HAYDEN PROFFITT’S AMC 1969 AMC REBEL FUNNY CAR

[M W Elky]

I took this off my unfinished shelf of obscure projects and stayed with it to the finish line. A MC projects are much more challenging as the parts supply is limited to mostly old johan parts although there are some resin bodies out there to help us along. The decal selection is also kinda slim . At some point down the road I would really like to build the all red version of this car as I have a matching magazine cover for it . I’ll have to start accumulating parts for that . So here’s the parts breakdown 

smh resin : body

mpc Charlie allen dart F/C : chassis 

johan : engine 

amt 63 impala : daisy rear wheels 

amt 71 mustang : wheelie bars

polar lights barracuda F/C : interior tin ( cut apart and modified) , parachute with mounting plate , slicks 

mpc cougar funny cat : fuel tank 

scratch built parts : window glass, front spoiler

slixx : decals

Testors paint : white and dark red enamel, amc big bad blue lacquer , wet look clear 

this was a very satisfying build I’m really happy with the outcome. Until next time thanks for looking, mike

[Chris in Berwyn]

That’s nice!

[Mike 1017]

Great piece of N.H.R.A. History

[jlucky]

Nice one! I love the subject matter. It's a really unique build of a car that you don't see very often. When Funny Cars looked like real cars. I also love the fact that you plundered so many kits to bring it all together. When do we get to see a group shot of your whole collection? 

[M W Elky]

9 hours ago, jlucky said:

Nice one! I love the subject matter. It's a really unique build of a car that you don't see very often. When Funny Cars looked like real cars. I also love the fact that you plundered so many kits to bring it all together. When do we get to see a group shot of your whole collection? 

Thanks I’ve been really having fun building right now .The group shot would be kind of nearly impossible as there over 430 built cars wedged together on shelving in my 8 x 10 room . Maybe in nice weather I can set them up out side for a photo shoot. It would wood be pretty cool 

[Coyote_6]

Great build and great subject.  Very nice!  Love the AMCs.

Steve

[PappyD340]

Very nice build!

[papajohn97]

This one’s really nice Mike. I love that you took a relatively rare ($) kit, did some ingenious kit & parts bashing and came out with yet another beautiful build of a rarely seen funny car. I also love that you built a Hayden Proffitt car, one of my childhood drag racing heros. Cool that he switched to racing “Ramblers” (sorry, that’s what we all called them back then!) along with Drag-On-Lady Shirley Shahan. 

Car Model Mag should run an article someday on your 430 car collection with lots of photos, it would be an awesome sight!

[M W Elky]

40 minutes ago, papajohn97 said:

This one’s really nice Mike. I love that you took a relatively rare ($) kit, did some ingenious kit & parts bashing and came out with yet another beautiful build of a rarely seen funny car. I also love that you built a Hayden Proffitt car, one of my childhood drag racing heros. Cool that he switched to racing “Ramblers” (sorry, that’s what we all called them back then!) along with Drag-On-Lady Shirley Shahan. 

Car Model Mag should run an article someday on your 430 car collection with lots of photos, it would be an awesome sight!

I’m pretty sure he drove just about every brand . I wish I had better photography equipment and the space to display everything as my model building room is pretty small about 7’x10’ lets just say shelf space is at a premium