Two Lane Blacktop 55 Chevy

[nickfzr61]

Ladies and Gentlemen I’d like to present my Two Lane Blacktop 55 Chevy. 
 

WIP Thread here: 

 

Edited August 3, 2024 by nickfzr61

[PappyD340]

Looks great Nick!

[echo]

Nice rendition, it's a lot of work to convert the Bel Air into a 210.  All the detail you put into the model is very nice.  Excellent example of the movie car.

[spencer1984]

This turned out great, nicely done!

[nickfzr61]

9 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Looks great Nick!

Thank you. 

9 hours ago, echo said:

Nice rendition, it's a lot of work to convert the Bel Air into a 210.  All the detail you put into the model is very nice.  Excellent example of the movie car.

Appreciate it. First time kit bashing. I’m happy with the result. 

2 hours ago, spencer1984 said:

This turned out great, nicely done!

Thank you very much. 

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[Force]

Very very nice.
The only things I would change is the carburetors to some more detailed ones from either Texas 3D Customs or Fireball Modelworks as they are so prominent, and maybe the rear slicks...othrerwise it's perfect.

Edited July 26, 2024 by Force

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Checking out the killer front wheels, flip nose and color. Way to go!

[Nicholas]

that is  one of the better renditions i have seen of that car! the only thing i would have done different (please dont take this the wrong way),i would have used holly carbs and not used pie crust slicks in the rear ,but understandable if that is  all you had to work with, well done!

[nickfzr61]

Thank you for the replies. 
 

Yeah I get the comments about the carburetors and the tires. Hard to tell exactly which carb the car in the movie had. I think they were HOLLEY 4491’s.The picture I found on eBay seems like a close match to the screen grab from the movie  

The pie crust tires are wrong for the movie car but they look cool. Movie car had Firestones and they were wider. 
 

I might revise in the future. 
 

[FoMoCo66]

I followed your WIP, this thing turned out sweet!

[espo]

Looks great and I like the slightly ruff look about the body panel fit, much like the movie car was. I also followed your WIP and appreciate watching all of your work that went into this build. 

[Intmd8r]

Awesome!

[slusher]

Great looking 55!

[Force]

18 hours ago, nickfzr61 said:

Thank you for the replies. 
 

Yeah I get the comments about the carburetors and the tires. Hard to tell exactly which carb the car in the movie had. I think they were HOLLEY 4491’s.The picture I found on eBay seems like a close match to the screen grab from the movie  

The pie crust tires are wrong for the movie car but they look cool. Movie car had Firestones and they were wider. 
 

I might revise in the future. 
 

I hope you don't mind my comment but since the carburetors are such a prominent feature on this cars engine and on most race cars they have to look good in my opinion, and most kit supplied carburetors has much to desire in that department with a few exceptions, some are very bad and blob like and some has not much detail, that's allright and can work on a model with aircleaners where you don't see much of the carbutretor.
But when the first thing you see on the engine is the bare carburetors they have to be detailed for the right look and it lifts the model to another level if they are and your nice model of this car deserves to have good looking carburetors.

It looks like the carburetors in your screen shots are Holley 4160 series carburetors wich has only one metering block where you can change the main jets, the jets for the secondarys are fixed and there are no metering block on that side, it has vacuum operated secondarys and an electric choke...they can maybe be 600 cfm's.
Most of the 4160 model carburetors have side hung floats and a hard feed line between the bowls so they are easy to pick out
The one in your last picture is a 4150 series, the dual metering blocks are the giveaway, the float bowls with center hung floats are also different and there is no hard line between the float bowls, so it's a different model from the ones used in the movie.

Here is a 4160 series carburetor with vacuum secondarys and electric choke similar to the carburetors used on the movie car.

 

Texas 3D Customs has nice 3D printed 4160 carburetors with the right look.
https://tx3dcustoms.com/products/holley-465-4bbl
Fireball Modelworks also have the 4160 style and they are also nice.
https://www.fireballmodels.info/fmr-094.html

Edited July 27, 2024 by Force

[nickfzr61]

2 hours ago, Force said:

I hope you don't mind my comment but since the carburetors are such a prominent feature on this cars engine and on most race cars they have to look good in my opinion, and most kit supplied carburetors has much to desire in that department with a few exceptions, some are very bad and blob like and some has not much detail, that's allright and can work on a model with aircleaners where you don't see much of the carbutretor.
But when the first thing you see on the engine is the bare carburetors they have to be detailed for the right look and it lifts the model to another level if they are and your nice model of this car deserves to have good looking carburetors.

