Clay Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Thought I would give this a try with Raul building those awesome trucks. the corvette's body got messed up after being painted, sand storm in the desert with the garage door open, who knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul_Perez Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Thought I would give this a try with Raul building those awesome trucks. Cool!! I'll send you a picture of the body with the measurements and the instructions for where and how to cut it. Later, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Cool!! I'll send you a picture of the body with the measurements and the instructions for where and how to cut it. Later, Sweet, I finally get to use my saw!!! Would an electric one work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Cool! Are you going to transplant the driveline, suspension, & interior, or just the scallops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul_Perez Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Sweet, I finally get to use my saw!!! Would an electric one work? I used a dial caliper to make the measurements and a razor saw, a steel straight edge and a new #11 X-Acto blade to do the cutting. I then used superglue to hold it all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 Cool! Are you going to transplant the driveline, suspension, & interior, or just the scallops? If the scallops dont work out for me then it will be just the driveline, suspension and interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 well this build gets stopped, My boyd corvette is ######, the chassis has everything molded in, exhaust, suspension, everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Clay my brother,do not dispare! that ol vette chassis is the PITS I got a brandy new one from the PENSKE Vette kit if you want it jus send me an address,APO,FPO RR or PO and I'll send it off! George53. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojaveRacer208 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 well this build gets stopped, My boyd corvette is ######, the chassis has everything molded in, exhaust, suspension, everything. Well Clay, the AMT 62 Vette kit started out as the annual issue of the 61 Vette, based on the promo tools for GM. Car models weren't so cool then. The Penske Vette is a 66 with independent rear suspension. For a vastly better C1 Corvette chassis, try the AMT 60 Vette which is currently available. It was originally an MPC kit 1st issued in the late 60s. It not only has good detail, it originally came with metal coil springs for the front suspension. I can't guarantee the current issue has them, but.... I intend to pick up one of the current issues to put the chassis under an AMT 62 body to build a replica of the car SCCA raced by a family friend in the early 60s. Richard PS: I DID have to get through trying to figure out what you meant "corvette's body got messed up after being painted, sand storm in the desert with the garage door open"...I am unaware of any desert in the Carolinas where your avatar says you are...Mebbe you were stationed at 29 Palms recently? I DO live in the Mojave Desert and it WAS windy today. I was setting up to start sandblasting my Baja Bug to prep it for paint this morning when the wind kicked up and started sandblasting ME! I decided it might be better another day...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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