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Cesar Bossolani

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Front suspension almost done.

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Engine compartment almost done also. All as possible was plumbed and wired... Wire was revested with Kyosho 0,7mm tape to looks like a real car.

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Hemi in place... All of sensors was wired like as throttle sensors, air flow sensor, vaccum hose etc....

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Now need some cleaning in there because it's a "showcar"... So it'll looks like as new!!

Thanks to see!! All feedback are welcome!

Cesar

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Guest Sickfish

Bro... What can i say... Fantastico! This is the 1st modern Hemi i have seen wired/plumbed! & it's spot on! 

You made really great shocks! 

Cheers Cliffo 

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  • 1 month later...

Updating!

Last engine pic outside of the body.

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I did wheels logo with 5 min epoxi glue.

Before

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After

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I'm closing the car... Most difficult part, especially in the Magnum... The things doesn't fit like on pre-assembly did.

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And no courage no put chassi in the body... Needs a lot of patience and time... Will be in another day!

By the way, I need to thank my great mate Cliffo again for windows. Without them my model didn't came to this.

Thank you my Mopar bro!!!

Feel free to post!

Cheers!

Cesar

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Bro you have done amazing job so far... Can't stop now, chassis has to go on sooner or later & we all know you will do it perfectly! 

Windows or anything else bro... You are most welcome, I help my Brazilian Mopar bro out ANYTIME! 

Cheers, Cliffo!

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  • 2 months later...

New updates... Next 20th will be one year aniversary build... Too slow... But I was too busy last year and thanks all to see and patience.

Frame is body now but I have some work to do yet. Then I only have this weekend to do it and no more build again for a while :(

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Thanks for looking.

Cheers

Cesar

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Talk about stuffing 10 pounds of something into a 3 pound bag...

That, my friend, is what we in Indiana call a 'Blivet'!

I just discovered this thread... Don't ask me how I missed it all this time... I am beyond impressed! I have a new Charger in the works and am really inspired by this build! I think I'm going to go in a different direction with it now...lol!

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Unfortunately my build doesn't running in the expected speed. Was too much hard to assembly and align tail gate with body/lens/glass

1st I glued glass in place with tail gate closed and aligned.

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So, tail gate has own life and want to be opened in down position. Then I glued some wires to push it down and keep it closed.

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I found a better adjustment for inner panel in place with tail gate opened. Then put epoxi glue, then I closed tail gate then used some tape to keep all close and aligned.

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Tail gate didn't keep closed yet. So, I found a latch in inner panel and it was far to the body. I used 0,5mm styrene and ok!! Tail gate works now!!

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I'm really tired, because I did all pre-assembly before paint job and all was fixed... But in final assembly are too much hard to put all together than pre-assembly.

I must confessed also. Isn't distraction/hobby... I did this in the same time was spent in 350Z polishing job and was very fun build.

Thanks to see.

Cesar

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I had the same issues with my tailgate, I added a piece of steel to the bottom edge of the tailgate, and a few earth magnets under the floor board, did the trick for me! Beautiful paint BTW, Black is always one of the hardest colors to get looking really good!

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Bro it's looking close to finish.... Fantastic re-alignment job... I knew you smart enough to fix problem ;-) .... Now just add chassis & boom... Finish... After 1 year!!

Saude Cliffo!

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  • 11 months later...

Merry Xmas Fellas!

After 11 months without put a finger in this build, yesterday I decided finish it.

I re-polished machined lips and painted scratchbuild intake tube and element.

Still need mirrors, wings, put brake lines in calipers, some detail and touch up before finishing.

I hope you like it and feel free to critics and comments.

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