The kit of the Auburn Speedster Boattail from Lindberg is a crappy kit of a good looking car.
Given the crap factor, I had no hesitation to decide to turn it into a rat/hot rod, probably with no fenders. The engine will be a lovely straight 8 from Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland to replace the crappy model of the flathead V12 which appears to have a single cylinder head for both banks. (The 8 is a pushrod unit).
Chassis will be scratch built to get the ride height and wheelbase I want. To avoid having to bend frame rails over the rear axle, I'll go with quarter elliptics front and rear. So far so good.
Stay tuned!
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