bobss396

I did a wheel alignment on a Grand Am back in my car fixing days. It was a '74 or '75 with the 455 H.O. and a 4-speed. Needless to say, the alignment required a longer-than-usual test ride before and after. It had the shaker scoop and was FAST.

I just made up a red sauce, 6-7 quarts worth and it came out great. I put in 4 large chicken thighs (browned first), a pound of hot sausage, 24 or so pre-made meat balls, a package of pork neck bones. Of course around 10 cloves of pressed garlic, one large onion grated, 2 peeled carrots to cut the acid, oregano and basil, bay leaves, a grated large jalapeno pepper, 4 anchovies chopped. 2 cans of tomato paste, 4 cans of crushed tomatoes. I brought some over to my girlfriend;s house for Sunday dinner, she made pasta and I picked up a loaf of bread on the way. I am freezing the bulk of it and using the rest this week. I need to pick up some mozzarella cheese, I have a Jones for shrimp parmesan. I have a set of little pyrex dishes I use for things like this.

VCG Resins makes a couple of nice 3D printed quick change rears that would work well on this kit.

Check out Iceman as well. I buy from him on eBay.

Thanks. This was my late-stage stumbling block last year. I HAD a radiator, painted up and I lost it, it will turn up. I have a box that I call "Future Modified" full of modified parts and sub assemblies. I picked out a radiator from that. I had split the radiator off from the coil-overs and needed another way to hang the radiator. I had to attach it to the "bridge" I made up between the coil-overs and the crossmember. It went together fairly easily and once painted it looked good.

I had bought out a lot of Duplicolor paints at a parts store that had changed hands at 99¢ per can. This was close to 20 years ago and I'm still using them. This formula was very forgiving, not like their current crop of blushing paints. I did a green 1940 Ford in November, I was working out of my finished basement then. It was COLD out... I'd go out into the stairwell, paint and go back inside, put the body right into the dehydrator.

Very cool build. I use a lot of VCG and Iceman parts. VCG has a couple of QC rears I like. One is make for the Revell 32 kit.

Very good! I have a stalled one I have to get back to. On side pipes, I make up "J" hooks and attach them to the inside of the body or the chassis. I use .010" thick aluminum flashing.

Big time crazy... me like!

I paint outside all year. I step out onto the deck, spray and run back inside. As of late, Duplicolor paints blush no matter what I do. Outside, Tamiya, the old Black Gold line and the Mopar touch up cans are very drama free. In a pinch in really snotty weather. I place a cardboard box (with the front and top sides cut out) on an old snack tray in the finished part of the basement.

I would look at what 3D resin guys like Iceman and VCG Resins have. Also 3dscaleparts. There are others in the 3D vendor forums.

I finally finished up the Pinto. I ran into issues late in 2023 and parked it. I had to do the side rails, put on the headers and make up a lot of radiator parts over the weekend. I'm happy with the way it came out.

I usually skip 1:1 car shows, but do a cruise night with the Ford now and then.

I grab any flat ribbon 🎀 that I see, mostly off gifts. Curling ribbon is good too, run it across a steel scale to take a little texture off it. I fold tabs in the ribbon, put it through the hardware and secure it with CA or tacky glue.

Nice clean builds. I go overboard with mine... too much like work. They are a good starting point though. I am finishing up a Pinto right now. I did the Vega last year.