TELSTAR: Return to Radical-Ness-Ness

Nice! Looks great, now keep going and get it done!

 

Nice!

 

I like that! now lets see how long it sticks...

 

Wow... i can't tell if it's coming or going!!

That looks right at home on there!! It'll save a ton of work too!! Nice job Jim!!!

 

Hmmmm... That gived me an idea...

LMAO!

 

wow that looks great

 

Outstanding.

 

Jim, I have been into each phase of this creation but I think you nailed it here! It looks great!

 

looks pretty good Jim!...
-palle

 

this car reminds me of Michael Jacksons plastic surgery obsession.

 

Haha..you are a crazy man Jim!! It is always interesting to check out where you're at with this build

 

Hey Jim,

Perhaps you could use the two-piece front facebar off a '60 Dodge or '55 Pontiac to offer cover for the fact that you've used the Volkswagen tin out back. Either of these bars have a shape and scale that would fill the areas beneith your taillamp cowls, and still offer some chrome bling out back. The front facebar from a '70 Camaro would hug the shape of the Ghia "bump" and give the rear a kinda "eye-tal-yun'' feel, but would be tough to keep it from lookin like a 70 Chevrolet!

The use of the Volkswagen tin offers up another set of design problems- what to do with that huge dutchman panel? Unless you're planning on a roof with large sail panels, or a roadster droptop where you'll use this area for a boot, much like an early Corvette, the Ghia tin falls short. It's too small in scale for the rear of the design, and has that ''look, arn't I smart, look what I've done with Volkswagen tin" kinda vibe. Maybe the hood panel from a '61-'67 Continental or Imperial of that era would better fill & be in scale for the area?
Maybe toss the dice, again?



" There is in manufacturing a creative joy that only poets are supposed to know. Someday I'd like to show a poet how it feels to design and build a locomotive.'' - Walter P. Chrysler -

 

WOW! this quite possibly just became the coolest custom ever now that its got a little dose of vw in it hahaha that is pretty damn cool. keep up the good work!

 

man...

you had me then you lost me... now you have me again. This car has had more looks than Madonna.

 

You just gotta rub it in don't ya , Hoodlum!

 

Very nice Jim.
It's a shame to loose the grill inlets from the Ghia - those seem to add something that works with the tailight shapes, but it becomes too easy to indentify the v-dub donor, so better to make them gone.
Either way, you've got a good eye!

 

Same here, glad to see you back on track.

 

gotta keep the lil Ghia ( grille? lol ) holes,, and it looks great nice work

 

HAHAHA! That's just fuckin crazy.....I want to see it when it's primered. For a minute,I thought it was a front shot!

 

Definately do away with the ghia grilles, but having the exhaust exit where the grilles once were would be cool as well... perfect round holes with chrome tips sticking out!!!

 

Yea baby!!!

 

Serious design ADD. Still looking good though. Now someone post this on the Samba, I wanna watch the VW purist get there panties in a twist.

 

The true spirit of the customizer is to innovate, NOT copy.
BRAVO!

 

Just imagine what you will find if you go out back to take a crap!!!

 

I wouldnt leave them on, unchanged.

But maybe, how about lowering the taillights to line up with them, and make them be the end of the light?

Kinda like a '59 chevy taillight, but different...


I like this car..

Radical, and Awesome-Ness.

 

I wish I could think of shit like this while i'm pissin.......
Good on you! That shit is awesome!

 

insane....

 

Damn that works ! Now if you tried to tell me first I might not have believed you!!

 

that's the reason i try to do most of my "mock up" work in metal,,much easier to see if it works or not,,

 

I do it cause I cant draw worth a darn !! So we gotta know like Sqauwblow asked....did ya eyeball up the Ghia roof yet ?