It looks like the carburetors in your screen shots are Holley 4160 series carburetors wich has only one metering block where you can change the main jets, the jets for the secondarys are fixed and there are no metering block on that side, it has vacuum operated secondarys and an electric choke...they can maybe be 600 cfm's.
Most of the 4160 model carburetors have side hung floats and a hard feed line between the bowls so they are easy to pick out
The one in your last picture is a 4150 series, the dual metering blocks are the giveaway, the float bowls with center hung floats are also different and there is no hard line between the float bowls, so it's a different model from the ones used in the movie.

Here is a 4160 series carburetor with vacuum secondarys and electric choke similar to the carburetors used on the movie car.

 

Texas 3D Customs has nice 3D printed 4160 carburetors with the right look.
https://tx3dcustoms.com/products/holley-465-4bbl
Fireball Modelworks also have the 4160 style and they are also nice.
https://www.fireballmodels.info/fmr-094.html

Actually I think they are 4175s. 
 

[Zippi]

Turned out killer looking Nick.  Great looking build.  It looks the part man.

[Gustavo Reis]

Amazing model. 

I'm using your model as reference in my Two Lane Chevy. 

[Bainford]

Cool replica of one of the most wicked '55s ever built. So much period coolness, and you did a great job of creating it in scale. Love it. Well done. 

[Force]

9 hours ago, nickfzr61 said:

Actually I think they are 4175s. 
 

The 4175 is a spread bore like a Quadrajet and it's not considered to be a performance carburetor, the fuel line doesn't connect at the same place on the 4175 as it does on the 4160.
Here is the bottom view of a 4175 with different sized venturi ports, the primary wich are much smaller than the secondarys, so it's more like a fuel mileage carburetor with possibillity to get up and go when you floor it.
But I have never seen a couple of spreadbores paried up on a dual carburetor intake manifold and it has a different bolt pattern than the 4150 and 4160 wich both have the same bolt pattern.

 

 

And the bottom view of a 4160 where the venturi ports are the same size.

 

And these doesn't look like spreadbores to me as both venturis looks to be the same size, so they are most likely 4160's, and pair up two 600 cfm 4160's are and were not that uncommon even back in the day.

Edited July 27, 2024 by Force

[nickfzr61]

On 7/26/2024 at 1:45 PM, FoMoCo66 said:

I followed your WIP, this thing turned out sweet!

Thank you Elliot. 

On 7/26/2024 at 2:07 PM, espo said:

Looks great and I like the slightly ruff look about the body panel fit, much like the movie car was. I also followed your WIP and appreciate watching all of your work that went into this build. 

Thanks David. Okay I’ll take the compliment about the rough panel fit. Lol. 

On 7/26/2024 at 6:14 PM, Intmd8r said:

Awesome!

Thank you Steve. If I had to pick one word that would make me happy about this build that’s it. 

Edited July 28, 2024 by nickfzr61

[nickfzr61]

18 hours ago, slusher said:

Great looking 55!

Thank you Carl. Very much appreciated. 

11 hours ago, Zippi said:

Turned out killer looking Nick.  Great looking build.  It looks the part man.

Thanks Bob. Compliments like this make all the hard work worthwhile. 

11 hours ago, Gustavo Reis said:

Amazing model. 

I'm using your model as reference in my Two Lane Chevy. 

Thank you Gustavo. That’s quite the compliment but I suggest also using some pictures from the internet. Lol. 

5 hours ago, Bainford said:

Cool replica of one of the most wicked '55s ever built. So much period coolness, and you did a great job of creating it in scale. Love it. Well done. 

Nice compliment Trevor. Means alot to me. 

[STU111]

I’m not familiar with the movie, so l looked it up. Looking at images of the original and then at your ‘55 here, I’d say you nailed the no nonsense ready to race look for sure.?? 

[H.A.K]

Very nice 55 Chevy.

[Koellefornia Kid]

It definitely looks the part! Very well done!