'57 Chevy Street Freak - Brainstorm.

[zenrat]

'57 Chevy Street Freak - Brainstorm.

'57 Chevy Street Freak - Brainstorm - 12 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Street Freaks are hard to classify.  Steve Magnante (inthegaragemedia.com) says;
 Early on the Street Freak category was a catchall for obsolete race cars hastily modified for quasi-legal street use. Old Gassers, former altered wheelbase, and flip-top Funny Cars all appeared wearing plates. Offshoots included T-buckets with supercharged 427s. In general, if it was outrageous and it wore a license plate it was a Street Freak.  In their prime, owners of well-executed (but not necessarily practical or even functional) Street Freaks could count on plenty of attention from magazines and car show promoters who happily put them on the ISCA national show circuit where thousands of folks bought tickets to see these wild cars in person.


'57 Chevy Street Freak - Brainstorm - 20 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

This is a '57 Chevrolet 150.  Power is by a supercharged 421ci Pontiac V8 with fenderwell headers.  Engine is set back in the chassis which entailed a scratchbuilt firewall.  Most of the inner fenders and radiator support panel have been removed.  Chassis members forward of the firewall have been removed and replaced with straight box section.  A straight front axle is fitted approximately 10 inches forward of the stock position.  Rear axle has been mounted under the springs and set forward by a few scale inches. 
It rides on five spoke mags with skinnies on the front and cheater slicks on the rear.

'57 Chevy Street Freak - Brainstorm - 11 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Interior is pretty simple.  RHD conversion, no rear seat, half roll cage, and four point harness for the driver (two point for the passenger).

'57 Chevy Street Freak - Brainstorm - 9 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

'57 Chevy Street Freak - Brainstorm - 3 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

The Model.
1/25 Revell 1957 Chevrolet 150 "Black Widow".
Revell parts pack Pontiac engine.
Headers from my parts box.
AMT parts pack "Gasser" wheels.
MPC Mickey Thompson Cheater Slicks.
thepartspack.com resin straight axle kit.
Contour camo (from an idea by Brad C) in Vallejo acrylics.
Home made transfers.

'57 Chevy Street Freak - Brainstorm - 22 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[PR19_Kit]

That's OUTSTANDING Fred! One of your best yet! 

I can almost hear that coming of the line at Santa Pod. 

[Old Wombat]

      

[NARSES2]

That looks good sir 

[su27rules]

              

[Wardukw]

More accolades coming in Fred ..
Out freaking standing build mate..don't know how you did that paint and I hate pink but no denying it's amazing.
Kit is right man...one of your best   

[zenrat]

Brushes mate, brushes.   

Thanks for all the nice words folks.