Old-School Custom Drag Truck

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:13 pm

Well, here's one I've been working on for quite awhile, off and on...
my usual work style these days, which I gotta quit, 'cuz it makes each
step harder when there are several weeks or months in between.

Anyhow, this started out as one of those Hotwheels Monster Jam
pullbacks for the body, and a Thunder Charger for the chassis.
Gold paint is a fuckin' two-bit bitch to work with! I mixed up a custom
metallic brown for this one... I have an old bakelite radio that served
as my color inspiration... it's that classic bakelite color with gold trim.
I love that combo, and thought it'd work well here.

The other thing about this one is that I wanted it to really look like
the toy it is, as opposed to a scaled down model of a real car...
keeping the lines real simple, details clean and minimal, using the
chassis as part of the body, and leaving the motor exposed all kinda
added up to what I was going for... clean, simple, unique, and clearly
a Bit. Anyway, it's probably the most unique car I've built, and I really
dig it... I haven't put the electronics in it yet, but I'll show pictures of
that later (complete with close-ups of the melted chassis from soldering
disasters that are sure to come)... I wanted to floss it now, before I
fuck it up.

what it started as...

work in progress...

Finished truck...

Post by **CaboWabo** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:48 am

That's cool as shit man.
Excellent body work and matching the chassis to the body.
I'm gonna guess this baby's for show only, that'd suck to ruin it.
You also managed to pull something off nobody has done yet.
That's incredible.

sg219 · Post by **sg219** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:52 am

Brilliant.

I'm diggin' the black and white look.

Great job.

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:14 am

well that's one hot-diggety sled daddyo!

i'm with you on the "toy" look, it's rare to see a full chassis/body workover

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:18 am

That thing rocks!

I dig how you integrated the chassis. The exposed chassis almost gives it a Bit Racer feel. Kind of like a the Bit Racer from the '40s that never happened.

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:42 am

Thanks guys, I've been anxious to wrap this one up... it's such an odd one, I wasn't sure how it would be received, or even if it'd turn out how I planned.

sg219 wrote:I'm diggin' the black and white look.

Yeah, I like it at that stage... it looked real cool in grey primer, too. I was tempted to "leave it alone" at various stages... wish I'd have photographed all of 'em.

crazydave wrote:Kind of like a the Bit Racer from the '40s that never happened.

Thanks man... that's exactly where I was coming from, though I couldn't say it that concise. Perfect.

Niklas · Post by **Niklas** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:57 am

Thats a wery cool car..! Nice.

MotorGong · Post by **MotorGong** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:20 am

Someone at my level just bows to something like that.

It's great, I can't say enough.

©CrazyDaveLTD.

filelicker · Post by **filelicker** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:40 am

I like it , it has the look of an chevy ssr.

Finks · Post by **Finks** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:11 pm

Looking kick ass Hue, Thanks for the in progress pics. This is a one of a kind bad ass!

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:32 pm

Hue that thing is Friggen sweet I love the way the body flows into the chassis like that and the color is definitely eye catching! The exposed motor is real cool gives it that old school hot rod look for sure!

That is definitely “Thinking outside the Box”!

DarkTari · Post by **DarkTari** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:43 pm

Got Damn Hue! You're the fuck'n Einstein of Bit Design! How the fuck did you even phathom that ??? Out of this fuck'n world.. I bought a couple of those but only form the wheel/tyres, think I trashed the bodies...I think

Great work with a kick ass paint job!

I wanted to floss it now, before I fuck it up.

Good Idea

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:55 pm

Nice one man.. I love it.

Bakelite is expensive shit nowadays.. The old school bakelite bracelets are going for around $500 and up. Just a plastic ring.

silla

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:17 pm

That looks awesome! I'm glad you decided to leave it simple and not add a lot of details or decals and shit. One detail that isn't obvious that I love is the re-formed wheel wells in the chassis. compare the WIP image with the final and you'll see what I'm talking about.

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:42 pm

Thanks, bruthas... I've had 3 rides goin' for the longest time... months. 2 of the 3 are just plain fucked, but I'm glad it was this one that made it through... now I'm gonna take it out and make one of those crazydave-like off road vids with it!