´t look much like springs at all. I wound coils of 1mm wire around a 2mm brass rod for the front and rear suspension.

 

The interior is VERY pink. The floor is covered with velvet flocking an a few extra details like the radio and seat belts were added. I had a lot of fun building. Unfortunately, this dream of mine will not come true in real life.....

Thanks for watching!

 

[ncbuckeye67]

Very cool! you packed a lot of detail in this build.

[Slotto]

Great engine detail. The springs are awesome and convincing. 

[XYHARRY]

Lots of interesting details on this. Well done Andy.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[RocketFoot]

Great detail!  I love it!!  Nice job!

[espo]

A lot of different design elements in the body and trim. Like the rear fender flares. The interior design looks good, and the engine details are really well done.  

[crazyjim]

Nicely done and well detailed.

[karbuildr]

Very well done build. So many custom touches and scratch building that all came together. Great paint and interior, and the popsicle stick idea for the bed looks great, very much in scale wood grain.

[Yeah Nah]

Looks great! Lots of extra work with the basic kit to produce but paid off nicely! 

[Dragonhawk1066]

Very cool, nice work!

[slusher]

Beautiful Chevy, very.impressive work!!

[Andy Oldenburg]

Well thanks everybody for your nice comments!

[ewetwo]

Awesome custom. And the colors really work well.

[Funkychiken]

Great concept and superb build, stunning paint work there!