For the next few months, I decided to launch another 7-kit project devoted to Dragsters and Pro Street Monsters. The sixth is a 1990-ish Chevy Beretta Pro Street Modified Dragster. Although there is not a huge history behind a simple kit such as this, I will tell you about a boy who built this a long time ago. Yes, that boy was me! I built this kit back when I was roughly 7 years old and I was really proud of my efforts. Unfortunately, I was still in my destructive years and shortly destroyed this model down 2 flights of stairs. When I saw this kit available on eBay for a rather low cost, I snagged it up immediately and was happy for the rest of the day. I promise, this one will not be destroyed.

This kit (and the two brothers it comes with) are all pro street modifieds that will be built as a part of this project. This particular kit will take on the color combo of Lime Green and Black. Opening the kit, I noticed that the plastic is very good and will require very little work. I immediately add the scoop to the hood and sanded down the rough edges. The body comes in 4 pieces (counting the hood) and 3 of the pieces can be immediately glued and sanded down prior to painting. I attached the front and rear bumpers, sanded the edges down and prepped for primer. Oh, by the way, the kit was molded in bright orange....Really????

This will be a fun kit (much like its brother Thunderbird). The roll cage and engine are excellent opportunities to make this kit stand out.

Unlike the most recent Indy project, I have all the time in the world to focus on these next 7. Haven't had enough time to really take a look at what i want to do with this one, so I am open to any ideas...

Thanks for looking!

I love the Beretta despite the fact that the drive wheels were on the wrong, but your car doesn't have that problem.

...sprey

Osprey... The only thing I remember about the 1:1 Berettas as that beautiful Met. Blue pint that GM used... It started peeling off the car due to the water-base underneath... Every Beretta had that issue... Awesome!

Chuck,

I remember when the Beretta came out, I thought it might have made a nice downsized next generation Camaro IF they had put the drive wheels on the correct end of the car. I've always considered this car to be "right sized" for a number of car projects, but that's all water under the bridge now. Regardless, from a modeling perspective, I secretly lust to score a Beretta body and mount it on one of the recently reissued pavement modified kits.

I'll be following this build.

Good luck...sprey

We had a local guy "correct" a Beretta a few years ago. He built a custom tube frame for it, and put modified corvette suspension under it with a corvette drivetrain. Had the front mounted LS vette engine with the rear mounted vette auto transaxle. Car was wicked quick. I havent seen it in a few years now though so not sure if he still has it. Rumour was that his brother was a chassis fabricator for one of the nascar teams and had a major hand in building the chassis. I have no idea if there was any truth to that though.

Don't you hate it when someone starts a WIP post, disappears for 5 months and comes back to the project almost finished... Yeah, I am guilty of it this time and need to get better at these WIPs... I just start building and forget to take photos...

So here is a long over due update... Need to do quite a bit of touch up across the board, but I have been very happy with this entire build... Keep in mind, this is a 20-year old warped kit, so the mold lines and plastic are nightmares to deal with...

Pic #1: The gauges and interior...

Pic #2: Full Chassis with Engine I

Pic #3: Engine Bay

Pic #4: Full Chassis with Engine II

Pic #5: Full Chassis with Engine III

Thanks for looking... Again, wait til you see the body on this one... Should be around in about a week....

That has an awful lot of gauges to be looking at while running a 1/4 mile. In mere seconds no less!

bowtieguy said:
That has an awful lot of gauges to be looking at while running a 1/4 mile. In mere seconds no less!

@ bowtie... For me, I just just need one really big red light....

That looks cool Chuck. Nice work on the interior; are you going with the black-and-green theme as the car's colors? I think it blends perfectly.
Strange looking supercharger setup; I haven't seen something like this before.

I like the top half of that motor it looks pretty agressive. I think you should add a nos bottle to give it a final touch.