Trans Am front

[rossie]

I remember a bloke who had the trans am front and a targa roof on a HQ Monaro back then, I laughed, cos with all the money he spent, he could have had the real thing.

[MaTTe]

Jeff's photo..

To me, it needed setting further back, tho I dont think the 77-81 front suits a bedford as it's too square, its fine on a HQ-WB, but a bedford would need a 70-76 firebird front to suit the shape in my opinion. Even then it would require significant work to make it 'match'
It looks like it wants to sit alot lower aswell to match the lines on the side of the van, with some sheetmetal extending upward to the base of the bonnet..
Personally i LOVE firebirds, and i LOVE bedfords, however not convinced about the two combined

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

you mean a "bedbird" or a "fireford"....         

[petrolhead]

ERRR.... that looks just wrong, proportions just arn't right and as for the side door what's with the big step up

[Marishka]

The front looks horrible on a beddy,
 the big step on the side door is to suit the front doors.

[Bedfordcrazy]

I'm with you matte, i love the trans am firebirds, especially the bandit, but together on a beddy, no. I have a few 1:18s in my diecast collection, bugga just wish i could get a 1:18 beddy. I am just waiting for the 3D printers to drop in price and i will do my own models.

george.

 

[BeerBeddy]

Wow that pic of the trans am beddy looks like the beddy's brakes failed (no surprise there) and shunted a trans am up the bum and that's where the two of them stopped!

Nup sorry, I know it is all about personal taste and getting your ideas out there, but this simply looks odd. The beddy has nice curves and lines, the trans am is too boxy. A set of dual headlights and a front splitter is about all the front end refinement needed in my view. I'm leaving mine alone. I will fit a bull bar and driving lights and let the orignial styling speak for itself.

Dallas

[Rotti]

I must say, on a beddy, it does look a bit poo If there was some way of shaving off so it followed the lines of bonnet? maybe?

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Rotti, there is a way to shave it to fit a beddy, 1st you call benny, then you ask him to spend months building a fibreglass trans-am front that is more streamed lined, that should impress the hell out of ben. 
I would maybe look at a trams-am if you could get it to fit into the current grill area, maybe stick out no more then a normal bumper or spoiler, i have always loved the eagle eyes of the trans-am, ever since i saw it on the Rockford files, then smokey and the bandit. Yank cars are always boxy, i was parked at the shopping centre the other day, and parked right beside me when i got back was a H3 Hummer, now that's a house brick.

george

[Rotti]

Hey George.
Dont get me started on american cars....Nothin better really. Have been around Dodges forever. Had afew phoenixes (fury) comfy, smoother than any new car, just cant keep the fuel up to them anymore as a daily cruiser anyways!
back to the trans am front, i wouldnt envy Ben if he was aked to make one fit. Pretty easy if the vehicle has a actual nose like a hq/wb or something, not a 'sawn off' like our beddies!