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        Model Scale: 1/8 Rating:  (1 votes - 5.00 average) Thanks: 2
        Started: 11-13-20 Build Revisions: Never  
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        I have been obsessed with Ed Roth's Mysterion since first seeing it in Rod & Custom in 1962. When it disappeared I was devastated having never seeing it in person. I eventually fulfilled the dream of building a clone in 2018 and just finished building a 1/8 scale scratch build 1/8 scale Mysterion of it this year. Here are some snapshots.
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    1. MODEL A MODEL
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      Very cool!

      I'm assuming a Fiber-Glass body?
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      Here's a link to what reportedly happened to the original. Apparently it lives again in replica form. Great build by the way. Funky machine!

      https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2018/09/26/even-after-replication-ed-roths-mysterion-remains-well-mysterious
      Last edited by JunkGTZ; 11-14-20 at 10:17 AM.
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      Ah-hem! (cough cough)

      It might just be a coincidence, that a Jeff Jones built this model, and another Jeff Jones built the excellent replica?

      Roth worked at these cars almost like a chef creating something from, "ooh this looks cool, and Ford gave me some engines, so it gets Ford engines!" There were not any blueprints. And I bet relying on old magazine articles and grainy photos was pretty hard!

      Excellent effort!

      (A Webb "Golden Sub" is on my list. I have the research material done, just not up (skill wise), to making the body.

      Again, excellent work!
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      Yes, both are my cars, I started the model in 2001, carved a body pattern, made fiberglass body, and blew bubble top. Then found out I didn't know enough about the car to finish the model so put it away. Collected parts and info on the car 'til I had enuf to build the full size one and finished it in 2018. Mark Gustavson asked me to give a lecture on the Mysterion model at the GSL in May which was the prod to finish it.

      I wrote the book about the big car in '18. Sold the car @ Sotheby's auction in Hollywood in December 2018. It now resides @ Stahl's museum in Michigan, a great home for it.

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      Recently found out that Mark pushed the GSL to 2023! Better be careful, some of us old-timers might not make it that far.


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