Post by kip on Mar 10, 2020 16:16:01 GMT -5
I am going to try to do the KK3000.
Near as I can tell it made its debut at Indy in 1950. Drivers that year were Cecil Green, Pat Flaherty, Jack McGrath, and Fred Agabashian. In 1951 drivers were McGrath, Carl Forberg, Sam Hanks, Agabashian, Johnnie Parsons, and Green. 1952 drivers were Jim Rathmann, Hanks, George Conner, Jim Bryan, and McGrath. 1953 had Jimmy Daywalt, Spider Webb, Flaherty, and Paul Russo driving. In 1954 Larry Crockett drove one and in 1955 Chuck Weyant drove one. A regular who's who of drivers.
Some of the 3000s had head rests, some did not. There were also several grills used over the years and each one seems to have individual bumps.
I am going to try to use the Strombecker early sixties dirt car as the basis for this . The body will have to be widened , the nose redone, and the cockpit to nose area reshaped. The cockpit placement looks good. but needs reshaped. The wheelbase is a little long but that will be taken car of with a new nose.
I started it today by removing the head rest. I am hoping that I can do this so it can be molded up and cast. If feasible, I would like to make a add-on head rest and several noses so that most of the cars that ran at Indy could be built. Some of the cars had louvres – have not figured that out yet.
I am also going to try to do a 1964/65 Shrike using Juanjo’s methods.
kip
Near as I can tell it made its debut at Indy in 1950. Drivers that year were Cecil Green, Pat Flaherty, Jack McGrath, and Fred Agabashian. In 1951 drivers were McGrath, Carl Forberg, Sam Hanks, Agabashian, Johnnie Parsons, and Green. 1952 drivers were Jim Rathmann, Hanks, George Conner, Jim Bryan, and McGrath. 1953 had Jimmy Daywalt, Spider Webb, Flaherty, and Paul Russo driving. In 1954 Larry Crockett drove one and in 1955 Chuck Weyant drove one. A regular who's who of drivers.
Some of the 3000s had head rests, some did not. There were also several grills used over the years and each one seems to have individual bumps.
I am going to try to use the Strombecker early sixties dirt car as the basis for this . The body will have to be widened , the nose redone, and the cockpit to nose area reshaped. The cockpit placement looks good. but needs reshaped. The wheelbase is a little long but that will be taken car of with a new nose.
I started it today by removing the head rest. I am hoping that I can do this so it can be molded up and cast. If feasible, I would like to make a add-on head rest and several noses so that most of the cars that ran at Indy could be built. Some of the cars had louvres – have not figured that out yet.
I am also going to try to do a 1964/65 Shrike using Juanjo’s methods.
kip
