Hot Rods Look what i found at walmart...LIL RED COFFIN

Ok maybe i got a tip, but it was great seeing it outside of a show and done the way i wanted to see it. sorry no great pics.

 

That aint the only interesting car there... Tell us more about the event.

 

Is that El Matador behind it and Daryl Starbird in front of it?

 

Anymore pics of the rest of the cars? Damn

 

Awesome,that car reminds me of a hot wheels car I have somewhere,can't remember what it's called though...

 

Great cars!

Starbird is a turd, but that's my opinion

 

That hot wheels you have was made after lil coffin.

 

Starbird was shooting a commercial for his car show in Wichita. That is the El Matador....and the Coffin is the original car...he just got done rebuilding it.

 

His show is coming up in 2 weeks. Pretty good indoor show.http://www.darrylstarbird.com/showtime.htm

 

Our local Salina, KS hot rod shop owned by Good Guys rep Keith Bright always has a good display of customers cars at this show.http://www.brightbuilthotrods.com/clients.html

 

Very cool to see that restored!
The Hot Wheels version was called "The Demon"

 

That was always one of my favorites. At the risk of blasphemy, I think I like it more than Roth's Beatnik Bandit, but the Bandit would be a close second. The lines on that car just look a lot more 'mean' and aggressive. Good thing you got that tip! Cool way to spend a day.

 

Yup! I had one in Green

 

you must have taken pictures of the rest of the cars, tell me you took pictures of the rest of the cars!!! let's see 'em!!

 

Man what that car did to me when I was a kid.

 

some of his cars are on the vintage ISCA posters i am selling in the parts for sale section. cadillac dave

 

holy crap...

 

Hot Wheels, car shows and my old man are why I'm afflicted with this sickness today. I wonder how many of us would be into this hobby if it wasn't for Mattel and Revell.

 

Yep,thats the one,except mine was chrome and said "the bandit" on the top or something to that effect.

 

i had the model with the little skeleton, i took the skeleton apart and placed him sitting in the car right hand on the wheel and left arm resting out the window, a cool car for sure.

 

I always loved the car that "The Kat from AMT" drove.
Larry T

 

I have that model on my shelf right now, waiting to be built. Yeah, I'm 45, going on 12.

 

I read he was restoring the car back to it's glory, I've got the model box over in the cabnet.

 

Sooooooo cool, only in the Whicita area. There are so many cool customs around there. Thanks for posting. Gary

 

SHHHHHWIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just broke out into a sweat!! Kool post Jebo!!

Thanks Darryl for restoring the Lil Koffin.

 

i drive a 51 coronet that i'm gonna fix up someday too. it's a great beater, very reliable.

 

It looks like kandy paint to me, but I could be missing something. the frame, engine block steering and carbs all look like kandy paint, not modern dichrome.I think he did a wonderfull job of restoring this car. you should have seen what he started with. and A man in his 70's can still kick most of our ass' when it come to building cars. he has built over 100 hand built radical kustoms not just some mild shave and chop job. VERY RESPECTABLE IN MY BOOK.

 

Thanks for sharing!
All we ever see in a Walmart parking lot is snow.

 

Lil Coffin was the first model car I ever built! Gonna build it again soon...

 

Never saw anything cool like that when I lived in Kans ass.