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Post by traditional on Mar 11, 2020 17:39:48 GMT -5
I’ve just completed this stock ’55 Pontiac Pathfinder sedan delivery using a toy low-rider ’57 Chevy wagon as the main starting material, and the basic front trim and dash-board was in my parts bin from an FM American ’55 Pontiac on which the body had self-destructed from a bad batch of metal alloy All of Pontiac’s production sedan deliveries from ’54 until ’58, were built only in Oshawa, Ontario, and like the other Canadian Pontiacs at that time, were built on a Chevy platform. Compared to the American ’55 Pontiacs, the Canadian Pontiacs were shorter (Chevy chassis and drivetrains), and although they had similar front end trim, the shortened fenders had a different wheel opening shape, a shorter, taller, and narrower engine hood (to clear the higher available six cylinder motor) with a slightly more blunt nose. The front bumpers, while similar in appearance, had a shorter side length. This is the third detailed sedan delivery that I’ve built in the last three years, using similar techniques and although they’ve all been time consuming builds, at least the build plan was familiar, and most of the research had been done….in this case, I also had reference to an unrestored full size version which was somewhat rough, but I was able to photograph lots of details which had been questions on my mind. The main paint is automotive basecoat/clearcoat to represent the available ’55 Pontiac Bolero Red and the Pontiac lettering is done by hand using Testors chrome silver.
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Post by treehuggerdave on Mar 25, 2020 10:17:19 GMT -5
Is there something I'm missing here??
There are no comments here on this beautiful Pontiac model.
The skill and work it took is amazing as is the finished model.
Kudos on a plain-Jane kind of a subject that turned out spectacular.
Your detailing is superb.
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