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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 7, 2022 4:28:48 GMT -8
Good Lord has it been a whole month since I was last in here?? I can see that I've been missing alot since early December on this one and splendid progress it most certainly is at that. First off, GREAT score on those tires JC! Secondly, the work on the dash problems was nothing short of amazing. Great problem solving to set everything up how you wanted it and lastly .....that engine looks drop dead gorgeous!!! I'm not a fan of the carburetor but most of that'll be hidden under the air cleaner. I have used your trick of painting carbs with Titanium Gold and then applying a dark brown wash to them and it achieves a look of realism on them that I haven't seen using any other method. I've got the same dash in my 67 and did want to offer a small mod that you may or may not have looked at yet. The pedal levers just are way too thick on these so I used some small files to take care of the width issues. The right two levers have been thinned down on the dash in the picture below and the clutch pedal lever was left untouched just to show the difference. Small detail but'll add to the realism some.
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Post by afx on Jan 7, 2022 6:05:25 GMT -8
Thanks for the comments Joe and the tip on the pedals. I've been following your '67 Mustang build - it looks great.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 7, 2022 7:40:08 GMT -8
Thanks for the comments Joe and the tip on the pedals. I've been following your '67 Mustang build - it looks great. Thanks JC. I'll start a thread on it here and cover the highlights after I get through posting my Me-262 thread through to end.
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Post by afx on Jan 7, 2022 14:03:36 GMT -8
Further refinement of the Skip Scott valance.
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Post by Joel_W on Jan 8, 2022 7:00:23 GMT -8
JC, the refinement really brings it a lot closer to the look of the front valence previously posted. Every small touch just adds and adds to your epic build.
joel
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 9, 2022 5:28:46 GMT -8
I'm right there with Joel on that "every small touch adds..." statement.
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Post by afx on Jan 13, 2022 3:16:29 GMT -8
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Post by Oldtimer on Jan 13, 2022 7:47:49 GMT -8
Nice work!
Very clean and neat.
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Post by afx on Jan 13, 2022 15:36:29 GMT -8
Thanks Jim.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 13, 2022 18:32:54 GMT -8
Greatly detailed and weathered chassis on the Foyt car and a very clean fit on the Scott car chassis JC. You sure do some good work man.
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Post by afx on Jan 14, 2022 3:57:23 GMT -8
As far as I have been able to determine the Skip Scott car was only entered once in the configuration that I am attempting to recreate, 1965 Daytona 24-hr. It is/was the 1964 Tour de France winner (Registration #DPK7B). It was originally built by Holman-Moody and shipped to Alan Mann for final preparation for the TdF. It was returned to the USA after entry in the ’64 Nassau Speed Weeks. www.ponysite.de/procter_dpk7b.htmI have found several nice photos of the outside of the car during Daytona but nothing of the oily bits, no engine bay, or chassis details. I do know it ran down draft Webers at Daytona, thus the need for the teardrop hood. It was able to run this induction system because it was entered in the Prototype Class. This class allows more liberal modifications to the car. I am going to assume then that H-M applied several of their NASCAR mods to the chassis. I will be making educated guesses about those mods going forward.
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Post by Oldtimer on Jan 15, 2022 7:03:15 GMT -8
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Post by Joel_W on Jan 15, 2022 8:52:23 GMT -8
JC, The Foyt chassis looks darn good. Clean, neat, and ready to hit the track.
joel
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Post by afx on Jan 17, 2022 3:51:53 GMT -8
Fabricated a Panhard bar as was typical of H&M's NASCAR chassis modifications at the time.
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Post by afx on Jan 18, 2022 4:34:37 GMT -8
And an axle stiffener:
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