Mod #7 Classic Packard Rat Rod WIP part 1

Hi guys. It's been a while since my last post. The truth is, I have lots of stuff to share and I am very excited since last week BUT I can't take pictures of my latest and old hauls - the reason is, the battery of my camera died out! After long hours of charging time, I could just take less than 10 pictures before the battery gets empty. Oh well.. I guess it's time to find a replacement for my retired battery.

So here, I just used my phone's camera so excuse the not so good quality pictures.

I tried a new style of customizing which is the Rat rod. I started working on it last week and put it in pending because of busy schedule.

Some of you might not want it and some might love it as I do. Rat rod is an automotive art I must say.

It was not hard for me to find what casting to use for this project. I already have one available which I can say is a perfect casting to make a rat rod.

This is the victim or should I say, the soon-to-be-Obra Maestra.

Hot Wheels Classic Packard.

I love it's vintage look. This was released in 1982 whoa! I can still remember the smell of it's paint when I took it out of the blister pack.

Work:

First step is of course, disassemble everything.

Next is cutting which is... something I hate and something I am proud of when things go smoothly :D

I started with the chassis. The extra wheels on both side if you will notice is attached to the chassis so I had to cut them.

Cut the bumper.

Next step is to cut the hood and the exhaust at the back.

Done :)  (Sooo many cutting!)

Front view

Rear - doesn't look good.. but It will be easy to fix using a putty :)

Stripped the paint.

Try....Looking good so far ;)

That's all for now. Hopefully, will have it done ASAP LOL!

Thanks for viewing :D