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Post by mustang1989 on Jul 16, 2023 15:04:05 GMT -8
No air pump? Man, that's a heavy fine.  Looks a lot better than what you started with.  I just couldn't do it. It had to come off. lol Thanks for all the great comments Joel_W, kyledehart5, arcticwolf, and tatocorvette !! I managed to get the engine completed. After toying around with the air filter element some, I decided to go with a upc bar code printed up and cut to fit.   |
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Post by Joel_W on Jul 16, 2023 16:53:43 GMT -8
Joseph,
Some how I don't think that the powers to be at AMT ever considered that their boxed engine could turn out looking like a miniature proper Chevy engine. Maybe they should send youa "thank you" check for taking it to a whole new level.
joel
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Post by mustang1989 on Jul 22, 2023 6:57:34 GMT -8
Joseph, Some how I don't think that the powers to be at AMT ever considered that their boxed engine could turn out looking like a miniature proper Chevy engine. Maybe they should send youa "thank you" check for taking it to a whole new level. joel Thanks Joel. I appreciate the good word buddy. |
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Post by sam on Jul 22, 2023 8:27:05 GMT -8
That is one sweet engine. 👌
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Post by mustang1989 on Oct 4, 2023 9:23:16 GMT -8
That is one sweet engine. 👌 Sorry for the late reply Sam. Been distracted with other stuff as of late. Moving on to my next favorite part of auto building....the interior. If there's one thing I cannot STAND it's molded in foot pedals. They just look so dang fake!! The fix......is to remove the toe board on the drivers side.  What'll happen is that I'll use either PE foot pedals or pedals from another kit and use needles as the swing levers and mount them on the back side of the dash. The following photos show this process when I built my Dyno Don Ford Maverick. The results speak for themselves.......    What I did on the Maverick build that I did last year was to rob the foot pedals from a spare AMT 67 Mustang Fastback kit that I had in the stash.  And cut the levers off leaving the pedals and using the needles pictured above for the levers  Mounted to the rear of the dash in the following shot:  The turn out is just SO much better of a result as can be seen on my 1970 Maverick dash:  I'm really looking forward to doing this with this Vette kit as it's going to set of an already pretty well laid out interior. Stay tuned.....the transformation will begin shortly...... |
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Post by Joel_W on Oct 4, 2023 18:45:21 GMT -8
Not sure how I managed to miss this update Joe, but I did.
Great start to the interior. Dash, wheels, and those pedals really came out looking fantastastic.
joel
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Post by mustang1989 on Oct 5, 2023 8:07:05 GMT -8
Not sure how I managed to miss this update Joe, but I did. Great start to the interior. Dash, wheels, and those pedals really came out looking fantastastic. joel Thanks Joel. We're not there just yet. Just explaining the whole process. |
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