FRANKENBIRD February 2001, On a highway somewhere between Ohio and Alabama

I built this from four old built ups I bought off eBay.
Hence the name: Frankenbird. Pieces parts from here and there all fused together ....

Hearken back to the early 60's when AMT Styline  kits were the hot items. More form than function.

The roll bar is hand formed solder. Which is a fancy way to say a chunk of metal bent into a C shape. The back dash is made from 1/2 round Evergreen strip plastic and the steering wheel is from the Elvira T-bird reissue.

I wanted the car have the look of a custom that would have been built in the mid 60's. The seats are from the Millennium 50 Ford reissue with Scale Motorsports 'fabric' decals, and the Kelsey Hayes wires and tires are from the recent 62 Thunderbird.

The front and rear pieces were available in the original AMT 57 kits.

Alas... like its name sake, this monster met a rough end, and was eventually rebuilt with a new attitude, so these are all the remaining pictures of the monster in it's original form. Here's it's only public showing in Birmingham Alabama in 2001...

Friday, November 10, 2006 08:39:43 PM